Identify the major types and functions of healthcare institutions.
Identification should include
- hospitals
- long-term care facilities
- military healthcare facilities
- home health care
- medical offices/clinics
- mental health facilities
- rehabilitation facilities
- industrial health facilities
- school health services
- health department
- hospice
- assisted living facilities
- correctional facilities.
Refer to Unit I in Nurse Aide Curriculum Links to an external site., Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2018.
Process/Skill Questions:
- How does client/resident/patient care differ among hospitals, long-term care, and home health care?
- What are some of the services provided by the public health department?
- What type of client/resident/patient is referred for hospice care?
- What is the philosophy of hospice care?