| MICU | medical intensive care unit; mobile intensive care unit |
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| NIC | National Informatics Center; neurogenic intermittent claudication; neurointensive care; nursing inte... |
| PC | avoirdupois weight [Lat. pondus civile]; packed cells; paper chromatography; paracortex; parent cell... |
| PHC | personal health costs; posthospital care; premolar hypodontia, hyperhidrosis, [premature] canities [... |
| PICU | pediatric intensive care unit; pulmonary intensive care unit |
| intraoperative care | Patient care procedures performed during the operation that are ancillary to the actual surgery. It includes monitoring, fluid therapy, medication, transfusion, anaesthesia, radiography, and laboratory tests. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| terminal care | Medical and nursing care of patients in the terminal stage of an illness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tertiary medical care | Specialised consultative care, usually on referral from primary or secondary medical care personnel, by specialists working in a centre that has personnel and facilities for special investigation and treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| episode of care | An interval of care by a health care facility or provider for a specific medical problem or condition. It may be continuous or it may consist of a series of intervals marked by one or more brief separations from care, and can also identify the sequence of care (e.g., emergency, inpatient, outpatient), thus serving as one measure of health care provided. (12 Dec 1998) |
| uncompensated care | Medical services for which no payment is received. Uncompensated care includes charity care and bad debts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states agency for health care policy and research | An agency of the public health service established in 1990 to "provide indexing, abstracting, translating, publishing, and other services leading to a more effective and timely dissemination of information on research, demonstration projects, and evaluations with respect to health care to public and private entities and individuals engaged in the improvement of health care delivery.." it supersedes the national centre for health services research. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states health care financing administration | A component of the department of health and human services to oversee and direct the medicare and medicaid programs and related federal medical care quality control staffs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| foster home care | Private families who care for neglected children or patients unable to care for themselves. (12 Dec 1998) |
| life support care | Care provided patients requiring extraordinary therapeutic measures in order to sustain and prolong life. (12 Dec 1998) |
| long-term care | Care over an extended period, usually for a chronic condition or disability, requiring periodic, intermittent, or continuous care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| care, transitional |
Health care services provided to patients after hospitalization in an acute care facility, before they are ready to return to their homes. Transitional care shortens acute hospital stays, decreases health care costs, and provi
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| caregiver burden |
The perception of stress and fatigue caused by the sustained effort required in caring for persons with chronic illness or other conditions with special needs for care.
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| caregiver role strain |
A caregiver's felt or exhibited difficulty in performing the family caregiver role. SEE: Nursing Diagnoses Appendix.
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| caregiver role strain, risk for |
The vulnerability of the caregiver for felt difficulty in performing the family caregiver role. SEE: Nursing Diagnoses Appendix.
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| Caregiver Stress Inventory |
ABBR: CSI. A 50-item scale specific to professionals caring for dependent patients. It is divided into three subscales measuring stress related to the patient's verbal and physical behavior, the patient's mental, emot
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