Chapter 01
1. The goal of rehabilitation is [Multiple Choice]
a. To return persons to the highest possible level of physical and mental functioning ✔
b. To reduce the risk of illness
c. To help the person make simple life-style changes
d. To do as much as possible for the person
ANS: A
2. Who makes policies for health care agencies? [Multiple Choice]
a. The board of trustees ✔
b. The health team
c. The PPO
d. Medicare and Medicaid
ANS: A
3. A hospice is [Multiple Choice]
a. A skilled nursing facility
b. A home health care agency
c. A health care program for persons who present dangers to themselves or others
d. A health care agency or program for persons who are dying ✔
ANS: D
4. Medicaid is [Multiple Choice]
a. A preferred provider organization
b. A private insurance plan bought by individuals
c. A federal health insurance program for persons with disabilities
d. A health care payment program jointly funded by the federal government and the states ✔
ANS: D
,5. An RN is responsible for the person’s total care. This is: [Multiple Choice]
a. Team nursing
b. Primary nursing ✔
c. Functional nursing
d. Patient-focused care
ANS: B
6. An acute illness is: [Multiple Choice]
a. A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover. ✔
b. An ongoing illness for which there is no known cure.
c. An illness that is slow or gradual in onset.
d. An illness for which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery.
ANS: A
7. The goal of the health team is to [Multiple Choice]
a. Provide quality care ✔
b. Carry out the doctor’s orders
c. Develop care plans for patients and residents
d. Follow agency policies and procedures
ANS: A
8. Which is a purpose of health care? [Multiple Choice]
a. Health promotion ✔
b. Providing sources of income for residents
c. Deciding which procedures will be paid for
d. Training nursing assistants and other students
ANS: A
9. Nursing assistants may report to which of the following? [Multiple Choice]
a. An RN ✔
,b. A physician
c. An occupational therapist
d. Another nursing assistant
ANS: A
10. These individuals give basic nursing care under the supervision of a licensed nurse: [Multiple Choice]
a. Nurse practitioners
b. Social workers
c. Nursing assistants ✔
d. Medical technologists
ANS: C
11. Who helps patients, residents, and families deal with social, emotional, and environmental issues affecting
illness and recovery? [Multiple Choice]
a. The speech-language pathologist.
b. The podiatrist.
c. The activities director.
d. The social worker. ✔
ANS: D
12. RNs do which of the following? [Multiple Choice]
a. Write doctor’s orders.
b. Delegate to LPNs/LVNs. ✔
c. Decide which type of facility the person needs.
d. Prescribe treatments for the person.
ANS: B
13. Functional nursing is: [Multiple Choice]
a. A nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs ✔
b. A nursing care pattern in which an RN is responsible for the person’s total care
, c. When a team of nursing staff is led by an RN who decides the amount and kind of care each person needs
d. When services are moved from departments to the bedside.
ANS: A
14. Who is responsible for the entire nursing staff? [Multiple Choice]
a. Nurse manager
b. Charge nurse
c. Staff nurse
d. Director of nursing ✔
ANS: D
15. An ongoing illness that is slow or gradual in onset and for which there is no known cure is: [Multiple Choice]
a. An acute illness
b. A chronic illness ✔
c. A terminal illness
d. A physical illness
ANS: B
16. The director of nursing (DON) is a(n) _____ [Multiple Choice]
a. LPN/LVN
b. RN ✔
c. PT
d. OT
ANS: B
17. Rehabilitation starts when the person is discharged from the hospital. [Multiple Choice]
a. True
b. False ✔
ANS: B
18. Assisted living residences provide which of the following? [Multiple Choice]
1. The goal of rehabilitation is [Multiple Choice]
a. To return persons to the highest possible level of physical and mental functioning ✔
b. To reduce the risk of illness
c. To help the person make simple life-style changes
d. To do as much as possible for the person
ANS: A
2. Who makes policies for health care agencies? [Multiple Choice]
a. The board of trustees ✔
b. The health team
c. The PPO
d. Medicare and Medicaid
ANS: A
3. A hospice is [Multiple Choice]
a. A skilled nursing facility
b. A home health care agency
c. A health care program for persons who present dangers to themselves or others
d. A health care agency or program for persons who are dying ✔
ANS: D
4. Medicaid is [Multiple Choice]
a. A preferred provider organization
b. A private insurance plan bought by individuals
c. A federal health insurance program for persons with disabilities
d. A health care payment program jointly funded by the federal government and the states ✔
ANS: D
,5. An RN is responsible for the person’s total care. This is: [Multiple Choice]
a. Team nursing
b. Primary nursing ✔
c. Functional nursing
d. Patient-focused care
ANS: B
6. An acute illness is: [Multiple Choice]
a. A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover. ✔
b. An ongoing illness for which there is no known cure.
c. An illness that is slow or gradual in onset.
d. An illness for which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery.
ANS: A
7. The goal of the health team is to [Multiple Choice]
a. Provide quality care ✔
b. Carry out the doctor’s orders
c. Develop care plans for patients and residents
d. Follow agency policies and procedures
ANS: A
8. Which is a purpose of health care? [Multiple Choice]
a. Health promotion ✔
b. Providing sources of income for residents
c. Deciding which procedures will be paid for
d. Training nursing assistants and other students
ANS: A
9. Nursing assistants may report to which of the following? [Multiple Choice]
a. An RN ✔
,b. A physician
c. An occupational therapist
d. Another nursing assistant
ANS: A
10. These individuals give basic nursing care under the supervision of a licensed nurse: [Multiple Choice]
a. Nurse practitioners
b. Social workers
c. Nursing assistants ✔
d. Medical technologists
ANS: C
11. Who helps patients, residents, and families deal with social, emotional, and environmental issues affecting
illness and recovery? [Multiple Choice]
a. The speech-language pathologist.
b. The podiatrist.
c. The activities director.
d. The social worker. ✔
ANS: D
12. RNs do which of the following? [Multiple Choice]
a. Write doctor’s orders.
b. Delegate to LPNs/LVNs. ✔
c. Decide which type of facility the person needs.
d. Prescribe treatments for the person.
ANS: B
13. Functional nursing is: [Multiple Choice]
a. A nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs ✔
b. A nursing care pattern in which an RN is responsible for the person’s total care
, c. When a team of nursing staff is led by an RN who decides the amount and kind of care each person needs
d. When services are moved from departments to the bedside.
ANS: A
14. Who is responsible for the entire nursing staff? [Multiple Choice]
a. Nurse manager
b. Charge nurse
c. Staff nurse
d. Director of nursing ✔
ANS: D
15. An ongoing illness that is slow or gradual in onset and for which there is no known cure is: [Multiple Choice]
a. An acute illness
b. A chronic illness ✔
c. A terminal illness
d. A physical illness
ANS: B
16. The director of nursing (DON) is a(n) _____ [Multiple Choice]
a. LPN/LVN
b. RN ✔
c. PT
d. OT
ANS: B
17. Rehabilitation starts when the person is discharged from the hospital. [Multiple Choice]
a. True
b. False ✔
ANS: B
18. Assisted living residences provide which of the following? [Multiple Choice]
