ANCC Study Guide: Review of Test Exam
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Question:
All department heads are required to re-justify their fiscal needs annually during the budget
cycle. Budget allocations are made accordingly. This is a description of which of the
following types of budgeting? a. Incremental budgeting b. Perpetual budgeting c.
Zero-based budgeting d. Managed care budgeting.
Answer:
Correct answer is: c. Zero-based budgeting The zero-based budgeting approach asks
managers/department heads to begin each budget year with a clean slate and to justify
expenditures accordingly.
Question:
The Americans with Disabilities Act: a. applies exclusively to those with physical disabilities
b. applies only to companies with 25 or more employees c. applies to those whose mental or
physical impairment limits one or more major life activities d. sets limits on "reasonable
accomodation."
Answer:
Correct answer is: c
Question:
The authority to license healthcare practitioners is found in the regulating power of: a. the
individual hospital b. the appropriate training program c. the state d. the licensing board
Answer:
Correct answer is: c. the state The state issues regulations pertaining to licensure of
various professions.
,Question:
Carter, a physicain specializing in internal medicine, treated Jones for a broken arm. Should
Jones later bring a suit for malpractice, Carter will be held liable to the standard of care
required for: a. his specialty b. the specialty in which he was treating Jones c. a general
practitioner d. ordinary medical care
Answer:
Correct answer is: b. The patient can reasonably expect that his broken bone will be set
according to the standards of orthopedic practice. If the internal medicine physician
cannot perform to this standard, then she or he should ensure that the care of the patient
is transferred to someone who can practice accordingly.
, Question:
Costs per unit of service will increase as: a. volume decreases below the break-even point.
b. volume increases c. acuity increases d. management turnover occurs.
Answer:
Correct answer is: a. This model is based on the premise that a certain volume is needed
to maintain cost balance. When the volume decreases below the break-even point, costs
go up. For example, staffing for a 50-bed unit is calculated for an occupancy rate of 85%,
with a break-even point of 80%. Downward adjustments in staff numbers occur only
when the occupancy rate dips to 75%. Any occupancy rate between 76% & 79% results
in a "loss" based on the cost model.
Question:
Critical pathways are: a. a patient's expected progress from admission to discharge based
upon her or his diagnosis. b. mandated professional care standards. c. the essential feature
of the Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS). d. prospective structure audits that look at costs
as well as quality.
Answer:
Correct answer is: a. Critical pathways are (or should be) derived from evidence-based
studies and suggest the trajectory the patient will follow, in the absence of unanticipated
complications, from admission to discharge.
Questions and Answers 100% Verified
Question:
All department heads are required to re-justify their fiscal needs annually during the budget
cycle. Budget allocations are made accordingly. This is a description of which of the
following types of budgeting? a. Incremental budgeting b. Perpetual budgeting c.
Zero-based budgeting d. Managed care budgeting.
Answer:
Correct answer is: c. Zero-based budgeting The zero-based budgeting approach asks
managers/department heads to begin each budget year with a clean slate and to justify
expenditures accordingly.
Question:
The Americans with Disabilities Act: a. applies exclusively to those with physical disabilities
b. applies only to companies with 25 or more employees c. applies to those whose mental or
physical impairment limits one or more major life activities d. sets limits on "reasonable
accomodation."
Answer:
Correct answer is: c
Question:
The authority to license healthcare practitioners is found in the regulating power of: a. the
individual hospital b. the appropriate training program c. the state d. the licensing board
Answer:
Correct answer is: c. the state The state issues regulations pertaining to licensure of
various professions.
,Question:
Carter, a physicain specializing in internal medicine, treated Jones for a broken arm. Should
Jones later bring a suit for malpractice, Carter will be held liable to the standard of care
required for: a. his specialty b. the specialty in which he was treating Jones c. a general
practitioner d. ordinary medical care
Answer:
Correct answer is: b. The patient can reasonably expect that his broken bone will be set
according to the standards of orthopedic practice. If the internal medicine physician
cannot perform to this standard, then she or he should ensure that the care of the patient
is transferred to someone who can practice accordingly.
, Question:
Costs per unit of service will increase as: a. volume decreases below the break-even point.
b. volume increases c. acuity increases d. management turnover occurs.
Answer:
Correct answer is: a. This model is based on the premise that a certain volume is needed
to maintain cost balance. When the volume decreases below the break-even point, costs
go up. For example, staffing for a 50-bed unit is calculated for an occupancy rate of 85%,
with a break-even point of 80%. Downward adjustments in staff numbers occur only
when the occupancy rate dips to 75%. Any occupancy rate between 76% & 79% results
in a "loss" based on the cost model.
Question:
Critical pathways are: a. a patient's expected progress from admission to discharge based
upon her or his diagnosis. b. mandated professional care standards. c. the essential feature
of the Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS). d. prospective structure audits that look at costs
as well as quality.
Answer:
Correct answer is: a. Critical pathways are (or should be) derived from evidence-based
studies and suggest the trajectory the patient will follow, in the absence of unanticipated
complications, from admission to discharge.
