NURS 307 Exam 2 questions with correct
answers
What is to note about discharge planning? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Assess
strengths and limitations of the patient, family, or support person.
Assess the environment.
Implement and coordinate the care plan.
Consider individual, family, and community resources.
Evaluate effectiveness of care.
The expected goals of the discharge plan are set mutually and must be realistic.
Discharge planning begins as soon as a person is admitted to the hospital or
having surgery.
What is contuinity of care? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Process by which
health care providers give appropriate, uninterrupted care and facilitate the
patient's transition between different settings and levels of care
Ensures a smooth transition between ambulatory or acute care and home
health care or other types of health care settings in the patient's community.
,Depends on excellent communication as patients move from one caregiver or
health care site to another.
What is the goal of home health care? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Help
individuals to improve function and live with greater independence; to
promote the client's optimal level of well-being; and to assist the patient to
remain at home, avoiding hospitalization or admission to long-term care
institutions.
What is an example of cognitive nursing skills? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔The nurse uses critical thinking skills to plan care for a patient.
The nurse learns the correct dosages for patient pain medications.
What is an example of technical nursing skills? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A
patient is ordered to receive a transfusion of RBCs. The nurse needs to start a
new, large-gauge intravenous site on a patient and prime the tubing.
What is an example of interpersonal nursing skills? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Mrs. Jone's call light is on, do you need my assistance?
What is an example of ethical/legal nursing skills? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Having a conversation with a fellow colleague on what is reasonable to
hold oneself and others accountable.
, What is collaborative practice? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Happens when
multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work
together with patients, families, careers, and communities to deliver the
highest quality of care.
What is to note about a patient being discharged from a health care facility? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The original health record stays at the hospital.
What is AMA? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔When a patient decides to leave
without being formally discharged; increased the risk for increased sickness or
complications.
Must be signed which releases the provider and institution from any legal
responsibility for the patient's health status.
What is Medicare? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Largest single payer of home
care services.
Pays the cost of the first 100 visits following the hospital stay.
What should be noted about home health care? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔The patient and the family are in control, the nurse is not.
The nurse formulates a care plan and sends it to the primary care provider for
approval.
answers
What is to note about discharge planning? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Assess
strengths and limitations of the patient, family, or support person.
Assess the environment.
Implement and coordinate the care plan.
Consider individual, family, and community resources.
Evaluate effectiveness of care.
The expected goals of the discharge plan are set mutually and must be realistic.
Discharge planning begins as soon as a person is admitted to the hospital or
having surgery.
What is contuinity of care? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Process by which
health care providers give appropriate, uninterrupted care and facilitate the
patient's transition between different settings and levels of care
Ensures a smooth transition between ambulatory or acute care and home
health care or other types of health care settings in the patient's community.
,Depends on excellent communication as patients move from one caregiver or
health care site to another.
What is the goal of home health care? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Help
individuals to improve function and live with greater independence; to
promote the client's optimal level of well-being; and to assist the patient to
remain at home, avoiding hospitalization or admission to long-term care
institutions.
What is an example of cognitive nursing skills? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔The nurse uses critical thinking skills to plan care for a patient.
The nurse learns the correct dosages for patient pain medications.
What is an example of technical nursing skills? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A
patient is ordered to receive a transfusion of RBCs. The nurse needs to start a
new, large-gauge intravenous site on a patient and prime the tubing.
What is an example of interpersonal nursing skills? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Mrs. Jone's call light is on, do you need my assistance?
What is an example of ethical/legal nursing skills? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Having a conversation with a fellow colleague on what is reasonable to
hold oneself and others accountable.
, What is collaborative practice? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Happens when
multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work
together with patients, families, careers, and communities to deliver the
highest quality of care.
What is to note about a patient being discharged from a health care facility? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The original health record stays at the hospital.
What is AMA? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔When a patient decides to leave
without being formally discharged; increased the risk for increased sickness or
complications.
Must be signed which releases the provider and institution from any legal
responsibility for the patient's health status.
What is Medicare? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Largest single payer of home
care services.
Pays the cost of the first 100 visits following the hospital stay.
What should be noted about home health care? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔The patient and the family are in control, the nurse is not.
The nurse formulates a care plan and sends it to the primary care provider for
approval.
