NURS 1130 Exam 2 Questions and
Answers Graded to Pass.
Public hospitals - Answer Funded by federal, state, or local government
Ex: UConn Health Center (John Dempsey Hospital)
Community hospitals - Answer Privately owned (don't really exist anymore, bought by larger
companies)
For profit hospitals - Answer Focus is on financial gain, not necessarily service
Federal hospitals - Answer Don't serve general public (ex: VA)
What are the two big hospital organizations here? - Answer Hartford Healthcare and Yale
New Haven
JCAHO - Answer Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Shows up to assess hospitals
What is outpatient care? - Answer Services that do not require an overnight stay
What are the four categories of ambulatory care? - Answer 1) Wellness (primary care
physician)
2) Diagnosis (x ray, mri, bloodwork)
3) Treatment (same day surgeries, chemo, dialysis)
4) Rehabilitation (OT, PT)
Ambulatory care is - Answer Outpatient care
Hospitals in ED - Answer Outpatient, as are outpatient clinics
What covers hospital stays and related costs for 65 and older? - Answer Medicare Part A
, What does Medicare Part A not cover? - Answer Cost of care due to errors such as:
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Blood stream infections
Other health services to know - Answer Respite care, hospice, palliative care
Respite care - Answer For the caregiver
Hospice - Answer Palliative care for those where there is not curative treatment
Palliative care - Answer Comfort, not all palliative care is hospice but hospice is always
palliative
What was the impact of the industrial revolution on long-term care? - Answer Families had
previously taken care of aging parents, however they now moved to cities. Those with no
children and no money fended for themselves whereas the childless but wealthy paid for care.
Local government helped:
- almshouses
- poorhouses
- poor farms
- county infirmaries
- asylums
Disabilities requiring care - Answer Mobility, eyesight, hearing, cognition, self-care
1/3 of all adults aged 65 and older
Long-term care settings - Answer - skilled nursing facilities
- assisted living facilities
- continuing care retirement communities
- respite care
Answers Graded to Pass.
Public hospitals - Answer Funded by federal, state, or local government
Ex: UConn Health Center (John Dempsey Hospital)
Community hospitals - Answer Privately owned (don't really exist anymore, bought by larger
companies)
For profit hospitals - Answer Focus is on financial gain, not necessarily service
Federal hospitals - Answer Don't serve general public (ex: VA)
What are the two big hospital organizations here? - Answer Hartford Healthcare and Yale
New Haven
JCAHO - Answer Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Shows up to assess hospitals
What is outpatient care? - Answer Services that do not require an overnight stay
What are the four categories of ambulatory care? - Answer 1) Wellness (primary care
physician)
2) Diagnosis (x ray, mri, bloodwork)
3) Treatment (same day surgeries, chemo, dialysis)
4) Rehabilitation (OT, PT)
Ambulatory care is - Answer Outpatient care
Hospitals in ED - Answer Outpatient, as are outpatient clinics
What covers hospital stays and related costs for 65 and older? - Answer Medicare Part A
, What does Medicare Part A not cover? - Answer Cost of care due to errors such as:
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Blood stream infections
Other health services to know - Answer Respite care, hospice, palliative care
Respite care - Answer For the caregiver
Hospice - Answer Palliative care for those where there is not curative treatment
Palliative care - Answer Comfort, not all palliative care is hospice but hospice is always
palliative
What was the impact of the industrial revolution on long-term care? - Answer Families had
previously taken care of aging parents, however they now moved to cities. Those with no
children and no money fended for themselves whereas the childless but wealthy paid for care.
Local government helped:
- almshouses
- poorhouses
- poor farms
- county infirmaries
- asylums
Disabilities requiring care - Answer Mobility, eyesight, hearing, cognition, self-care
1/3 of all adults aged 65 and older
Long-term care settings - Answer - skilled nursing facilities
- assisted living facilities
- continuing care retirement communities
- respite care
