Medicare utilizes a prospective payment plan using diagnosis-related groups,
DRGs. What are DRGs? - ANSWER a predetermined payment for services
based upon medical diagnoses
A client is admitted to the hospital and the nurse is trying to complete an
admission assessment. The client states her spiritual healer will be arriving soon
and becomes frustrated with the questions on admission. What is the most
appropriate response by the nurse? - ANSWER We can wait for your healer to
come and then work together to answer these questions.
A nurse is hired by a public school to work as the school nurse. What type of
role would this nurse be in? - ANSWER Community health
A male client is scheduled to have outpatient surgery at the hospital. He tells the
nurse, "I don't know what that word, outpatient, means." How does the nurse
respond? - ANSWER "You will have surgery and go home that same day."
Which health care delivery system do nurses primarily work in when assisting
clients to deal holistically with their healthcare needs at the end of their lives? -
ANSWER Hospice
Which of the following health care insurance programs is most appropriate for a
68-year-old client? - ANSWER Medicare
, Which of the following is the acute care setting for patients who are too ill to
care for themselves at home or who are severely injured or who require
surgery? - ANSWER Hospitals
Which healthcare setting provides care with activities of daily living for patients
of any age who are no longer physically or mentally able to care for themselves
independently? - ANSWER Long-term care facilities
A Hispanic single parent, unable to find work because of lack of a car and
speaking limited English primarily Spanish, chooses which of the following as a
barrier to health care? ANSWER Spanish as primary language
The nurse is a member of the multidisciplinary team in a large primary health
care setting. The nurse understands responsibility for a client's swallow
evaluation subsequent to a CVA (cerebral vascular accident) lies with which
member of the health care team? ANSWER Speech pathologist
A home health nurse is planning a visit to see a client who was sent home from
the hospital yesterday after having an appendectomy. The nurse knows that the
scope of practice for a home health nurse permits which of the following
psychomotor activities? - ANSWER Wound care, medication administration,
teaching, reasonably ensuring a safe environme
Nurses are very crucial to health care reform. Which of the following has been
included in the goals of health care reform? ANSWER Focus on cost
containment with improved access with increased quality of services for all.
When you are implementing an education program for a group preparing for
retirement, you would discuss how to apply for Social Security benefits and
Medicare insurance. You would teach that Medicare is a federally funded
DRGs. What are DRGs? - ANSWER a predetermined payment for services
based upon medical diagnoses
A client is admitted to the hospital and the nurse is trying to complete an
admission assessment. The client states her spiritual healer will be arriving soon
and becomes frustrated with the questions on admission. What is the most
appropriate response by the nurse? - ANSWER We can wait for your healer to
come and then work together to answer these questions.
A nurse is hired by a public school to work as the school nurse. What type of
role would this nurse be in? - ANSWER Community health
A male client is scheduled to have outpatient surgery at the hospital. He tells the
nurse, "I don't know what that word, outpatient, means." How does the nurse
respond? - ANSWER "You will have surgery and go home that same day."
Which health care delivery system do nurses primarily work in when assisting
clients to deal holistically with their healthcare needs at the end of their lives? -
ANSWER Hospice
Which of the following health care insurance programs is most appropriate for a
68-year-old client? - ANSWER Medicare
, Which of the following is the acute care setting for patients who are too ill to
care for themselves at home or who are severely injured or who require
surgery? - ANSWER Hospitals
Which healthcare setting provides care with activities of daily living for patients
of any age who are no longer physically or mentally able to care for themselves
independently? - ANSWER Long-term care facilities
A Hispanic single parent, unable to find work because of lack of a car and
speaking limited English primarily Spanish, chooses which of the following as a
barrier to health care? ANSWER Spanish as primary language
The nurse is a member of the multidisciplinary team in a large primary health
care setting. The nurse understands responsibility for a client's swallow
evaluation subsequent to a CVA (cerebral vascular accident) lies with which
member of the health care team? ANSWER Speech pathologist
A home health nurse is planning a visit to see a client who was sent home from
the hospital yesterday after having an appendectomy. The nurse knows that the
scope of practice for a home health nurse permits which of the following
psychomotor activities? - ANSWER Wound care, medication administration,
teaching, reasonably ensuring a safe environme
Nurses are very crucial to health care reform. Which of the following has been
included in the goals of health care reform? ANSWER Focus on cost
containment with improved access with increased quality of services for all.
When you are implementing an education program for a group preparing for
retirement, you would discuss how to apply for Social Security benefits and
Medicare insurance. You would teach that Medicare is a federally funded
