NUR 432 Final questions with accurate answers
A 66-year-old hospitalized patient is anxious about how the physician
will be paid now that the patient is on Medicare Part A and Part B,
instead of his previous privately funded insurance plan. The nurse
explains that the physician will be paid by:
1. the previously private funded insurance.
2. Medicare Part A.
3. Medicare Part B.
4. the patient or his family. Ans✓✓✓ ANS: 3
Part A pays skilled care facilities; Part B pays for physician's services.
The previous insurance is no longer available because of the patient's
age. The family or patient is not responsible, because Part B is in effect.
A client is received in a postoperative nursing unit after undergoing
abdominal surgery. During this time the nurse failed to recognize the
significance of abdominal swelling, which significantly increased during
the next 6 hours. Later, the client had to undergo emergency surgery.
The lack of action on the nurse's part is liable for action. Which legal
term describes the case?
a) Felony
b) Battery
c) Tort
d) Misdemeanor Ans✓✓✓ c) Tort
A tort is a litigation in which one person asserts that a physical,
emotional, or financial injury was a consequence of another person's
,actions orfailure to act. The lack of action on the nurse's part truly
indicates unintentional tort. A misdemeanor or felony would be an
offense under criminallaw, and neither is applicable in this case. Battery
is unlawful physical contact.
A nurse could best refer an unemployed 42-year-old renal failure patient
who has lost his job-related private insurance to which health care plan
for his medical care?
1. Medicare
2. Medicaid
3. Public health facility
4. Community-based outpatient clinic Ans✓✓✓ ANS: 2
Medicaid is available to needy low-income persons under 65 who have a
permanent disability. Medicare is for persons over 65. Public health
services are involved with prevention more than with chronic care.
A nurse is explaining the various types of health care coverage clients
might have to a group of nursing students. Which of the health care
financing mechanisms are federally funded?
A. Preferred provider organization
B. Medicare
C. Long-term insurance
D. Exclusive Preferred OrganizationE. Medicaid Ans✓✓✓ B. Medicare
CORRECT Medicare is federally funded
E. Medicaid CORRECT Medicaid is a federal funded program.
, A nurse was called before the State Board of Nursing. The nurse had
been in practice for over six years, had her license suspended because an
audit of her continuing education credits showed that she had not met
the mandatory course requirements. The Board of Nursing has the ability
to do this based on:
A. Case law
B. Administrative law
C. Civil law
D. Statutory law Ans✓✓✓ B. Administrative law
A nurse witnesses a 50-year-old woman go into cardiac arrest while
traveling in a train and attempts to resuscitate her. In spite of the nurse's
efforts, the woman dies, and the family members file a suit against the
nurse. Which of the following statements about Good Samaritan Laws is
applicable here?
a) The Good Samaritan Law will protect the nurse if she was negligent
in her action.
b) The Good Samaritan Law will likely protect the nurse because she
acted in the woman's best interests.
c) The Good Samaritan Law is not applicable to nurses and health
professionals.
d) The Good Samaritan Law will protect the nurse from any lawsuit
filed by family members. Ans✓✓✓ b) The Good Samaritan Law will
likely protect the nurse because she acted in the woman's best interests.
A 66-year-old hospitalized patient is anxious about how the physician
will be paid now that the patient is on Medicare Part A and Part B,
instead of his previous privately funded insurance plan. The nurse
explains that the physician will be paid by:
1. the previously private funded insurance.
2. Medicare Part A.
3. Medicare Part B.
4. the patient or his family. Ans✓✓✓ ANS: 3
Part A pays skilled care facilities; Part B pays for physician's services.
The previous insurance is no longer available because of the patient's
age. The family or patient is not responsible, because Part B is in effect.
A client is received in a postoperative nursing unit after undergoing
abdominal surgery. During this time the nurse failed to recognize the
significance of abdominal swelling, which significantly increased during
the next 6 hours. Later, the client had to undergo emergency surgery.
The lack of action on the nurse's part is liable for action. Which legal
term describes the case?
a) Felony
b) Battery
c) Tort
d) Misdemeanor Ans✓✓✓ c) Tort
A tort is a litigation in which one person asserts that a physical,
emotional, or financial injury was a consequence of another person's
,actions orfailure to act. The lack of action on the nurse's part truly
indicates unintentional tort. A misdemeanor or felony would be an
offense under criminallaw, and neither is applicable in this case. Battery
is unlawful physical contact.
A nurse could best refer an unemployed 42-year-old renal failure patient
who has lost his job-related private insurance to which health care plan
for his medical care?
1. Medicare
2. Medicaid
3. Public health facility
4. Community-based outpatient clinic Ans✓✓✓ ANS: 2
Medicaid is available to needy low-income persons under 65 who have a
permanent disability. Medicare is for persons over 65. Public health
services are involved with prevention more than with chronic care.
A nurse is explaining the various types of health care coverage clients
might have to a group of nursing students. Which of the health care
financing mechanisms are federally funded?
A. Preferred provider organization
B. Medicare
C. Long-term insurance
D. Exclusive Preferred OrganizationE. Medicaid Ans✓✓✓ B. Medicare
CORRECT Medicare is federally funded
E. Medicaid CORRECT Medicaid is a federal funded program.
, A nurse was called before the State Board of Nursing. The nurse had
been in practice for over six years, had her license suspended because an
audit of her continuing education credits showed that she had not met
the mandatory course requirements. The Board of Nursing has the ability
to do this based on:
A. Case law
B. Administrative law
C. Civil law
D. Statutory law Ans✓✓✓ B. Administrative law
A nurse witnesses a 50-year-old woman go into cardiac arrest while
traveling in a train and attempts to resuscitate her. In spite of the nurse's
efforts, the woman dies, and the family members file a suit against the
nurse. Which of the following statements about Good Samaritan Laws is
applicable here?
a) The Good Samaritan Law will protect the nurse if she was negligent
in her action.
b) The Good Samaritan Law will likely protect the nurse because she
acted in the woman's best interests.
c) The Good Samaritan Law is not applicable to nurses and health
professionals.
d) The Good Samaritan Law will protect the nurse from any lawsuit
filed by family members. Ans✓✓✓ b) The Good Samaritan Law will
likely protect the nurse because she acted in the woman's best interests.
