QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (A+)
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All of the following are commonly recognized to be a
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right of each patient, except:
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a. The right to considerate and respectful care
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b. The right to receive a reasonable response to his/her
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requests
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c. The right to communicate with a caregiver in the
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language of the patients choosing
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d. For dying patients, the right to receive pain
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management. - √Answer :C.
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Quiz :Insurance companies and other payers have
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introduced pre-admission certification for elective
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hospital stays in order to:
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a. Cause physicians to reconsider need for service
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b. Facilitate communication between hospital and the
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attending physician
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c. Establish clinical necessity prior to service
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d. Encourage the patient to obtain a second opinion -
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√Answer :C.
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,Quiz :Guidelines produced by the Agency for Health
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Care Policy and Research:
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a. Have been shown to decrease healthcare costs
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b. Rarely need to be revised
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c. Provide starting points for managing individual
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patients
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d. Have been shown to improve the quality of care -
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√Answer :C.
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Quiz :CEO compensation should be based on:
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a. The compensation arrangements with the prior CEO
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b. Executive compensation in local corporations with
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similar gross revenues
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c. Present salary plus cost-of-living adjustment
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d. What the institution would have to pay for a similarly
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prepared person if that person were
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employed elsewhere - √Answer :D. b b b b
Quiz :An essential function of the governing board is to:
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a. Approve the mission, vision, and long-range plan
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b. Focus on strategic planning
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,c. Prepare the operating plan
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d. Review performance of departmental activities -
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√Answer :A.
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Quiz :Members of the medical staff are eligible for full
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membership on the governing board in the same
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manner as other individuals:
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a. When not legally prohibited
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b. When they do not actively practice in the organization
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c. When they are not full-time employees
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d. If they are not foreign nationals - √Answer :A.
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Quiz :Regarding the budget, the board:
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a. Does not use the budget exercise as a way to
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improve quality and productivity
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b. Gets involved in preparing budgets for all operational
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units
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c. Decides which personnel are needed in top
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management
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d. Establishes guidelines and makes final choices
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among competing opportunities - √Answer :D.
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Quiz :The individual or group responsible for
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establishing policy, maintaining quality of care and
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, providing for institutional management planning is the:
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a. Chief operating officer
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b. Medical staff executive committee
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c. Governing body
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d. Chief executive officer - √Answer :C.
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Quiz :A correct statement regarding trustees serving as
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fiduciaries is that they can:
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a. Be indicted for alleged theft of facility funds and the
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improper expenditure of facility funds for personal
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reasons
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b. Be released from responsibility by giving the audit
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committee final authority in high-risk areas of financial
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matters, without any action by the whole board
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c. Be held personally liable for wrongful acts or
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omissions by corporate officers or co-trustees by virtue
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of their position as trustees
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d. Waive their fiduciary responsibility as a community
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organization - √Answer :A.
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Quiz :Ultimate responsibility for the mission statement
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rests with the:
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a. CEO and medical staff
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