A nurse is providing a skilled nursing service. Which of the
following best describes the intervention the nurse is
performing?
a. Coordinating services for maximum benefit at minimal cost
b. Organizing an interdisciplinary meeting
c. Assisting the client to move from bed to bathroom
d. Teaching the client and family about intravenous medication
administration
d. Teaching the client and family about intravenous medication
administration
An epidemiologist monitors the number of positive COVID
cases and the number of people who recovered. This action
describes this PH core function.
Assessment
What was established by the 1960s' amendments to the Social
Security Act of 1935?
,A: Indemnity Insurance
B: Blue Cross insurance
C: Medicare and Medicaid
D: Health Insurance for federal employees
C: Medicare and Medicaid
Which of the following is a strategy to contain the cost of health
care?
A: Focusing on prevention of illness rather than on treatment
B: Practicing defensive medicine
C: Providing patients with the drugs marketed by
pharmaceutical companies
D: Investing in advanced technology
A: Focusing on prevention of illness rather than on treatment
What is one important way for community health nurses to
support patients in the current economic environment of health
practice?
A: Gaining third-party reimbursement for advanced practice
nurses
B: Following a market justice approach and limiting government
controls
C: Promoting government initiatives to provide universal health
care
D: Helping patients become informed as consumers in
consumer-driven health care
, D: Helping patients become informed as consumers in
consumer-driven health care
This term is considered a higher level of care and a criteria
required under Medicare
Skilled service
This type of patient is confined to the home except for medical
appointments, therapies or treatments
Homebound
According to Medicare &Medicaid guidelines, home health
services are evaluated every ___ days.
60
In terms of home visits,
reviewing previous interventions, prioritizing client needs and
developing goals and objectives are components of this stage of
the nursing process.
Planning
This is the order in which home visits are done (5 steps)
1. Initiation
2. Preliminary assessment
3. Planning the visit
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
Enforcing laws and regulations falls under this PH core function.
Assurance