Test Bank - Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician, 2nd Edition (Townsend), Chapter 1-35 | All Chapters ||Complete A+ Guide

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Fundamental63Concepts63and63Skills63for63the63Patient63Care63Technician,632nd63Edition63by63
Kimberly63Townsend63Little,63PhD,63RN,63WHNP-BC,63CNE
Chapter631-35

Chapter6301:63Today’s63Healthcare


MULTIPLE63CHOICE

1. Which63of63the63following63must63the63patient63care63technician63(PCT)63recognize63re
garding63the63healthcare63delivery63system?
a. It63includes63all63states.
b. It63affects63the63illness63of63patients.
c. Insurance63companies63are63not63involved.
d. The63major63goal63is63to63achieve63optimal63levels63of63healthcare.
ANS:6 3 D
The63PCT63must63recognize63that63in63the63healthcare63delivery63system,63the63major63goal63is
63to63achieve63optimal63levels63of63healthcare.63The63healthcare63system63consists63of63a63net
work63of63agencies,63facilities,63and63providers63involved63with63healthcare63in63a63specified6
3geographic63area.63Insurance63companies63do63have63involvement63in63the63healthcare63syste
m.63The63illness63of63patients63is63not63necessarily63affected63by63the63healthcare63system.

OBJ:6 3 6 3 1

2. What63is63required63by63the63healthcare63team63to63identify63the63needs63of63a63patient63and63t
o63design63care63to63meet63those63needs?
a. The63white63board
b. The63nurse’s63notes
c. The63physician’s63order63sheet
d. An63individualized63care63plan

ANS:6 3 D
An63individualized63care63plan63involves63all63healthcare63workers63and63outlines63care63to63
meet63the63needs63of63the63individual63patient.63The63white63board,63physician’s63order63sheet,
63and63nurse’s63notes63do63not63identify63the63needs63of63the63patient63nor63are63they63designe
d63to63assist63all63members63of63the63healthcare63team63to63meet63those63needs.

OBJ:6 3 6 3 3

3. How63does63an63interdisciplinary63approach63to63patient63treatment63enhance63care?
a. By63improving63efficiency63of63care
b. By63reducing63the63number63of63caregivers
c. By63preventing63the63fragmentation63of63patient63care
d. By63shortening63hospital63stay
ANS:6 3 C




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, An63interdisciplinary63approach63prevents63fragmentation63of63care63by63involving63and63inclu
ding63all63care63providers.63An63interdisciplinary63approach63does63not63improve63the63efficien
cy63of63care,63reduce63the63number63of63caregivers,63or63shorten63hospital63stay.

OBJ:6 3 6 3 3,634

4. How63may63a63newly63licensed63practical63nurse/63licensed63vocational63nurse63(LPN/LVN)63p
ractice?
a. Independently63in63a63hospital63setting
b. With63an63experienced63LPN/LVN
c. Under63the63supervision63of63a63physician63or63registered63nurse63(RN)
d. As63a63sole63practitioner63in63a63clinic63setting
ANS:6 3 C
An63LPN/LVN63practices63under63the63supervision63of63a63physician,63dentist,63or63RN.63An63
LPN/LVN63is63not63to63practice63independently63in63a63hospital63setting,63under63the63supervi
sion63of63a63more63experienced63LPN/LVN,63or63as63a63sole63practitioner63in63a63clinic63setti
ng.

OBJ:6 3 6 3 5

5. What63document63identifies63the63roles63and63responsibilities63of63the63LPN/LVN?
a. The63nurse’s63employer
b. College63Accreditation63Standards
c. Nurse63Practice63Act
d. Nurse63Association63Code
ANS:6 3 C
The63LPN/LVN63functions63under63the63Nurse63Practice63Act.63The63nurse’s63employer63may
63outline63the63working63responsibilities63of63the63nurse,63but63it63is63the63nurse’s63responsibil
ity63to63make63sure63they63stay63within63their63scope63of63practice63as63described63by63the63Nu
rse63Practice63Act.

OBJ:6 3 6 3 5

6. What63is63the63title63of63the63American63Hospital63Association’s63197263document63that6
3outlines63the63patient’s63expectations63to63be63treated63with63dignity63and63compassion?
a. Code63of63Ethics
b. Patient’s63Bill63of63Rights
c. The63Omnibus63Reconciliation63Act63(OBRA)
d. Advance63directives
ANS:6 3 B
The63title63of63the63American63Hospital63Association’s63197263document63that63outlines63the63
patient’s63expectations63is63the63Patient’s63Bill63of63Rights.63Patient63expectations63are63not63ou
tlined63in63the63Code63of63Ethics,63OBRA,63or63advance63directives.

OBJ:6 3 6 3 2

7. What63system63reduces63the63number63of63employees63but63still63provides63quality63care63for63
patients?
a. Team63nursing
b. Cross-training
c. Use63of63critical63pathways
d. Case63management


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