HCM Final UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Hospitals have offered increasing amounts of ambulatory care and at present all hospitals
offer at least some outpatient or ambulatory care and most offer an extensive menu of such
services (8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
Your friend recently took her 6-month-old child to the local department of health to receive
routine vaccinations. This is an example of which type of prevention? (8) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Primary
Your grandfather has Alzheimer's disease and now requires 24-hour nursing care. Which of
the following facilities would be best for him? (8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Skilled
nursing
Your grandmother is dying of ovarian cancer. She has decided to stop all chemotherapy and
radiation therapy and is now just receiving morphine to manage her pain. This type of care is
known as which of the following? (8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Palliative
Medical care at present is organized by service type not patient needs. (8) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- True
In order for care in a skilled nursing facility or rehabilitation hospital to be covered by
Medicare and many private insurance plans, the following conditions must be met: (8) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - The patient must be terminally ill
- The patient must be admitted to SNF or rehab following a stay in an acute hospital for a
rehabilitate need related to discharge diagnosis
-Continued coverage is based on patient continuing to benefit from rehabilitation
You drive your roommate to a nearby urgent care clinic to have her sore throat examined. The
nurse practitioner performs a strep test, finds that it is positive, and prescribes your roommate
an antibiotic. This is an example of which type of acute care? (8) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Primary
, Care in a skilled nursing facility may be covered by the following: (8) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- - Medicaid for long-term care provided that the patient is poor or spends
down assets
- Donations from charitable and church organizations
-Out of pocket patient
Which of the following are services that are likely to be offered at an urgent care center?
Select all that apply. (8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Treatment of minor fractures
- Provision of intravenous fluids
-Prescription of medications
In which of the following locations is hospice care typically offered? Select all that apply. (8)
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Freestanding hospice agency
- Hospitals
- Private homes
Your grandfather, who served with distinction in the Vietnam War, is recovering from a stroke
in which he lost considerable function on the left side of his body, must receive intensive
occupational therapy to help him relearn how to feed himself, bathe, dress and brush his
teeth, speech therapy to improve speech and physical therapy to restore ability to walk.
Which type of hospital would be best for him, based on his needs? (8) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Rehabilitation
While the prevalence of chronic illness has increased considerably in the past 30 years,
inpatient admissions and patient days have declined considerably. (8) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- True
and CORRECT Answers
Hospitals have offered increasing amounts of ambulatory care and at present all hospitals
offer at least some outpatient or ambulatory care and most offer an extensive menu of such
services (8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
Your friend recently took her 6-month-old child to the local department of health to receive
routine vaccinations. This is an example of which type of prevention? (8) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Primary
Your grandfather has Alzheimer's disease and now requires 24-hour nursing care. Which of
the following facilities would be best for him? (8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Skilled
nursing
Your grandmother is dying of ovarian cancer. She has decided to stop all chemotherapy and
radiation therapy and is now just receiving morphine to manage her pain. This type of care is
known as which of the following? (8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Palliative
Medical care at present is organized by service type not patient needs. (8) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- True
In order for care in a skilled nursing facility or rehabilitation hospital to be covered by
Medicare and many private insurance plans, the following conditions must be met: (8) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - The patient must be terminally ill
- The patient must be admitted to SNF or rehab following a stay in an acute hospital for a
rehabilitate need related to discharge diagnosis
-Continued coverage is based on patient continuing to benefit from rehabilitation
You drive your roommate to a nearby urgent care clinic to have her sore throat examined. The
nurse practitioner performs a strep test, finds that it is positive, and prescribes your roommate
an antibiotic. This is an example of which type of acute care? (8) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Primary
, Care in a skilled nursing facility may be covered by the following: (8) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- - Medicaid for long-term care provided that the patient is poor or spends
down assets
- Donations from charitable and church organizations
-Out of pocket patient
Which of the following are services that are likely to be offered at an urgent care center?
Select all that apply. (8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Treatment of minor fractures
- Provision of intravenous fluids
-Prescription of medications
In which of the following locations is hospice care typically offered? Select all that apply. (8)
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Freestanding hospice agency
- Hospitals
- Private homes
Your grandfather, who served with distinction in the Vietnam War, is recovering from a stroke
in which he lost considerable function on the left side of his body, must receive intensive
occupational therapy to help him relearn how to feed himself, bathe, dress and brush his
teeth, speech therapy to improve speech and physical therapy to restore ability to walk.
Which type of hospital would be best for him, based on his needs? (8) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Rehabilitation
While the prevalence of chronic illness has increased considerably in the past 30 years,
inpatient admissions and patient days have declined considerably. (8) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- True
