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| What type of healthcare facility employs the largest percentage of RNs? |
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| What area would a nurse expect to find as the most rapidly growing area? |
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| What healthcare provider is a major source of health assessment and health education for children? |
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| How would a nurse explain respite care? |
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| "A service that allows time away for caregivers" |
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| What would be identified as a government agency? |
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| Describe managed care as a framework for healthcare? |
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| A design to control the cost of care without maintaining the quality of care |
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| What does being part of a company's HMO mean? |
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| Receiving all healthcare from providers within the organization |
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| Private insurance being a third-party payer indicates what? |
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| You pay a monthly premium, and the insurance company pays the bills |
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| A nurse is developing a presentation for a local community group about the knowledgeable healthcare consumer. What technology would the nurse include as having the greatest effect on this area? |
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| computer (consumers are increasingly using their home computers to access healthcare information via internet) |
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| What would a nurse do to ensure continuity of care as patients move from acute care to home care? |
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| Make referrals to appropriate agencies |
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| Describe the philosophy of community-based care? |
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| It centers on individuals and families with acute and chronic illness needs |
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| What activity would be appropriate for a nurse to delegate to other healthcare team members when admitting a patient to the hospital? |
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| Preparing the bed and collecting needed supplies |
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| When a patient is being admitted to a healthcare facility what written explanation must be provided based on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)? |
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| How health information will be used and disclosed |
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| What must an ICU nurse be prepared to do as part of a transfer from the ICU to a regular hospital room? |
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| Provide a verbal report to the nurse on the new unit (This information is not given to a unit secretary, nor is it delegated to others. The medical record is transferred with the patient; a copy is not made) |
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| At what point during a hospital stay should discharge planning be initiated? |
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| On admission to the acute care setting |
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| What would be an appropriate statement or question in establishing a discharge pln for a patient who has had major abdominal surgery? |
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| "What are your expectations for recovery from your surgery?" |
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| If a patient decides to leave the hospital against medical advice (AMA), they must sign a form, why? |
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| To release the physician and hospital from legal responsibility for the patient's health status |
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| What is the primary purpose of the identification bracelet worn by the hospitalized patient? |
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| What is a requirement for Medicare home healthcare reimbursement? |
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| The patient must be essentially homebound |
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| In general, how does home care nursing compare with hospital-based nursing? |
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| In the home, care must be adapted to the patient's schedules and customs |
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| Although the home care nurse follows an established plan of care, how is she or he more independent? |
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| by assuming responsibility for decision making |
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| What would be the most important to effective coordination of care and services? |
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| What would be something the nurse would do in the pre-entry phase of the home visit? |
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| Collect information and schedule a visit |
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| Before washing their hands, what might a home health nurse ask or say to the patient? |
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| "I need to wash my hands. May I use your bathroom?" |
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| What one activity is most important in preventing infection when providing home care? |
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| Performing hand hygiene before and after care |
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| How often must a home health nurse document progress notes? |
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