The nurse is caring for a patient whose insurance coverage is Medicare. The nurse should consider which information when planning care for this patient?
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Capitation provides the hospital with a means of recovering variable charges.
The hospital will be paid for the full cost of the patient's hospitalization.
Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) provide a fixed reimbursement of cost.
Medicare will pay the national average for the patient's condition.
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Question 2
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A nurse is teaching the staff about managed care. Which information should the nurse include in the teaching session?
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Managed care insures full coverage of health care costs.
Managed care only assumes the financial risk involved.
Managed care allows providers to focus on illness care.
Managed care causes providers to focus on prevention.
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Question 3
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A nurse is teaching a family about health care plans. Which information from the nurse indicates a correct understanding of the Affordable Care Act?
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A family can choose whether to have health insurance with no consequences.
Primary care physician payments from Medicaid services can equal Medicare.
Adult children up to age 26 are allowed coverage on the parent's plan.
Private insurance companies can deny coverage for any reason.
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Question 4
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A nurse is caring for a patient in the hospital. When should the nurse begin discharge planning?
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When the patient is ready
Close to the time of discharge
Upon admission to the hospital
After an order is written/prescribed
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Question 5
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The nurse is applying for a position with a home care organization that specializes in spinal cord injury. In which type of health care facility does the nurse want to work?
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Secondary acute
Continuing
Restorative
Tertiary
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Question 6
Multiple Choice
A nurse provides immunization to children and adults through the public health department. Which type of health care is the nurse providing?
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Primary care
Preventive care
Restorative care
Continuing care
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Question 7
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A nurse is following the PDSA cycle for quality improvement. Which action will the nurse take for the letter "A"?
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Act
Alter
Assess
Approach
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Question 8
Multiple Choice
The nurse is trying to determine how well a certain health plan compares with other health plans. To gather this type of data, which information will the nurse utilize?
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Pew Health Professions Commission
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program
Hospital Consumer of Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)
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Question 9
Multiple Choice
An older adult patient has extensive wound care needs after discharge from the hospital. Which facility should the nurse discuss with the patient?
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Hospice
Respite care
Assisted living
Skilled nursing
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Question 10
Multiple Choice
A nurse working in a community hospital's emergency department provides care to a patient having chest pain. Which level of care is the nurse providing?
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Continuing care
Restorative care
Preventive care
Tertiary care
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Question 11
Multiple Choice
A nurse is teaching about the effects of globalization. Which information should the nurse include in the teaching session?
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Increased spread of communicable diseases
Increased homogeneous mix of nursing staff
Decreased poverty and increased "health tourism"
Decreased urbanization as populations shift to the suburbs
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Question 12
Multiple Choice
A nurse is using research findings to improve clinical practice. Which technique is the nurse using?
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Performance improvement
Integrated delivery networks
Nursing-sensitive outcomes
Utilization review committees
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Question 13
Multiple Choice
Which finding indicates the best quality improvement process?
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Staff identifies the wait time in the emergency department is too long.
Administration identifies the design of the facility's lobby increases patient stress.
Director of the hospital identifies the payment schedule does not pay enough for overtime.
Health care providers identify the inconsistencies of some of the facility's policy and procedures.
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Question 14
Multiple Choice
A nurse is providing home care to a home-bound patient treated with intravenous (IV) therapy and enteral nutrition. What is the home health nurse's primary objective?
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Screening
Education
Dependence
Counseling
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Question 15
Multiple Choice
A nurse hears a co-worker state that anybody could be a nurse since it is so automated with infusion devices and electronic monitoring; technology is doing the work. What is the nurse's best response?
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"Technology use has to be combined with nursing judgment."
"The focus of effective nursing care is technology."
"If it's so easy, why don't you do it?"
"That is true in the 20th century."
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Question 16
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A nurse is completing a minimum data set. Which area is the nurse working?
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Nursing center
Psychiatric facility
Rehabilitation center
Adult day care center
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Question 17
Multiple Choice
Which government-instituted programs should the nurse include in a teaching session about controlling health care costs? (Select all that apply.)
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Professional standards review organizations
Prospective payment systems
Diagnosis-related groups
Third-party payers
"Never events"
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Question 18
Multiple Choice
A nurse is teaching the staff about the Institute of Medicine competencies. Which examples indicate the staff has a correct understanding of the teaching? (Select all that apply.)
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Use informatics.
Use transparency.
Apply globalization.
Apply quality improvement.
Use evidence-based practice.
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Question 19
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A nurse is evaluating care based upon the nursing quality indicators. Which areas should the nurse evaluate? (Select all that apply.)
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Patient satisfaction level
Hospital readmission rates
Nursing hours per patient day
Patient falls/falls with injuries
Value stream analysis for quality
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Question 20
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A nurse is working in a health care organization that has achieved Magnet status. Which components are indicators of this status? (Select all that apply.)