NURS 5338 MOD 2 EXAM Q&A 2026 STUDY
GUIDE SOLVED QUESTIONS GRADED A+
◉ important pieces of knowledge about hospitals. Answer: sociocultural
preference for outpatient care
tech advances have enabled more outpatient care
some hospitals have closes across country
health systems have developed - include inpatient and outpatient
facilities
◉ Patient bill of rights. Answer: introduced in 1973 to represent the
healthcare consumer in hospital care
◉ hospitalists. Answer: physicians who specialize in the care of patients
who are staying in the hospital (1996)
◉ inpatient care services. Answer: involves overnight stay of patient
,medicare defines it as: "admission to a hospital by a doc's order to treat
an illness or injury"
due to high costs - most outpatient services are now being offered by
hospitals
◉ hospital types by ownership. Answer: public, voluntary/community,
proprietary
◉ hospital ownership - public. Answer: owned/funded by federal, state,
or local government
ex. VA hospitals (federal: veterans, military, Native Americans), CT
valley hospital (state)
◉ hospital ownership - voluntary (nonprofit). Answer: privately owned
nonprofit
supported by community orgs + reinvest surplus into
community/healthcare services
ex. hartford hospital, yale new haven hospital
◉ hospital ownership type - proprietary (for-profit). Answer: investor-
owned
, goal = generate profit
owned by individuals, partnerships, or corps
ex. waterbury hospital, manchester memorial
◉ hospitals can by classified by. Answer: ownership, speciality, length
of stay, academic or not, focus of health (holistic), religiously affiliated,
charitable care
◉ types of hospitals by specialty. Answer: general hospitals + specialty
hospitals
◉ general hospitals. Answer: provides many diff types of services to
meet the general needs of its pop.
most hospitals = generals
◉ specialty hospitals. Answer: provide services for specific disease +
target pop.
ex. psychiatric, children's, women's, cardiac, cancer, rehab, ortho
hospitals
GUIDE SOLVED QUESTIONS GRADED A+
◉ important pieces of knowledge about hospitals. Answer: sociocultural
preference for outpatient care
tech advances have enabled more outpatient care
some hospitals have closes across country
health systems have developed - include inpatient and outpatient
facilities
◉ Patient bill of rights. Answer: introduced in 1973 to represent the
healthcare consumer in hospital care
◉ hospitalists. Answer: physicians who specialize in the care of patients
who are staying in the hospital (1996)
◉ inpatient care services. Answer: involves overnight stay of patient
,medicare defines it as: "admission to a hospital by a doc's order to treat
an illness or injury"
due to high costs - most outpatient services are now being offered by
hospitals
◉ hospital types by ownership. Answer: public, voluntary/community,
proprietary
◉ hospital ownership - public. Answer: owned/funded by federal, state,
or local government
ex. VA hospitals (federal: veterans, military, Native Americans), CT
valley hospital (state)
◉ hospital ownership - voluntary (nonprofit). Answer: privately owned
nonprofit
supported by community orgs + reinvest surplus into
community/healthcare services
ex. hartford hospital, yale new haven hospital
◉ hospital ownership type - proprietary (for-profit). Answer: investor-
owned
, goal = generate profit
owned by individuals, partnerships, or corps
ex. waterbury hospital, manchester memorial
◉ hospitals can by classified by. Answer: ownership, speciality, length
of stay, academic or not, focus of health (holistic), religiously affiliated,
charitable care
◉ types of hospitals by specialty. Answer: general hospitals + specialty
hospitals
◉ general hospitals. Answer: provides many diff types of services to
meet the general needs of its pop.
most hospitals = generals
◉ specialty hospitals. Answer: provide services for specific disease +
target pop.
ex. psychiatric, children's, women's, cardiac, cancer, rehab, ortho
hospitals
