Chapter 07 Healthcare Organizations Review Questions And
Answers Latest Edition.
1. As a nurse manager in a for-profit hospital, you are interested in promoting teaching programs
for physicians, because evidence suggests that hospitals with teaching programs tend to promote
better care for patients. Your administration indicates that it cannot support your ideas or
proposal because of (select all that apply): -
a.Increased salary costs.
b. Duplication of tests and procedures.
c. Graduate medical education.
ANS: A, B, C
Teaching hospitals tend to incur higher costs because of the salaries required for supervision of
physicians, duplication of tests and procedures through the learning process, longer times
required to process patients, costs of state-of-the art technology, biomedical research, and stand-
by capacity of specialized care. Because of the additional costs, few for-profit agencies and
organizations support teaching programs.
1. To prepare for the orientation of newly hired nurses, the nurse manager plans a presentation
outlining the concept of healthcare networks. Healthcare networks are: - d.
Units that serve large populations.
ANS: D
Healthcare networks are interconnected units. Their aim is serving large regional populations.
10. In reviewing the current delivery model, the nurse manager is aware that a demographic
change that will have a significant effect on the healthcare delivery systems of the future is: - c.
The increasing percentage of the population that will be over age 65.
ANS: C
, Chapter 07 Healthcare Organizations Review Questions And
Answers Latest Edition.
A demographic change that will significantly impact the healthcare system of the future is the
increasing proportion of individuals 65 years and older. By 2025, more than 18% of the
population is expected to be 65 years and older, which means that new healthcare organizations
will evolve as the system attempts to maintain older adults in the community for as long as
possible.
11. A facility that provides care for patients whose average length of stay is less than 30 days and
to patients whose average length of stay is longer than 30 days, and who require inpatient and
ambulatory care for addictions, through a spectrum of wellness and illness services and
providers, would be considered: - a.
A healthcare network.
ANS: A
Healthcare networks embrace and provide wellness and illness services, including primary,
secondary, and tertiary care, through a network of providers.
12. Healthcare organization XYZ provides women's health services on an inpatient basis
(average stay of less than 30 days). This facility would likely be considered: - c.
Acute care, specialized.
ANS: C
The AHA defines an acute care hospital as a facility in which the average length of stay is less
than 30 days. Because of the focus on women's health services, it would also be considered
specialized.
Answers Latest Edition.
1. As a nurse manager in a for-profit hospital, you are interested in promoting teaching programs
for physicians, because evidence suggests that hospitals with teaching programs tend to promote
better care for patients. Your administration indicates that it cannot support your ideas or
proposal because of (select all that apply): -
a.Increased salary costs.
b. Duplication of tests and procedures.
c. Graduate medical education.
ANS: A, B, C
Teaching hospitals tend to incur higher costs because of the salaries required for supervision of
physicians, duplication of tests and procedures through the learning process, longer times
required to process patients, costs of state-of-the art technology, biomedical research, and stand-
by capacity of specialized care. Because of the additional costs, few for-profit agencies and
organizations support teaching programs.
1. To prepare for the orientation of newly hired nurses, the nurse manager plans a presentation
outlining the concept of healthcare networks. Healthcare networks are: - d.
Units that serve large populations.
ANS: D
Healthcare networks are interconnected units. Their aim is serving large regional populations.
10. In reviewing the current delivery model, the nurse manager is aware that a demographic
change that will have a significant effect on the healthcare delivery systems of the future is: - c.
The increasing percentage of the population that will be over age 65.
ANS: C
, Chapter 07 Healthcare Organizations Review Questions And
Answers Latest Edition.
A demographic change that will significantly impact the healthcare system of the future is the
increasing proportion of individuals 65 years and older. By 2025, more than 18% of the
population is expected to be 65 years and older, which means that new healthcare organizations
will evolve as the system attempts to maintain older adults in the community for as long as
possible.
11. A facility that provides care for patients whose average length of stay is less than 30 days and
to patients whose average length of stay is longer than 30 days, and who require inpatient and
ambulatory care for addictions, through a spectrum of wellness and illness services and
providers, would be considered: - a.
A healthcare network.
ANS: A
Healthcare networks embrace and provide wellness and illness services, including primary,
secondary, and tertiary care, through a network of providers.
12. Healthcare organization XYZ provides women's health services on an inpatient basis
(average stay of less than 30 days). This facility would likely be considered: - c.
Acute care, specialized.
ANS: C
The AHA defines an acute care hospital as a facility in which the average length of stay is less
than 30 days. Because of the focus on women's health services, it would also be considered
specialized.
