Chapter 1 EAQ Questions with Answers

Chapter 1 EAQ Questions with Answers 1. A patient is suffering from leukemia and is in the terminal stage. The patient has opted for a service that provides palliative care at home. Which service has the patient selected? Hospice 2. Many community colleges have started a new curriculum in nursing known as the Ladder Program. What is the concept of this program? Graduates in practical nursing can enter the second year of the registered nursing program. 3. Health maintenance organizations such as Kaiser Permanente play a major role in decreasing the high cost of health care. What benefit of these organizations should the nurse teach to encourage patients to enroll? Patients do not have to pay the full cost of health care at each visit to the clinic. 4. A nurse is employed in a health care setting and is responsible for immunizations. Which health care setting is the nurse working in? Preventive care 5. An experienced nurse explains that earlier in his or her career, nurses were responsible for planning and directing care for a patient over a 24-hour period. This is an example of what type of nursing care? Primary nursing care 6. Four different registered nurses are providing services. Which registered nurse is providing a continuing health care service? Nurse C 7. Which patient is receiving a continuing health care service?