Chapter 01: Health Care Agencies
Sorrentino: Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. An acute illness is:
a. a sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover.
b. an ongoing illness for which there is no known cure.
c. an illness that is slow or gradual in onset.
d. an illness for which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery.
ANS: A REF: p. 1
2. A long-term health condition that may have no known cure is:
a. an acute illness.
b. a chronic illness.
c. a terminal illness.
d. a physical illness.
ANS: B REF: p. 1
3. A nursing pattern that brings services from departments to the bedside is:
a. primary nursing.
b. team nursing.
c. patient-focused care.
d. case management.
ANS: C REF: p. 1
4. Functional nursing is:
a. a nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs.
b. a nursing care pattern in which an RN is responsible for the person’s total care.
c. when a team of nursing staff is led by an RN who decides the amount and kind of
care each person needs.
d. when services are moved from departments to the bedside.
ANS: A REF: p. 1
5. An RN is responsible for the person’s total care. This is:
a. team nursing.
b. primary nursing.
c. functional nursing.
d. patient-focused care.
ANS: B REF: p. 1
6. RNs do which of the following?
a. Write doctor’s orders.
b. Supervises LPNs/LVNs.
c. Decide which type of facility the person needs.
d. Prescribe treatments for the person.
ANS: B REF: p. 6
7. Which is the goal of the health care team?
a. Provide quality care.
b. Provide sources of income for residents.
c. Decide which procedures will be paid for.
d. Train nursing assistants and other students.
Sorrentino: Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. An acute illness is:
a. a sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover.
b. an ongoing illness for which there is no known cure.
c. an illness that is slow or gradual in onset.
d. an illness for which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery.
ANS: A REF: p. 1
2. A long-term health condition that may have no known cure is:
a. an acute illness.
b. a chronic illness.
c. a terminal illness.
d. a physical illness.
ANS: B REF: p. 1
3. A nursing pattern that brings services from departments to the bedside is:
a. primary nursing.
b. team nursing.
c. patient-focused care.
d. case management.
ANS: C REF: p. 1
4. Functional nursing is:
a. a nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs.
b. a nursing care pattern in which an RN is responsible for the person’s total care.
c. when a team of nursing staff is led by an RN who decides the amount and kind of
care each person needs.
d. when services are moved from departments to the bedside.
ANS: A REF: p. 1
5. An RN is responsible for the person’s total care. This is:
a. team nursing.
b. primary nursing.
c. functional nursing.
d. patient-focused care.
ANS: B REF: p. 1
6. RNs do which of the following?
a. Write doctor’s orders.
b. Supervises LPNs/LVNs.
c. Decide which type of facility the person needs.
d. Prescribe treatments for the person.
ANS: B REF: p. 6
7. Which is the goal of the health care team?
a. Provide quality care.
b. Provide sources of income for residents.
c. Decide which procedures will be paid for.
d. Train nursing assistants and other students.
