HOSA Clinical Nursing Competition 100% Correct Answers Verified Latest 2024 Version

What system has greatly increased the number and types of health care settings? - Health care system What health care workers help individuals and aggregates (groups) to improve health of the entire community? - Community health nurses What is the main difference between home health care nursing and public health care nursing? - Direct care to patients What major health care involves teaching patients and families to care for themselves so as to promote independent functioning? - Home health care What is a major source of home health care funding? - Medicare For what do these 4 conditions have to be met for? 1. the physician has determined the need for home care 2. the patient needs intermitted skilled nursing care or physical or speech-language therapy or continued occupational therapy 3. the patient is homebound 4. the agency providing the care is Medicare certified - Medicare What are the high-technology interventions (the provisions of intravenous therapy and ventilator), hospice services, pediatric care, and mental health care for? - Specialty home care services What is the process of restoring an individual to the best possible health and functioning following a physical or mental impairment and the prevention of further disability? - RehabilitationCaring for what type of patient requires the coordinated services of a large number of health care professionals to help patients stay healthy and prevent complications or injuries? - Disabled As an effective member of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team, the __________ is a care planner, teacher, caregiver, counselor, coordinator, and advocate - Nurse ________ ________ workers must consider the way a disabled individual functions within the family and the patient and family should be involved from the outset in determining the plan of care - Health care ___________ in activities of daily living is the best indicator of who will need nursing home placement - Dependence What residential care exists in these 4 levels: 1. domiciliary care 2. sheltered housing 3. intermediate care 4. skilled care - Modern long-term Care delivered in _____________ residential facility is based on 3 principles: 1. promotion of independence 2. maintenance of function 3. maintenance of autonomy (freedom from external authority to make decisions about one's health and health care) - Long-term care What is the cornerstone of the healing process? - Nutrition To support and maintain life for fight disease, the body must be supplied with the proper __________ - Nutrients What process involves enzymes helping break down food particles to their simplest form so that the nutrients can be absorbed by the body? - DigestiveWhat body system regulates neural control and the secretion of hormones? - Gastrointestinal Parasympathetic nerves stimulate what? - Digestive activity What major organ is normally emptied in 1-4 hours, depending on the amount and kinds of food eaten? - Stomach The primary organ of absorption is the _______ _________ - Small intestine Fluids, vitamins, and minerals are absorbed through the intestinal ___________ - Mucosa The body makes use the energy received through the food that is eaten, and the _________ portion of __________ expenditure occurs during rest to carry out the mechanical activities needed to sustain life processes - Largest/energy Although ________ are the body's main source of food energy, ________ are the most concentrated source - Carbohydrates/fats Most of the energy needed to move, perform activities, and live is consumed in the form of _________, which are converted primarily to glucose for immediate use by the body's cells - Carbohydrates ________ are a major source of energy for muscle tissue, even when glucose is available - Lipids _______ are made of smaller units called amino acids - Proteins _________ and _________ are micronutrients; they are needed in small amounts for good health - Vitamins/minerals ________ is the largest component of the body and body tissues are essential to all life processes in the body - Water