Test Bank For Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing 9th
Edition By Lucy Hood 9781496351364 Chapter 1-22 Complete
Guide .
A customer purchases a plane ticket and flies overseas to Germany. While in Germany, the individual
becomes ill and travels back to the United States to be seen by primary care health care provider.
Once seen by the primary care provider, the client is placed in isolation at a nearby hospital. Which
challenge of the health care delivery system correlates with this situation?
A) ensuring access to care for all human beings
B) providing both preventive and curative services
C) responding to actual and future epidemics
D) enabling optimal health essential to high quality of life
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: C) responding to actual and future epidemics
A 95-year-old client is admitted to the hospital with dehydration secondary to a fall that occurred 3
days prior to admission. The client's adult child found the client on the floor. The client was unable to
reach a phone to call for help. At the hospital, health care providers stated that the client was not a
candidate for surgery due to the client's age and anticipated quality of life. Which challenge of the
health care delivery system correlates
with the situation?
A) allowing consumer participation in the provision of health care services
B) determining the optimal balance between illness treatment and quality of life
C) providing both preventive and curative services
D) attaining an effective system using governmental support and private resources
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: B) determining the optimal balance between illness treatment and quality of
life
A 25-year-old adult graduates from college and obtains a job working for a bank that offers a good
salary, good hours, and medical and dental benefits. Which type of health care funding model would
best describe the medical benefits provided by the employee and employer?
A) The national health service model
B) The mandated insurance model
C) The Medicaid insurance model
D) The entrepreneurial insurance model
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: D) The entrepreneurial insurance model
A worker in Brazil utilizes the mandated health insurance model for health care insurance. When
describing the mandated health insurance model to an American friend, the worker will discuss the
funding occurs through which revenue source?
A) income tax revenues
B) nonprofit insurance funds
C) individual purchase
D) general tax revenues
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: B) nonprofit insurance funds
,A Canadian student is seen by a health care provider for a routine screening before going to college.
The student's family is covered by the Canadian plan. Which principle of the Canadian health care
system is evident for this student?
A) Each insurance plan covers all residents for uniform services.
B) A public for-profit authority administers the plan.
C) Canadians do not have coverage when they travel across provinces.
D) Care can be denied for inability to pay for coverage.
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: A) Each insurance plan covers all residents for uniform services.
A student nurse graduates from a university with a bachelor's degree in nursing. After successfully
passing the state boards, the nurse decides to pursue employment at a local hospital on medical-
surgical unit. There are many openings due to the current nursing shortage. Which factor is
contributing to the current global nursing shortage?
A) low turnover rates so that jobs are hard to find
B) nursing faculty shortage limiting the number of students accepted into nursingschool
C) overstaffing in acute- and extended-care settings
D) reduced number of persons entering the profession
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: B) nursing faculty shortage limiting the number of students accepted into
nursing school
A nurse arrives to the unit and learns that a colleague has called out sick so the nurse will be
responsible for at least 10 clients for the shift. Several clients have returned from surgery and require
close monitoring. Several other clients are older adults and in need of dressing changes and
treatments. All clients have IVs and IV medications to be administered throughout the shift. What is
the most prevalent ethical dilemma this nurse is facing, in light of the responsibility that the nurse
needs to undertake?
A) safety of all the clients
B) enough time to complete responsibilities
C) enough help to do a good job
D) prioritization of needs based on situation
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: A) safety of all the clients
A client's parent is dying from heart failure and has just been transferred to skilled nursing facility for
end-of-life care. What kind of care is the client's parent receiving when receiving care for end-of-life
issues?
A) primary care
B) secondary care
C) tertiary care
D) quaternary care
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: C) tertiary care
A nurse is explaining to a client about standardized methods for managing their COPD. The client is
not "on board" since they think that more expensive treatment and medications would make them
"better." Every day this nurse maps out expected interventions along with discharge planning and
instructions. Once the client has reached the "desired outcome," this nurse recommends discharge to
home. Which hospital department has this client been working with?
A) social services
B) risk management
, C) case management
D) legal department
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: C) case management
A nursing student (NS) is reading a research article entitled, "Changing the model of care delivery: This
NS is considering working for an organization after graduation that will allow them to deliver holistic
care so the care the client receives will be coordinated and not fragmented. Which delivery model is
this NS looking for?
A) functional nursing
B) team nursing
C) total patient care nursing
D) modular nursing
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: C) total patient care nursing
A nurse is taking a class on nursing research. The student is preparing to defend their thesis and thinks
about all the contributions that can be made to the nursing profession. Which contribution can a
baccalaureate nurse provide to research in the profession of nursing?
A) participating in nursing education projects
B) suggesting nursing research questions
C) using nursing research findings for discussion
D) promoting a sense of encouragement for colleagues
Chapter 10. - ANSWER: B) suggesting nursing research questions
A nurse has noted what he or she thinks is a "better," more efficient way to perform central-line
dressing changes. They are thinking about putting a scientific study together for research. Given this,
which is the first step the nurse should take to begin the research process?
A) collecting data about how other nurses change central-line dressings
B) reviewing the literature on central line dressing changes
C) defining variables that can be controlled during the dressing change
D) raising questions about how to streamline central-line dressing changes
Chapter 10. - ANSWER: D) raising questions about how to streamline central-line dressing changes
The common purpose of quantitative and qualitative approaches to research is to gain an
understanding. Which category does the researcher, using the quantitative approach, view as
necessary to objectively distance himself or herself from subjects?
A) view of truth
B) view of reality
C) view of relationships
D) view of nursing
Chapter 10. - ANSWER: C) view of relationships
A nurse is working on a doctorate degree in nursing. The nurse's employer has recently hired a group
of nurses from the Philippines to help with their nursing shortage. This nurse has designed a
quantitative research study looking at how foreign-born nurses view their role as "care provider". This
is an example of what emphasis on quantitative research nursing practice focuses on?
A) demonstrating an empirical, analytical emphasis
B) demonstrating a human, science emphasis
Edition By Lucy Hood 9781496351364 Chapter 1-22 Complete
Guide .
A customer purchases a plane ticket and flies overseas to Germany. While in Germany, the individual
becomes ill and travels back to the United States to be seen by primary care health care provider.
Once seen by the primary care provider, the client is placed in isolation at a nearby hospital. Which
challenge of the health care delivery system correlates with this situation?
A) ensuring access to care for all human beings
B) providing both preventive and curative services
C) responding to actual and future epidemics
D) enabling optimal health essential to high quality of life
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: C) responding to actual and future epidemics
A 95-year-old client is admitted to the hospital with dehydration secondary to a fall that occurred 3
days prior to admission. The client's adult child found the client on the floor. The client was unable to
reach a phone to call for help. At the hospital, health care providers stated that the client was not a
candidate for surgery due to the client's age and anticipated quality of life. Which challenge of the
health care delivery system correlates
with the situation?
A) allowing consumer participation in the provision of health care services
B) determining the optimal balance between illness treatment and quality of life
C) providing both preventive and curative services
D) attaining an effective system using governmental support and private resources
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: B) determining the optimal balance between illness treatment and quality of
life
A 25-year-old adult graduates from college and obtains a job working for a bank that offers a good
salary, good hours, and medical and dental benefits. Which type of health care funding model would
best describe the medical benefits provided by the employee and employer?
A) The national health service model
B) The mandated insurance model
C) The Medicaid insurance model
D) The entrepreneurial insurance model
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: D) The entrepreneurial insurance model
A worker in Brazil utilizes the mandated health insurance model for health care insurance. When
describing the mandated health insurance model to an American friend, the worker will discuss the
funding occurs through which revenue source?
A) income tax revenues
B) nonprofit insurance funds
C) individual purchase
D) general tax revenues
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: B) nonprofit insurance funds
,A Canadian student is seen by a health care provider for a routine screening before going to college.
The student's family is covered by the Canadian plan. Which principle of the Canadian health care
system is evident for this student?
A) Each insurance plan covers all residents for uniform services.
B) A public for-profit authority administers the plan.
C) Canadians do not have coverage when they travel across provinces.
D) Care can be denied for inability to pay for coverage.
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: A) Each insurance plan covers all residents for uniform services.
A student nurse graduates from a university with a bachelor's degree in nursing. After successfully
passing the state boards, the nurse decides to pursue employment at a local hospital on medical-
surgical unit. There are many openings due to the current nursing shortage. Which factor is
contributing to the current global nursing shortage?
A) low turnover rates so that jobs are hard to find
B) nursing faculty shortage limiting the number of students accepted into nursingschool
C) overstaffing in acute- and extended-care settings
D) reduced number of persons entering the profession
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: B) nursing faculty shortage limiting the number of students accepted into
nursing school
A nurse arrives to the unit and learns that a colleague has called out sick so the nurse will be
responsible for at least 10 clients for the shift. Several clients have returned from surgery and require
close monitoring. Several other clients are older adults and in need of dressing changes and
treatments. All clients have IVs and IV medications to be administered throughout the shift. What is
the most prevalent ethical dilemma this nurse is facing, in light of the responsibility that the nurse
needs to undertake?
A) safety of all the clients
B) enough time to complete responsibilities
C) enough help to do a good job
D) prioritization of needs based on situation
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: A) safety of all the clients
A client's parent is dying from heart failure and has just been transferred to skilled nursing facility for
end-of-life care. What kind of care is the client's parent receiving when receiving care for end-of-life
issues?
A) primary care
B) secondary care
C) tertiary care
D) quaternary care
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: C) tertiary care
A nurse is explaining to a client about standardized methods for managing their COPD. The client is
not "on board" since they think that more expensive treatment and medications would make them
"better." Every day this nurse maps out expected interventions along with discharge planning and
instructions. Once the client has reached the "desired outcome," this nurse recommends discharge to
home. Which hospital department has this client been working with?
A) social services
B) risk management
, C) case management
D) legal department
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: C) case management
A nursing student (NS) is reading a research article entitled, "Changing the model of care delivery: This
NS is considering working for an organization after graduation that will allow them to deliver holistic
care so the care the client receives will be coordinated and not fragmented. Which delivery model is
this NS looking for?
A) functional nursing
B) team nursing
C) total patient care nursing
D) modular nursing
Chapter 9. - ANSWER: C) total patient care nursing
A nurse is taking a class on nursing research. The student is preparing to defend their thesis and thinks
about all the contributions that can be made to the nursing profession. Which contribution can a
baccalaureate nurse provide to research in the profession of nursing?
A) participating in nursing education projects
B) suggesting nursing research questions
C) using nursing research findings for discussion
D) promoting a sense of encouragement for colleagues
Chapter 10. - ANSWER: B) suggesting nursing research questions
A nurse has noted what he or she thinks is a "better," more efficient way to perform central-line
dressing changes. They are thinking about putting a scientific study together for research. Given this,
which is the first step the nurse should take to begin the research process?
A) collecting data about how other nurses change central-line dressings
B) reviewing the literature on central line dressing changes
C) defining variables that can be controlled during the dressing change
D) raising questions about how to streamline central-line dressing changes
Chapter 10. - ANSWER: D) raising questions about how to streamline central-line dressing changes
The common purpose of quantitative and qualitative approaches to research is to gain an
understanding. Which category does the researcher, using the quantitative approach, view as
necessary to objectively distance himself or herself from subjects?
A) view of truth
B) view of reality
C) view of relationships
D) view of nursing
Chapter 10. - ANSWER: C) view of relationships
A nurse is working on a doctorate degree in nursing. The nurse's employer has recently hired a group
of nurses from the Philippines to help with their nursing shortage. This nurse has designed a
quantitative research study looking at how foreign-born nurses view their role as "care provider". This
is an example of what emphasis on quantitative research nursing practice focuses on?
A) demonstrating an empirical, analytical emphasis
B) demonstrating a human, science emphasis
