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NURS 1005- Unit 1: Ch. 1-6 Practice
Questions and Answers
A _____ approach is focuses on the care of the whole person physically and mentally - Ans:✔✔-Holistic
A _____ approach is an approach that focuses on the person receiving the care - Ans:✔✔-Humanistic
_____ provide services that are either specialized in one speciality (cancer center, orthopedic hospital
etc.) or provide a variety of services (general hospital) - Ans:✔✔-Acute care settings
_____ a unit within a hospital, a separate facility or a long term care facility that focuses its care on
rehabilitation and helping the patient to move from hospital care to home care - Ans:✔✔-Sub-acute care
units (skilled nursing units)
_____ are facilities where residents that are unable to care for themselves either temporarily or
permanently live to receive a wide variety of care.
-Some will specialize to provide care for residents with a specific need (alzheimer's, stroke recovery etc.)
- Ans:✔✔-Long-Term care facilities (Nursing homes)
_____ a type of long term care facility where residents that require limited help (medications,
transportation, meals or house keeping) have access to a nurse 24/7. - Ans:✔✔-Assisted living facilities
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_____ provide clients with skilled care in a persons home for a variety of different medical needs -
Ans:✔✔-Home health care agencies
_____ provide care that is focused on relieving pain and providing emotions and spiritual support for
people who are dying (with 3-6 months to live) and their families - Ans:✔✔-Hospice organizations
_____ is a group of people with different types of knowledge and skill levels who work together to
provide holistic care to the patient or resident - Ans:✔✔-Health Care Team
_____ is the primary government agency responsible for protecting this nations health.
There are multiple agencies involved in overseeing many different aspect of the health care system in the
US. - Ans:✔✔-The United States Department of Health and Human Services
_____ is an act passed in 1987 to improve the quality of life for people who live in long-term care
facilities by making sure that residents receive a certain standard of care which takes into account the
residents physical, emotional, spiritual, and social needs - Ans:✔✔-Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
(OBRA), 1987
What does OBRA stand for - Ans:✔✔-Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
OBRA sets standards for _____ standard of _____ and standard of _____ of _____ - Ans:✔✔-Long-term
care facilities standard of care and standard of training of nursing assistants who work in long-term care
facilities
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The _____ is an independent, non-profit organization that sets national standards for all types of health
care organizations and officially recognizes (accredits) organizations that meet these standards -
Ans:✔✔-Joint Commission
_____ is a government agency that is responsible for protecting the health and safety of American
workers by enforcing standards and providing education to improve conditions in the workplace. -
Ans:✔✔-Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
_____ is an insurance that is purchased at group rates by an employer or corporation that either pays for
a percentage of the employees coverage or covers it fully - Ans:✔✔-Group insurance
_____ is when a health care provider is required to prove that a person's medical conditions meets
certain criteria and receives pre-approval for treatment for medical costs to be covered by the insurance
company - Ans:✔✔-Certification process
_____ is a system designed to control health care costs by delivering health care to people who need it
by arranging contacts with various health care providers
(Ex. Preferred provider organization, Health maintenance organization) - Ans:✔✔-Managed Care System
_____ is a managed care system that contracts with an insurance company to accept a standard payment
as total payment for services rendered; in return for seeking care only from health care providers who
are part of the network, the ensured usually receive the care ata reduced cost - Ans:✔✔-Preferred
Provider Organization (PPO)
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_____ is a managed care system that contract with health care providers to provide health care services
for a prepaid fee, and people seeking care agree to see only health care providers who are part of the
HMO network - Ans:✔✔-Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
_____ is a type of insurance plan that is federally funded by social security and which all people 65 years
and older, and some younger disabled people are eligible to participate - Ans:✔✔-Medicare
_____ is a federally funded and state regulated plan designed to help people with low incomes to pay for
health care - Ans:✔✔-Medicaid
_____ is a report that focuses on the degree of assistance or skilled care that each resident of a long-
term care facility needs - Ans:✔✔-Minimum Data Set (MDS)
_____ is a system for controlling health care costs in which the length of a person's hospital stay, as well
as payment for hospitalization, surgery or other treatment, is specified according to the person's
diagnosis - Ans:✔✔-Diagnosis-related group (DRG)
True or False -Health care today is delivered in large facilities dedicated to providing on-site patient care -
Ans:✔✔-T
True or False -Alzheimer patients who can no longer do any of their own daily care may need to enter a
long-term facility - Ans:✔✔-T
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