NEW MODIFIED NUR166 EXAM 1 ACTUAL
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS TESTED AND APPROVED!!!
Nurses who are employed in home care have a variety of responsibilities.
Which of the following is one of those responsibilities?
A) provide all care and services
b) maintain a clean home environment
c) advise patients on financial matters
d) collaborate with other care providers
--answer-- d) collaborate with other care providers
Which of the following is true of long-term care facilities?
A) they provide care only to older adults. B) they provide care for homeless adults.
C) they provide care to people of any age.
D) they care for people only with dementia.
--answer-- c) they provide care to people of any age.
A grade school is preparing a series of classes on the dangers of smoking. Who would be
most likely to teach the classes?
A) the principal
b) an outside consultant
c) a teacher
d) the school nurse
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,--answer-- d) the school nurse
An elderly woman has total care of her husband with alzheimers disease. What type of care
might the nurse suggest to give her some much-needed time of her own?
A) primary care
b) respite care
c) bereavement care
d) palliative care
--answer-- b) respite care
What population do hospice nurses provide with care? A) those requiring care to improve
health
b) children with chronic illnesses
c) dying persons and their loved ones
d) older adults requiring long-term care
--answer-- c) dying persons and their loved ones
Who provides physicians with the authority to admit and provide care to patients requiring
hospitalization? A) the healthcare institution itself
b) board of healing arts
c) american medical association
d) state board of nursing
--answer-- a) the healthcare institution itself
After a stroke, a patient is having difficulty swallowing. The nurse may make a referral to
what member of the healthcare team? A) physical therapist
b) speech therapist
c) social worker
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,d) respiratory therapist
--answer-- b) speech therapist
Medicare uses a prospective payment plan based on diagnosis-related groups (drgs). What are
drgs?
A) locally supported healthcare financing, usually by donations
b) a public assistance program for low-income individual
c) predetermined payment for services based on medical diagnoses
d) a private insurance plan for subscribers who pay a copayment
--answer-- c) predetermined payment for services based on medical diagnoses
A patient has a private insurance policy that pays for most healthcare costs and services. Why
is this plan called a third-party payer?
A) the insurance company pays all or most of the costs.
B) the family of the patient is required to pay costs.
C) the patient gets the bill and pays out-of-pocket costs.
D) medicare and medicaid will pay most of the costs.
--answer-- a) the insurance company pays all or most of the costs.
Which of the following statements accurately describe an aspect of managed care? Select all
that apply.
A) managed care systems control the cost of care with a lower quality of care.
B) the care of the patient is carefully planned and monitored by the primary care
provider.
C) the nurse is considered the gatekeeper in the managed care system.
D) the managed care system expands the choice of care providers.
E) the managed care system may required approval for specialty care.
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, F) planning and monitoring are conducted to ensure standards are followed. --answer-- b,
e, f
Which of the following is a characteristic of primary healthcare? Select all that apply.
A) it is essential healthcare based on sound methods and technology. B) it is made universally
accessible to individuals and families in the community.
C) it does not require the full participation of the individual and family.
D) it brings healthcare as close as possible to where people live and work.
E) it is the same concept as primary healthcare in that it refers to the delivery of
healthcare.
f) the concept was developed based on an increase in illness and death in third world
countries.
--answer-- a, b, d
Which of the following phrases is characteristic of case management as a method of
healthcare delivery?
A) brings healthcare to where people live and work
b) essentially the same method as primary care
c) planned and monitored by patients themselves
d) maximize positive outcomes and contain costs
--answer-- d) maximize positive outcomes and contain costs
Which of the following phrases best describes hospitals today? A) focus on chronic illnesses
b) focus on acute care needs
c) primary care centers
d) voluntary agencies
--answer-- b) focus on acute care needs
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PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS TESTED AND APPROVED!!!
Nurses who are employed in home care have a variety of responsibilities.
Which of the following is one of those responsibilities?
A) provide all care and services
b) maintain a clean home environment
c) advise patients on financial matters
d) collaborate with other care providers
--answer-- d) collaborate with other care providers
Which of the following is true of long-term care facilities?
A) they provide care only to older adults. B) they provide care for homeless adults.
C) they provide care to people of any age.
D) they care for people only with dementia.
--answer-- c) they provide care to people of any age.
A grade school is preparing a series of classes on the dangers of smoking. Who would be
most likely to teach the classes?
A) the principal
b) an outside consultant
c) a teacher
d) the school nurse
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,--answer-- d) the school nurse
An elderly woman has total care of her husband with alzheimers disease. What type of care
might the nurse suggest to give her some much-needed time of her own?
A) primary care
b) respite care
c) bereavement care
d) palliative care
--answer-- b) respite care
What population do hospice nurses provide with care? A) those requiring care to improve
health
b) children with chronic illnesses
c) dying persons and their loved ones
d) older adults requiring long-term care
--answer-- c) dying persons and their loved ones
Who provides physicians with the authority to admit and provide care to patients requiring
hospitalization? A) the healthcare institution itself
b) board of healing arts
c) american medical association
d) state board of nursing
--answer-- a) the healthcare institution itself
After a stroke, a patient is having difficulty swallowing. The nurse may make a referral to
what member of the healthcare team? A) physical therapist
b) speech therapist
c) social worker
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,d) respiratory therapist
--answer-- b) speech therapist
Medicare uses a prospective payment plan based on diagnosis-related groups (drgs). What are
drgs?
A) locally supported healthcare financing, usually by donations
b) a public assistance program for low-income individual
c) predetermined payment for services based on medical diagnoses
d) a private insurance plan for subscribers who pay a copayment
--answer-- c) predetermined payment for services based on medical diagnoses
A patient has a private insurance policy that pays for most healthcare costs and services. Why
is this plan called a third-party payer?
A) the insurance company pays all or most of the costs.
B) the family of the patient is required to pay costs.
C) the patient gets the bill and pays out-of-pocket costs.
D) medicare and medicaid will pay most of the costs.
--answer-- a) the insurance company pays all or most of the costs.
Which of the following statements accurately describe an aspect of managed care? Select all
that apply.
A) managed care systems control the cost of care with a lower quality of care.
B) the care of the patient is carefully planned and monitored by the primary care
provider.
C) the nurse is considered the gatekeeper in the managed care system.
D) the managed care system expands the choice of care providers.
E) the managed care system may required approval for specialty care.
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, F) planning and monitoring are conducted to ensure standards are followed. --answer-- b,
e, f
Which of the following is a characteristic of primary healthcare? Select all that apply.
A) it is essential healthcare based on sound methods and technology. B) it is made universally
accessible to individuals and families in the community.
C) it does not require the full participation of the individual and family.
D) it brings healthcare as close as possible to where people live and work.
E) it is the same concept as primary healthcare in that it refers to the delivery of
healthcare.
f) the concept was developed based on an increase in illness and death in third world
countries.
--answer-- a, b, d
Which of the following phrases is characteristic of case management as a method of
healthcare delivery?
A) brings healthcare to where people live and work
b) essentially the same method as primary care
c) planned and monitored by patients themselves
d) maximize positive outcomes and contain costs
--answer-- d) maximize positive outcomes and contain costs
Which of the following phrases best describes hospitals today? A) focus on chronic illnesses
b) focus on acute care needs
c) primary care centers
d) voluntary agencies
--answer-- b) focus on acute care needs
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