NUR 388 - FINAL EXAM PREP TEST BANK NEWEST 2026/2027
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A nurse is trying to maximize the quality of life of clients while reducing health
care costs. Which of the following actions would most likely be completed by the
nurse?
a. Assisting in cast application for a client who was injured in a skateboard incident
b. Irrigating the eyes of a client splashed with chemicals
c. Restoring a normal cardiac rhythm following cardiopulmonary resuscitation of a
client with a heart condition
d. Teaching a high school boy about sexually transmitted infections and proper
condom application
d. Teaching a high school boy about sexually transmitted infections and proper
condom application
Which of the following caused health care providers to begin to focus on
individual infections and trauma in the 1900s in the United States?
a. Education of health care providers moved into universities.
b. People finally had enough money to pay for medical care.
c. The improved outcomes of hospital care were recognized.
d. Advances were made in sewage disposal, and water and milk quality.
d. Advances were made in sewage disposal, and water and milk quality.
Which of the following accurately describes a challenge that will be faced by
health care providers in the 21st century?
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a. Lack of available space to provide care for clients in hospitals
b. Emergence of new and old communicable and infectious diseases
c. New guidelines for chronic disease management
d. Increased use of technology leading to a decreased need for health care
workers
b. Emergence of new and old communicable and infectious diseases
Which of the following demographic factors is expected to have the greatest
influence on national health care spending?
a. The aging population
b. Use of diagnosis-related groups to determine reimbursement
c. Insurance reform
d. An increasing number of people without health insurance
a. The aging population
Which of the following groups pays the largest amount for health care in the
United States today?
a. Consumers
b. Federal and state government
c. Insurance companies and other third-party payers
d. Hospitals and health care providers
b. Federal and state government
Which of the following services would be covered under Medicare Part A?
a. Blood draw to assess PT/INR
b. Physical therapy visit
c. Stay in skilled nursing facility
d. Transportation by an ambulance
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c. Stay in skilled nursing facility
A Medicare recipient has elected to pay a monthly premium for Medicare that will
cover expenses such as durable medical equipment. Which of the following best
describes this part of Medicare?
a. Part A
b. Part B
c. Part C
d. Part D
b. Part B
Which of the following criterion is now used for deciding the amount of the
reimbursement before care is provided?
a. A proportion of actual cost arbitrarily decided by the Medicare panel
b. The federal budget constraints for the current fiscal year
c. Hospital and health care provider feedback and political persuasion
d. Prospective payment scale based on the medical diagnosis
d. Prospective payment scale based on the medical diagnosis
Which of the following payment systems tries to keep clients healthy through
education and health promotion, with the goal of reducing the need for
professional health care intervention and therefore also lowering cost?
a. Managed care plan
b. Fee-for-service payment
c. Prospective reimbursement
d. Retrospective reimbursement
a. Managed care plan
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Which of the following terms describes when a nurse practitioner receives a set
monthly payment to take care of a group of clients regardless of the services
needed and provided?
a. Capitation
b. Fee for service
c. Rationing
d. Retrospective reimbursement
a. Capitation
A client expresses concern that health care coverage based on capitation may
have negative side effects. Which of the following would most likely be a
consequence of capitation?
a. Coercing clients to attend health promotion education classes
b. Encouraging clients to seek care elsewhere
c. Increasing the number of interventions to maximize payment
d. Neglecting to order certain tests or treatment to minimize cost to the provider
d. Neglecting to order certain tests or treatment to minimize cost to the provider
When did medicine in the United States make a shift away from the treatment of
acute infection to care of chronic illnesses?
a. Between 1890 and 1920
b. Between1920 and 1940
c. Between 1940 and 1960
d. Between 1945 and 1984
d. Between 1945 and 1984
A nurse is implementing a primary prevention strategy focusing on economics
within the community. Which of the following interventions is the nurse most
likely completing?
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