Chapter 18--Health Care Agencies

Chapter 18–Health Care Agencies

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A client is being admitted to a restorative care facility. The nurse realizes the goal of restorative care is to:

ANS:  3

Restorative care includes follow-up care after surgery, home care, and rehabilitation. The need for restorative care may result from an acute illness episode, surgery, exacerbation of a chronic illness, or from a disability. Restorative care is not to help the client die, to help the family cope, or to increase health care costs.

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Analyze         REF:   Restorative Care Agencies

2. A client is relocating to a facility that will provide personal care services, 24-hour supervision, social activities, and health care services. The nurse realizes the client is relocating to:

ANS:  4

Assisted living facilities provide personal care services, 24-hour supervision, social activities, and health care services. Adult day care facilities provide health, social, and recreational services to adults who require supervision and care while their family members are otherwise engaged with work responsibilities. Long-term care is an extended assistance for the chronically ill, mentally ill, or disabled with a focus on assistance with carrying out basic activities of daily living that may be provided in private homes or public facilities. Hospice includes palliative and end-of-life care for clients and their families.

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Analyze         REF:   Continuing Care Agencies

3. A client tells the nurse that he is a veteran of a foreign war and utilizes those benefits. The nurse realizes that the client most likely is receiving benefits for:

ANS:  1

Perhaps the most visible of all veteran’s benefits is health care. The VA does provide benefits and support to over 100,000 homeless veterans each year; however, this number is substantially lower than the number of veterans who utilize health care benefits. The VA does not provide banking or retirement services.

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Analyze         REF:   The Veterans Affairs Health System

4. A client tells the nurse that someone telephones her at home to ask how she is doing, if she is following her physician’s treatment plan, and then provides instruction on ways to improve her health with the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The nurse realizes this client is experiencing which of the following care delivery systems?

ANS:  4

An integrated care delivery system is a network of organizations that provide a coordinated continuum of services to a defined population. Team, module, and primary are all examples of care delivery systems to provide inpatient client care.

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Analyze         REF:   The Future of Health Care Agencies

5. A client tells the nurse that he has a place to go to receive current information and the annual flu vaccination, and he has a small gym and outdoor walking track. The nurse realizes this client is utilizing which type of health care service?

ANS:  1

Preventive care agencies provide education, inoculations, and support healthy lifestyles. Primary care services provide diagnostics and routine treatment. Secondary care services include emergent treatment and intermediate care. Tertiary care services include high-tech treatment and critical care.

PTS:     1          DIF:     Analyze           REF:    Preventive Care Agencies