NEW
Font size
WorksheetsELSEVIER Ch 01: Today’s Healthcare
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of the following must the patient care technician (PCT) recognize regarding the healthcare delivery system?
It includes all states.
It affects the illness of patients.
Insurance companies are not involved.
The major goal is to achieve optimal levels of healthcare.
What is required by the healthcare team to identify the needs of a patient and to design care to meet those needs?
The white board
The nurse’s notes
The physician’s order sheet
An individualized care plan
How does an interdisciplinary approach to patient treatment enhance care?
By improving efficiency of care
By reducing the number of caregivers
By preventing the fragmentation of patient care
By shortening hospital stay
How may a newly licensed practical nurse/ licensed vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) practice?
Independently in a hospital setting
With an experienced LPN/LVN
Under the supervision of a physician or registered nurse (RN)
As a sole practitioner in a clinic setting
What document identifies the roles and responsibilities of the LPN/LVN?
The nurse’s employer
College Accreditation Standards
Nurse Practice Act
Nurse Association Code
What is the title of the American Hospital Association’s 1972 document that outlines the patient’s expectations to be treated with dignity and compassion?
Code of Ethics
Patient’s Bill of Rights
The Omnibus Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
Advance directives
What system reduces the number of employees but still provides quality care for patients?
Team nursing
Cross-training
Use of critical pathways
Case management
On what premise is Maslow’s Model of Health and Illness based?
All needs are equally important.
Basic needs must be met before the next level of needs can be met.
Self-actualization is a primary need.
Individuals prioritize needs the same way.
What must the nurse realize when assessing physical and social environmental factors affecting health and illness?
They affect one another.
They cause illness.
They cause patients to react similarly.
They can be separated.
What system of comprehensive patient care considers the physical, emotional, and social environment and spiritual needs of a person?
Interdependent care
Holistic healthcare
Illness prevention care
Health promotion care
What is the wellness-illness continuum defined as?
A concept that never changes
The range of a person’s total health
A continuum influenced only by one’s physical condition
An idea that focuses strictly on an individual’s social well-being
