Exam 7: Healthcare Organizations

As a nurse manager in a hospital,you would expect which of the following to be the major contributor to funding and revenues in your organization?

As a nurse manager,you have been asked to be part of a design team for health services that have vertical integration.In planning for these services,your team will design a proposal that will:

A merger has occurred between a hospital and a local home health agency,creating new roles for the nursing staff in both agencies.The nurse managers of both systems begin to evaluate and revise patient care processes and systems.With the merger,the healthcare organization's changes are:

A facility that provides care for patients whose average length of stay is less than 30 days and to patients whose average length of stay is longer than 30 days,and who require inpatient and ambulatory care for addictions,through a spectrum of wellness and illness services and providers,would be considered:

A nurse manager in a for-profit environment finds it difficult to recruit staff.This difficulty may be most related to aggressive profit goals and:

Which of the following is an example of an HMO?

Tracy is an RN case manager who interfaces between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid.Tracy's responsibilities most likely would include:

Healthcare organization XYZ provides women's health services on an inpatient basis (average stay of less than 30 days).This facility would likely be considered:

You are the nurse manager for a not-for-profit health service for the homeless and for drug users in an impoverished neighborhood.As the manager,your concern about sustainability is related to:

A group of patients with early Alzheimer's disease and their spouses approach you regarding help with the establishment of a local Alzheimer's Society for the support and education of affected individuals and their families.As a manager in an ambulatory care clinic,what suggestion or advice would you offer this group?

As a nurse manager,you have been offered a position at a Veterans Administration hospital.In accepting the position,it is important for you to understand that veterans hospitals provide:

With the help of a federal grant,the local school nurse has established a spreadsheet that contains relevant nursing data so that she can analyze children's health.School health programs are:

Which of the following patients would be most likely covered under Medicare?

A nurse manager working for a not-for-profit organization should be familiar with the regulations that impact the organization.Not-for-profit organizations:

A nursing informatics specialist hired by Blue Cross/Blue Shield (a form of third-party payers benefit package for a prepaid fee that uses specific standards to approve a period of time for the use of inpatient and community health services)is participating in:

The Wellington Mental Health Institute is fully accredited by the AOA and not directly by the CMS.This means that the Wellington facility:

The local health department nurse manager has developed and implemented a disaster readiness plan as part of a community service.Community services:

A nurse manager at a home healthcare service has resigned to take a position at a local ambulatory care center.She has been hired because of her expertise in TJC accreditation.To initiate the changes,the nurse manager has to be knowledgeable about the differences between a home healthcare institution and an ambulatory care center,which is a primary care institution.Primary care institutions are facilities that provide:

Which of the following is an outcome of managed care?

As a nurse manager,you have been asked to assist in designing a subacute facility for open heart patients who require further complex care after hospitalization.In setting up the facility,which of the following would require reassessment?