Exam 1: The Health Care System

A patient-oriented method of organizing the health care team in which the professional nurse is responsible and accountable for the entire nursing care of the patient is called ________ nursing.

The role expectations of nursing assistants are always the same.

Which of the following is an example of a site where patient care is delivered?

It sometimes happens that one institution uses more than one model of nursing care.

As a nursing assistant, you do NOT need to know the different basic role responsibilities of members of your work group and the reporting relationships; you only need to know your own role responsibilities.

The federal Medicare program looks at services used by patients who fall into diagnosis-related groups (DRGs).

As a nursing assistant, you are a member of a health care team and expected to understand teamwork.

Which of the following is a basic function of the health care delivery system?

The "nurse manager" is another term for "charge nurse."

Which of the following statements about nursing assistants is NOT correct?

In primary nursing

The purpose of HIPAA is to

Providing age-specific care for patients means that the nursing assistant recognizes that patients are NOT all the same and need to be treated and cared for in ways appropriate for their stage in life.

HIPAA is a federal regulation requiring the use of transaction standards that eliminate inefficient paper forms and reduce health care costs.

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) did away with certain requirements for nursing assistants.

Managed care is a term that refers to

When the nurse manager or charge nurse assigns and directs all patient care responsibilities for the nursing staff, the system is called "functional nursing."

Your immediate supervisor is responsible for helping you learn and understand your job.

In the functional nursing model

As a nursing assistant, you are a valuable worker and team member and should look to your nurse manager, team leader, or immediate supervisor as someone who will help you learn and understand your job.