Exam 30: Home Health and Hospice Care

The nurse educator knows that the nursing student understands the contributions that Lillian Wald made to home care when the nursing student makes which statement?

A client will receive hospice care under the Medicare Hospice Benefit. The nurse understands which is true?

A home health care nurse is assigned to visit a client's home. The nurse identifies the area as a problem neighborhood. Which action would be most appropriate for the nurse to take?

A home health care nurse performs an initial visit to a client and determines that the client meets the criteria for services with Medicare reimbursement. The nurse understands that this service will be reimbursed for which period?

When providing home health care, which individual is responsible for coordinating the care?

When developing the plan of care for a client receiving home health care services, which goal would be the most important?

A nurse is asking about care needed for an older home bound client. The client's caregiver states that the client needs help with daily morning care and meal preparation. Which type of care does the nurse seek to coordinate?

An instructor is describing the various types of home health care agencies and uses the visiting nurse association as an example of which type?

A nurse is caring for a client who has a skin ulcer. The client was a member of the armed services. Which type of health service does the client qualify for?

The home health nurse is synthesizing evidence and clinical data and theory during an initial home visit. The home health nurse is operating within which standard of practice?

When visiting a client in the home for the first time, which information is absolutely critical to remember?

A home health care nurse is working with informal caregivers. Which action is most important?

A home health care nurse is invited as a guest speaker to talk to a group of students about challenges of working in the home. As part of the discussion, the nurse describes medication safety. Which would the nurse include as a measure to address this issue?

As part of a group exercise, students are to compare and contrast home care and hospice care. The instructor determines that the activity was successful when the students identify which as reflective of home health care?

After teaching a group of students about hospice and its view of end-of-life care, which statement by the students indicates a need for additional teaching?

The home health nurse is discussing home health nursing practice with a student nurse. Which statement made by the student nurse summarizes the home care nursing?

When providing palliative care to a client receiving hospice care, which would be important? Select all that apply.

Which Medicare policy prevents people who could benefit from hospice services from receiving those services, even when it would be most cost-effective for the client to receive hospice rather than inpatient interventions?

The nurse has presented on the history of home health to new RNs hired by the organization. Which statement validates that the teaching was effective?

The family of a hospice client is holding a vigil at the client's bedside. During a visit, a hospice nurse participates in this vigil and encourages each of the family members to say their good-byes. The nurse is demonstrating: