Exam 24: Communicating for Continuity of Care

The nurse manager conducts an in-service for staff nurses about the importance of client-centered care.When educating staff nurses about characteristics of client-centered care,the nurse manager lists which of the following characteristics?

A nurse manager educates a group of staff nurses about primary care.Which of the following should the nurse manager list as a key feature of primary care?

The nurse is working within an interdisciplinary team.The nurse recognizes that interdisciplinary teams are characterized by

A nurse has been employed as a staff nurse for 20 years.When comparing her current clients to those she cared for at the beginning of her career,the nurse finds that clients today are

To build relational continuity with each client,the nurse strives for

The nurse recognizes that a characteristic of effective team collaboration includes which of the following?

The nurse recognizes that a potential barrier to effective team communication includes which of the following?

A client asks a nurse to explain the Affordable Care Act.When explaining it to the client,the nurse tells the client

The nurse is teaching at a community center about how the focus on care provision has shifted from the hospital to the community and a public health focus.The nurse teaches the community members that health care systems organized around acute,episodic care no longer suffice as a primary service model due to the complexity of contemporary health care,which requires a different care process to match new health realities.The nurse lists which of the following reasons for this?

The nurse demonstrates understanding of continuity of care (COC)when doing which of the following?

A nursing instructor educates a class of student nurses about informational continuity.The nursing instructor lists which of the following as characteristics of informational continuity?

A nursing instructor is educating a student nurse about bridging the gap between diminishing financial support for chronic care and multifaceted health care demands that can be long lasting.The instructor recognizes that further teaching is warranted when the student nurse lists which of the following as an indispensable means for accomplishing this?

Which of the following best describes continuity of care?

The nurse is caring for a client with a chronic health condition.The nurse recognizes that in order to achieve high-quality health outcomes for this client,which of the following should occur?

A home health nurse visits a client and his spouse once per week to change the client's wound dressing.By visiting the client and his spouse weekly,the nurse develops a sense of clinical responsibility and an accumulated knowledge of the client and spouse's personal and medical circumstances.This situation describes which component of continuity of care (COC)?

A staff nurse educates a nursing student about collaborative health care teams.The staff nurse recognizes that additional teaching is warranted when the nursing student lists which of the following as a characteristic of a collaborative health care team?

The nurse is caring for a client who will be transferred from the hospital unit to an acute rehabilitation facility.In order to ensure continuity of care for the client,the nurse should

When working on a hospital unit,the nurse should begin the discharge planning process at which time?