Deck 10: Basic Nutrition Concepts

Question 1

Consumers can register complaints about the quality of nursing home care to a variety of sources, starting with the administrator of the facility.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Nursing homes that provide Medicare and Medicaid services must operate under the supervision of a state-licensed administrator.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The responsibility for the accreditation of hospitals in the United States rests with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Accreditation is a procedure used to promote quality medical care in hospitals.

Question 5

Large hospitals tend to be better equipped and to provide more comprehensive care than small ones.

Question 6

There are physicians who are employed full-time managing hospitalized patients.

Question 7

There are several web sites that tabulate data on hospitals.

Question 8

Hospital-acquired infections are a significant problem.

Question 9

Long-term care options include services within, as well as outside, the home.

Question 10

Hospitals can be categorized as community and noncommunity.

Question 11

According to research, serious surgical complications occur less often in hospitals with fewer patients assigned to each nurse.

Question 12

Assessment of the quality of care is a problem facing consumers in the United States.

Question 13

Hospitals are discharging patients earlier because home care can be achieved at a lower cost.

Question 14

Most hospitals can provide home care services.

Question 15

To have an operation at an ambulatory surgery center, a consumer must have a doctor's recommendation.

Question 16

Consumer vigilance can prevent several types of complications related to hospital care.

Question 17

The quality of nursing home care in the United States has been maintained at a consistently high level.

Question 18

Good hospitals seldom have consumer representatives on their board of directors.

Question 19

Accreditation ensures a high level of medical care.

Question 20

Medicare does not pay for nursing home care.

Question 21

Patients who are unable to pay may be sent to other hospitals before they are examined and stabilized

Question 22

It is mandatory for hospitals to participate in the Joint Commission's accreditation procedure.

Question 23

The essentials for quality hospital care include all the following except

A) safety and cleanliness.
B) rules and regulations for medical staff.
C) a tissue committee.
D) a comprehensive marketing plan.

Question 24

Which of the following is not required for hospital accreditation by the Joint Commission?

A) many types of diagnostic and treatment services
B) maintenance of infection control procedures
C) at least 200 beds
D) regularly scheduled educational activities for its staff

Question 25

What proportion of American hospitals are accredited?

A) fewer than half
B) all hospitals that offer surgery
C) almost all hospitals with fewer than 50 beds
D) about 80%

Question 26

A good hospital has all the following except

A) a wide range of specialists, most of whom are board-certified.
B) several types of peer review.
C) educational activities for staff.
D) lower-than-average daily room rates.

Question 27

The question that need not be asked when selecting a hospital is,

A) Does it provide ambulance service?
B) What are your physicians' privileges?
C) Is it a teaching hospital?
D) Is it accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations?
E) Does it adhere to the Patient's Bill of Rights?

Question 28

Nursing home services do not routinely include

A) nursing care.
B) personal care.
C) residential care.
D) psychiatric care.

Question 29

The cost of custodial services in a nursing home typically is covered by

A) Medicare for all people over 65 years old.
B) Medicare for people whose income and total assets are low enough to qualify.
C) Medicaid for all people over 65 years old.
D) Medicaid for people whose income and total assets are low enough to qualify.
E) none of these choices.

Question 30

Problems of nursing home care include all the following except

A) inadequate number of personnel.
B) failure to maintain patient dignity.
C) Indiscriminate use of drugs.
D) unsanitary conditions.
E) lack of published federal certification standards.

Question 31

Nursing home facilities provide all the following except

A) home care.
B) skilled nursing care.
C) intermediate care.
D) custodial care.

Question 32

The hospital Patient's Bill of Rights does not include the right to

A) considerate and respectful care.
B) participate in peer reviews.
C) refuse treatment and understand medical consequences.
D) obtain a reasonable response to request for services.

Question 33

When searching for home care, which of the following is not important to determine?

A) Is the agency licensed?
B) Are employees screened and trained?
C) Are services adequately provided?
D) Is the agency accredited by the Institute of Medicine?
E) Is the agency certified by Medicare?

Question 34

Walk-in care centers have emerged for all the following reasons except for

A) the high cost of hospital services.
B) patients' desire to use credit cards for services.
C) the reluctance of physicians to make house calls.
D) consumer dissatisfaction with emergency department service in hospitals.

Question 35

The positive features of ambulatory care centers include all the following except for

A) no need to waste time obtaining a comprehensive medical history.
B) being open 7 days a week.
C) having no appointments necessary.
D) being cheaper than a hospital emergency department.

Question 36

All the following should be used to select an ambulatory care center except

A) checking for accreditation.
B) visiting several centers before help is needed.
C) checking charges for an overnight stay.
D) asking whether follow-up care is provided.

Question 37

What proportion of the elderly can not afford nursing home care for one year?

A) less than 5%
B) around 25%
C) more than half
D) most

Question 38

Federal law aimed to improve the quality of medical care in nursing homes requires

A) minimum levels of staffing.
B) physicians on duty for most of the day.
C) restraining of most patients.
D) issuance of periodic written progress reports to the patient's family.

Question 39

The alternatives to nursing home care include all the following except

A) home health care.
B) homemaker services.
C) life-care community living.
D) a personal care facility.
E) outpatient hospital care.