Deck 15: Health Care Settings: Continuum of Care

Question 1

Which agencies are considered part of the U.S. Public Health Service? (Select all that apply.)

A) National Institutes of Health
B) Food and Drug Administration
C) Department of Veterans Affairs
D) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
E) American Cancer Society
F) Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration

Answer 1

National Institutes of Health
Food and Drug Administration
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration

Question 2

An older adult patient is to be discharged from the acute care hospital with left-sided weakness, difficulty swallowing, and inability to independently perform ADLs, therefore requiring daily physical therapy. The patient has no family and lives in a high-rise apartment building. Referral to which level of long-term care would the nurse likely recommend at the care planning conference?

A) Sheltered housing
B) Skilled nursing facility
C) Assisted living facility
D) Domiciliary care

Answer 2

Skilled nursing facility

Question 3

A patient who has had a cerebrovascular accident needs nursing care, physical therapy, and speech therapy. The patient's spouse would like to provide care at home but needs assistance. During the planning conference, the nurse should suggest that the agency that could best meet the patient's needs is

A) a home health agency.
B) the American Red Cross.
C) the American Heart Association.
D) a local wellness center.

Answer 3

a home health agency.

Question 4

A resident who is terminally ill and his family are considering hospice. They ask the nurse for information about hospice. Which of the following would be information the nurse could correctly relay? (Select all that apply.)

A) Maintaining comfort as death approaches is the hospice philosophy.
B) Hospice care may be provided at home or in a freestanding agency.
C) Family members are encouraged to care for the individual.
D) Hospice can be tailored to meet the individual's and the family's needs.
E) The cost of hospice is more than the cost of hospital care.
F) Respite care is available when the individual is cared for at home.

Question 5

The health care agency that provides information and support for breast-feeding mothers and breast milk for infants because of health reasons is the __________________.

Question 6

After several weeks of outpatient care, a patient with a badly burned hand has been referred for rehabilitation. The patient asks the nurse what the purpose of rehabilitation is. The best answer would be

A) "It will help you get back the function of your hand and will prevent further disability."
B) "It's a way of keeping you under direct supervision while healing continues."
C) "You'll need to learn new ways of eating and dressing using your good hand."
D) "In your case, I don't know what the purpose is. Why not ask your doctor?"

Question 7

A nurse is asked, "What does it mean if a health care agency is described as 'proprietary'?" The nurse should respond:

A) "It operates by government mandate."
B) "It is funded by local tax money and government subsidies."
C) "It operates for profit."
D) "It uses a large number of volunteers."

Question 8

An example of a public sector health care agency supported primarily by U.S. taxpayer dollars is the

A) U.S. Public Health Service.
B) Kaiser Permanente hospitals.
C) American Cancer Society.
D) World Health Organization.

Question 9

Which individual is best served by receiving care at an adult day care center?

A) Mr. A, who needs a nebulizer treatment to control an acute asthma attack
B) Mr. B, who has been referred for carpal tunnel surgery
C) Mr. C, a new diabetic who needs teaching
D) Mr. D, who has first-stage Alzheimer's disease and a working wife

Question 10

A nurse is asked about public health care agencies. Which of the following would help the nurse frame a comprehensive response? (Select all that apply.)

A) Public health agencies are entirely supported by fees for services.
B) There are two types of public health agencies: official and voluntary.
C) Public health agencies seek to make a profit for the owners.
D) Public health agencies focus on curing illness and disease.
E) Public health agencies emphasize disease prevention, wellness promotion, research, and education.

Question 11

Which of the following are types of health care agencies in which the LPN/LVN would most likely find work? (Select all that apply.)

A) Board and care home
B) Emergency unit facility
C) Skilled nursing facility
D) Adult day care center
E) Hospice

Question 12

A patient tells the nurse, "I was treated for an asthma attack at a freestanding ambulatory services center." The nurse correctly identifies the treatment as taking place at a(n)

A) urgent care center.
B) domiciliary residence.
C) intermediate care facility.
D) fitness club.

Question 13

Accountability of private health care agencies is assumed by the

A) taxpayer.
B) government.
C) owners of the agency.
D) board of directors of the agency.

Question 14

A nurse working in the emergency department who must obtain data to identify the patient's primary care provider should ask the patient about

A) hospital stays.
B) low-cost health care providers.
C) receiving specialized care aimed at restoring the function of a body part.
D) the referring physician, nurse practitioner, or ambulatory care setting.

Question 15

____________________ are for-profit hospitals operated for the financial benefit of the owner of the hospital.

Question 16

At a patient care planning conference, the nurse hears the remark, "We need to report this event to our official public health agency." The nurse interprets this as meaning the speaker will contact the

A) American Cancer Society.
B) Visiting Nurse Association.
C) National Easter Seal Society.
D) local health department.

Question 17

The U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) is funded by

A) tax money.
B) lottery money.
C) voluntary contributions.
D) estates and endowments.

Question 18

An example of a voluntary health agency that is focused on research and education of the public is

A) the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration.
B) the Visiting Nurse Association.
C) St. Jude's Children's Hospital.
D) the American Heart Association.

Question 19

Knowing that Alcoholics Anonymous is a nonprofit group that receives no taxpayer money and is aimed at meeting the needs of a selected population segment would help the nurse to classify it as a

A) public agency.
B) private agency.
C) voluntary agency.
D) proprietary agency.