Exam 37: Home Health Nursing

The nurse can best confirm that the patient understands the communication by obtaining ____________ from the patient.

The evaluation and admission process for entry to the home health care system includes physical and psychosocial examination,explanation of the patient's rights,and evaluation of family,home,and nursing interventions.What is the normal minimum time for the admission visit?

The LPN/LVN may provide many services to the patient in the home.Several of these are high-level skills.Under whose supervision should these high-level skills be directed and performed?

Nurses who work in home settings rather than a hospital setting require a different level of ability to be technically proficient,self-motivated,and innovative.This requires a higher level of what quality?

Because many illnesses are now controlled rather than cured,the number of people with chronic,debilitating illnesses has increased.What do home care nurses prevent by providing?

The home health nurse plans interventions to meet which general service goals? (Select all that apply. )

What should be the focus when the family and the patient work with the nurse to plan interventions?

After the patient is admitted to the home health services system,a treatment plan is drafted cooperatively with the health care provider and is signed.A separate,detailed care plan is always required for which disciplines?

Medicaid pays for home care services for people who have low incomes.Who administers the Medicaid program?

When the decision is made with the family to place the patient on hospice care,the home health nurse explains that the reimbursement changes from "fee per visit" to "fee per _________."

The initial evaluation and admission visit is made by an RN,who has been provided with general orders by a health care provider before the visit.This visit must be made within how many hours of the referral?