Exam 9: Case Management

The case manager gave the client a list of eight possible sources for the equipment needed for care after discharge. Which of the following best describes why the nurse did not just tell the client the best source for the equipment?

Which of the following best describes the aftermath of the deinstitutionalization of mentally ill patients into the community during the 1970s?

Which of the following best describes why health care institutions are unhappy beyond the fact that they are not receiving the previous high reimbursement for procedures from Medicaid or Medicare?

A nurse is explaining case management to a client. Which of the following statements would be the most appropriate for the nurse to make?

Which of the following elderly persons are often the targets of case management?

Which of the following best describes why utilization review departments are becoming case management units?

Which of the following has the largest influence on the case manager's role?

A client has been referred to a case management program. Which of the following actions would the nurse most likely take first?

Which of the following best describes the goals of nursing case management regardless of setting? (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following best describes the purpose of case management from the client's perspective?

A hospital is going to start a care management program. Which of the following groups of clients would most likely be selected to first receive such services?

Which of the following clients may be eligible for hospital-based, disease-specific case management support? (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following best describes why nurses are increasingly becoming case managers when social workers have historically been so successful in the role?

Which of the following are considered core functions of a case manager? (Select all that apply.)

A health care provider has charged more than a managed care organization (MCO) typically pays for a procedure. Which of the following would most likely be the result?

Which of the following best describes when case management is implemented for hospitalized patients?

Who first created the idea of a continuum of care, which later evolved into the term "case management"?

Which of the following best describes how a case manager identifies people who would benefit from case management services? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse has been working as a case manager for the past 6 months and would like to become certified. Which of the following organizations should the nurse pursue certification through?

A very skilled baccalaureate-prepared clinical nurse was asked to assume a case manager role. Which of the following will be most difficult for the nurse new to this role?