Exam 18: Health Care Settings: Potential Job Sites

An elderly 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?

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

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 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/an

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 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?

Which agencies are considered part of the U.S.Public Health Service?

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

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

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

The United States Public Health Service (USPHS)is funded by

Accountability of private health care agencies is assumed by the

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

Which of the following are types of health care agencies in which the LPN/LVN would most likely find work?

The Visiting Nurse Association is a public voluntary agency that has which of the following characteristics?

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

A nurse is asked about public health care agencies.Which of the following would help the nurse frame a comprehensive response?

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

A patient who 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