Healthy People 2010 includes goals to increase both quality of life and the elimination of health disparities. Which of the following is critical to the success of case management? 1. Eliminating health disparities in individuals in the community 2. Providing services for every citizen 3. Evidence-based practice 4. Planning interventions that will ensure that every […]
Case management has many concepts. As with medication administration, there are five “rights” of case management: They include 1. Care, time, provider, setting, and price 2. Patient, medication, route, time, documentation 3. Place, setting, patient, plan, outcomes 4. Disease process, time, place, beneficence, advocate ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 1 Care, time, provider, setting, and price […]
Critical pathways are tools that specify activities providers may use in a timely sequence to achieve desired outcomes. Which of the following is true about critical pathways? 1. Critical pathways are used only by nurses who are case managers. 2. Pathways are useful in pinpointing compliance issues. 3. Pathways are used when clients spend more […]
A patient with a long history of asthma with many hospital admissions is referred to a case manager to assist in the management of her disease. Disease management targets 1. Chronic and costly disease conditions that require long-term care interventions. 2. Patients who cannot handle their disease. 3. Those who seek to control use by […]
Program evaluation is an essential organizational practice in nursing centers. A Nurse Executive provides materials on the effectiveness of a prenatal program. This would be termed 1. Focusing on design 2. Engaging stakeholders 3. Ensuring use and sharing lessons learned 4. Gathering credible evidence ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 4
Nursing centers were established in the 1970s by 1. Nursing executives 2. Nurse practitioners 3. Academic nursing programs 4. Community leaders ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 3
Support for nursing centers can come from which of the following sources? Select all that apply. 1. Grants 2. Charitable organizations 3. Private pledges 4. Foundations ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 1, 2, 3, 4 Support for nursing centers can come from grants, charitable organizations, private pledges, and foundations.
The health care industry comprises systems that integrate financing, management, and delivery of services. Population management includes wellness and illness prevention. The use of integrated systems has had important consequences such as 1. Management has shifted from inpatient care to primary care providers as points of entry. 2. Emphasis is on population health management rather […]
Nursing centers are responsive to the needs of the community when the 1. Staff determines the needs of the community 2. Nurse executive determines the services needed by the community 3. Community is involved in assessing its needs 4. Community leader determines the needs of the community ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 3
One type of nursing center is the special care center. This center 1. Focuses on a particular demographical group or those with special care needs 2. Is closely associated with a school of nursing 3. Are considered not-for-profit 4. Are designated fee-for-service, designated HMO providers ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 1
