QUESTION What should a nurse working in a public nonprofit hospital understand? 1. The hospital is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. 2. The hospital provides care only if the patient has the ability to pay. 3. Federal, state, or local governments govern this type of hospital. 4. The hospital is owned by […]
QUESTION What does the Health on the Net Foundation (HON) code of conduct address? 1. Patient respect 2. Nurse conduct 3. Credibility of information on the World Wide Web 4. Reliability of information posted on PDAs ANSWER: Correct Answer: 3 The HON code of conduct for medical and health Web sites addresses the reliability […]
QUESTION What is the ability to access relevant information at the patient’s bedside considered? 1. Information systems at the point of care 2. Personal computerization 3. Digital communication 4. Equipment networking ANSWER: Correct Answer: 1 Wireless and portable devices can bring the patient record and provider services to the point of care. This may […]
QUESTION What does fee-for-service payment mean? 1. The patient has a healthcare card that must be presented at the point of care. 2. Patients pay the practitioner for each service they receive. 3. Healthcare providers are paid a fixed amount per person to provide care. 4. Charges are waived by the government. ANSWER: Correct […]
QUESTION Hospitals in the United States have what forms of ownership? (Select all that apply.) 1. Sick fund hospitals 2. Public 3. Socialized 4. Private for-profit 5. Private nonprofit ANSWER: Correct Answer: 2, 4, 5 The three forms of hospital ownership in the United States are public, private for-profit, and private nonprofit. Health care […]
QUESTION The nurse has completed giving client education regarding cardiac risk factors to a client who is to be discharged today. At the end of the instruction, what should the nurse say? 1. “Tell me everything we have talked about during the last few minutes.” 2. “What do you think about what we have discussed?” […]
QUESTION When change results from cognitive dissonance, why does the change come about? 1. The desire to regain feelings of consistency and balance 2. Recognition by the organization 3. Social diffusion of a new idea 4. Monetary reward ANSWER: Correct Answer: 1 Cognitive dissonance involves four concepts; (1) people like consistency, (2) dissonance is […]
QUESTION What does the acronym HIPAA stands for? 1. Health Information Privacy Protection Act 2. Human Information Personal Protection Act 3. Higher Insurance Privacy Protection Act 4. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ANSWER: Correct Answer: 4 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) established policies and procedures that protect confidentiality. The other […]
QUESTION The client complains that it took the nurse 20 minutes to answer the call light. The nurse says, “We are so busy. A nurse called in sick tonight. None of us has even had supper.” What does this response reflect? 1. An honest answer to the client’s complaint. 2. Putting the nurse’s needs above […]
QUESTION What is a priority for research in nursing informatics? 1. Cost-effectiveness of advanced practice nursing 2. Patient satisfaction 3. Disease state outcomes 4. Putting technology into practice and system evaluation ANSWER: Correct Answer: 4 Brennan et al. (1998) identified 10 priorities for research in the area of nursing informatics. They are; putting technology […]
