HCDS 100 Final Exam Study Guide LATEST 2024 Latest Update 2024-2025 135 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
A facility is reviewing its policies and procedures to ensure that it complies with The
Joint Commission (TJC) standards. The facility is concerned about its:
- accreditation
- certification
- licensure
D. registration - CORRECT ANSWER: A. accreditation
A facility that focuses totally on palliative care is a(n):
- ambulatory care facility
- hospice
- long-term care facility
D. managed care - CORRECT ANSWER: B. hospice
A file identification system in which the patient receives a new number for each subsequent admission; however, each previous admission is brought fowled and filed
with the most recent vist - CORRECT ANSWER: Serial unit
A file identification system that assigns the same number to an entire family, uniquely
identifying each member by a modifier - CORRECT ANSWER: Family unit
A file identification systen in which the patient receives a new number for each
subsequent admission - CORRECT ANSWER: Serial
A file identification systen in which the patient receives the same number for all
admissions - CORRECT ANSWER: Unit
A hospitalist specializes in:
- patients in the home health care setting
- patients discharged from the hospital
- only patients in the acute care environment
D. only reading x-rays - CORRECT ANSWER: C. only patients in the acute care
environment
A method of identifying patient records in a computer based system - CORRECT
ANSWER: Index
A nurse is responsible for:
- delivering and managing patient care
- ordering prescriptions
- ordering the patient to be admitted or discharged 1 / 3
D. developing a patient treatment care plan - CORRECT ANSWER: A. delivering and
managing patient care
A patient will most likely receive physical therapy in which type of health care facility?
- acute care
- long-term care
- rehabilitation
D. hospice - CORRECT ANSWER: C. rehabilitation
A patient's record was not completed as of the 26th day after the patient's discharge
from the hospital. This record is considered:
- deficient
- delinquent
- in process
D. invalid - CORRECT ANSWER: A. deficient
A predetermined set of instructions for a specific set of blood tests, x-rays, or other
procedures is called:
- plan of care
- protocol
- utilization review
D. verbal orders - CORRECT ANSWER: B. protocol
A primary care physician will be most likely to perform which of the following?
- remove breast tumor
- take a chest x-ray
- analyze routine blood test results
D. a colonoscopy - CORRECT ANSWER: C. analyze routine blood test results
A primary care physician will usually NOT:
- provide specialty medical care
- evaluate and consult
- refer patients to a specialist
- coordinate all patient care - CORRECT ANSWER: A. provide specialty medical care
A problem-focused physical examination focuses on which of the following body areas and organ systems?
- All body areas and organ systems
- only the head, neck, chest, and abdomen
- Only the patient's general appearance and his or her vital signs
D. Only the body area(s) or organ system(s) affected - CORRECT ANSWER: A. only
the body area(s) or organ system(s) affected
A synonym for "vocational nurse" is:
- registered nurse
- licensed practical nurse 2 / 3
- nurse practitioner
D. advanced practice nurse - CORRECT ANSWER: B. licensed practical nurse
Acute care discharge includes the following, EXCEPT:
- a patient who did not have an overnight stay in the acute care facility
- a patient dies in the acute care facility
- patient is transferred to another health care facility
- patient left acute care facility against medical advise - CORRECT ANSWER: A. a
patient who did not have an overnight stay in the acute care facility
Acute care facilities are permitted to have delinquent records, but the number of
delinquent records must not exceed:
- 2% of the average monthly discharges
- 50 records
- 50% of the average monthly discharges
D. 9 records - CORRECT ANSWER: C. 50% of the average monthly discharges
Administers substances that cause loss of sensation - CORRECT ANSWER:
Anesthesiologist
All health care professionals must adhere to their medical discipline's ______ standards.
- accreditation
- certification
- professional
D. licensure - CORRECT ANSWER: C. professional
All of the following are always elements of a physician's order, EXCEPT:
- date
- physician's signature
- initials/signature of the individual executing the order
D. reason/rationale for the order - CORRECT ANSWER: D. reason/rationale for the
order
All of the following are ancillary services, EXCEPT the _____ department>
- radiology
- laboratory
- emergency
D. mammography - CORRECT ANSWER: C. emergency
All of the following are elements of the UHDDS, EXCEPT:
- date of birth
- gender
- religion
D. discharge date - CORRECT ANSWER: C. religion
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