Mosbys Essentials for Nursing Assistants 6th Edition Sorrentino

Mosby’s Essentials for Nursing Assistants 6th Edition Sorrentino Test Bank

Chapter 01: Introduction to Health Care

Sorrentino: Mosby’s Essentials for Nursing Assistants, 6th Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• An acute illness is
• a sudden illness from which the person is expected to recover.
• an on-going illness for which there is no known cure.
• an illness that is slow or gradual in onset.
• an illness for which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery.

ANS: A REF: p. 002

• An on-going illness that is slow or gradual in onset and for which there is no known cure is
• an acute illness.
• a chronic illness.
• a terminal illness.
• a physical illness.

ANS: B REF: p. 002

• Functional nursing is
• a nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs.
• a nursing care pattern in which an RN is responsible for the person’s total care.
• a team of nursing staff led by an RN who delegates care to other nurses.
• moving services from departments to the bedside.

ANS: A

REF: p. 005

• An RN is responsible for the person’s total care. This is called
• team nursing.
• primary nursing.
• functional nursing.
• patient-focused care.

ANS: B REF: p. 005

• Persons living in long-term care centers are called
• patients.
• clients.
• residents.
• individuals.

ANS: C REF: p. 002

• Persons receiving care in hospitals are called
• patients.
• clients.
• residents.
• individuals.

ANS: A REF: p. 002 1 / 4

• Which health team member is responsible for the entire nursing staff?
• Nurse manager
• Charge nurse
• Staff nurse
• Director of nursing

ANS: D REF: p. 004

• An assisted living residence (ALR)
• provides three meals a day and 24-hour supervision.
• is for persons with terminal illnesses.
• provides complex, on-going rehabilitation.
• is for persons with chronic mental illness.

ANS: A REF: p. 003

• Assisted living residences (ALRs) provide the following except
• housing.
• personal care.
• complex medical care.
• social activities.

ANS: C REF: p. 002

• Which of these individuals perform delegated nursing tasks under the supervision of a

licensed nurse?

• Nurse practitioners
• Social workers
• Nursing assistants
• Medical technologists

ANS: C REF: p. 005

• The nursing team involves the following except
• physicians.
• RNs.
• LPNs.
• nursing assistants.

ANS: A REF: p. 005

• Which person leads the health team?
• An RN
• An LPN/LVN
• A nurse manager
• A nursing assistant

ANS: A REF: p. 005

• LPNs/LVNs may be supervised by all of the following except
• RN.
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• licensed doctor.
• licensed dentist.

ANS: B REF: p. 005

• Which health team member assesses, makes nursing diagnoses, plans, implements, and

evaluates nursing care?

• RN
• LPN
• Nursing assistant
• Case manager

ANS: A REF: p. 005

• As a nursing assistant, you are part of
• the interdisciplinary health care team.
• the board of trustees.
• the case management team.
• the prospective payment system.

ANS: A REF: p. 004

• Which term describes when services are moved from departments to the patient’s bedside?
• Case management
• Patient-focused care
• Primary nursing
• Team nursing

ANS: B REF: p.N00U5

• Nursing education staff
• manages physicians.
• supervises dietitians.
• trains nursing assistants.
• oversees social workers.

ANS: C REF: p. 005

• Dementia care units are
• open units.
• closed units.
• hospice units.
• managed care units.

ANS: B REF: p. 003

• A hospice is
• a skilled nursing facility.
• a home health care agency.
• a health care program for persons who present dangers to themselves or others.
• an agency or program for persons who are dying.

ANS: D REF: p. 003 3 / 4

• A federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age and older is
• Private insurance.
• Group insurance.
• an HMO.
• Medicare.

ANS: D REF: p. 006

• Medicaid is
• a preferred provider organization.
• a health care payment program jointly funded by the federal government and the

states.

• a private insurance plan bought by individuals.
• a federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age or older.

ANS: B REF: p. 006

• The goal of the health team is to
• provide quality care.
• carry out the doctor’s orders.
• develop care plans for patients and residents.
• follow agency policies and procedures.

ANS: A REF: p. 004

• Generally, persons needing complete care in long-term care centers
• know who and where the

N y ar R e, th I e y G ear, B an .d C tim M e of day.

• can meet their needs.
• are very disabled, confused, or disoriented.
• can say what they need and want.

ANS: C REF: p. 002

• Short-term nursing center residents
• have birth defects.
• have childhood injuries or diseases.
• are recovering from fractures, acute illness or surgery, and other injuries.
• are dying.

ANS: C REF: p. 002

• The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires that
• people over 65 years of age have Medicare.
• mentally ill patients are institutionalized.
• nurses care for all patients equally.
• all Americans have health insurance.

ANS: D REF: p. 006

• An illness from which the person will not likely recover is
• an acute illness.
• a terminal illness.
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