What is the most important reason why nurses should be familiar with health-care reimbursement methods?
a. It allows nurses to be informed client ad-vocates.
b. Nursing care plans can be developed based on financial incentives to lower costs.
c. Nurses can decide which tests do and do not need to be conducted for particular clients.
d. Decisions can be made about when a client can be discharged based on reim-bursement restrictions.
A
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A client is being admitted to the medical floor, and the RN is too busy to do the full assessment. The RN delegates the LPN to care for the patient until the RN can see the patient. What function is within the scope of practice for the LPN?
A) The LPN can gather the data. B) The LPN can draw conclusions and use judgment to make a diagnosis. C) The LPN can establish priorities. D) The LPN can manage the client's care.
The nurse is obtaining a thermodilution cardiac output measurement from a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC). Which techniques should the nurse use? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected
Select all that apply. 1. Keep the injectate at least 10°F below room temperature. 2. Inject the injectate over 30–45 seconds. 3. Inject the injectate smoothly. 4. Inject the standard amount of injectate for the brand of catheter. 5. Perform three measurements 1 to 2 minutes apart.
At her first prenatal visit, a woman and the nurse are discussing fetal development
The client asks, "When will my baby actually have a heartbeat?" The nurse should reply, "The heartbeat of an embryo is distinguishable by week number __________ of development." A. Four B. Six C. Eight D. Twelve
The nurse is preparing to assess a client who has just arrived in the labor and birth unit. Which statement indicates that additional education is needed?
1. "When you check my cervix, you will find out how thinned out it is." 2. "After you assess my pelvis, you will be able to tell when I will deliver." 3. "You are going to do a vaginal examination to see how far dilated my cervix is." 4. "The reason for a pelvic examination is to determine how low in the pelvis my baby is."