For physical therapy services to be reimbursed by Medicare, what must be the goal of the therapy?
a. Preventive
b. Restorative
c. Maintenance
d. Educational
ANS: B
The goals of treatment must be restorative in order for Medicare to provide reimbursement. In some cases, the goals can be preventive or maintenance for other payer sources.
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A) To provide a mechanism for deducing hypotheses B) To stimulate new research C) To explain relationships among phenomena D) To determine the research design and methods of data collection
The patient is ordered to have large volume gastric lavage. The nurse will most likely need to:
a. insert a small-bore nasogastric tube. b. use 2 to 4 liters of room temperature normal saline. c. remove the nasogastric tube before lavage is started. d. insert a large-bore nasogastric tube.
Care planning for a patient undergoing detoxification for both alcohol and sedative-hypnotics is based on the treatment principle that states that:
a. medications are used to treat symptoms as they appear. b. a cross-tolerant drug is used to gradually wean the patient. c. liver function is preserved best by avoiding detoxification drugs. d. forcing fluids is therapeutic since detoxification mainly occurs in the kidneys.
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