Today, nurses are required to understand how health care is financed in the United States because nurses
A. Are expected to help patients find funding sources to pay for their care.
B. Have to restrict their care to those services that are financially reimbursed.
C. Must charge patients for all supplies consumed while giving care.
D. Must notify patients of the exact cost of the nursing services just rendered.
ANS: B
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A) A 14-year-old who experienced menarche 2 years prior. B) A 42-year-old who has decided to try to have one more child and has had her tubal ligation reversed. C) A 27-year-old who stopped using medroxyprogesterone contraceptive injection (Depo-Provera) several months ago. D) A 22-year-old who has a history of anorexia nervosa and who has a body mass index (BMI) of 12.0 (normal weight = 18.5 to 24.9).
Health plan administrators are designing methods to assure that consumers have appropriate access to emergency services. Which standard should guide the development of these methods?
1. That of a reasonable physician 2. That of a prudent layperson 3. That of an ethical insurance provider 4. That of a prudent and reasonable nurse
Round 6.565 to the nearest
a. hundredth: b. tenth: c. whole number:
A nurse is interviewing a client who has a co-occurring diagnosis. The client is trying to explain why it is so easy to start drinking again even though hospitalization and prescribed medications can eventually "control" his mental problems
Which statement by the client would the nurse interpret as reflecting the client's beliefs? A) "It just seems easier and cheaper to go out and get a bottle or a fix than it does to keep paying for medications with money I don't have." B) "If I come out of the hospital and keep taking my prescribed medications, I know I will function better, but I won't be able to escape my feelings or feel high like I do when I drink." C) "I just don't like the side effects my prescribed medications cause, and, besides that, I can never remember to take them at specific times or with food." D) "I don't like to take them because then my spouse expects me to be more responsible and to help around the house more often. I don't have to be bothered with that when I drink or use."