The home health care nurse performs all the following actions. Which is the only action that is reimbursable under Medicare payment rules?
a. Observing a spouse cleaning and changing a dressing
b. Taking a frail couple for a walk to provide exercise
c. Watching a patient measure out all medi-cations
d. Teaching a patient to self-administer insu-lin
D
Medicare reimburses skilled techniques that are clearly spelled out; these include teaching but not return demonstration–type actions by patient or family.
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a. in the right eye. b. every day. c. in the left eye. d. by mouth.
A woman wants to be a lawyer. Her family does not have the money to send her to law school. She decides to become a teacher. Which defense mechanism is she using?
a. Displacement b. Projection c. Conversion d. Compensation
Your neighbor's mother is one of the clients who is assigned to your agency, but she is not your client. She wants to call you once a week to find out about her mother. You should
a. tell her that you will have the case manager call her regarding this b. give her a full report about her mother; you can save someone a lot of time c. tell her nothing about her mother and tell her to call the case manager in charge for any information d. go to the family for permission to do this for your neighbor
The adverse effects of phenothiazine antipsychotics arise due to the:
A. stimulation of cholinergic and histamine receptors. B. blocking of gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors. C. blocking of cholinergic and histamine receptors. D. stimulation of D2 and histamine receptors.