A nurse would like to work in a mental health center. The nurse should work to strengthen which skills prior to applying for this position? Select all that apply.

Communication Counseling Referral

When conducting an education program for a group preparing for retirement, the nurse would include information about applying for Social Security benefits and Medicare insurance. The nurse would include in the education that Medicare is a federally funded

A prospective payment plan based on a predetermined fixed cost

The nurse must understand that Medicare is a

federal insurance program for older adults. It is based on a prospective payment plan that pays a predetermined fixed amount for in-hospital costs.

The growth in home health care is largely attributed to which factor

Early discharge of clients from the hospital setting

Home health care is one of the most rapidly growing areas of the health care system.

The prospective payment system of reimbursement encourages early discharge from the hospital and has created a new, acutely ill population that needs skilled nursing care at home

A nurse recommends palliative care for a client who is being discharged following a diagnosis of cancer. What is the chief focus of this type of care

Relief from physical, mental, and spiritual distress

directly provides the spouse with a break from caregiving dutie

Fragmentation of care

occurs when multiple, specialized practitioners are involved in various aspects of a complex client's care.

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A nurse would like to work in a mental health center. The nurse should work to strengthen which skills prior to applying for this position? Select all that apply.	Communication Counseling Referral
When conducting an education program for a group preparing for retirement, the nurse would include information about applying for Social Security benefits and Medicare insurance. The nurse would include in the education that Medicare is a federally funded	A prospective payment plan based on a predetermined fixed cost
The nurse must understand that Medicare is a	federal insurance program for older adults. It is based on a prospective payment plan that pays a predetermined fixed amount for in-hospital costs.
Which refers to a person's ability to find and to receive care from a health care provider?	Access to health care
The growth in home health care is largely attributed to which factor	Early discharge of clients from the hospital setting
Home health care is one of the most rapidly growing areas of the health care system.	The prospective payment system of reimbursement encourages early discharge from the hospital and has created a new, acutely ill population that needs skilled nursing care at home
Which is the main focus of care for a school nurse?	Community care
A nurse recommends palliative care for a client who is being discharged following a diagnosis of cancer. What is the chief focus of this type of care	Relief from physical, mental, and spiritual distress
A hospitalized client with advanced metastatic lung cancer states, “I want to go home. I don’t have much time left. I want to be with my family.” Which type of care referral by the nurse is most appropriate?	Hospice
During a home care visit to a home-bound older client, the client's spouse, who is the caregiver, verbalizes anger, fatigue, and sleeplessness. Which recommendations by the nurse would be most effective in relieving caregiver role strain?	Respite care
only respite care	directly provides the spouse with a break from caregiving dutie
client has a complex medical history related to the consequences of diabetes. As a result of having diabetic nephropathy, the client now participates in the local hospital's dialysis program and has been referred to an ophthalmologist by the primary	Fragmentation of care
Fragmentation of care	occurs when multiple, specialized practitioners are involved in various aspects of a complex client's care.

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