A nurse returns to practice after 15 years in retirement. Her ...

[Haya94]

A nurse returns to practice after 15 years in retirement. Her life savings became depleted due to several poor investments and an Internet scam. It has been several years since the nurse worked on a patient care unit.
 
  During orientation the nurse asked the instructor, Are patient charts still kept at the front desk? The best response by the instructor would be that the hospital has integrated informatics into patient care and they now use: a. CIS. c. FAX.
  b. EHR. d. e-mail.

Question 2

A family member asks a nurse why the cost of health care is so high. The nurse would be correct in responding that some significant contributing factors may be related to which of the following?
 
  a. Cost containment and the nursing shortage
  b. HMOs and Medicare
  c. Ethical dilemmas and expensive procedures
  d. Cost containment and technology

[Mollythedog]

Answer to Question 1

B
The instructor would inform the nurse that the hospital now uses electronic health records (EHR).
Clinical information systems (CIS) consist of a collection of software programs and associated
hardware that supports the entry, retrieval, update, and analysis of patient care information and
associated clinical information related to patient care. FAX machines and e-mail are not patient records
but tools for communicating.

Answer to Question 2

D
Two factors that have contributed to increased costs in health care are cost containment (such as set
fees for services as seen in Medicare, Medicaid, and HMOs) and the use of sophisticated technology
and treatment procedures (e.g., ICU equipment, robotics, and prosthetics). While the nursing shortage
is a serious concern, it does not necessarily significantly impact the increased costs of health care.