The nurse is attending a seminar that focuses on the changes ...

[Garrulous]

The nurse is attending a seminar that focuses on the changes within the home health care industry. Which statements that the nurse makes indicate an understanding of home care as a primary health service delivery system?
 
  1. It's unfortunate that clients can be screened for illnesses in the privacy of their own home.
  2. With people living well into their 70s and 80s, the healthcare system is being stressed immensely.
  3. The cost of acute hospital-based health care has become an economic burden to most people.
  4. A client's chronic cardiac problems can be monitored well with in-home health services.
  5. It relieves so much stress when care can come to them instead of their going to the health provider.

Question 2

The nurse is taking a tour of a home care agency as part of the interview process. Which services should the nurse recognize as being provided through this health agency?
 
  1. A case manager arranging services to meet the client's need for physical therapy after a fall
  2. A nurse educating the pregnant teenager on the signs of premature labor
  3. A durable supply company delivering a wheelchair to a client with spina bifida
  4. A nurse assessing the feet of a home-bound diabetic client
  5. A grocery store delivering groceries to a client recovering from cancer surgery

[Brenm]

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2, 3, 4, 5
Rationale 1: Health preventative screening can be accomplished as a part of home care when needed.
Rationale 2: Numerous factors have contributed to trend toward home health care; among them is the increasing number of aging adult clients.
Rationale 3: Numerous factors have contributed to the trend toward home health care; among them is rising health care costs.
Rationale 4: Numerous factors have contributed to the trend toward home health care; among them is the growing emphasis on managing chronic illness.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1, 3, 4
Rationale 1: Home care today involves a wide range of health care professionals providing services, such as physical therapy, in the home setting to people who are recovering from an acute illness or injury, are disabled, or have a chronic condition.
Rationale 2: Pregnancy education would not be addressed in the home setting unless the pregnancy required bed rest.
Rationale 3: Home care today involves a wide range of health care professionals providing services, such as assistive devices, in the home setting to people who are recovering from an acute illness or injury, are disabled, or have a chronic condition.
Rationale 4: Home care today involves a wide range of health care professionals providing services, such as nursing care, in the home setting to people who are recovering from an acute illness or injury, are disabled, or have a chronic condition.
Rationale 5: Home care does not include non-professional services such as grocery delivery.

[Garrulous]

Thank you!

[Brenm]

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