A nurse manager wishes to assure that the hospital is in ...

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A nurse manager wishes to assure that the hospital is in compliance with the Patient Care Partnership. The nurse manager goes on the AHA Web site, which has a checklist that can help assure compliance.
 
  On the checklist, the nurse manager would most likely find which of the following items? Select all that apply. a. Ethics committee
  b. Communication in-services for employees
  c. Process for patient follow-up on concerns
  d. Statement of patient rights
  e. Assistance with paying hospital bills
  f. Patient education on the use of advanced directives

Question 2

As a result of the spiraling costs of health care delivery, patients admitted to the hospitals are much sicker than were patients even a decade ago.
 
  The nurse understands that patients with which conditions or disease would most likely be admitted to the hospital in today's health care climate? a. End-stage renal disease
  b. Anorexia
  c. Ankle fracture
  d. Acute myocardial infarction

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Answer to Question 1

A, B, C, D, F
The checklist would most likely include items such as an ethics committee, a statement of patient
rights, in-services for employees, patient education on advance directives, and a process for follow-up
on patient concerns. Assistance with paying hospital bills would not be an aspect of the hospital's
responsibility related to Patient Care Partnership.

Answer to Question 2

D

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A In today's environment, only the very sickest, at-risk patients are admitted to the hospital.
B This is not a diagnosis that would allow for hospitalization without a comorbid-ity.
C This is not a diagnosis that would allow for hospitalization without a comorbid-ity.
D This is not a diagnosis that would allow for hospitalization without a comorbid-ity.

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