You are the nurse manager of a nursing service organization that ...

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You are the nurse manager of a nursing service organization that provides around-the-clock care to clients in their homes.
 
  To achieve maximum reimbursement for a client who is recovering from a hip replacement, the nursing staff most likely will follow the nursing care guidelines presented in the:
 
  a. Nursing care plan.
  b. Physician's orders.
  c. Critical pathway.
  d. Clinical practice guidelines.

Question 2

When interviewing an applicant for a position, the nurse manager describes the unit's care delivery system as one in which each nursing assistant is cross-trained to perform specific tasks,
 
  and the RNs do all treatment, medication administration, and discharge teaching. The nurse applicant knows this nursing care delivery strategy to be:
 
  a. The case method.
  b. Functional nursing.
  c. Primary nursing.
  d. Nurse case management.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
A critical pathway outlines outcomes, clinical standards, and interventions for a patient in each phase of treatment. The goal of critical pathways is effective coordination of care across various staff and levels of care.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
The functional model of nursing is a method of providing patient care by which each licensed and unlicensed staff member performs specific tasks for a large group of patients.