Author Question: The nurse has recently been appointed to a community-based advisory board of an agency that is ... (Read 59 times)

jake · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The nurse has recently been appointed to a community-based advisory board of an agency that is interested in providing fiscally sound, high-quality care for clients they decide will be their service population.

Any profit margin that is acquired is reinvested in the operations of the home healthcare service. Which type of agency is this?
A) Private/voluntary
B) Hospital based
C) Proprietary
D) Official

Question 2

The nurse recently took a position in a national chain of home healthcare agencies directed at caring for clients who are on home hemodialysis.

The services provided are often paid for privately by families, and any profit margin is used to benefit the owner of the agency. Which type of agency is this?
A) Private/voluntary
B) Hospital based
C) Proprietary
D) Official

frejo · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Feedback:
Voluntary agencies are generally established as not-for-profit entities, although they operate with the same fiscal objectives as for-profit agencies. A hospital-based agency is a home health agency that is not freestanding in the community but is one of many specialty services offered at a hospital setting. A proprietary agency is a home health agency that is motivated by a for-profit philosophy. Official agencies are supported by public monies that often come from taxes. The public monies can come from local, state, or federal governments.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Feedback:
A proprietary agency is a private agency that plans to and wants to make a profit. It can be part of a local, national, or international chain of home healthcare agencies directed toward any group of clients with particular healthcare problems or challenges. A voluntary agency is generally established as a not-for-profit entity, although it operates with the same fiscal objectives as for-profit agencies. A hospital-based agency is a home health agency that is not freestanding in the community but is one of many specialty services offered at a hospital setting. Official agencies are supported by public monies that often come from taxes. The public monies can come from local, state, or federal governments.