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laurencescou · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Which health care provider organization is seeing an increase in the demand for their services?

a. Physician practice
b. Hospice service
c. Hospitals
d. Long-term care facilities

Question 2

Which of the following best describes why nurses are increasingly becoming case managers when social workers have historically been so successful in the role?

a. Because of the need for ongoing patient assessment.
b. Because of a shortage of licensed social workers.
c. Nurses seek such roles as being easier than direct clinical care.
d. Social workers expect higher salaries than nurses in the same role.

izzat · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Hospital stays have shortened and patients who are admitted are more acutely ill and require more intensive care. Consequently, decreased hospital stays result in more home care admissions and more discharges to long-term care facilities for short-term recovery and rehabilitation. Hospice services and physician practices have not been as impacted as greatly by this shift in where care is provided.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Traditionally, case managers were social workers. Client health care needs became more complex, the need for ongoing patient assessment has emerged, and available resources have become more numerous and diverse. Therefore, nurses have become case managers. There is not a shortage of licensed social workers to fill these roles or a salary issue with social workers being in these roles. These roles are different than direct clinical care, but may not be considered to be an easier role for the nurse.