Answer to Question 1
D
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) names select serious reportable events (SREs) as Never Events (adverse events that should never occur in a health care setting) (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). The CMS now denies payment to hospitals for any hospital-acquired conditions resulting from or complicated by the occurrence of certain Never Events that were not present on admission. Many of the hospital-acquired conditions are nurse-sensitive indicators, meaning that nursing interventions directly affect their development. Medicare is not denied to the patient and this is a reportable incident. Medicare does not take hospitals to court; it just denies payment for the Never Event.
Answer to Question 2
C
In acute care settings, fluid restrictions often allot half the oral fluids between 7 AM and 3 PM, the period when patients usually are more active, receive two meals, and take most of their oral medications. Offer the remainder of the fluid allowance during the evening and night shifts.
Abdominal Striae
Schematic of an automated external defibrillator (AED) attached to a patient.
Leininger's Culutral Care Theory
Cross-sectional data showing that the amount of effort spent on personal health care increases with
Positioning the Patient in the Prone Position
The Abdominal Arteries