HUC Chapter 20 Practice Exam Questions With Solved Solutions.
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An autopsy is: - Answer an examination of a body after death to determine cause of death or for medical research purposes.
An autopsy may be performed to determine the cause of death or for medical research purposes. If a patient's death is due to sudden, violent, or unexplained circumstances...
HUC Chapter 20 Practice Exam
Questions With Solved Solutions.
An autopsy is: - Answer an examination of a body after death to determine cause of death or for
medical research purposes.
An autopsy may be performed to determine the cause of death or for medical research purposes. If a
patient's death is due to sudden, violent, or unexplained circumstances, or if it occurs less than 24 hours
after hospitalization, the law gives the coroner permission to study the body by dissection to determine
whether there is evidence of foul play.
Custodial care refers to: - Answer nonmedical care such as bathing, feeding, and protecting the patient.
Custodial care refers to care and services of a nonmedical nature. These consist of feeding, bathing,
watching, and protecting the patient.
For a patient with an illness, terminal indicates that: - Answer the illness will end in death.
Which type of discharge occurs without doctor approval? - Answer Against medical advice (AMA)
When a patient insists on leaving AMA, the doctor usually will write a discharge order to document that
the patient is leaving against medical advice.
A person most likely to assist patients and their families and physicians in developing a discharge plan of
care tailored to meet the specific needs of the patient is the: - Answer case manager.
Discharge planning usually is handled by case managers or social workers, who assist patients and their
families with arrangements for post-hospitalization care.
, The doctor has written a discharge order with an order for a four wheel walker (FWW) to be supplied to
the patient for home use. The person who would likely arrange for the FWW works in: - Answer social
services.
The hospital case manager or social services worker arranges home health care and home health
equipment, including an FWW.
When the electronic medical record (EMR) with computer physician order entry (CPOE) is implemented,
the HUC may have to perform which additional task? - Answer Printing computerized discharge
instructions and medication information
When the EMR with CPOE is implemented, the HUC may print discharge instructions from the computer
for the patient. The HUC also may print out medication information sheets for medications that the
patient will be taking after discharge.
If a patient expires unexpectedly after a 2-hour hospital stay: - Answer this will become a coroner's
case, and an autopsy will be performed.
Deaths that occur less than 24 hours after hospitalization may be termed coroner's cases. State, county,
and local governments have regulations that define a coroner's case in their particular locality. The law
gives the coroner permission to study the body by dissection to determine whether there is evidence of
foul play.
When an order is written for a patient to be discharged to an ECF, which department likely will make the
arrangements? - Answer Social services
Usually, the hospital case manager or social service worker makes the arrangements for long-term care
including an ECF.
A patient is officially discharged when the: - Answer doctor writes an order to discharge the patient
All discharges require a doctor's order.
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