Chapter 25 2 Nurses Need Mindful These Issues When Technicians

1. Telecare is the remote delivery of health care services into the person’s home facilitated by communication

technologies that include the use of person-centered reactive monitoring devices.

2. Teletherapy is the use of a psychology-based website to provide therapy and counseling.

3. Telesurgery is defined as the use of technology that allows surgeons to complete surgical procedures with

electronic tools.

4. Teleprevention is defined as the use of electronic databases to analyze communicable diseases within the

community.

Question 16

Type: MCSA

Standards of care reflect best practices based on research findings. Which of the following is an example of how

the incorporation of national standards of care and drug information helps health care institutions?

1. The incorporation of national standards of care and drug information helps to identify human errors.

2. The incorporation of national standards of care and drug information helps to eliminate wasteful spending.

3. The incorporation of national standards of care and drug information helps to eliminate co-pays.

4. The incorporation of national standards of care and drug information helps to decrease malpractice claims

through adherence to standards of care.

Question 17

Type: MCMA

Current or future trends in home health care include which of the following?

Standard Text: Select all that apply.

1. Helper robots

2. Biometric measurements monitored at another site

3. E-house calls

4. Sensors to detect when a frail elderly client falls down

5. Smart homes

Question 18

Type: MCSA

For over 40 years, the U.S. government played a major role in the development and promotion of telehealth

through various agencies. Which of the following was the first telehealth service provided?

1. Telephone consultations

2. Robotics telesurgery

3. Prison inmate care

4. Telepsychiatric treatment

Question 19

Type: MCMA

Telehealth has become an attractive tool to improve the quality of health care and save money. Savings may be

realized via which of the following measures?

Standard Text: Select all that apply.

1. Follow-up care is more convenient.

2. Access to care improves.

3. Physician services are provided.

4. Clients may be treated in their own community.

5. Quality of care improves.

Question 20

Type: MCSA

Which of the following statements about telenursing is true?

1. Telenursing has been in existence for decades, using available technology to serve its purposes.

2. The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing was founded to promote nursing in telehealth.

3. Telehealth nursing practice is not yet considered to be a subspecialty of nursing.

4. Basic telehealth nursing principles have been widely integrated into basic nursing curricula.

Question 21

Type: MCSA

Which of the following statements is true about telehealth?

1. Telehealth can be used to treat prisoners.

2. Telehealth should not be used to offer mental health services.

3. Telehealth is not useful in treating rural patients.

4. There are not enough funds to support telehealth.

Question 22

Type: MCSA

Telenursing is defined as which of the following?

1. The synthesis of nursing and information systems

2. The synthesis of nursing and telecommunications and information technology

3. The synthesis of health care and telecommunications

4. The synthesis of nursing and communication technology

Question 23

Type: MCSA

Telehealth has caused officials concern about the privacy of information as it crosses state lines. Which of the

following statements can be considered a resolution by health care professionals?

1. Experts have called for the discontinuation of telehealth.

2. Experts have called for the creation of standards for e-health, particularly for security and identity management.

3. Experts have enacted a number of bills stopping the growth of telehealth.

4. Experts have called for a limit in the number of telehealth patient encounters.

Question 24

Type: MCMA

Which of the following technological advances are telehealth applications?

Standard Text: Select all that apply.

1. Videoconferencing between client and physician

2. Transmission of diagnostic images

3. Electronic prescriptions

4. Support for caregivers

5. Voice recognition for dictation

Question 25

Type: MCSA

Which of the following is not considered an issue pertaining to the practice of telenursing?

1. Nurses must be certified in telehealth nursing.

2. Reimbursement has been limited in several states.

3. Liability issues

4. State board of nursing regulations

Question 26

Type: FIB

A new paradigm of care called _______________________ promises to reduce costs and improve quality by

working with clients proactively

Standard Text:

Question 27

Type: MCSA

Which of the following statements about telenursing is accurate?

1. Since telenursing is a new subspecialty, standards of practice have yet to be developed.

2. Telenursing should be taught at a graduate school level.

3. The International TeleNurses Association (ITNA) published International Competencies for Telenursing in

2007.

4. The International TeleNurses Association (ITNA) was founded in 1995 to promote and support nursing

involvement in telehealth and serve as a resource for nurses.