Which of the following is the standardized coding system used to identify procedures and submit claims to Medicare to report physician services (such as procedures) and nonphysician services such as drugs and DME?

When is bundling most likely to occur when calculating payments under APCs?

43. A nurse is assisting with teaching a class about Freud’s psychosexual stages. The nurse should reinforce that fixation at the oral stage of development can lead to which of the following conditions?   

17. The nurse is caring for a client who has experienced a traumatic injury to the left lower extremity.  There is a 6 cm laceration on the outside of the leg below the left knee.  The nurse would document the laceration is _______A_______ to the left knee and on the ____B_____aspect of the calf.   

12. A client is having difficulty urinating and the nurse informs the client that if they do not void they will have a catheter inserted.  The nurse is guilty of which of the following?  

44. The nurse is evaluating the client and notes swelling in the ankles and feet. Which of the following labs may contribute to this finding?

19. Match each of the body regions with the area that best describes the term. 

3. The client denies pain. However, the nurse observes heavy breathing and facial grimacing. What is the nurse’s best response to these observation?

16. A patient is admitted to the unit with achy joints, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever of undetermined origin.  The patients laboratory values are as follows: Influenza swab + Na 145 K+ 3.2 BUN 27 Which of the following is a priority intervention? 

36. The nurse is caring for a client who is having problems with their trachea, bronchial tubes and pharynx. The nurse knows these tissues are related and are within this system.