A nursing diagnosis is the same thing as a medical diagnosis that is determined by a physician.

During rounding, a recently employed nurse says he is happy to be here, but at Mass General, the nursing care plans for his service were more thorough. The nurses took several steps that his colleagues here don’t always do. The CNO replies:

The chief of your new and highly successful ACO says, “Prescription drug costs for some of our outpatients can bankrupt them. They don’t fill their scrips, and then they turn up in the ED, where we either get Medicaid or write it off. Can we set up a PIT to find the best solution?” “Sure, doctor,” you reply…

Describing the HCO’s audit and compliance program to a new board member, you want to mention that it…

You’re an intern at a high-performing HCO with a community health mission. Your preceptor says, “We’re about to start our annual review process. We need to put together the book for the board retreat. Here’s last year’s. Look it over. It was organized into ‘Customers/Market,’ ‘Med Staff and Associates,’ ‘Insurance Trends,’ and ‘Financials.’ I wonder if we can organize it better?” It’s clear this isn’t an amateur effort, so you’ll start with something like, “Last year’s arrangement was certainly strong. Do you think we should add a section about…”

A primary advantage to the corporate form is its owners’ unlimited liability.

You’ve been working for two years at an HCO that works hard at maintaining an environment where all associates are empowered and motivated to meet their customers’ needs. A woman you knew in college moves to town. She’s now an experienced baccalaureate-prepared nurse, and she asks if she should apply to your HCO or a competitor. You say:

A colleague at the HCO where you are a manager says, “Rounding takes a lot of time. I wonder why the senior leadership team wants us to spend five hours a week at it.” You think before you answer, and conclude that your strongest response is:

As a part of your overall AR plan, what should be the overall “goal” of speech reading?

Which communication modality supports English by using handshapes and placements to visually differentiate between phonemes?