Chapter 4 Review Questions Homework
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The following are the Discussion Questions found at the end of this chapter along with answers to those questions. Please submit your answers to the appropriate DropBox.
1. What is a nursing facility? How does the term "nursing home" relate to it?
2. How did nursing facilities develop?
3. What types of services are provided by nursing facilities? Who uses them?
4. How are nursing facilities financed?
5. What regulations govern the operation of nursing facilities? Who does the regulating?
6. What types of professional and paraprofessional staff work in nursing facilities?
7. What are special care units (SCUs) in nursing facilities? Why do they exist?
8. What are some of the ethical issues faced in nursing facilities?
9. What trends are most likely to affect the operation of nursing facilities in the future?
10. In reference to the case at the end of this chapter, consider the following:
a. Should Mary's family members authorize the double hip replacement?
b. What factors should be considered?
c. Who else, if anyone, should be consulted?
d. What are the implications of that decision on the parties involved: Mary, her children, the facility staff?
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