Question 1

Telehealth used in the medical field is known as:

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A)   telemedicine.
B)   teleradiology.
C)   telepathology.
D)   telenursing.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

A physician is reviewing chest radiograph images of a patient who is located 30 miles away at another healthcare facility. This type of care delivery is known as:

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A)   teleradiology.
B)   telepathology.
C)   telereview.
D)   telemanagement.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

The ability to provide better healthcare access is the number one benefit of using telehealth.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following is the most basic type of telehealth?

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A)   Telephony
B)   mHealth
C)   Video transmission
D)   All of these are correct.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

A patient has undergone a knee replacement and lives in a rural location. Which of the following will the nurse recommend for a home exercise program?

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A)   Teletherapy with motion-tracking webcam technology
B)   Inpatient physical therapy
C)   Outpatient physical therapy at the closest healthcare facility
D)   Use of written patient handouts on exercise after a joint replacementE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

A nursing administrator at an acute care facility is meeting with a telehealth nursing administrator on the expansion of telehealth for mutual patients. Which of the following is a collaborative opportunity for both organizations to reduce cost and expenditures?

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A)   Provide initiatives for reducing hospital readmissions in patients with chronic disease
B)   Improve beneficiary access under fee-for-service payments
C)   Promote telehealth networks to improve care quality and accessibility
D)   Mandate telehealth for every patient with two or more chronic diseasesE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

The use of mobile phones, tablets and personal digital assistants for managing health is a rapidly advancing form of telehealth. There are numerous apps that target specific health behaviors and illnesses and provide a platform for management at a distance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A telenurse is teaching a nursing student on telehealth. Which statement by the nurse is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)   "Telehealth uses the same best practice standards as inpatient and acute care settings."
B)   "Telenursing requires less nursing care so we can take additional patients on our caseloads."
C)   "Telenursing has its own set of best practice guidelines that provide recommendations for home care."
D)   "Telehealth involves a great deal of non-care-oriented tasks."E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of telemonitoring?

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A)   Monitoring patient parameters during home-based nocturnal dialysis
B)   Cardiac and multiparameter monitoring of remote intensive care units
C)   Daily home telemonitoring of vital signs by patients
D)   All of these are correct.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Nurses must become familiar with the many and varied clinical and nonclinical transmission formats and applications of telehealth technologies so that they can make informed choices about the tools that are available for their use, as needed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A telenurse is teaching a nursing student on the skills and attributes every new telenurse must have, which include which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Excellent listening skills
B)   Advanced computer skills
C)   Experience with telehealth applications
D)   Interest in data collectionE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 12

The term for transmitted pathologic images to specialists is:

Accepted Answer

A)   telemedicine.
B)   teleradiology.
C)   telepathology.
D)   telenursing.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C) C

Question 13

Which of the following factors are drivers of the growing trend toward telehealth and technology use and will influence nursing practice significantly in the next decades?

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A)   Overabundance of nursing and healthcare workers
B)   Chronic diseases and conditions
C)   Uneducated consumers
D)   All of these are correct.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

Patients who have a predisposition to disease are at increased risk of medical problems associated with employment, lifestyle, or location, and those patients who have displayed early signs of potentially serious health problems could be placed on preventive monitoring. In such cases, telehealth could benefit these patients since monitoring is used to ensure that interventions are timely and acute incidents avoided.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The American Telemedicine Association released a clinical care guideline for TeleICU. In this guideline, they identified three practice models. Which practice model refers to periodic consultation within a predetermined time frame?

Accepted Answer

A)   Continuous care model
B)   Scheduled care model
C)   Responsive (reactive)  care model
D)   Reimbursement for care episode modelE) A) and B)
F) B) and D) B

Question 16

A patient is diagnosed with a new health condition and needs education. Which of the following telehealth tools will the telenurse suggest for provision of this information?

Accepted Answer

A)   Video conferencing patient education
B)   Transmitting still images and paper handouts
C)   Watching embedded videos on social media
D)   Calling the patient on the phone to review the conditionE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 17

Some home-based telecardiology programs involve the patient, the family, the physician, and a specialized cardiac monitoring center. A multidisciplinary approach is used along with best practice-defined protocols to manage the patient, improve the patient's quality of life, and reduce healthcare costs, especially hospitalization costs. Nurses play a key role in this network of care.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Telehealth is affected by certain legal, ethical, and regulatory issues of which nurses should be aware. In the United States, interstate practice of telenursing, for example, requires attending nurses to be licensed to practice in all of the states in which they provide telehealth services by directly interacting with patients.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

A patient with congestive heart failure is homebound. Why would the nurse recommend telenursing for this patient?

Accepted Answer

A)   Ongoing monitoring reduces the occurrence of acute exacerbations of disease.
B)   Telehealth reduces inpatient length of stays.
C)   Telehealth uses healthcare resources more appropriately than inpatient centers do.
D)   The use of standards and guidelines in telehealth occurs more often than in inpatient centers.E) None of the above
F) All of the above A

Question 20

In a store-and-forward telehealth transmission, digital images, video, audio, and clinical data are immediately transmitted securely to a specialist or clinician at another location, where they are studied by the relevant specialist or clinician and then are captured and stored on the client's computer or device.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 18: Telenursing and Remote Access Telehealth

Telehealth used in the medical field is known as:

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A physician is reviewing chest radiograph images of a patient who is located 30 miles away at another healthcare facility. This type of care delivery is known as:

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The ability to provide better healthcare access is the number one benefit of using telehealth.

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Which of the following is the most basic type of telehealth?

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A patient has undergone a knee replacement and lives in a rural location. Which of the following will the nurse recommend for a home exercise program?

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A nursing administrator at an acute care facility is meeting with a telehealth nursing administrator on the expansion of telehealth for mutual patients. Which of the following is a collaborative opportunity for both organizations to reduce cost and expenditures?

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The use of mobile phones, tablets and personal digital assistants for managing health is a rapidly advancing form of telehealth. There are numerous apps that target specific health behaviors and illnesses and provide a platform for management at a distance.

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A telenurse is teaching a nursing student on telehealth. Which statement by the nurse is correct?

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Which of the following is an example of telemonitoring?

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Nurses must become familiar with the many and varied clinical and nonclinical transmission formats and applications of telehealth technologies so that they can make informed choices about the tools that are available for their use, as needed.

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A patient is diagnosed with a new health condition and needs education. Which of the following telehealth tools will the telenurse suggest for provision of this information?

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A physician is reviewing chest radiograph images of a patient who is located 30 miles away at another healthcare facility. This type of care delivery is known as:

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The ability to provide better healthcare access is the number one benefit of using telehealth.

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Which of the following is the most basic type of telehealth?

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A patient has undergone a knee replacement and lives in a rural location. Which of the following will the nurse recommend for a home exercise program?

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A nursing administrator at an acute care facility is meeting with a telehealth nursing administrator on the expansion of telehealth for mutual patients. Which of the following is a collaborative opportunity for both organizations to reduce cost and expenditures?

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The use of mobile phones, tablets and personal digital assistants for managing health is a rapidly advancing form of telehealth. There are numerous apps that target specific health behaviors and illnesses and provide a platform for management at a distance.

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A telenurse is teaching a nursing student on telehealth. Which statement by the nurse is correct?

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Which of the following is an example of telemonitoring?

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Nurses must become familiar with the many and varied clinical and nonclinical transmission formats and applications of telehealth technologies so that they can make informed choices about the tools that are available for their use, as needed.

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A telenurse is teaching a nursing student on the skills and attributes every new telenurse must have, which include which of the following?

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The term for transmitted pathologic images to specialists is:

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A patient is diagnosed with a new health condition and needs education. Which of the following telehealth tools will the telenurse suggest for provision of this information?

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