Primary Care Interprofessional Collaborative Practice 6th Edition Buttaro Test Bank

Prepare for success in advanced practice nursing with the Test Bank for Primary Care: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, 6th Edition by Terry Mahan Buttaro, JoAnn Trybulski, Patricia Polgar-Bailey, and Joanne Sandberg-Cook.

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Each question reinforces key topics in adult primary care, including management of chronic and acute disorders, preventive health strategies, and interprofessional collaboration in patient care. Updated for 2025, this resource integrates rationales for recommendations, drug therapy guidance, and diagnostic test interpretation, reflecting the latest edition’s expanded emphasis on clinical reasoning and prescribing decisions.

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Test Bank For Buttaro: Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice/ Interprofessional Collaborative Practice 6th Edition (All Chapters 1- 228)

Sample Chapter 01: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Where We Are Today

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A small, rural hospital is part of an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and is designated as a Level 1 ACO. What is part of this designation? a. Bonuses based on achievement of benchmarks
2. Care coordination for chronic diseases
3. Standards for minimum cash reserves
4. Strict requirements for financial reporting

ANS: A

A Level 1 ACO has the least amount of financial risk and requirements, but receives shared savings bonuses based on achievement of benchmarks for quality measures and expenditures. Care coordination and minimum cash reserves standards are part of Level 2 ACO requirements. Level 3 ACOs have strict requirements for financial reporting.

1. What was an important finding of the Advisory Board survey of 2014 about primary care preferences of patients?
2. Associations with area hospitals
3. Costs of ambulatory care
4. Ease of access to care
5. The ratio of providers to patients

ANS: C

As part of the 2014 survey, the Advisory Board learned that patients desired 24/7 access to care, walk-in settings and the ability to be seen within 30 minutes, and care that is close to

home. Associations with hospitals, costs of care, and the ratio of providers to patients were not part of these results.

MULTIPLE RESPONSE

1. Which assessments of care providers are performed as part of the value-based purchasing (VBP) initiative? (Select all that apply.)
2. Appraising costs per case of care for Medicare patients
3. Assessing patients’ satisfaction with hospital care
4. Evaluating available evidence to guide clinical care guidelines
5. Monitoring mortality rates of all patients with pneumonia
6. Requiring advanced IT standards and minimum cash reserves

ANS: A, B, D

Value-based purchasing looks at five domain areas of processes of care, including efficiency of care (cost per case), experience of care (patient satisfaction measures), and outcomes of care (mortality rates for certain conditions). Evaluation of evidence to guide clinical care is part of evidence-based practice. The requirements for IT standards and financial status are part of Accountable Care Organization standards.