1. Poor diabetes management may lead to which of the following complications?
A. Cardiovascular disease B. Vision loss C. Nerve damage D. All of the above2. What did the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial suggest in regards to glucose control?
A. Intensive glucose control reduced eye damage B. Intensive glucose control reduced kidney damage C. Intensive glucose control had no impact on nerve damage D. Both A and B3. A 65 year-old pre-diabetic, overweight man presents to your clinic. According to the Diabetes Prevention Program, which of the following recommendations could be made to help prevent or slow the patient's onset of diabetes?
A. Weight loss B. Diet modifications C. Both A and B D. None of the above4. You are putting together a team to manage diabetes patients. Which of the following team elements are essential to effective patient treatment?
A. Ways to identify the patient population via an information tracking system B. Organizational team support C. Payment mechanisms for team care services D. All of the above5. The Chronic Care model, the Medical Home model, and the Healthy Learner model provide frameworks for effective care of diabetes and other chronic diseases.
A. True B. False6. The Chronic Care Model utilizes clinical information systems to effectively treat diabetes patients.
A. True B. False7. The Healthy Learner Model extends the Chronic Care Model to include which of the following elements?
A. School nurses B. Third party payment C. Student health education D. Both A and C8. Diabetes team care integrates the skills of primary care providers and other health care professionals with those of the patient and family members into a comprehensive 10 year diabetes management program.
A. True B. False9. Which of the following should be included in the first step to building an effective diabetes treatment team?
A. Clarify the roles of team members B. Determine payment mechanisms for health care professional services C. Meet with policy makers D. Evaluate equipment10. When building an effective team it is important to clarify team roles before examining the patient population.
A. True B. False11. You are chosen for a diabetes treatment team. Which of the following should you focus on to maintain the success of the team?
A. Community support B. Patients’ concerns C. Team communication D. All of the above12. Which of the following statements regarding team care is MOST accurate?
A. Team care should be based on evidence-based guidelines adapted from widely accepted standards or practice guidelines to meet local conditions B. Team care should be based on evidence-based guidelines adapted from small patient sample sizes C. Team care should be not meet local conditions D. Team care should not be evidence based13. Which of the following methods can be used to evaluate team outcomes?
A. Patient quality-of-life interviews B. Analytic reports C. Pooled patient data D. All of the above14. Your diabetes team is discussing a 60-year-old women's case. What clinical targets should your team focus on to improve diabetes outcomes?
A. A1C values B. INR values C. Blood glucose values D. Both A and C15. Ongoing patient follow-up and regular scheduled visits for diabetes education, support, management, and preventive care are important to team success.
A. True B. False16. A representative from the Indian Health Services approaches your team and requests that you develop a Telehealth application strategy to improve diabetes outcomes. Which of the following strategies could be utilized to meet the representative's request?
A. Utilizing a digital camera to transmit photographs of a patient’s eye to a central reading center B. Face-to-face nurse care C. Conducting a video conference for patient education D. Both A and C17. Your diabetes team leader asks you to develop a strategy to increase your team's practice efficiency. Which of the following recommendations has the most potential to increase team practice efficiency?
A. Shared medical appointments B. One-on-one medical appointments C. Nurse only appointments D. None of the above18. Which of the following strategies can improve the success rate of the group visit model?
A. Interpersonal sharing between patients B. Utilizing a patient registry C. Training support staff D. All of the above19. Most health care plans pay for physician services provided for the management of diabetes.
A. True B. False20. Which organizations have the authority to accredit, or recognize, diabetes education programs?
A. American Diabetes Association B. American Association of Diabetes Educators C. Both A and B D. None of the above21. What do recent studies suggest about the use of diabetes education?
A. Diabetes education has no impact on health care costs B. Diabetes education does result in reduced health care costs C. Diabetes education does result in increased health care costs D. None of the above22. Partnerships between health care professionals, community organizations, and community members may only help individuals with diabetes.
A. True B. False23. Which of the following health care professionals would be considered an important member of a team?
A. Primary care physician B. Nurse C. Dentist D. All of the above24. Which of the following statements regarding nurse team members is MOST accurate?
A. With medical direction and defined protocols, nurses can make clinical management decisions about the treatment of diabetes B. Without medical direction, nurses can make clinical management decisions about the treatment of diabetes C. With medical direction and defined protocols, nurses cannot make clinical management decisions about the treatment of diabetes D. None of the above25. Which of the following individuals should be the central member of any diabetes treatment team?
A. Primary Care Physician B. Nurse C. Patient D. PodiatristCopyright © 2024 Care CEUs
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