Telehealth Basics
What is Telehealth
The delivery of healthcare services and other services through technology.
What are the two main types of telehealth?
Asynchronous and synchronous.
What is telenursing?
The use of telehealth to provide at-home nursing care.
What type of telehealth involves monitoring a patient's healthcare at home?
Telehomecare.
nurse is preparing to provide care to a patient through telenursing. Which action should the nurse perform first?
A. Evaluate the patient's outcomes
B. Assess the patient
C. Implement interventions
D. Develop a nursing diagnosis
B. Assess the patient
Besides clinical services, name one other service that can be provided through telehealth.
Continuing medical education OR administrative meetings.
Which type of telehealth occurs when the sender and receiver are communicating at different times?
Asynchronous telehealth.
True or False: Telenursing can involve both independent and collaborative nursing practices.
True.
Which technology can track existing patient conditions and help avoid complications?
Portable monitoring devices.
A nurse is communicating with a patient through a live video call. Which type of telehealth is being used?
A. Synchronous
B. Asynchronous
C. Store-and-forward
D. Portable monitoring
A. Synchronous
True or False: Telehealth is only used to provide direct patient care.
False. Telehealth can also be used for education and administrative meetings.
Which type of telehealth involves interaction in real time?
Synchronous telehealth.
A nurse calls a patient at home and asks basic healthcare questions. What type of nursing practice is this?
Telenursing.
A patient living in a rural area needs access to a primary care provider. Which benefit of telehealth could help this patient?
Access to primary care for people in rural or remote areas.
A patient sends a still image and health information to a healthcare provider. The provider reviews the information several hours later. Which type of telehealth is this?
A. Synchronous
B. Telemental health
C. Teletrauma
D. Asynchronous
D. Asynchronous
A healthcare organization uses technology to provide continuing medical education to nurses who cannot attend in person. What type of healthcare technology is being used?
Telehealth
A patient sends health information to a healthcare provider through email. The provider reviews it later. Is this asynchronous or synchronous telehealth?
Asynchronous telehealth.
What is a telepresenter?
Someone who presents and educates during a telehealth encounter.
A patient receives mental health services through technology instead of traveling to a clinic. What is this called?
Telemental health.
A nurse is reviewing the benefits of telehealth with a patient who lives far away from a healthcare facility. Which benefit is most relevant to this patient?
A. Increased regulation
B. Reduced access to specialists
C. Reduced travel time
D. Increased fraud
C. Reduced travel time
A nurse is explaining telehealth to a group of students. Which statement best describes telehealth?
A. It only involves video calls with patients.
B. It only provides nursing care in a hospital.
C. It can provide healthcare services, education, and administrative services using technology.
D. It replaces all face-to-face healthcare.
C. It can provide healthcare services, education, and administrative services using technology.
A nurse and patient communicate through a live video call. Which type of telehealth is being used, and why?
Synchronous telehealth because the interaction occurs in real time.
A telenurse is conducting a patient encounter from the patient's home. Which of the following is part of the nursing standard of care?
A. Assessment
B. Nursing diagnosis
C. Planning
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
A hospital uses telehealth technology to enhance the delivery of intensive patient care. Which example is this?
An e-Intensive Care Unit (e-ICU).
A nurse is using telenursing to care for a patient at home. Which actions demonstrate appropriate use of the nursing process? Select all that apply.
A. Assessing the patient's condition
B. Developing a nursing diagnosis
C. Identifying expected outcomes and goals
D. Skipping assessment because the patient is not physically present
E. Evaluating the patient's response
F. Implementing the plan of care
A,B,C,E,F
Why? Telenursing still follows the nursing standard of care, including assessment, nursing diagnosis, expected outcomes/goals, planning, implementation, and evaluation.