Exam 3 NURS 340 | Questions and Answers (Complete Solutions)
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Exam 3 NURS 340 | Questions and Answers (Complete Solutions) A public health agency is planning to implement the electronic health record. (Which is a benefit of this choice? a. Facilitation of interprofessional care b. Improved client compliance with medical regimens c. Cost savings to the agen...
A public health agency is planning to implement the electronic health record. (Which is a
benefit of this choice?
a. Facilitation of interprofessional care
b. Improved client compliance with medical regimens
c. Cost savings to the agency
d. Compliance with JCAHO standards
Which statement best describes the cost of health care in the United States?
a. Healthcare costs are kept low, and the indicators of health are among the best
worldwide.
b. Health care costs are low which has resulted in poor health outcomes.
c. Health care costs are the highest in the world, but the indicators of health are not the
best worldwide.
d. Health care costs and indicators of health are the highest in the world.
A nurse is explaining the health care system in the United States to a group of health
care providers visiting from South America. How would the nurse best describe the
current health care system?
a. "It is a logical, rational approach to meeting expressed needs while still trying to
control costs."
b. "It is a centralized system that provides care in hospitals."
c. "It is divided primarily into two components: private health care and public health
care."
d. "It is the best in the world with outstanding research and high-technology care
available to all."
Which statement best describes ideal primary health care?
a. Based on a multidisciplinary group of health care providers that work as a team
b. Essential care available to all community members, which encourages self-
management
c. Focused on health promotion and disease prevention for everyone enrolled in the
,health center
d. Local efforts to meet the Declaration of Alma Ata principles
How does managed care (MC) attempt to control costs of care?
a. By encouraging families to use the point of service list of individual practice
associates
b. By requiring families to choose a care provider from the MC network and not allowing
access to other services without their provider's permission
c. By moving Medicaid-eligible families onto state Medicare enrollment
d. By refusing permission for families to use urgent care or emergency department
services
An 80-year-old woman comes to the community health care facility with a large bag of
medications. She tells the nurse she can no longer afford these medications because
her only income is Social Security. Which statement is the best response by the nurse?
a. "Let's go through these medications and see which ones we can delete."
b. "You can get these medicines at this clinic for free."
c. "Let's see if we can get some help from Medicare to help you pay for these
medications."
d. "These medications are important. Do your best to pay for them."
A nurse is determining which health care services must be offered at a local public
health clinic. Which factor is most important for the nurse to consider?
a. Data available from the most recent community assessment
b. Suggestions from community members about what is needed
c. Recommendations from Healthy People 2020
d. Services mandated by the state government
A public health nurse is working with a low-income population in Massachusetts. Which
of the following assumptions can the nurse make about this population?
a. They have difficulty accessing health care due to a shortage of primary-care
providers.
,b. They most likely receive health insurance through Medicare.
c. They are unable to access health care due to the implementation of the Affordable
Care Act.
d. They have access to affordable health care insurance.
A public health nurse is working with a client who does not have health insurance.
Where will the nurse most likely direct the client to in order to receive care?
a. Managed care
b. Community health center
c. Emergency department
d. Physician office
Which of the following best describes why local, state, and federal governmental
agencies have started to cooperate and collaborate more closely in the last few years?
a. Increased administrative pressures to demonstrate outcomes
b. Increased focus on emergency preparedness and response
c. Increased taxpayers' complaints and general unhappiness
d. Increased pressure to decrease overlap in services
Minority nurses represented about 30.1 percent of the RN population. What is this an
example of?
a. Projection
b. Disparity
c. Racism
d. A sentinel event
A public health agency is in the process of obtaining accreditation. Which of the
following best describes why the agency would want to achieve accreditation? (Select
all that apply.)
a. To improve health programming and services
, b. To improve community relationships
c. To improve performance and quality
d. To improve management
e. To decrease cost of health care
What do demographic figures suggest about the ways in which the population of the
United States is changing? (Select all that apply.)
a. Foreign-born immigrant population is increasing.
b. Hispanics are the largest minority group population.
c. Leading causes of death are from infectious diseases.
d. Mortality for both genders in all age groups declined.
e. Unintentional injuries are among the top 10 causes of death
Which of the following statements is accurate descriptions of current social and
economic trends in the United States? (Select all that apply.)
a. Citizens are appreciating the quality of life enjoyed in the United States.
b. Enjoying life is not as important as the need to take care of oneself.
c. People often spend a considerable amount of their own money on complementary
therapies.
d. The gap between the richest and poorest is widening.
e. The composition of families and living patterns are changing.
Which of the following provides evidence that the US health care system is in crisis?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Health insurance is an expensive benefit for employers to provide.
b. Incompetent or negligent nurses are an ongoing source of medical errors.
c. Long work hours and provider fatigue are a major factor in medical errors.
d. More punitive measures must be taken to decrease provider errors.
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