2016 Lepage Correct Answers cuts PHN funding
Nilda, Mary and student present in support of LD 1108: An Act
to Restore PHN In Maine
2019 Janet Mills Correct Answers Increase funding to PHN
and is hiring more nurses since she took office in January 2019.
3 core public health functions Correct Answers assessment,
policy development, assurance
3 P's of Community Health Correct Answers Promote, protect,
prevent
3 parts of public health care Correct Answers federal, state,
local
3 primary goals of the ACA? Correct Answers Make health
insurance more availalble
Gave subsidies (premiums tax credits) to households with
incomes between 100% to 400% FPL
Expand Medicaid program to include adults with incomes 138%
of FPL
Not all states expanded their Medicaid program
Support innovative medical care delivery models that lowered
the cost of healthcare
,4 components to developing a community dx Correct Answers
1. the identification of the health problem or risk
2. the affected aggregate or community
3. the etiological or causal statement,
4.the evidence or support for the diagnosis
4 major challenges in the US healthcare system Correct
Answers o High cost
o Difficulty accessing primary care
o Inefficiency- confusing and inefficient administration
o Disparities due to income, education level, race, or ethnicities.
8 state public health nursing districts Correct Answers 1: York
County
2: Cumberland County
3: Western: Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford Counties
4: Midcoast: Waldo, Lincoln, Knox and Sagadahoc Counties
5: Central: Somerset and Kennebec Counties
6: Penquis: Penobscot and Piscataquis Counties
7: Downeast: Washington and Hancock Counties
8: Aroostook County
Tribal health district: 5 tribal communities
A community health nurse is explaining the chain of infection to
a family who has a child with lyme dx. The nurse describes the
tick biting the child as which of following;
a. Reservoir
b. Mode of transmission
c. Portal of entry
d. Host Correct Answers c
,A community health nurse is presenting a program about
hepatitis prevention and risk reduction to a local community
group. The nurse determines that the group has understood the
program when they identify which method as the major mode of
transmission of Hepatitis B?
a. indirect: oral-fecal route
b. direct: exposure to contaminated blood
c. direct: airborne droplet nuclei
d. indirect: infected rodents such as mice and rats Correct
Answers b
A person can be illiterate and still have limited health literacy
True or False Correct Answers True
A product development method that involves users in all stages
of the development process to create products that meet users'
needs is called ________.
a. user-centered design
b. process evaluation
c. plain language
d. usability testing Correct Answers a
ACA - Individual Mandate Correct Answers has been
eliminated
Citizens and legal residents must have health insurance.
From 2014-18- if no insurance- pay a fee( Shared Responsibility
Payment
Starting in 2019, if no insurance, no fee
ACA - preventative services are covered Correct Answers
immunizations and screenings
, ACA - regulations around private health insurance Correct
Answers Eliminated denials due to pre-existing conditions
ACA- health insurance marketplace Correct Answers
healthcare.gov
ACO's - accountable care organizations Correct Answers
Reimbursement based off of satisfaction ratings
Payment tied to quality metrics
Accountable to patients and payers for appropriateness and
efficiency of services.
ACO's (accountable care organizations) Correct Answers
Reimbursement based off of satisfaction ratings
Payment tied to quality metrics and cost of care
Accountable to patients and payers for appropriateness and
efficiency of services
Agrees to be
ccountable for quality, cost and overall care of Medicare
beneficiaries who are enrolled in traditional fee-for-service
programs.
Healthcare rationing
Competition and regulation
active immunity Correct Answers A form of acquired
immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against
disease-causing antigens.
long - term, sometimes life long, acquired naturally or artificial
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