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RATIONALES
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Chapter 01: Health: A Community View
MULTIPLE s s CHOICE
1. Which s s best s s describes s s the s s primary s s reason s s that s s Americans s s are s s concerned s s about s s health
ss care?
a. Politicians s s are s s discussing s s how s s to s s improve s s health s s care.
b. The s s media s s has s s provided s s mixed s s messages s s about s s the s s health s s care s s system.
c. Our s s national s s health s s care s s costs s s keep s s increasing.
d. The s s new s s health s s care s s system s s offers s s free s s services s s to s s Americans.
ANS: s s C
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing
sscosts, which s s cannot s s be s s sustained. s s The s s costs s s of s s caring s s for s s the s s sick
s s accounted s s for s s the ssmajority s s of s s escalating s s health care dollars, which
increased from 5.7% of the ssgross domestic product in 1965 to
s s 17.8% s s in s s 2015. s s Politicians s s and s s the s s media s s both ssinfluence s s Americans‘
s s perceptions s s about s s health s s care; s s however, s s they s s are s s not s s the s s primary ssreason
s s why s s Americans s s are s s concerned. s s The s s new s s health s s care system will change
the sshealth care access s s s s and s s availability, s s s s but s s s s will s s not
s s necessarily s s be s s offering s s any s s free ssservices s s to s s Americans.
DIF: Cognitive s s Level: s s Understand s s (Comprehension)
2. A s s nurse s s has s s begun s s to s s lobby s s with s s politicians s s for s s changes s s to s s the s s health
care s s system. ssWhy s s is s s this s s involvement s s important?
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visible ssin s s American s s msesdsi Na .
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our sshealth s s care s s system.
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c. Nurses s s are s s the s s largest s s segment s s of s s health s s care s s providers.
d. Nurses s s are s s the s s only s s group s s that s s is s s employed s s both s s inside s s and s s outside s s of s s hospitals.
ANS: s s C
As s s the s s largest s s segment s s of s s health s s care s s providers, s s nurses s s are s s informed s s about
s s the s s current sshealth s s care ssystem and all the problemsthat result
from peoplenot seeking sscare until they are s s desperately ill. Nurses,
as the American Nurses s s Association (ANA) emphasize, usually
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s s whose s s work s s is s s central s s to s s our current health scare
delivery s s system, can also be instrumental in working politically s s to s s create
,ss a sshealth s s care s s delivery s s system s s that s s will s s meet s s health s s needs. s s While s s nurses
s s are s s in s s several sscurrent s s TV s s series s s and s s are s s employed s s both s s inside s s and
s s outside s s of s s hospitals, s s physicians s s and ssother s s health s s care s s providers s s are s s as
s s well. s s Nurses s s are s s often s s managers, s s but s s managers s s often
, have s s other s s backgrounds, s s such s s as s s business s s administration.
8TH Edition by Mary
ss ss ss ss
A.Nies,MelanieMcEwen|Complete Guide WITH
s s s ss ss ss
RATIONALES
ss
Chapter 01: Health: A Community View
MULTIPLE s s CHOICE
1. Which s s best s s describes s s the s s primary s s reason s s that s s Americans s s are s s concerned s s about s s health
ss care?
a. Politicians s s are s s discussing s s how s s to s s improve s s health s s care.
b. The s s media s s has s s provided s s mixed s s messages s s about s s the s s health s s care s s system.
c. Our s s national s s health s s care s s costs s s keep s s increasing.
d. The s s new s s health s s care s s system s s offers s s free s s services s s to s s Americans.
ANS: s s C
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing
sscosts, which s s cannot s s be s s sustained. s s The s s costs s s of s s caring s s for s s the s s sick
s s accounted s s for s s the ssmajority s s of s s escalating s s health care dollars, which
increased from 5.7% of the ssgross domestic product in 1965 to
s s 17.8% s s in s s 2015. s s Politicians s s and s s the s s media s s both ssinfluence s s Americans‘
s s perceptions s s about s s health s s care; s s however, s s they s s are s s not s s the s s primary ssreason
s s why s s Americans s s are s s concerned. s s The s s new s s health s s care system will change
the sshealth care access s s s s and s s availability, s s s s but s s s s will s s not
s s necessarily s s be s s offering s s any s s free ssservices s s to s s Americans.
DIF: Cognitive s s Level: s s Understand s s (Comprehension)
2. A s s nurse s s has s s begun s s to s s lobby s s with s s politicians s s for s s changes s s to s s the s s health
care s s system. ssWhy s s is s s this s s involvement s s important?
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a. Nurses, s s as s s central s s characters s s in s s several s s popular s s TV s s series, s s are s s currently s s very
visible ssin s s American s s msesdsi Na .
b. Nurses s s are s s primarily s s responsible s s for s s m the ssvarious ssunits ssin
our sshealth s s care s s system.
ss
c. Nurses s s are s s the s s largest s s segment s s of s s health s s care s s providers.
d. Nurses s s are s s the s s only s s group s s that s s is s s employed s s both s s inside s s and s s outside s s of s s hospitals.
ANS: s s C
As s s the s s largest s s segment s s of s s health s s care s s providers, s s nurses s s are s s informed s s about
s s the s s current sshealth s s care ssystem and all the problemsthat result
from peoplenot seeking sscare until they are s s desperately ill. Nurses,
as the American Nurses s s Association (ANA) emphasize, usually
s s believe s s that s s health s s care s s is s s a s s right, s s not s s a ssprivilege. s s Therefore, s s nurses,
s s whose s s work s s is s s central s s to s s our current health scare
delivery s s system, can also be instrumental in working politically s s to s s create
,ss a sshealth s s care s s delivery s s system s s that s s will s s meet s s health s s needs. s s While s s nurses
s s are s s in s s several sscurrent s s TV s s series s s and s s are s s employed s s both s s inside s s and
s s outside s s of s s hospitals, s s physicians s s and ssother s s health s s care s s providers s s are s s as
s s well. s s Nurses s s are s s often s s managers, s s but s s managers s s often
, have s s other s s backgrounds, s s such s s as s s business s s administration.
