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Health People 2010 - Correct Answers ✅to improve access
to comprehensive quality, primary care services.
* Increase the quality and years of healthy life.
* Eliminate health disparities among Americans.
Health People 2020 - Correct Answers ✅The program is an
initiative that develops evidence-based practice objectives
designed to improve the health of all Americans. The
objectives are targeted to be followed over a 10-year period.
4 Foundational Healthcare measures:
1) General health status.
2) Health-related quality of life and well being.
3) Determinants of Health - aim to create social & physical
environments that promote good health for all.
4) Reduce Health Disparities.
Electronic Medical Record (EMR) - Correct Answers ✅Pros:
allows for sharing of health information between healthcare
entities & with patients, thereby reducing the cost of care,
improving care efficiency, avoiding readmission and
decreasing duplicate testing. Cons: the potential for data loss
in the event of computer or system failure.
Medicaid - Correct Answers ✅A federal and state
assistance program that pays for health care services for
people who cannot afford them. Varies from state to state.
,ANCC FNP Study Questions and Answers
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Medicare - Correct Answers ✅A federal program of health
insurance for persons 65 years of age and older. Those with
severe disability no matter income level or those with ESRD.
Qualifying conditions must be a US Citizen, non-US citizens
after 5 years of permanent residency. US Veterans are eligible
after 65 years.
* Medicare Part A covers medically necessary inpatient care
and supplies; skilled nursing facility.
* Medicare Part B covers nursing home/custodial care (ADL's),
home health services, durable medical equipment, outpatient
care & preventive services (i.e. 1 mammogram every 12
months) in women 40 and older. Part B does not include
routine dental care of eyeglasses.
* Part C - HMO
* Part D covers prescriptions.
Single payer healthcare system - Correct Answers ✅refers
to a system where in essence the government runs a
nationwide insurance plan that pays all healthcare cost for its
members.
Peer Review / 360 degree Evaluation - Correct Answers
✅employees rate other employees in the same job
classification, through the use of established criteria. The
system has the potential to offer honest & specific feedback
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that allows the individual to make improvements or
adjustments to meet objectives and performance standards.
Fidelity - Correct Answers ✅Loyalty & dedication; keeping
a promise.
Beneficence - Correct Answers ✅promote good and
prevent harm.
Non-Maleficence - Correct Answers ✅duty to do no harm
Justice - Correct Answers ✅Right to fair and equitable
treatment.
Automony - Correct Answers ✅The right of the patient to
make clinical decisions about their medical care, assuming
the patient is rational & can make informed decisions about
care.
Veracity - Correct Answers ✅truthfulness
Utilitarianism - Correct Answers ✅Greatest good for the
greatest number of people
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State Nurse Practice Act - Correct Answers ✅(NPA)
approved by vote through the processes of each individuals
states legislature. The act delineates the legal scope of
practice within the geographical boundaries of the
jurisdiction. The purpose of the state nurse practice act is to
protect the public.
State Board of Nursing - Correct Answers ✅(BON)
determines laws governing nurse practice authority; has the
authority to develop administrative rules or regulations that
clarify the NPA & make scope of practice interpretations more
specific. The state BON rules and regulations must be
consistent with the legislature.
Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) -
Correct Answers ✅designated to prevent inappropriate
transfers and "patient dumping" for indigent patients.
Requires hospitals to access and treat patients regardless of
ability to pay and provides specific provisions on when
transfers are allowed.
Genetic Information Nondiscriminatory Act (GINA) - Correct
Answers ✅prohibits the use of genetic information for
health insurance and hiring decisions.
Health Information Technology for Economic & Clinical Health
Act of 2009 (HITECH) - Correct Answers ✅healthcare
providers would be offered financial incentives for
(Top Grade Assured) 2026 Update
Health People 2010 - Correct Answers ✅to improve access
to comprehensive quality, primary care services.
* Increase the quality and years of healthy life.
* Eliminate health disparities among Americans.
Health People 2020 - Correct Answers ✅The program is an
initiative that develops evidence-based practice objectives
designed to improve the health of all Americans. The
objectives are targeted to be followed over a 10-year period.
4 Foundational Healthcare measures:
1) General health status.
2) Health-related quality of life and well being.
3) Determinants of Health - aim to create social & physical
environments that promote good health for all.
4) Reduce Health Disparities.
Electronic Medical Record (EMR) - Correct Answers ✅Pros:
allows for sharing of health information between healthcare
entities & with patients, thereby reducing the cost of care,
improving care efficiency, avoiding readmission and
decreasing duplicate testing. Cons: the potential for data loss
in the event of computer or system failure.
Medicaid - Correct Answers ✅A federal and state
assistance program that pays for health care services for
people who cannot afford them. Varies from state to state.
,ANCC FNP Study Questions and Answers
(Top Grade Assured) 2026 Update
Medicare - Correct Answers ✅A federal program of health
insurance for persons 65 years of age and older. Those with
severe disability no matter income level or those with ESRD.
Qualifying conditions must be a US Citizen, non-US citizens
after 5 years of permanent residency. US Veterans are eligible
after 65 years.
* Medicare Part A covers medically necessary inpatient care
and supplies; skilled nursing facility.
* Medicare Part B covers nursing home/custodial care (ADL's),
home health services, durable medical equipment, outpatient
care & preventive services (i.e. 1 mammogram every 12
months) in women 40 and older. Part B does not include
routine dental care of eyeglasses.
* Part C - HMO
* Part D covers prescriptions.
Single payer healthcare system - Correct Answers ✅refers
to a system where in essence the government runs a
nationwide insurance plan that pays all healthcare cost for its
members.
Peer Review / 360 degree Evaluation - Correct Answers
✅employees rate other employees in the same job
classification, through the use of established criteria. The
system has the potential to offer honest & specific feedback
,ANCC FNP Study Questions and Answers
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that allows the individual to make improvements or
adjustments to meet objectives and performance standards.
Fidelity - Correct Answers ✅Loyalty & dedication; keeping
a promise.
Beneficence - Correct Answers ✅promote good and
prevent harm.
Non-Maleficence - Correct Answers ✅duty to do no harm
Justice - Correct Answers ✅Right to fair and equitable
treatment.
Automony - Correct Answers ✅The right of the patient to
make clinical decisions about their medical care, assuming
the patient is rational & can make informed decisions about
care.
Veracity - Correct Answers ✅truthfulness
Utilitarianism - Correct Answers ✅Greatest good for the
greatest number of people
, ANCC FNP Study Questions and Answers
(Top Grade Assured) 2026 Update
State Nurse Practice Act - Correct Answers ✅(NPA)
approved by vote through the processes of each individuals
states legislature. The act delineates the legal scope of
practice within the geographical boundaries of the
jurisdiction. The purpose of the state nurse practice act is to
protect the public.
State Board of Nursing - Correct Answers ✅(BON)
determines laws governing nurse practice authority; has the
authority to develop administrative rules or regulations that
clarify the NPA & make scope of practice interpretations more
specific. The state BON rules and regulations must be
consistent with the legislature.
Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) -
Correct Answers ✅designated to prevent inappropriate
transfers and "patient dumping" for indigent patients.
Requires hospitals to access and treat patients regardless of
ability to pay and provides specific provisions on when
transfers are allowed.
Genetic Information Nondiscriminatory Act (GINA) - Correct
Answers ✅prohibits the use of genetic information for
health insurance and hiring decisions.
Health Information Technology for Economic & Clinical Health
Act of 2009 (HITECH) - Correct Answers ✅healthcare
providers would be offered financial incentives for
