NUR 205 FINAL EXAM |COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS | 2026
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1. Institute of Medicine's 6 Outcomes for the Health Care System: • Safe
• Effective
• Efficient
• Patient Centered
• Timely
• Equitable
2. Insititute of Medicine's 4-Tierd Strategy to Prevent Medical Error: • Establishing a national focus
• Identifying and learning from errors
• Raising performance standards and expectations
• Implementing safety systems in healthcare organizations
3. Goals of the Affordable Care Act: • Expand coverage, control health care costs and improve health care delivery
system
• Provide Medicaid or subsidized coverage to qualifying people with incomes up to 400% of poverty
• Provide a new way to get healthinsurance: the Health Insurance Marketplace (designed to help people more easily
find health insurance that fits their budget)
4. Health Care Delivery Systems: • Physicians and hospitals
• Multispecialty group practices
,• Community health centers
• Prepared group practice
• Accountable care organizations
• Medical homes / neighborhoods
5. Describe physicians and hospitals as a health care delivery system: • Operate under fee-for-service (each service
= separate bill) • Doctors and hospitals make more money by doing more • Hospitals are usually nonprofit.
6. Describe multispeciality practice groups as a health care delivery system: •
Physicians from different specialties work together
• They share income, expenses, facilities, equipment, and staff
• They are able to provide more comprehensive care
7. Describe community health centers as a health care delivery system: • They provide regional services for vulnerable
populations
• Focus on primary care and health education
• Aim to improve access and promote community health
8. Describe prepaid group practice as a health care delivery system: • Subscribers get care through a set group of
providers • Insurance only covers certain places for care
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO): need a referral to see a specialist
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO): no referral needed to see a specialist
9. Describe accountable care organizations as a health care delivery system: •
Groups of providers work together to deliver care •
One bill covers all care across different settings.
,• Focus on improving outcomes and lowering costs
10. Describe medical homes as a health care delivery system: • An enhanced model of primary care
• Provides whole-person, accessible, comprehensive, ongoing, coordinated, and patient-centered
11. Describe medical neighborhoods as a health care delivery system: • A network of health care services for patients
• Includes community and social service organizations plus public health agencies.
12. Agency for Healthcare Researchand Quality (AHRQ): The AHRQ mission is to produce
evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and
used
13. AHRQ Definition of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH): • Comprehensive care
• Patient-centered/coordinated care
• Accessible services
• Quality and safety
14. Levels of Health Care: • Primary health care
• Secondary health care
• Tertiary health care
15. Paying for Health Care: • Out-of-pocket payment
• Individual private insurance • Employer-based private insurance
• Goverment financing:
• Medicare (health insurance for elderly): DRGs
• Medicaid (health insurance for poor)
• Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
, • Veteran's Health Administration (VHA)
16. Health Care Settings: • Hospitals
• Primary care centers
• Ambulatory care centers and clinics
• Home health care
• Extended care
• Specialized care centers and settings
• Health care services for the seriously ill and dying
• Health care agencies
17. Role of Nurses in Hospitals: • Direct care providers
• Manager of other members of health care team
• Administrator
• Clinical nurse specialist
• Patient educator
• In-service educator
• Researcher
18. Role of Nurses in Primary Care Centers: • Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs): nurse
practicitioners, idwives, and clinical nurse specialists
• Work independently or collaboratively with physicians to make assessments and care for patients who require
health maintenance or health promotion,activities
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1. Institute of Medicine's 6 Outcomes for the Health Care System: • Safe
• Effective
• Efficient
• Patient Centered
• Timely
• Equitable
2. Insititute of Medicine's 4-Tierd Strategy to Prevent Medical Error: • Establishing a national focus
• Identifying and learning from errors
• Raising performance standards and expectations
• Implementing safety systems in healthcare organizations
3. Goals of the Affordable Care Act: • Expand coverage, control health care costs and improve health care delivery
system
• Provide Medicaid or subsidized coverage to qualifying people with incomes up to 400% of poverty
• Provide a new way to get healthinsurance: the Health Insurance Marketplace (designed to help people more easily
find health insurance that fits their budget)
4. Health Care Delivery Systems: • Physicians and hospitals
• Multispecialty group practices
,• Community health centers
• Prepared group practice
• Accountable care organizations
• Medical homes / neighborhoods
5. Describe physicians and hospitals as a health care delivery system: • Operate under fee-for-service (each service
= separate bill) • Doctors and hospitals make more money by doing more • Hospitals are usually nonprofit.
6. Describe multispeciality practice groups as a health care delivery system: •
Physicians from different specialties work together
• They share income, expenses, facilities, equipment, and staff
• They are able to provide more comprehensive care
7. Describe community health centers as a health care delivery system: • They provide regional services for vulnerable
populations
• Focus on primary care and health education
• Aim to improve access and promote community health
8. Describe prepaid group practice as a health care delivery system: • Subscribers get care through a set group of
providers • Insurance only covers certain places for care
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO): need a referral to see a specialist
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO): no referral needed to see a specialist
9. Describe accountable care organizations as a health care delivery system: •
Groups of providers work together to deliver care •
One bill covers all care across different settings.
,• Focus on improving outcomes and lowering costs
10. Describe medical homes as a health care delivery system: • An enhanced model of primary care
• Provides whole-person, accessible, comprehensive, ongoing, coordinated, and patient-centered
11. Describe medical neighborhoods as a health care delivery system: • A network of health care services for patients
• Includes community and social service organizations plus public health agencies.
12. Agency for Healthcare Researchand Quality (AHRQ): The AHRQ mission is to produce
evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and
used
13. AHRQ Definition of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH): • Comprehensive care
• Patient-centered/coordinated care
• Accessible services
• Quality and safety
14. Levels of Health Care: • Primary health care
• Secondary health care
• Tertiary health care
15. Paying for Health Care: • Out-of-pocket payment
• Individual private insurance • Employer-based private insurance
• Goverment financing:
• Medicare (health insurance for elderly): DRGs
• Medicaid (health insurance for poor)
• Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
, • Veteran's Health Administration (VHA)
16. Health Care Settings: • Hospitals
• Primary care centers
• Ambulatory care centers and clinics
• Home health care
• Extended care
• Specialized care centers and settings
• Health care services for the seriously ill and dying
• Health care agencies
17. Role of Nurses in Hospitals: • Direct care providers
• Manager of other members of health care team
• Administrator
• Clinical nurse specialist
• Patient educator
• In-service educator
• Researcher
18. Role of Nurses in Primary Care Centers: • Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs): nurse
practicitioners, idwives, and clinical nurse specialists
• Work independently or collaboratively with physicians to make assessments and care for patients who require
health maintenance or health promotion,activities
