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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: dm 3
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OBJ: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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2. A nurse is referring a low-
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,Chapter 1. Child Health Assessment: An Overview MULTI
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P LE CHOICE
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1. A nurse is reviewing changes in healthcare delivery and funding for pediatric popul
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Which current trend in the pediatric setting should the nurse expect to find?
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a. Increased hospitalization of children db db db
b. Decreased number of uninsured children db db db db
c. An increase in ambulatory care
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d. Decreased use of managed car db db db db
e ANSWER: C
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One effect of managed care is that pediatric healthcare delivery has shifted dramaticall
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y fr om the
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acute care setting to the ambulatory setting. The number of hospital beds being used
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has d ecreased as more care is provided in outpatient and home settings. The number
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of unins ur ed
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children in the United States continues to grow. One of the biggest changes in healthca
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re h as
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been the growth of managed care.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: dm 3
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OBJ: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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2. A nurse is referring a low-
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income family with three children under the age of 5 years to a
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program that assists with supplemental food supplies. Which program should the nurs
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e re fer this
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family to? db
a. Medicaid
b. Medicare
c. Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) program
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ANSWER: d b d b D
WIC is a federal program that provides supplemental food supplies to l
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ow-income women who db db
are pregnant or breast-
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feeding and to their children until the age of 5 years. Medicaid and the
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Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) program pr
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for well- db
child examinations and related treatment of medical problems. Children in the WIC pro
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gra m are often referred for immunizations, but that is not the primary focus of the pr
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o gram. Public Law 99-
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457 provides financial incentives to states to establish comprehensive early intervention
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se rvices for infants and toddlers with, or at risk for, developmental disabilitie s.
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Medicare is the program for Senior Citizens. D
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I F: Cognitive Level: Application REF: dm 7 O
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BJ:
Nursing Process Step: Implementation MSC: H
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e alth Promotion and Maintenance
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3. In most states, adolescents who are not emancipated minors must have parental per
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mis sion db
before: