NURS 115 Final Exam Questions And 100% Correct Answers
A set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for Americans to meet
during the second decade of the new millennium.
the fourth set of health goals and objectives for the U.S. that defines the nation's health
agenda and guides its health policy - ANSWER Healthy People 2020
1. What is the term for the rapid and cumulative physical and emotional changes that
characterize childhood?
- Homelessness
- New morbidities
- Dependency vulnerability
- Developmental vulnerability - ANSWER Developmental vulnerability
1. Easy access to transportation is a challenge that faces rural health.
-True
-False - ANSWER False
1. Which of the following is a major health concern for women?
-Life expectancy is 8 years shorter than men.
-AIDS is the leading cause of death.
-Nearly one-third of women have less than ninth-grade education.
- Women are more likely to develop more acute and chronic illnesses
ANSWER Women are more likely to develop more acute and chronic illnesses
1. Mental disorders are the most common psychiatric illnesses among which group?
- Adults
,- Children
- The uninsured
- Ethnic minorities
ANSWER adults
1. What is the causative agent for AIDS?
- CDC
- Lack of insurance
- Infectious air-born pathogen
- HIV
ANSWER HIV
1. What type of group are the uninsured often categorized under?
- Middle class
- Urban dwellers
- Young adults (ages 25-40)
- Women - ANSWER Young adults (ages 25-40)
1. Let's Move is a program that tries to assure that children get a healthy start from
pregnancy through early years of childhood; healthy meals at school; and physical
activity.
- True
- False - ANSWER True
1. Three subsystems define the nation's mental health system because of severity
related to a mental health condition.
- True
- False - ANSWER False
,1. Vulnerability represents a personal deficiency inherent to certain populations.
-True
-False - ANSWER False
1. The rate of growth in health spending in the United States slowed to its lowest level
during what time period?
- 2002-2010
- 1993-2000
- 1973-1983
- 1980-1988 - ANSWER 1993-2000
1. Which of the following contributes to high health care costs?
- Uniform practice standards
- Alternative model of health care
- Growth of technology
One payer insurance - ANSWER Growth of technology
1. The Donabedian asserts that to help define and measure quality in health care
organizations, you have to look at three domains. One of those domains is risk.
-True
-False - ANSWER False
1. Which of the following describes access to care?
-It is seldom predicted by either race or income
-It is to be differentiated from acceptability of services.
- Is usually predicted by income and occupation.
- Access for vulnerable populations was not part of legislative history until the ACA. -
, ANSWER Is usually predicted by income and occupation.
1. Accountable care organizations are:
- known for increasing health expenditures and sometimes reducing quality.
- focused on decreasing medical malpractice.
- designed to help increase cooperation between providers across various health care
settings to improve Medicare patient outcomes.
- intended to enhance access to care for children and pregnant women. - ANSWER -
intended to assist in promoting collaboration among providers at all levels of health care
to advance the outcomes of Medicare patients.
1. Focus on desired health outcomes is one implication of the Institute of Medicine's
definition of quality.
- True
- False - ANSWER True
1. The United States health care system is centrally planned by the government.
- True
- False - ANSWER False
1. Among the industrialized nations, United States spends the most per capita on health
with poorer health in comparison.
- True
- False - ANSWER True
1. In the United States over recent years, care delivery for the management of chronic
conditions has effectively and successfully been managed through a system such as the
one focused on disease treatment.
- True
- False - ANSWER False
what is a vulnerable population? - ANSWER - health needs, but inadequate resources to
A set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for Americans to meet
during the second decade of the new millennium.
the fourth set of health goals and objectives for the U.S. that defines the nation's health
agenda and guides its health policy - ANSWER Healthy People 2020
1. What is the term for the rapid and cumulative physical and emotional changes that
characterize childhood?
- Homelessness
- New morbidities
- Dependency vulnerability
- Developmental vulnerability - ANSWER Developmental vulnerability
1. Easy access to transportation is a challenge that faces rural health.
-True
-False - ANSWER False
1. Which of the following is a major health concern for women?
-Life expectancy is 8 years shorter than men.
-AIDS is the leading cause of death.
-Nearly one-third of women have less than ninth-grade education.
- Women are more likely to develop more acute and chronic illnesses
ANSWER Women are more likely to develop more acute and chronic illnesses
1. Mental disorders are the most common psychiatric illnesses among which group?
- Adults
,- Children
- The uninsured
- Ethnic minorities
ANSWER adults
1. What is the causative agent for AIDS?
- CDC
- Lack of insurance
- Infectious air-born pathogen
- HIV
ANSWER HIV
1. What type of group are the uninsured often categorized under?
- Middle class
- Urban dwellers
- Young adults (ages 25-40)
- Women - ANSWER Young adults (ages 25-40)
1. Let's Move is a program that tries to assure that children get a healthy start from
pregnancy through early years of childhood; healthy meals at school; and physical
activity.
- True
- False - ANSWER True
1. Three subsystems define the nation's mental health system because of severity
related to a mental health condition.
- True
- False - ANSWER False
,1. Vulnerability represents a personal deficiency inherent to certain populations.
-True
-False - ANSWER False
1. The rate of growth in health spending in the United States slowed to its lowest level
during what time period?
- 2002-2010
- 1993-2000
- 1973-1983
- 1980-1988 - ANSWER 1993-2000
1. Which of the following contributes to high health care costs?
- Uniform practice standards
- Alternative model of health care
- Growth of technology
One payer insurance - ANSWER Growth of technology
1. The Donabedian asserts that to help define and measure quality in health care
organizations, you have to look at three domains. One of those domains is risk.
-True
-False - ANSWER False
1. Which of the following describes access to care?
-It is seldom predicted by either race or income
-It is to be differentiated from acceptability of services.
- Is usually predicted by income and occupation.
- Access for vulnerable populations was not part of legislative history until the ACA. -
, ANSWER Is usually predicted by income and occupation.
1. Accountable care organizations are:
- known for increasing health expenditures and sometimes reducing quality.
- focused on decreasing medical malpractice.
- designed to help increase cooperation between providers across various health care
settings to improve Medicare patient outcomes.
- intended to enhance access to care for children and pregnant women. - ANSWER -
intended to assist in promoting collaboration among providers at all levels of health care
to advance the outcomes of Medicare patients.
1. Focus on desired health outcomes is one implication of the Institute of Medicine's
definition of quality.
- True
- False - ANSWER True
1. The United States health care system is centrally planned by the government.
- True
- False - ANSWER False
1. Among the industrialized nations, United States spends the most per capita on health
with poorer health in comparison.
- True
- False - ANSWER True
1. In the United States over recent years, care delivery for the management of chronic
conditions has effectively and successfully been managed through a system such as the
one focused on disease treatment.
- True
- False - ANSWER False
what is a vulnerable population? - ANSWER - health needs, but inadequate resources to
