CHAPTER 2 THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
SYSTEM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 - 2025
1 Which activity performed by a nurse is related to maintaining competency in nursing practice?
1. Asking another nurse about how to change the settings on a
medication pump
2. Regularly attending unit staff meetings
3. Participating as a member of the professional nursing council
4. Attending a review course in preparation for a certification
examination ANS -4. Maintaining ongoing competency is a nurses responsibility. Earning certification in
a specialty area is one mechanism that demonstrates competency. Specialty certification has been
shown to be positively related to patient safety.
2. Which of the following are examples of a nurse participating in primary care activities? (Select all that
apply.)
1. Providing prenatal teaching on nutrition to a pregnant woman during the first trimester
2. Assessing the nutritional status of older adults who come to the community center for lunch
3. Working with patients in a cardiac rehabilitation program
4. Providing home wound care to a patient
, 5. Teaching a class to parents at the local grade school about the importance of immunizations ANS -1,
2, 5. Primary care activities are focused on health promotion. Health promotion programs contribute to
quality health care by helping patients acquire healthier lifestyles. Health promotion activities help keep
people healthy through exercise, good nutrition, rest, and adopting positive health attitudes and
practices.
3. Which of the following statements is true regarding Magnet® status recognition for a hospital?
1. Nursing is run by a Magnet manager who makes decisions for the nursing units.
2. Nurses in Magnet hospitals make all of the decisions on the clinical units.
3. Magnet is a term that is used to describe hospitals that are able to hire the nurses they need.
4. Magnet is a special designation for hospitals that achieve excellence in nursing practice. ANS -4.
Magnet® status is a process and review that hospitals go through that shows achievement of excellence
in nursing practice. The designation is given by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and focuses on
demonstration of quality patient care, nursing excellence, and innovations in professional practice.
4. Which of the following nursing activities is provided in a secondary health care environment?
1. Conducting blood pressure screenings for older adults at the Senior Center
2. Teaching a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease purse-lipped breathing techniques at
an outpatient clinic
3. Changing the postoperative dressing for a patient on a medical-surgical unit
4. Doing endotracheal suctioning for a patient on a ventilator in the medical intensive care unit ANS -3.
In secondary care the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses are traditionally the most common services.
Secondary services are usually provided in an acute care setting. Inpatient medical-surgical units provide
secondary care. Critical care units provide tertiary care.
SYSTEM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 - 2025
1 Which activity performed by a nurse is related to maintaining competency in nursing practice?
1. Asking another nurse about how to change the settings on a
medication pump
2. Regularly attending unit staff meetings
3. Participating as a member of the professional nursing council
4. Attending a review course in preparation for a certification
examination ANS -4. Maintaining ongoing competency is a nurses responsibility. Earning certification in
a specialty area is one mechanism that demonstrates competency. Specialty certification has been
shown to be positively related to patient safety.
2. Which of the following are examples of a nurse participating in primary care activities? (Select all that
apply.)
1. Providing prenatal teaching on nutrition to a pregnant woman during the first trimester
2. Assessing the nutritional status of older adults who come to the community center for lunch
3. Working with patients in a cardiac rehabilitation program
4. Providing home wound care to a patient
, 5. Teaching a class to parents at the local grade school about the importance of immunizations ANS -1,
2, 5. Primary care activities are focused on health promotion. Health promotion programs contribute to
quality health care by helping patients acquire healthier lifestyles. Health promotion activities help keep
people healthy through exercise, good nutrition, rest, and adopting positive health attitudes and
practices.
3. Which of the following statements is true regarding Magnet® status recognition for a hospital?
1. Nursing is run by a Magnet manager who makes decisions for the nursing units.
2. Nurses in Magnet hospitals make all of the decisions on the clinical units.
3. Magnet is a term that is used to describe hospitals that are able to hire the nurses they need.
4. Magnet is a special designation for hospitals that achieve excellence in nursing practice. ANS -4.
Magnet® status is a process and review that hospitals go through that shows achievement of excellence
in nursing practice. The designation is given by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and focuses on
demonstration of quality patient care, nursing excellence, and innovations in professional practice.
4. Which of the following nursing activities is provided in a secondary health care environment?
1. Conducting blood pressure screenings for older adults at the Senior Center
2. Teaching a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease purse-lipped breathing techniques at
an outpatient clinic
3. Changing the postoperative dressing for a patient on a medical-surgical unit
4. Doing endotracheal suctioning for a patient on a ventilator in the medical intensive care unit ANS -3.
In secondary care the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses are traditionally the most common services.
Secondary services are usually provided in an acute care setting. Inpatient medical-surgical units provide
secondary care. Critical care units provide tertiary care.
