NUR 211 - Module 1 - Health Policy, Managing Care, & Leadership Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

NUR 211 - Module 1 - Health Policy, Managing Care, & Leadership Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Health Policy - actions taken by government bodies to attain specific healthcare goals, includes laws, regulations, government agency guidelines, position statements, resolutions, judicial decrees, and budget priorities Determing Factors for Change - - population of citizens that will benefit - cost-benefit ratios - stakeholders - support for policy - availability of scientific evidence supporting policy Resource Allocation Determination - - influence 2 100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman, All Rights - negotiation - bargaining - compromise **process doesn't always seem logical or linear** Executive Branch Agency of Federal Government Ex - - CDC Executive Branch Agency of State Government Ex - - state health department - state board of nursing Federal Agencies - - US Department of Health and Human Services (priniciple federal health agency - responsible for all americans) - OSHA (health and safety in workplace) State Agencies - - each state mandates its own health policies and regulation (within fed guidelines) - each state has a division of health and human services - enforces regulations of health departments 3 100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman, All Rights - license or registers hospitals, long term facilities, child care centers, tracking state health data, maintain birth and death records, enforcing state health laws Local Health Departments - - within state department - oversees child care center sanitation, food safety - offer community-wide disease and injury prevention programs (birth control, flu shots, TB meds) - administering Medicaid, CHIP, WIC