NURS 5350 M3L3
When providers deliver unnecessary services with the objective of protecting
themselves against lawsuits, this practice is called:
A) defensive medicine.
B) supplier-induced demand.
C) primary protection.
D) legal risk. - CORRECT ANSWER-A
Legislation is to laws as regulations are to:
A) bills.
B) laws.
C) rules.
D) practice. - CORRECT ANSWER-C
How does healthcare regulation protect the public?
A) Nurses are regulated in their practice and therefore cannot do harm.
B) Physicians are regulated in their practice and therefore cannot do harm.
C) Laypersons are great at judging the care they will receive and do not need
regulations.
D) There is always a potential risk of harm in health care, and regulations help mitigate
risk by providing structure to a complex environment. - CORRECT ANSWER-D
What led to the creation of the first formalized nurse practitioner programs in the United
States?
A) A nursing shortage prediction
B) A physician shortage prediction
C) Legislation put forth by RNs who wanted advanced degrees
D) Nursing and physician shortage predictions - CORRECT ANSWER-B
When voting, board of nursing members (regardless of what state they are in) take into
account public welfare and safety, legal defensibility of the vote, and:
A) potential national impact of the vote.
B) potential state impact of the vote.
C) potential institutional impact of the vote.
D) potential individual nursing impact of the vote. - CORRECT ANSWER-B
_______ limits the ability of states to pass legislation obstructing interstate trade, which
then allows the federal government to regulate state licensing laws regarding the
practice of professions across state lines.
A) The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution
B) The Health Care Financing Administration
C) The Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution
D) The American Nurse Credentialing Center - CORRECT ANSWER-C
When providers deliver unnecessary services with the objective of protecting
themselves against lawsuits, this practice is called:
A) defensive medicine.
B) supplier-induced demand.
C) primary protection.
D) legal risk. - CORRECT ANSWER-A
Legislation is to laws as regulations are to:
A) bills.
B) laws.
C) rules.
D) practice. - CORRECT ANSWER-C
How does healthcare regulation protect the public?
A) Nurses are regulated in their practice and therefore cannot do harm.
B) Physicians are regulated in their practice and therefore cannot do harm.
C) Laypersons are great at judging the care they will receive and do not need
regulations.
D) There is always a potential risk of harm in health care, and regulations help mitigate
risk by providing structure to a complex environment. - CORRECT ANSWER-D
What led to the creation of the first formalized nurse practitioner programs in the United
States?
A) A nursing shortage prediction
B) A physician shortage prediction
C) Legislation put forth by RNs who wanted advanced degrees
D) Nursing and physician shortage predictions - CORRECT ANSWER-B
When voting, board of nursing members (regardless of what state they are in) take into
account public welfare and safety, legal defensibility of the vote, and:
A) potential national impact of the vote.
B) potential state impact of the vote.
C) potential institutional impact of the vote.
D) potential individual nursing impact of the vote. - CORRECT ANSWER-B
_______ limits the ability of states to pass legislation obstructing interstate trade, which
then allows the federal government to regulate state licensing laws regarding the
practice of professions across state lines.
A) The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution
B) The Health Care Financing Administration
C) The Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution
D) The American Nurse Credentialing Center - CORRECT ANSWER-C
