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Nies: Community/Public Health Nursing, 8th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE 5%
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health care?
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a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care. 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system.
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c. Our national health care costs keep increasing.
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d. The new health care system offers free services to Americans.
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ANS: C 5 %
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing costs, which c
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annot be sustained. The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of escalatin
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g health care dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to
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17.8% in 2015. Politicians and the media both influence Americans’ perceptions about heal
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th care; however, they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new h
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ealth care system will change the health care access and availability, but will not necessaril
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y be offering any free services to Americans.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) 5% 5% 5%
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why is t
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his involvement important?
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a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are currently ve
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ry visible in American m e d iNa . R I G B.CM
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b. Nurses are primarily responUsibS le foNr mTanagingOthe various units in our health care
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system.
c. Nurses are the largest segment of health care providers.
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d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of hospitals.
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ANS: C 5%
As the largest segment of health care providers, nurses are informed about the current healt
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h care system and all the problems that result from people not seeking care until they are d
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esperately ill. Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA) emphasize, usually belie
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ve that health care is a right, not a privilege. Therefore, nurses, whose work is central to o
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ur current health care delivery system, can also be instrumental in working politically to cr
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eate a health care delivery system that will meet health needs. While nurses are in several
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current TV series and are employed both inside and outside of hospitals, physicians and oth
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er health care providers are as well. Nurses are often managers, but managers often have o
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ther backgrounds, such as business administration.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) 5% 5% 5%
3. What conclusion can be drawn from examining where nurses are employed?
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a. There is a trend toward consolidation of health care into large central medic
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al centers. 5%
b. There is an increased emphasis on community-based health care.
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c. There is an obvious need to decrease health care costs by cutting positions.
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d. Managed care organizations (MCOs) are employing nurses to improve customer
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,Chapter 01: Health: A Community View
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Nies: Community/Public Health Nursing, 8th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE 5%
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health care?
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a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care. 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system.
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c. Our national health care costs keep increasing.
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d. The new health care system offers free services to Americans.
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ANS: C 5 %
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing costs, which c
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annot be sustained. The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of escalatin
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g health care dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to
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17.8% in 2015. Politicians and the media both influence Americans’ perceptions about heal
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th care; however, they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new h
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ealth care system will change the health care access and availability, but will not necessaril
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y be offering any free services to Americans.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) 5% 5% 5%
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why is t
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his involvement important?
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a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are currently ve
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ry visible in American m e d iNa . R I G B.CM
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b. Nurses are primarily responUsibS le foNr mTanagingOthe various units in our health care
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system.
c. Nurses are the largest segment of health care providers.
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d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of hospitals.
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ANS: C 5%
As the largest segment of health care providers, nurses are informed about the current healt
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h care system and all the problems that result from people not seeking care until they are d
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esperately ill. Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA) emphasize, usually belie
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ve that health care is a right, not a privilege. Therefore, nurses, whose work is central to o
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ur current health care delivery system, can also be instrumental in working politically to cr
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eate a health care delivery system that will meet health needs. While nurses are in several
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current TV series and are employed both inside and outside of hospitals, physicians and oth
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er health care providers are as well. Nurses are often managers, but managers often have o
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ther backgrounds, such as business administration.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) 5% 5% 5%
3. What conclusion can be drawn from examining where nurses are employed?
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a. There is a trend toward consolidation of health care into large central medic
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al centers. 5%
b. There is an increased emphasis on community-based health care.
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c. There is an obvious need to decrease health care costs by cutting positions.
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d. Managed care organizations (MCOs) are employing nurses to improve customer
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