Policy Final Exam Fully Answered.
Accreditation - Answer Demonstrating how a program or organization meets published
standards through a self-study and site visit.
Nurse Staffing - Answer The process of determining the correct number and skill mix of nurses
for the number and acuity of patients needing care.
Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act - Answer Helps provide affordable health coverage
for each person in the United States.
Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act - Answer HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) - Answer Protects insurance
coverage of individuals who lose employer sponsored health insurance because they lose or
change employment, and requires that national standards be established for electronic health
care transactions.
Emergency Medical Treatment And Active Labor Act - Answer Helps prevent "patient
dumping", the practice of one health care organization moving a client based on inability to pay
or lack of insurance coverage.
Advance Directives - Answer Legal forms used to communicate and document health care
decisions if an individual becomes unable to do so.
Health Disparities - Answer Preventable differences in incidence and prevalence of disease,
injury, or violence, based on race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or LGBTQIA status, age, or
socioeconomic status.
Health Equity - Answer The removal of obstacles such as poverty and discrimination, and
subsequent lack of access to fair pay, quality education, housing, safety, and health care, so as
to provide a more equitable distribution of health related resources.
Culture Of Safety - Answer A systems approach to safety that moves away from individual