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1. Health policy can best be defined as set course of action to:
A. Administer public health care programs at the federal level for disaster
preparedness, response, and recovery.
B. Obtain a desired health outcome for an individual, family, group, commu-
nity, or society.
C. Support publicly funded health care programs at the local, state, and
national levels.
D. Support health care development and research to improve the health status of
citizens
Answer.: B. Obtain a desired health outcome for an individual, family, group, community, or society.
2. The relationship between nursing practice, health policy, and politics can
best be described as nursing:
,A. Advocacy.
B. Policy process.
C. Process.
D. Profession
Answer.: A. Advocacy.
3. 3. The levels of government responsible for carrying out the five government
health care functions of direct services, financing, information, policy setting, and
public protection are:
A. Federal and state.
B. Federal, state, and local.
C. All, but primarily state and local.
D. All, but primarily federal and state
Answer.: B. Federal, state, and local.
4. Nursing practice is governed by:
A. Boards of nursing established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
B. Nurse practice acts promulgated by federal and state legislative boards.
C. Nurse practice acts promulgated by state legislatures and operationalized
, by the state boards of nursing.
D. Nurse practice acts promulgated by the states in conformity with broad federal
guidelines
Answer.: C. Nurse practice acts promulgated by state legislatures and operationalized by the state
boards of nursing.
5. Several community-oriented nurses want to explore the problem of obesity
in school-age children and assess their community school district's health
status related to that problem. When gathering information at a national level,
they would begin with:
A. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
B. Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.
C. Health Resources and Services Administration.
D. National Institute of Nursing Research
Answer.: A. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
6. The health policy-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO)
released a policy statement on nursing and midwifery in 2001 (Resolution
WHA.49.1). The important fact for nurses to understand about WHO policy
statements is that such statements: