TESTBANK ON POPULATION
HEALTH CENTRED HEALTHCARE
UNDER PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
11TH EDITION A COMPLETE
TESTBANK WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS.
A public health nurse is counseling a client who is trying to determine if a
health maintenance organization (HMO) or preferred provider organization
(PPO) will provide the better health care coverage. One main difference
between these two types of managed care arrangements is:
a. HMOs provide comprehensive care to its members for a fixed fee.
b. PPOs designate providers that members can choose.
c. PPOs employ physicians as PPO employees.
d. HMOs provide financial incentives to encourage members to select HMO
providers.
a. HMOs provide comprehensive care to its members for a fixed fee.
An example of primary prevention is:
a. A smoking cessation program
b. Radiation therapy for lung cancer
c. Care at a long-term care facility
d. Hospice care
a. A smoking cessation program
,Factors that influence health care costs include (select all that apply):
a. Technology and intensity
b. Demographicsthe aging population
c. Chronic illness
d. Use of the health care system
Answers: A, B, C
All but the last option influence health care costs. The fact that individuals
have, over time, consumed more health care is not an adequate explanation
One of the primary focuses of improving the health of the American people in
the twenty-first century is to address:
a. Bioterrorism and global health threats
b. Delivery of individual care and hygiene
c. The need for increased hospital and acute care
d. Chronic disease and disability management
a. Bioterrorism and global health threats
The threat of bioterrorism has the potential to:
a. Dissolve community-based programs.
b. Cause the health care system to collapse.
c. Divert funds from other public safety health care programs.
d. Increase the need for shelters.
c. Divert funds from other public safety health care programs.
Population-based preventive programs launched in the 1970s are responsible
for increased:
,a. Use of tobacco
b. Use of automobile safety restraints
c. Incidence of hypertension
d. Incidence of obesity
b. Use of automobile safety restraints
The public health nurse must participate in the essential services of public
health. These include:
a. Monitoring health status by completing a community assessment
b. Diagnosing and investigating health problems in the world
c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues
d. Working in law enforcement to regulate health and ensure safety
c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues
5. Which of the following is an example of the mission of public health
according to the Institute of Medicine?
a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States
b. Providing a flu shot for an elderly person at the health department
c. Keeping track of alternative therapies in use in the United States
d. Keeping snake antivenom at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in Atlanta
a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States
Making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available
defines which of the core public health functions?
, a. Policy development
b. Assessment
c. Assurance
d. Scientific knowledge-based care
c. Assurance
The number and proportion of persons aged 25 or older with less than a high
school education is an example of:
a. Sociodemographic characteristics
b. Health status
c. Health risk factors
d. Health care resource consumption
a. Sociodemographic characteristics
The purpose of public health core functions is to:
a. Clarify the role of the government in fulfilling the mission of public health.
b. Ensure the safety of populations in receiving quality health care.
c. Provide community-based individualized care to every person in the United
States.
d. Unite public and private providers of care in a comprehensive approach to
providing health care.
a. Clarify the role of the government in fulfilling the mission of public health.
Which of the following statements about public health is accurate?
HEALTH CENTRED HEALTHCARE
UNDER PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
11TH EDITION A COMPLETE
TESTBANK WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS.
A public health nurse is counseling a client who is trying to determine if a
health maintenance organization (HMO) or preferred provider organization
(PPO) will provide the better health care coverage. One main difference
between these two types of managed care arrangements is:
a. HMOs provide comprehensive care to its members for a fixed fee.
b. PPOs designate providers that members can choose.
c. PPOs employ physicians as PPO employees.
d. HMOs provide financial incentives to encourage members to select HMO
providers.
a. HMOs provide comprehensive care to its members for a fixed fee.
An example of primary prevention is:
a. A smoking cessation program
b. Radiation therapy for lung cancer
c. Care at a long-term care facility
d. Hospice care
a. A smoking cessation program
,Factors that influence health care costs include (select all that apply):
a. Technology and intensity
b. Demographicsthe aging population
c. Chronic illness
d. Use of the health care system
Answers: A, B, C
All but the last option influence health care costs. The fact that individuals
have, over time, consumed more health care is not an adequate explanation
One of the primary focuses of improving the health of the American people in
the twenty-first century is to address:
a. Bioterrorism and global health threats
b. Delivery of individual care and hygiene
c. The need for increased hospital and acute care
d. Chronic disease and disability management
a. Bioterrorism and global health threats
The threat of bioterrorism has the potential to:
a. Dissolve community-based programs.
b. Cause the health care system to collapse.
c. Divert funds from other public safety health care programs.
d. Increase the need for shelters.
c. Divert funds from other public safety health care programs.
Population-based preventive programs launched in the 1970s are responsible
for increased:
,a. Use of tobacco
b. Use of automobile safety restraints
c. Incidence of hypertension
d. Incidence of obesity
b. Use of automobile safety restraints
The public health nurse must participate in the essential services of public
health. These include:
a. Monitoring health status by completing a community assessment
b. Diagnosing and investigating health problems in the world
c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues
d. Working in law enforcement to regulate health and ensure safety
c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues
5. Which of the following is an example of the mission of public health
according to the Institute of Medicine?
a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States
b. Providing a flu shot for an elderly person at the health department
c. Keeping track of alternative therapies in use in the United States
d. Keeping snake antivenom at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in Atlanta
a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States
Making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available
defines which of the core public health functions?
, a. Policy development
b. Assessment
c. Assurance
d. Scientific knowledge-based care
c. Assurance
The number and proportion of persons aged 25 or older with less than a high
school education is an example of:
a. Sociodemographic characteristics
b. Health status
c. Health risk factors
d. Health care resource consumption
a. Sociodemographic characteristics
The purpose of public health core functions is to:
a. Clarify the role of the government in fulfilling the mission of public health.
b. Ensure the safety of populations in receiving quality health care.
c. Provide community-based individualized care to every person in the United
States.
d. Unite public and private providers of care in a comprehensive approach to
providing health care.
a. Clarify the role of the government in fulfilling the mission of public health.
Which of the following statements about public health is accurate?
