NURS 209 2026 EXAMINATION TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ADVANCED
LEARNING RESOURCE
◉ Continuing Care
Answer: Long-term care (assisted living, skilled nursing facilities) or
Psychiatric and older-adult day care.
◉ Discuss the factors that affect a person's access to health care.
Answer: Socioeconomic standing
Location (rural setting versus city living)
◉ Explain the concept of "pay for value," used to reward hospitals
financially.
Answer: The lower the score in quality a hospital receives, the lower
the payments they receive for services. Increased Reimbursement =
quality.
◉ ·Explain the relationship between levels of health care and levels
of prevention.
Answer: Levels of health care : preventative, primary, secondary,
tertiary, restorative, and continuing health care.
,Each level of health care has its own level of prevention. Promotion
and disease prevention (primary), curing of disease (secondary),
and reducing complications (tertiary).
◉ ·Discuss the features of an integrated health care system.
Answer: Levels of health care : preventative, primary, secondary,
tertiary, restorative, and continuing health care.
Each level of health care has its own level of prevention. Promotion
and disease prevention (primary), curing of disease (secondary),
and reducing complications (tertiary).
◉ ·Discuss the features of an integrated health care system.
Answer: provides or arranges to provide a coordinated continuum of
services to a defined population. Held clinically and fiscally
responsible for outcomes and health status of population served.
Improve quality of health care and lower costs.
◉ Discuss the types of settings in which professionals provide
various levels of health care. - 3
Answer: Schools - promotes community health principles in a school
setting.
Occupational health - workforce health care that hopes to increase
worker productivity, reduce absenteeism, reduce health risks, and
reduce the use of expensive medical care.
,Physicians' offices - primary health care that will diagnose and treat
acute and chronic illnesses. Nurse-managed clinics - focus on health
promotion/education, chronic disease assessment/management,
support self-care and caregivers.
◉ ·Discuss the roles of nurses in different health care delivery
settings. - 2
Answer: Nurses promote healthy living and lifestyle changes while
also directly improving the quality of life and assessing and
addressing any underlying ailments.
(nurse competencies?)
◉ Describe the elements of discharge planning.
Answer: Figuring out the best place for a patient to go after they
leave the hospital. A social worker tends to decide this based off of
certain needs such as current health status, insurance ,and location
of residence.
Identifying the patients needs for a smooth and safe transition from
acute care to their destination.
Begin to meet patient needs while pt is still hospitalized. This focus
is on mobility protocols, health education, and new medication
regimes.
◉ Explain approaches nurses can use to improve patient
satisfaction.
, Answer: Allow for pt and family to be involved in care.
Provide continuous updates on pt health, discharge date, and
continued care.
Protect their rights
Being ethical and respecting the pt's values, beliefs, and culture
◉ ·Discuss the nursing implications regarding issues facing the
health care system.
Answer: Nursing shortage?
◉ ·Describe the effects of health disparities on the health of a
community.
Answer: Health disparities are differences in health care outcomes
and dimensions of health based on the race, socioeconomic status,
location, or disability.
Health care access, quality, and equality can all be varied.
The effects of this on the health of a community is presented through
affected productivity and vulnerability of a population.
◉ Describe the effects of health disparities on the health of a
community.
Answer: Health disparities are differences in health care outcomes
and dimensions of health based on the race, socioeconomic status,
location, or disability.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ADVANCED
LEARNING RESOURCE
◉ Continuing Care
Answer: Long-term care (assisted living, skilled nursing facilities) or
Psychiatric and older-adult day care.
◉ Discuss the factors that affect a person's access to health care.
Answer: Socioeconomic standing
Location (rural setting versus city living)
◉ Explain the concept of "pay for value," used to reward hospitals
financially.
Answer: The lower the score in quality a hospital receives, the lower
the payments they receive for services. Increased Reimbursement =
quality.
◉ ·Explain the relationship between levels of health care and levels
of prevention.
Answer: Levels of health care : preventative, primary, secondary,
tertiary, restorative, and continuing health care.
,Each level of health care has its own level of prevention. Promotion
and disease prevention (primary), curing of disease (secondary),
and reducing complications (tertiary).
◉ ·Discuss the features of an integrated health care system.
Answer: Levels of health care : preventative, primary, secondary,
tertiary, restorative, and continuing health care.
Each level of health care has its own level of prevention. Promotion
and disease prevention (primary), curing of disease (secondary),
and reducing complications (tertiary).
◉ ·Discuss the features of an integrated health care system.
Answer: provides or arranges to provide a coordinated continuum of
services to a defined population. Held clinically and fiscally
responsible for outcomes and health status of population served.
Improve quality of health care and lower costs.
◉ Discuss the types of settings in which professionals provide
various levels of health care. - 3
Answer: Schools - promotes community health principles in a school
setting.
Occupational health - workforce health care that hopes to increase
worker productivity, reduce absenteeism, reduce health risks, and
reduce the use of expensive medical care.
,Physicians' offices - primary health care that will diagnose and treat
acute and chronic illnesses. Nurse-managed clinics - focus on health
promotion/education, chronic disease assessment/management,
support self-care and caregivers.
◉ ·Discuss the roles of nurses in different health care delivery
settings. - 2
Answer: Nurses promote healthy living and lifestyle changes while
also directly improving the quality of life and assessing and
addressing any underlying ailments.
(nurse competencies?)
◉ Describe the elements of discharge planning.
Answer: Figuring out the best place for a patient to go after they
leave the hospital. A social worker tends to decide this based off of
certain needs such as current health status, insurance ,and location
of residence.
Identifying the patients needs for a smooth and safe transition from
acute care to their destination.
Begin to meet patient needs while pt is still hospitalized. This focus
is on mobility protocols, health education, and new medication
regimes.
◉ Explain approaches nurses can use to improve patient
satisfaction.
, Answer: Allow for pt and family to be involved in care.
Provide continuous updates on pt health, discharge date, and
continued care.
Protect their rights
Being ethical and respecting the pt's values, beliefs, and culture
◉ ·Discuss the nursing implications regarding issues facing the
health care system.
Answer: Nursing shortage?
◉ ·Describe the effects of health disparities on the health of a
community.
Answer: Health disparities are differences in health care outcomes
and dimensions of health based on the race, socioeconomic status,
location, or disability.
Health care access, quality, and equality can all be varied.
The effects of this on the health of a community is presented through
affected productivity and vulnerability of a population.
◉ Describe the effects of health disparities on the health of a
community.
Answer: Health disparities are differences in health care outcomes
and dimensions of health based on the race, socioeconomic status,
location, or disability.
