NURS 5602: FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS FOR THE
FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Describe factors that influence the social determinants of health.
Non-medical factors that influence health outcomes
Answer:
Economic Stability. Education Access and Quality. Health Care Access and Quality. Neighborhood and
Built Environment. Social and Community Context
Question:
2. What is important of SDOH influence?
Answer:
Social determinants of health have an important influence on health inequities and the unfair and
unavoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries on various levels of
socioeconomic levels across the globe.
Question:
3. Analyze strategies that can improve health determinants.
Economic stability - Earn a steady income Education access and quality Health care access and quality
Neighborhoods and Built Environments Social and Community
Answer:
These interlace with each other, when one is down, they will have an effect on the other situations for the
health and wellness of individuals [Reverse - Inverse - Causation and Effect] Health behaviors: Smoking,
diet, exercise Social & Environmental factors shape the health behaviors.
Utilization of the LEARN Model Listening - Engagement - Acknowledgement - Respect - Negotiation
Avoid stereotyping
Question:
4. Explore racial and ethnic health disparity.
Health equity. This is a desired state of social justice in the domain of health. Individuals concerned about
vulnerable and underserved populations, one overarching objective is eliminating health disparities.
Answer:
Race, Racism, and Health Health behaviors, social and environmental factors.
Question:
5. Discuss the concept of implicit bias as it pertains to healthcare providers.
Of the 21 access measures used from 2000 to 2016, 9 improved, 9 stayed the same, and 3 worsened
, Answer:
Preference for white patients (especially among white physicians, 2 found a relationship BTWN this bias
and clinical decision making; One found the bias was associated with a greater chance that whites would
be treated for MI than African-Americans Physician biases are consistent with those of the general
population and Biases are likely to affect diagnosis and care African-Americans were less likely to receive
care for cardiovascular procedures, CA diagnosis & TX, HIV, and more likely to die from these diseases
Unable to read the signals from minority patients (cultural or language barrier) Beliefs on behaviors of
minorities (stereotyping) would not comply with recommended changes Mistrust of physician care Most
recent data showed that 40% of quality measures were still worse for blacks than whites, 20%
Asian-Americans, 30% Native Americans, and 33% Pacific Islanders & Hispanics
Question:
6. What is SDOH
Social determinants of health have an important influence on health inequities and the unfair and
unavoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries on various levels of
socioeconomic levels across the globe.
Answer:
social determinants of health
The social determinants of health are the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. They're the
conditions in which people are born, grow, live, age, wide set of forces and systems shaping the economic
policies, the developmental agenda, social norms, things like that.
Question:
7. What is upstream determinants and downstream determinants
Answer:
Upstream determinants are the causes of the causes Downstream determinants are more visible and
immediate causes.
Question:
8. Why are these applied to SDOH?
Answer:
An upstream determinant is one that's more fundamental or at the root of an issue
A downstream determinant is one that's generally easier to see because it's closer to the outcome
Question:
9. What is health disparity?
Answer:
Health disparities has to do with certain social or racial groups experiencing worse health outcomes than
their more affluent counterparts.
Health disparities denotes a special health difference between more and less privileged social groups. It
refers to differences that adversely affect disadvantaged groups that are systemic and persistent, not
random or occasional. They're at least theoretically minimal to social intervention.
Question:
10. What are the leading 10 causes of death in low-income countries worldwide in 2016?
FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Describe factors that influence the social determinants of health.
Non-medical factors that influence health outcomes
Answer:
Economic Stability. Education Access and Quality. Health Care Access and Quality. Neighborhood and
Built Environment. Social and Community Context
Question:
2. What is important of SDOH influence?
Answer:
Social determinants of health have an important influence on health inequities and the unfair and
unavoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries on various levels of
socioeconomic levels across the globe.
Question:
3. Analyze strategies that can improve health determinants.
Economic stability - Earn a steady income Education access and quality Health care access and quality
Neighborhoods and Built Environments Social and Community
Answer:
These interlace with each other, when one is down, they will have an effect on the other situations for the
health and wellness of individuals [Reverse - Inverse - Causation and Effect] Health behaviors: Smoking,
diet, exercise Social & Environmental factors shape the health behaviors.
Utilization of the LEARN Model Listening - Engagement - Acknowledgement - Respect - Negotiation
Avoid stereotyping
Question:
4. Explore racial and ethnic health disparity.
Health equity. This is a desired state of social justice in the domain of health. Individuals concerned about
vulnerable and underserved populations, one overarching objective is eliminating health disparities.
Answer:
Race, Racism, and Health Health behaviors, social and environmental factors.
Question:
5. Discuss the concept of implicit bias as it pertains to healthcare providers.
Of the 21 access measures used from 2000 to 2016, 9 improved, 9 stayed the same, and 3 worsened
, Answer:
Preference for white patients (especially among white physicians, 2 found a relationship BTWN this bias
and clinical decision making; One found the bias was associated with a greater chance that whites would
be treated for MI than African-Americans Physician biases are consistent with those of the general
population and Biases are likely to affect diagnosis and care African-Americans were less likely to receive
care for cardiovascular procedures, CA diagnosis & TX, HIV, and more likely to die from these diseases
Unable to read the signals from minority patients (cultural or language barrier) Beliefs on behaviors of
minorities (stereotyping) would not comply with recommended changes Mistrust of physician care Most
recent data showed that 40% of quality measures were still worse for blacks than whites, 20%
Asian-Americans, 30% Native Americans, and 33% Pacific Islanders & Hispanics
Question:
6. What is SDOH
Social determinants of health have an important influence on health inequities and the unfair and
unavoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries on various levels of
socioeconomic levels across the globe.
Answer:
social determinants of health
The social determinants of health are the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. They're the
conditions in which people are born, grow, live, age, wide set of forces and systems shaping the economic
policies, the developmental agenda, social norms, things like that.
Question:
7. What is upstream determinants and downstream determinants
Answer:
Upstream determinants are the causes of the causes Downstream determinants are more visible and
immediate causes.
Question:
8. Why are these applied to SDOH?
Answer:
An upstream determinant is one that's more fundamental or at the root of an issue
A downstream determinant is one that's generally easier to see because it's closer to the outcome
Question:
9. What is health disparity?
Answer:
Health disparities has to do with certain social or racial groups experiencing worse health outcomes than
their more affluent counterparts.
Health disparities denotes a special health difference between more and less privileged social groups. It
refers to differences that adversely affect disadvantaged groups that are systemic and persistent, not
random or occasional. They're at least theoretically minimal to social intervention.
Question:
10. What are the leading 10 causes of death in low-income countries worldwide in 2016?
