NURS 441 - Ch. 1 & 2 (Exam 1)Practice Review Test 2024.

NURS 441 - Ch. 1 & 2 (Exam 1)Practice Review Test 2024. We tend to be REactive instead of... - CORRECT ANSWER PROactive What were some of the entities that were formed as a result of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? - CORRECT ANSWER National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council, Prevention and Public Health Fund, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force What are some things that have increased the need for public health nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER Time of opportunity and challenge Growing costs Changing U.S. demography Bioterrorism Epidemic prevention Why is the US healthcare system failing? - CORRECT ANSWER The system was not prepared for people to live long! Medicare and Medicaid are running out of money. Statistically, when is the most amount of money spend on healthcare in one's life? - CORRECT ANSWER More in the final 90 days than the rest of life combined What is the main emphasis of PHN? - CORRECT ANSWER PRIMARY prevention, population-focused What was the emphasis of the Institute of Medicine Report 2012? - CORRECT ANSWER Funding public health services, population-based prevention What are some reasons that life expectancy has increased since the 1900s? - CORRECT ANSWER Sanitation, vaccines, etc.