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1. financing: Which of the following is a key function associated with the Canadian
health care system?
a. Financing.
b.Accessibility.
c.Implementation of insurance programs.
d.Universality.
2. monitor the progress of healthcare reform: What was the main purpose of the
establishment of the Health Council of Canada in 2011?
a. Assess health and human resource allocation.
b. Monitor the progress of health care reform.
c. Evaluate the duplication in current scopes of practice.
d.Integrate technology in acute care institutions.
3. federal financial support of a national health care insurance system: The
Canada Health Act (1985) establishes the criteria for:
Provincial health care funding priorities.
Nurse-to-patient ratios.
Hospital accreditation standards.
Federal financial support of a national health care insurance system.
4. accessibility: Which criterion of the Canada Health Act prohibits user charges or
extra billing?
Universality.
Accessibility.
Public administration.
Universality.
5. quebec: Which province or territory spends the highest percentage of its federal
budget on health care?
Quebec.
Ontario.
British Columbia.
New Brunswick.
6. Northwest Territories: Which province or territory was projected to spend the
most, per person, on health care in 2016?
Saskatchewan.
British Columbia.
Prince Edward Island.
Northwest Territories.
7. federal government: Who is responsible for providing health care funding for
recent immigrants?
Local institutions.
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Canada's Immigrant Council.
Federal Government.
provincial government
8. first access to care: A nurse manager at a home health care service has
resigned to take a position at a local ambulatory care centre. To initiate current
changes, the nurse manager has to be knowledgeable about the differences be-
tween a home health care institution and an ambulatory care centre, which is a
primary care institution. Primary care institutions are facilities that provide:
Rehabilitative or long-term care.
Disease-restorative care.
First access to care.
Only outpatient services.
9. biologic and genetic endowment: A social determinant of health:
a. Is predictable of acuity.
b. Is biologic and genetic endowment.
c. Is related mainly to the psychological environment.
d. Has little impact on health status.
10. all health provider groups: . The Canadian Classification of Health Interven-
tions database was created for:
Physicians.
Registered nurses.
Unregulated health care providers.
All health provider groups.
11. increasing elderly population: Which of the following has placed considerable
strain on the Canadian health care system?
Decreasing costs.
A stable economy.
Increase in elderly population.
Status quo health care services.
12. vast geographic areas present in the Canadian landscape: Instituting sim-
ilarities in services across health care regions among provinces and territories is
considerably complex because of:
A lack of knowledge and skill in their associated use.
The vast geographic areas present in the Canadian landscape.
Minimal diversity in provincial health care needs.
An inability to accurately reflect exact cost per service provided.
13. Health Canada: The Office of Nursing Policy is an advisory body for:
The Canadian Nurses Association.
The Canada Health Act Implementation Committee.
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Health Canada.
Provincial and territorial ministries of health.
14. resides within the organization: Which response is not a tenet of
Strengths-Based Nursing Leadership?
Understands the significance of subjective reality and created meaning.
Values self-determination.
Resides within the organization.
Recognizes the uniqueness of staff, nurse leaders, and the organization.
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16. has a mixture of the characteristics of various organizational types: Col-
laborative partnerships between hospitals and schools of nursing are examples of
hybrid organizational structures. A hybrid organizational structure:
Has many divisions of labour.
Best fits long-term care units.
Has a mixture of the characteristics of various organizational types.
Places the authority for decision making closest to the places where workers
perform.
17. function through influence: The hospital administration gives approval to the
chief nursing officer to hire clinical nurse specialists in staff positions rather than
in administrative positions. A clinical specialist who has staff authority but no line
authority typically is able to:
a. Function through influence.
b. Take complete responsibility for the care of patients.
c. Interview and hire staff nurses for designated nursing units.
d. Be granted functional authority to determine standards of nursing care and
enforce
them.
18. delegated responsibility but no authority: A new director of nursing in a small
rural hospital wants to make changes from the traditional model of governance to
a shared-governance model. Of the following characteristics, which best describes
the traditional organizational structure in which a staff nurse is assigned to carry out
nursing tasks for patients but is not given the chance to provide input into forming
the policies and procedures by which care is delivered or the standards by which
care is evaluated?
Bureaucratic.
Decentralized.
Delegated authority and responsibility.
Delegated responsibility but no authority.
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1. financing: Which of the following is a key function associated with the Canadian
health care system?
a. Financing.
b.Accessibility.
c.Implementation of insurance programs.
d.Universality.
2. monitor the progress of healthcare reform: What was the main purpose of the
establishment of the Health Council of Canada in 2011?
a. Assess health and human resource allocation.
b. Monitor the progress of health care reform.
c. Evaluate the duplication in current scopes of practice.
d.Integrate technology in acute care institutions.
3. federal financial support of a national health care insurance system: The
Canada Health Act (1985) establishes the criteria for:
Provincial health care funding priorities.
Nurse-to-patient ratios.
Hospital accreditation standards.
Federal financial support of a national health care insurance system.
4. accessibility: Which criterion of the Canada Health Act prohibits user charges or
extra billing?
Universality.
Accessibility.
Public administration.
Universality.
5. quebec: Which province or territory spends the highest percentage of its federal
budget on health care?
Quebec.
Ontario.
British Columbia.
New Brunswick.
6. Northwest Territories: Which province or territory was projected to spend the
most, per person, on health care in 2016?
Saskatchewan.
British Columbia.
Prince Edward Island.
Northwest Territories.
7. federal government: Who is responsible for providing health care funding for
recent immigrants?
Local institutions.
, 306 test bank
Canada's Immigrant Council.
Federal Government.
provincial government
8. first access to care: A nurse manager at a home health care service has
resigned to take a position at a local ambulatory care centre. To initiate current
changes, the nurse manager has to be knowledgeable about the differences be-
tween a home health care institution and an ambulatory care centre, which is a
primary care institution. Primary care institutions are facilities that provide:
Rehabilitative or long-term care.
Disease-restorative care.
First access to care.
Only outpatient services.
9. biologic and genetic endowment: A social determinant of health:
a. Is predictable of acuity.
b. Is biologic and genetic endowment.
c. Is related mainly to the psychological environment.
d. Has little impact on health status.
10. all health provider groups: . The Canadian Classification of Health Interven-
tions database was created for:
Physicians.
Registered nurses.
Unregulated health care providers.
All health provider groups.
11. increasing elderly population: Which of the following has placed considerable
strain on the Canadian health care system?
Decreasing costs.
A stable economy.
Increase in elderly population.
Status quo health care services.
12. vast geographic areas present in the Canadian landscape: Instituting sim-
ilarities in services across health care regions among provinces and territories is
considerably complex because of:
A lack of knowledge and skill in their associated use.
The vast geographic areas present in the Canadian landscape.
Minimal diversity in provincial health care needs.
An inability to accurately reflect exact cost per service provided.
13. Health Canada: The Office of Nursing Policy is an advisory body for:
The Canadian Nurses Association.
The Canada Health Act Implementation Committee.
, 306 test bank
Health Canada.
Provincial and territorial ministries of health.
14. resides within the organization: Which response is not a tenet of
Strengths-Based Nursing Leadership?
Understands the significance of subjective reality and created meaning.
Values self-determination.
Resides within the organization.
Recognizes the uniqueness of staff, nurse leaders, and the organization.
15. : chapter 10
16. has a mixture of the characteristics of various organizational types: Col-
laborative partnerships between hospitals and schools of nursing are examples of
hybrid organizational structures. A hybrid organizational structure:
Has many divisions of labour.
Best fits long-term care units.
Has a mixture of the characteristics of various organizational types.
Places the authority for decision making closest to the places where workers
perform.
17. function through influence: The hospital administration gives approval to the
chief nursing officer to hire clinical nurse specialists in staff positions rather than
in administrative positions. A clinical specialist who has staff authority but no line
authority typically is able to:
a. Function through influence.
b. Take complete responsibility for the care of patients.
c. Interview and hire staff nurses for designated nursing units.
d. Be granted functional authority to determine standards of nursing care and
enforce
them.
18. delegated responsibility but no authority: A new director of nursing in a small
rural hospital wants to make changes from the traditional model of governance to
a shared-governance model. Of the following characteristics, which best describes
the traditional organizational structure in which a staff nurse is assigned to carry out
nursing tasks for patients but is not given the chance to provide input into forming
the policies and procedures by which care is delivered or the standards by which
care is evaluated?
Bureaucratic.
Decentralized.
Delegated authority and responsibility.
Delegated responsibility but no authority.
19. : chapter 12
