Nursing 129 Exam # 1 questions and
answers graded A+
What is the CCBC definition of Health Care Delivery System - correct answer ✔✔The
organization of people, institutions, and resources used to deliver services to meet the health
needs of target populations
What is the nurse's role in the health care delivery system? - correct answer ✔✔Nurses help
people to achieve optimal wellness
They provide holistic care
They are health care providers
They utilize evidence based practice
They Teach
They are interdisciplinary
What is an RN? Job Description? The nurse's role? - correct answer ✔✔Nurses are no longer
just in the hospitals
Jobs are no longer task-based - they require critical thinking, education, and planning
Nurses provide patients with continuous assessment and evaluation whereas task based care
providers, like patient techs, are concerned only with the things they need to do
Nurses are leaders
What are the three parts to the health care system and where do nurses fit in - correct answer
✔✔Providers of care - Nurses provide holistic care and advocate for proper patient treatment
Types/Sites of care - Nurses work in the community, in schools, hospitals, homes, clinics, etc.
, Payers for care - Insurance (managed care organizations) now cover preventative care. They will
not, however, cover "never events" which are sometimes brought on by nurses
Who are the members of a health care teamwork collaboration? - correct answer ✔✔Nurses
Unlicensed personnel - CNA, Dietary, Technicians
Allied Health Professionals - Dental Hygiene, Physical Therapy
Physicians - MDs and DOs
Nurses have a higher level of responsibility and liability than do unlicensed personell
What is Primary care? - correct answer ✔✔The first contact with the Health Care Delivery
system
Focus on the person/population
Education
Prevention
A nurse practitioner may be a primary care provider
A nurse generalist can help with prevention and educations
What is Secondary Care? - correct answer ✔✔Diagnosis and treatment of illness
Focus on acute health problems and diseases
Hospital Units/ICUs/Psychiatric Care facilities
What is Tertiary care? - correct answer ✔✔Medical Care in a specialized medical facility
Focus on advanced diagnostic and treatment technology
Ex. Johns Hopkins Hospital does a lot of specialized care
Not available in all facilities
answers graded A+
What is the CCBC definition of Health Care Delivery System - correct answer ✔✔The
organization of people, institutions, and resources used to deliver services to meet the health
needs of target populations
What is the nurse's role in the health care delivery system? - correct answer ✔✔Nurses help
people to achieve optimal wellness
They provide holistic care
They are health care providers
They utilize evidence based practice
They Teach
They are interdisciplinary
What is an RN? Job Description? The nurse's role? - correct answer ✔✔Nurses are no longer
just in the hospitals
Jobs are no longer task-based - they require critical thinking, education, and planning
Nurses provide patients with continuous assessment and evaluation whereas task based care
providers, like patient techs, are concerned only with the things they need to do
Nurses are leaders
What are the three parts to the health care system and where do nurses fit in - correct answer
✔✔Providers of care - Nurses provide holistic care and advocate for proper patient treatment
Types/Sites of care - Nurses work in the community, in schools, hospitals, homes, clinics, etc.
, Payers for care - Insurance (managed care organizations) now cover preventative care. They will
not, however, cover "never events" which are sometimes brought on by nurses
Who are the members of a health care teamwork collaboration? - correct answer ✔✔Nurses
Unlicensed personnel - CNA, Dietary, Technicians
Allied Health Professionals - Dental Hygiene, Physical Therapy
Physicians - MDs and DOs
Nurses have a higher level of responsibility and liability than do unlicensed personell
What is Primary care? - correct answer ✔✔The first contact with the Health Care Delivery
system
Focus on the person/population
Education
Prevention
A nurse practitioner may be a primary care provider
A nurse generalist can help with prevention and educations
What is Secondary Care? - correct answer ✔✔Diagnosis and treatment of illness
Focus on acute health problems and diseases
Hospital Units/ICUs/Psychiatric Care facilities
What is Tertiary care? - correct answer ✔✔Medical Care in a specialized medical facility
Focus on advanced diagnostic and treatment technology
Ex. Johns Hopkins Hospital does a lot of specialized care
Not available in all facilities
