Test Bank - Community Public Health Nursing by Mary A. Nies, MelanieMcEwen{ 8th Edition 2024} WITH QUESTIONS ||CORRECT ANSWERS

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,Chapter 01: Health: A Community View
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Nies: Community/Public Health Nursing, 8th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE f




1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health care?
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a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care. f f f f f f f


b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system.
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c. Our national health care costs keep increasing. f f f f f f


d. The new health care system offers free services to Americans.
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The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing costs, which c
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fannot be sustained. The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of
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escalatin g health care dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in
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1965 to 17.8% in 2015. Politicians and the media both influence Americans‘ perceptions
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about heal th care; however, they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned.
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The new h ealth care system will change the health care access and availability, but will
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not necessaril y be offering any free services to Americans.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) f f f




2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why is t his
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involvement important?
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a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are currently ve ry f f f f f f f f f f f f


visible in American medi a . N
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b. Nurses are primarily resp on sib l e fo r mTanagingOthe various units in our health care
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d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of hospitals.
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ANS: C f


As the largest segment of health care providers, nurses are informed about the current
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healt h care system and all the problems that result from people not seeking care until they
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are d esperately ill. Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA) emphasize, usually
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belie ve that health care is a right, not a privilege. Therefore, nurses, whose work is
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central to o ur current health care delivery system, can also be instrumental in working
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politically to cr eate a health care delivery system that will meet health needs. While nurses are
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in several current TV series and are employed both inside and outside of hospitals,
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physicians and oth er health care providers are as well. Nurses are often managers, but
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managers often have o ther backgrounds, such as business administration.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) f f f




3. What conclusion can be drawn from examining where nurses are employed?
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a. There is a trend toward consolidation of health care into large central medic al
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centers. f


b. There is an increased emphasis on community-based health care. f f f f f f f f


c. There is an obvious need to decrease health care costs by cutting positions.
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d. Managed care organizations (MCOs) are employing nurses to improve customer f f f f f f f f f

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