Growth & Development Ch. 1-16 Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
The health status of a population is measured by:
✓✓ Statistics, such as birth and death rates
Health care is best improved by:
✓✓ Local health-department programs
Healthy people 2020 is:
✓✓ A report card on the progress of health care and
identification of priority future needs
Health care workers play an important role in helping to
achieve the goals of healthy people 2020 by:
✓✓ Promoting breast feeding and early prenatal
care
Leading health indicators include:
✓✓ Physical activity, mental health, access to health
care, and environmental quality
The purpose of the nurse practice act is to:
✓✓ Define the scope of practice for each level of
professional nursing
, Most schools of nursing are currently located in a(n):
✓✓ College
The right of the government to play a role in health care
originates in:
✓✓ The U.S. Constitution
The functions of the U.S. Department of health and
human services include:
✓✓ Setting policy, providing information, and
financing Health-care programs
Political action committees (PACs) influence health care
by:
✓✓ Supporting legislators who vote on health care
policies
A persons culture includes:
✓✓ Customs
Culturally competent care is provided by:
✓✓ Involving the patient and family in developing
the plan of care
Detailed Verified Answers
The health status of a population is measured by:
✓✓ Statistics, such as birth and death rates
Health care is best improved by:
✓✓ Local health-department programs
Healthy people 2020 is:
✓✓ A report card on the progress of health care and
identification of priority future needs
Health care workers play an important role in helping to
achieve the goals of healthy people 2020 by:
✓✓ Promoting breast feeding and early prenatal
care
Leading health indicators include:
✓✓ Physical activity, mental health, access to health
care, and environmental quality
The purpose of the nurse practice act is to:
✓✓ Define the scope of practice for each level of
professional nursing
, Most schools of nursing are currently located in a(n):
✓✓ College
The right of the government to play a role in health care
originates in:
✓✓ The U.S. Constitution
The functions of the U.S. Department of health and
human services include:
✓✓ Setting policy, providing information, and
financing Health-care programs
Political action committees (PACs) influence health care
by:
✓✓ Supporting legislators who vote on health care
policies
A persons culture includes:
✓✓ Customs
Culturally competent care is provided by:
✓✓ Involving the patient and family in developing
the plan of care
