NSG4074 SU01 Public Health Nursing Ch
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In the United States, the majority of health care dollars are spent on:
a. prescription drugs.
b. hospital care.
c. physician services.
d. public health services (PHSs). - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ANS: B
The largest share of health care expenditures goes to pay for hospital care, with
physician services the next largest item. The money spent for PHSs is significantly
lower than the other categories of expenditures. Other significant drivers of the
increasingly high cost of health care include prescription drugs, technology, and
chronic and degenerative disease.
DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering REF: p. 48
,TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
The number of uninsured Americans has dramatically increased because:
a. Medicare took over payment of health care costs.
b. with a declining population, the costs for health care rose.
c. nursing salaries greatly increased, causing health care costs to rise.
d. health insurance coverage was dropped from employment-based health plans. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔ANS: D
Although the majority of Americans continue to obtain health insurance from their
employer as a benefit, employment does not guarantee insurance. Employer-
sponsored health insurance is sensitive to both the general economy and changes in
health insurance premiums. As costs for insurance premiums rose, employers
either shifted more of these costs to their employees or declined to offer
employment-based health coverage at all. Medicare provides coverage only to the
elderly and other special populations. The costs for health care are continuing to
rise regardless of the size of the population. There has not been a significant
change to nursing salaries, and a change in nursing salaries would not impact the
number of uninsured Americans.
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, DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding REF: p. 49
TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
A nurse is working with a community to decrease the occurrence of influenza.
Which of the following U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(USDHHS; or simply HHS) goals is being applied?
a. Strengthen Health Care
b. Advance the Health, Safety, and Well-being of the American People
c. Increase Efficiency, Transparency, Accountability, and Effectiveness of HHS
Programs
d. Advance Scientific Knowledge and Innovation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ANS: B
One of the objectives of Advance the Health, Safety, and Well-being of the
American People is to reduce the occurrence of infectious diseases. The goal of
Strengthen Health Care focuses on improving health care services, quality, and
coverage. The goal of Increase Efficiency, Transparency, Accountability, and
Effectiveness of HHS Programs focuses on improving programming and
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3 2025/2026 Exam Questions and
Answers | A+ Score Assured
In the United States, the majority of health care dollars are spent on:
a. prescription drugs.
b. hospital care.
c. physician services.
d. public health services (PHSs). - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ANS: B
The largest share of health care expenditures goes to pay for hospital care, with
physician services the next largest item. The money spent for PHSs is significantly
lower than the other categories of expenditures. Other significant drivers of the
increasingly high cost of health care include prescription drugs, technology, and
chronic and degenerative disease.
DIF: Cognitive level: Remembering REF: p. 48
,TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
The number of uninsured Americans has dramatically increased because:
a. Medicare took over payment of health care costs.
b. with a declining population, the costs for health care rose.
c. nursing salaries greatly increased, causing health care costs to rise.
d. health insurance coverage was dropped from employment-based health plans. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔ANS: D
Although the majority of Americans continue to obtain health insurance from their
employer as a benefit, employment does not guarantee insurance. Employer-
sponsored health insurance is sensitive to both the general economy and changes in
health insurance premiums. As costs for insurance premiums rose, employers
either shifted more of these costs to their employees or declined to offer
employment-based health coverage at all. Medicare provides coverage only to the
elderly and other special populations. The costs for health care are continuing to
rise regardless of the size of the population. There has not been a significant
change to nursing salaries, and a change in nursing salaries would not impact the
number of uninsured Americans.
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, DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding REF: p. 49
TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
A nurse is working with a community to decrease the occurrence of influenza.
Which of the following U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(USDHHS; or simply HHS) goals is being applied?
a. Strengthen Health Care
b. Advance the Health, Safety, and Well-being of the American People
c. Increase Efficiency, Transparency, Accountability, and Effectiveness of HHS
Programs
d. Advance Scientific Knowledge and Innovation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ANS: B
One of the objectives of Advance the Health, Safety, and Well-being of the
American People is to reduce the occurrence of infectious diseases. The goal of
Strengthen Health Care focuses on improving health care services, quality, and
coverage. The goal of Increase Efficiency, Transparency, Accountability, and
Effectiveness of HHS Programs focuses on improving programming and
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