TERM QUIZ #6 - NUR 302 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
Advocacy - Answers Speaking up for clients' needs when the clients are unable to speak for
themselves and supporting clients to make choices for their own health.
Defending rights - Answers Defending the rights, interests, and safety of someone who is vulnerable.
Chemical restraints - Answers The use of antipsychotic medications to control uncooperative
behavior rather than for a specific medical condition.
Copays - Answers An abbreviation of copayment, a copay is a fixed amount a consumer pays for
health care typically at the time services are received.
Culture of safety - Answers Systems approach to change that leads to safer procedures taking blame
away from individuals who make errors based on systems issues.
Deductibles - Answers A fixed amount of money a client must pay before health insurance begins to
cover, calculated annually.
Determinants of health - Answers Factors that impact health other than health care services,
including location, environment, genetics, income, relationships, and gender.
Diversion - Answers When a health care professional replaces a controlled substance with another
and takes the substance for personal use.
Durable power of attorney for health care - Answers Legal document that allows an individual to
choose a designated person to make health care decisions on their behalf.
Endorsement - Answers Being granted single state licensure based on reciprocity for nurses who have
passed the National Council Licensing Exam (NCLEX).
Epidemiology - Answers The incidence and prevalence of illness and injury.
Health disparities - Answers Preventable differences in incidence and prevalence of disease, injury, or
violence among populations, based on race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, LGBT, age, or
socioeconomic status.
Health equity - Answers Valuing all individuals equally and removing obstacles to optimal health and
health care across different populations.
Health in All Policies - Answers An approach to public policy making that systematically accounts for
the health implications of all decisions.
Health inequity - Answers Unjust, avoidable, uneven distribution of resources that impact health,
stemming from systemic racism and discrimination of marginalized groups based on race, ethnicity,
gender, gender identity, LGBT, and low socioeconomic status.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - Answers The Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, also known as the Privacy Act, legislation to protect
insurance coverage and private information of clients.
Incidence - Answers The number of individuals newly afflicted with an illness or injury, expressed as a
percent of a larger population.
Living wills - Answers Legal document that allows individuals to decide what lifesaving measures they
desire towards the end of life.
Morbidity - Answers The number of individuals affected by a specific illness or injury.
Mortality - Answers The number of deaths due to a specific illness or injury.
Nurse staffing - Answers The process of determining the correct number and skill mix of nurses for
the number and acuity of patients needing care.
Nurse-to-patient ratio - Answers The number of clients each nurse is assigned, based on the service
area and client acuity.
P&P manuals - Answers Policies and procedures that provide the standard of care that meets
regulatory and accreditation requirements and promote safety.
Prevalence - Answers The number of individuals who have an illness or injury at a given point in time,
expressed as a percent of a larger population.
Social justice - Answers Change in health policy aimed at analysis and critique of social structures,
laws, and customs that harm groups through exclusion.
Telehealth - Answers The provision of both clinical and nonclinical aspects of health care delivery
through the use telecommunication devices such as the internet and telephone.
Underinsured - Answers Those with insurance who pay more than 10% of annual income, or 5% if
below the poverty level, on health care costs out-of-pocket.
Uninsured - Answers Those without health insurance coverage.
Advocacy - Answers Speaking up for clients' needs when the clients are unable to speak for
themselves and supporting clients to make choices for their own health.
Defending rights - Answers Defending the rights, interests, and safety of someone who is vulnerable.
Chemical restraints - Answers The use of antipsychotic medications to control uncooperative
behavior rather than for a specific medical condition.
Copays - Answers An abbreviation of copayment, a copay is a fixed amount a consumer pays for
health care typically at the time services are received.
Culture of safety - Answers Systems approach to change that leads to safer procedures taking blame
away from individuals who make errors based on systems issues.
Deductibles - Answers A fixed amount of money a client must pay before health insurance begins to
cover, calculated annually.
Determinants of health - Answers Factors that impact health other than health care services,
including location, environment, genetics, income, relationships, and gender.
Diversion - Answers When a health care professional replaces a controlled substance with another
and takes the substance for personal use.
Durable power of attorney for health care - Answers Legal document that allows an individual to
choose a designated person to make health care decisions on their behalf.
Endorsement - Answers Being granted single state licensure based on reciprocity for nurses who have
passed the National Council Licensing Exam (NCLEX).
Epidemiology - Answers The incidence and prevalence of illness and injury.
Health disparities - Answers Preventable differences in incidence and prevalence of disease, injury, or
violence among populations, based on race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, LGBT, age, or
socioeconomic status.
Health equity - Answers Valuing all individuals equally and removing obstacles to optimal health and
health care across different populations.
Health in All Policies - Answers An approach to public policy making that systematically accounts for
the health implications of all decisions.
Health inequity - Answers Unjust, avoidable, uneven distribution of resources that impact health,
stemming from systemic racism and discrimination of marginalized groups based on race, ethnicity,
gender, gender identity, LGBT, and low socioeconomic status.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - Answers The Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, also known as the Privacy Act, legislation to protect
insurance coverage and private information of clients.
Incidence - Answers The number of individuals newly afflicted with an illness or injury, expressed as a
percent of a larger population.
Living wills - Answers Legal document that allows individuals to decide what lifesaving measures they
desire towards the end of life.
Morbidity - Answers The number of individuals affected by a specific illness or injury.
Mortality - Answers The number of deaths due to a specific illness or injury.
Nurse staffing - Answers The process of determining the correct number and skill mix of nurses for
the number and acuity of patients needing care.
Nurse-to-patient ratio - Answers The number of clients each nurse is assigned, based on the service
area and client acuity.
P&P manuals - Answers Policies and procedures that provide the standard of care that meets
regulatory and accreditation requirements and promote safety.
Prevalence - Answers The number of individuals who have an illness or injury at a given point in time,
expressed as a percent of a larger population.
Social justice - Answers Change in health policy aimed at analysis and critique of social structures,
laws, and customs that harm groups through exclusion.
Telehealth - Answers The provision of both clinical and nonclinical aspects of health care delivery
through the use telecommunication devices such as the internet and telephone.
Underinsured - Answers Those with insurance who pay more than 10% of annual income, or 5% if
below the poverty level, on health care costs out-of-pocket.
Uninsured - Answers Those without health insurance coverage.
