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the Lifespan 3rd Edition 1. The purpose of Healthy People 2020 is to:
a. examine world health needs.
b. evaluate accomplishments for years 2010–2020.
by Leifer Chapter 1-16 | c. focus primarily on infant health and mortality.
d. examine funding issues for health care.
ANS: B
Complete Guide Newest Healthy People 2020 is an evidence-based 10-year report card describing health-care
accomplishments in the United States between the years of 2010 and 2020.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
Version 2023 TOP: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
2. A health-care worker planning a research project related to teenage pregnancy in his
community would include in the initial assessment the health status of the target population.
Health status could be best evaluated by the examination of the: a. birth rate, disease
morbidity, and life expectancy.
b. birth rate, access to health care, and death rate.
c. disease morbidity, life expectancy, and health insurance coverage.
d. health insurance coverage, death rate, and access to health care.
ANS: B
Birth rate statistics identify age of mother; death rates include infant mortality and age of
mother; access to health care may affect a teenager’s ability to obtain adequate prenatal
care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 6 OBJ: 3
TOP: Health status KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
3. The health-care worker teaches a group of new parents about the “back to sleep” program,
which is directed toward the reduction of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by: a.
positioning the baby on a small flat pillow.
b. placing the baby on its back in the crib.
c. gently rocking the baby before returning it to bed.
d. tucking infant snuggly in the crib with a light blanket.
ANS: B
The back to sleep program helps reduce the incidence of SIDS by placing the infant on its
back rather than on its stomach.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 5
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TOP: Back to sleep program KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention The maintenance of independent lifestyles is an ongoing problem for the older adult.
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
4. Healthy People 2020 endorses the completion of a high school education primarily to enable DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 9 OBJ: 4
a person to: TOP: Older adults KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
a. secure a better job. MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
b. increase the quality of life.
c. make healthy lifestyle choices. 8. Information about morbidity and mortality gives the health-care worker data to identify: a.
d. maintain the family unit. lifespan statistics.
b. high-risk age groups for certain diseases or hazards.
ANS: C c. effectiveness of treatment.
One of the goals of Healthy People 2020 is to increase the number of persons graduating d. cost-effective treatment for the general population.
from high school so that they have a better education basis on which to make healthy
lifestyle choices. ANS: B
Evaluating specific details of the determinants of health help health-care workers develop
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 4 an understanding of the health status of the population. Morbidity and mortality statistics
TOP: Health indicators KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA can identify risks for disease or health hazard by age group.
5. Healthy People 2020 is published by the: DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6 OBJ: 3
a. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. TOP: Morbidity KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
b. Department of the Interior. MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
c. World Health Organization.
9. A major cause of death for children under the age of 1 year is:
d. Department of Health and Human Services.
a. congenital abnormalities.
ANS: D b. infection.
Healthy People 2020 is published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. c. cancer.
d. injuries.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
TOP: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA ANS: A
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified congenital abnormalities as
6. Infant mortality rates are based on infant deaths that occur: a leading cause of death for children under the age of 1 year.
a. at birth, per 1000 deliveries.
b. before 1 year of age, per 1000 live births. DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6, Box 1-1
OBJ: 1 TOP: Health status
c. from infection and congenital disorders, per 1000 live births.
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
d. from unexplained causes, per 1000 live births.
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
ANS: B 10. The health-care worker advises a young woman who is 7 weeks pregnant to include folic
Infant mortality is reported on deaths occurring before the age of 1 year per 1000 live acid supplements in her diet in order to:
births. a. strengthen muscles in preparation for effective labor.
b. help control excessive weight gain during pregnancy.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6 OBJ: 4 c. reduce incidence of congenital malformations.
TOP: Infant mortality KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
d. enhance the probability of carrying the pregnancy to full term.
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: growth and development
7. Although the life expectancy has increased, Healthy People 2020 will focus on the older ANS: C
adult’s need for: One of the goals of Healthy People 2020 is to promote use of folic acid supplements early
a. better pharmacy insurance coverage. in pregnancy. Ideally, folic acid supplements, or adequate dietary folic acid, should be
b. improved extended care facilities. recommended early in the pregnancy to help prevent congenital malformations, especially
c. increased compliance to medical protocols. spina bifida.
d. maintenance of independent lifestyles.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 4
ANS: D TOP: Folic acid KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
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MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease Nurses are no longer simply providing bedside care. Their role now includes
policymaking, global health education planning, working as change agents for traditional
11. Guidelines for “baby-friendly” hospitals include: health-care systems, and so on.
a. information about immunizations.
b. active support of parent–baby bonding. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 11 OBJ: 5
c. control of peri-delivery infection. TOP: World health KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA
d. encouragement to breastfeed for the first year of life.
15. Adults over the age of 65 can significantly reduce their health risk by:
ANS: D a. using herbal remedies.
Baby-friendly hospitals encourage breastfeeding during the first year of life. b. getting annual vaccines for influenza and pneumonia.
c. engaging in a mild exercise regimen.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 8 OBJ: 4
TOP: Baby-friendly hospitals KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: NCLEX: d. eating three large, well-balanced meals a day.
Health Promotion and Maintenance: growth and development ANS: B
Annual immunizations against pneumonia and influenza significantly reduce morbidity
12. The statistic widely used to compare the health status of different populations is: from these diseases.
a. incidence of specific infections such as AIDS or smallpox.
b. maternal mortality rate. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 9 OBJ: 4
c. infant mortality rate. TOP: Issues and goals related to phases of the life cycle
d. health insurance coverage. KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
ANS: C
Infant mortality rates are used worldwide as an indicator of the health of a nation. MULTIPLE RESPONSE
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 8 OBJ: 3 16. The new topic areas in the Healthy People guidelines established in 2011 for consideration
TOP: Healthy People progress KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention for Healthy People 2020 include: (Select all that apply.) a. adolescent health.
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
b. social determinants of health.
13. A health-care worker who is planning a health education program for geriatric adults based c. blood disorders for adolescents.
on the goals of Healthy People 2020 would include: a. smoking cessation. d. gay, lesbian, and transgender health concerns.
b. drug and alcohol abuse. e. teen pregnancies.
c. education about medications.
d. fall prevention. ANS: A, B, C, D
The new topics initiated by the Healthy People 2020 guidelines in 2011 include adolescent
ANS: D
health, blood disorders and safety, early and middle childhood, genomics, global health,
Reducing falls will reduce the incidence of hip fracture, which continues to be a problem, health-care associated infections, health-related concerns for gay, lesbian, and transgender
especially among elderly females. patients, dementia in older adults, preparedness, sleep health, and social determinants of
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 9 OBJ: 4 health.
TOP: Health education KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
TOP: New Healthy People topics KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX:
NA
14. The role of the professional nurse has evolved to include:
a. providing direct care to patients at the bedside.
b. managing care to cure health problems once they have occurred. COMPLETION
c. planning patient care to cover longer hospital stays.
d. forming legislation for policies and practices related to health care. 17. Criteria used to measure health-related concepts are referred to as .
ANS: D ANS:
Health indicators
Health indicators are measurements of health-related concepts such as increased
availability to health care and changing level of tobacco use.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: 3 TOP: Health indicators Chapter 2: Government Influences
KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA
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18. The life expectancy at birth in the United States is above years.
ANS: 78 MULTIPLE CHOICE
seventy-eight seventy eight
The life expectancy at birth in the United States is 78.49 years. 1. Changes in health-care delivery systems have been influenced primarily by:
a. institution of various systems to provide cost-effective health care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 7, Table 1-2 OBJ: 3 TOP: Life expectancy b. governmental regulation of the cost of all health-care services.
in the United States c. the need to meet the health-care needs of an aging population.
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention d. development of medical technology that has reduced the incidence of illness.
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: growth and development
ANS: A
19. In addition to injuries, the leading causes of death in adolescents and young adults aged 15 Increasing health-care costs have led to initiation of health-care delivery systems to contain cost
through 24 years are and . while providing care. Cost control addressing national health goals, entitlements, use of
available sources, and identification of changing health-care needs is the basic goal of these
ANS:
systems.
suicide, homicide homicide, suicide
According to the Healthy People review, suicide and homicide are among the leading causes of death in DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: p. 23 OBJ: 3
this age-group. TOP: Health-care reform KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA
MSC: NCLEX: NA
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6, Box 1-1 OBJ: 4
TOP: Issues and goals related to phases of the life cycle (adolescent and young adult) KEY: Nursing 2. The purpose of the state/national government program of Medicaid is to provide:
Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA a. immunizations for preschool children.
b. prescription drugs at a lower cost.
c. medical care on the basis of need or poverty.
d. community clinics for wom e n an d c hi ld re n .
ANS: C
N U R S I N G T B . COM
Medicaid is similar to a welfare program in which benefits are provided on the basis of need or
poverty.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 19, Box 2-3
OBJ: 3 TOP: Medicaid KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA
MSC: NCLEX: NA
3. A student is preparing a report on the history of the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
program would acquire the most useful information from:
a. Health, United States.
b. the Department of Health and Human Services.
c. the Federal Register.
d. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
ANS: C
Federal legislation related to health care is recorded and published in the Federal Register.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 20 OBJ: 1
TOP: Department of Health and Human Services KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA
MSC: NCLEX: NA
4. The Human Genome Project has the potential to reduce health-care costs by assisting
health-care providers to:
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Test Bank For Growth Test Bank
and Development Across MULTIPLE CHOICE
the Lifespan 3rd Edition 1. The purpose of Healthy People 2020 is to:
a. examine world health needs.
b. evaluate accomplishments for years 2010–2020.
by Leifer Chapter 1-16 | c. focus primarily on infant health and mortality.
d. examine funding issues for health care.
ANS: B
Complete Guide Newest Healthy People 2020 is an evidence-based 10-year report card describing health-care
accomplishments in the United States between the years of 2010 and 2020.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
Version 2023 TOP: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
2. A health-care worker planning a research project related to teenage pregnancy in his
community would include in the initial assessment the health status of the target population.
Health status could be best evaluated by the examination of the: a. birth rate, disease
morbidity, and life expectancy.
b. birth rate, access to health care, and death rate.
c. disease morbidity, life expectancy, and health insurance coverage.
d. health insurance coverage, death rate, and access to health care.
ANS: B
Birth rate statistics identify age of mother; death rates include infant mortality and age of
mother; access to health care may affect a teenager’s ability to obtain adequate prenatal
care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 6 OBJ: 3
TOP: Health status KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
3. The health-care worker teaches a group of new parents about the “back to sleep” program,
which is directed toward the reduction of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by: a.
positioning the baby on a small flat pillow.
b. placing the baby on its back in the crib.
c. gently rocking the baby before returning it to bed.
d. tucking infant snuggly in the crib with a light blanket.
ANS: B
The back to sleep program helps reduce the incidence of SIDS by placing the infant on its
back rather than on its stomach.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 5
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TOP: Back to sleep program KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention The maintenance of independent lifestyles is an ongoing problem for the older adult.
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
4. Healthy People 2020 endorses the completion of a high school education primarily to enable DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 9 OBJ: 4
a person to: TOP: Older adults KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
a. secure a better job. MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
b. increase the quality of life.
c. make healthy lifestyle choices. 8. Information about morbidity and mortality gives the health-care worker data to identify: a.
d. maintain the family unit. lifespan statistics.
b. high-risk age groups for certain diseases or hazards.
ANS: C c. effectiveness of treatment.
One of the goals of Healthy People 2020 is to increase the number of persons graduating d. cost-effective treatment for the general population.
from high school so that they have a better education basis on which to make healthy
lifestyle choices. ANS: B
Evaluating specific details of the determinants of health help health-care workers develop
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 4 an understanding of the health status of the population. Morbidity and mortality statistics
TOP: Health indicators KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA can identify risks for disease or health hazard by age group.
5. Healthy People 2020 is published by the: DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6 OBJ: 3
a. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. TOP: Morbidity KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
b. Department of the Interior. MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
c. World Health Organization.
9. A major cause of death for children under the age of 1 year is:
d. Department of Health and Human Services.
a. congenital abnormalities.
ANS: D b. infection.
Healthy People 2020 is published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. c. cancer.
d. injuries.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
TOP: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA ANS: A
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified congenital abnormalities as
6. Infant mortality rates are based on infant deaths that occur: a leading cause of death for children under the age of 1 year.
a. at birth, per 1000 deliveries.
b. before 1 year of age, per 1000 live births. DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6, Box 1-1
OBJ: 1 TOP: Health status
c. from infection and congenital disorders, per 1000 live births.
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
d. from unexplained causes, per 1000 live births.
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
ANS: B 10. The health-care worker advises a young woman who is 7 weeks pregnant to include folic
Infant mortality is reported on deaths occurring before the age of 1 year per 1000 live acid supplements in her diet in order to:
births. a. strengthen muscles in preparation for effective labor.
b. help control excessive weight gain during pregnancy.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6 OBJ: 4 c. reduce incidence of congenital malformations.
TOP: Infant mortality KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
d. enhance the probability of carrying the pregnancy to full term.
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: growth and development
7. Although the life expectancy has increased, Healthy People 2020 will focus on the older ANS: C
adult’s need for: One of the goals of Healthy People 2020 is to promote use of folic acid supplements early
a. better pharmacy insurance coverage. in pregnancy. Ideally, folic acid supplements, or adequate dietary folic acid, should be
b. improved extended care facilities. recommended early in the pregnancy to help prevent congenital malformations, especially
c. increased compliance to medical protocols. spina bifida.
d. maintenance of independent lifestyles.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 4
ANS: D TOP: Folic acid KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
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MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease Nurses are no longer simply providing bedside care. Their role now includes
policymaking, global health education planning, working as change agents for traditional
11. Guidelines for “baby-friendly” hospitals include: health-care systems, and so on.
a. information about immunizations.
b. active support of parent–baby bonding. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 11 OBJ: 5
c. control of peri-delivery infection. TOP: World health KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA
d. encouragement to breastfeed for the first year of life.
15. Adults over the age of 65 can significantly reduce their health risk by:
ANS: D a. using herbal remedies.
Baby-friendly hospitals encourage breastfeeding during the first year of life. b. getting annual vaccines for influenza and pneumonia.
c. engaging in a mild exercise regimen.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 8 OBJ: 4
TOP: Baby-friendly hospitals KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: NCLEX: d. eating three large, well-balanced meals a day.
Health Promotion and Maintenance: growth and development ANS: B
Annual immunizations against pneumonia and influenza significantly reduce morbidity
12. The statistic widely used to compare the health status of different populations is: from these diseases.
a. incidence of specific infections such as AIDS or smallpox.
b. maternal mortality rate. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 9 OBJ: 4
c. infant mortality rate. TOP: Issues and goals related to phases of the life cycle
d. health insurance coverage. KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
ANS: C
Infant mortality rates are used worldwide as an indicator of the health of a nation. MULTIPLE RESPONSE
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 8 OBJ: 3 16. The new topic areas in the Healthy People guidelines established in 2011 for consideration
TOP: Healthy People progress KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention for Healthy People 2020 include: (Select all that apply.) a. adolescent health.
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
b. social determinants of health.
13. A health-care worker who is planning a health education program for geriatric adults based c. blood disorders for adolescents.
on the goals of Healthy People 2020 would include: a. smoking cessation. d. gay, lesbian, and transgender health concerns.
b. drug and alcohol abuse. e. teen pregnancies.
c. education about medications.
d. fall prevention. ANS: A, B, C, D
The new topics initiated by the Healthy People 2020 guidelines in 2011 include adolescent
ANS: D
health, blood disorders and safety, early and middle childhood, genomics, global health,
Reducing falls will reduce the incidence of hip fracture, which continues to be a problem, health-care associated infections, health-related concerns for gay, lesbian, and transgender
especially among elderly females. patients, dementia in older adults, preparedness, sleep health, and social determinants of
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 9 OBJ: 4 health.
TOP: Health education KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
TOP: New Healthy People topics KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX:
NA
14. The role of the professional nurse has evolved to include:
a. providing direct care to patients at the bedside.
b. managing care to cure health problems once they have occurred. COMPLETION
c. planning patient care to cover longer hospital stays.
d. forming legislation for policies and practices related to health care. 17. Criteria used to measure health-related concepts are referred to as .
ANS: D ANS:
Health indicators
Health indicators are measurements of health-related concepts such as increased
availability to health care and changing level of tobacco use.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: 3 TOP: Health indicators Chapter 2: Government Influences
KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA
on Health Care Test Bank
18. The life expectancy at birth in the United States is above years.
ANS: 78 MULTIPLE CHOICE
seventy-eight seventy eight
The life expectancy at birth in the United States is 78.49 years. 1. Changes in health-care delivery systems have been influenced primarily by:
a. institution of various systems to provide cost-effective health care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 7, Table 1-2 OBJ: 3 TOP: Life expectancy b. governmental regulation of the cost of all health-care services.
in the United States c. the need to meet the health-care needs of an aging population.
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention d. development of medical technology that has reduced the incidence of illness.
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: growth and development
ANS: A
19. In addition to injuries, the leading causes of death in adolescents and young adults aged 15 Increasing health-care costs have led to initiation of health-care delivery systems to contain cost
through 24 years are and . while providing care. Cost control addressing national health goals, entitlements, use of
available sources, and identification of changing health-care needs is the basic goal of these
ANS:
systems.
suicide, homicide homicide, suicide
According to the Healthy People review, suicide and homicide are among the leading causes of death in DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: p. 23 OBJ: 3
this age-group. TOP: Health-care reform KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA
MSC: NCLEX: NA
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6, Box 1-1 OBJ: 4
TOP: Issues and goals related to phases of the life cycle (adolescent and young adult) KEY: Nursing 2. The purpose of the state/national government program of Medicaid is to provide:
Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA a. immunizations for preschool children.
b. prescription drugs at a lower cost.
c. medical care on the basis of need or poverty.
d. community clinics for wom e n an d c hi ld re n .
ANS: C
N U R S I N G T B . COM
Medicaid is similar to a welfare program in which benefits are provided on the basis of need or
poverty.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 19, Box 2-3
OBJ: 3 TOP: Medicaid KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA
MSC: NCLEX: NA
3. A student is preparing a report on the history of the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
program would acquire the most useful information from:
a. Health, United States.
b. the Department of Health and Human Services.
c. the Federal Register.
d. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
ANS: C
Federal legislation related to health care is recorded and published in the Federal Register.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 20 OBJ: 1
TOP: Department of Health and Human Services KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA
MSC: NCLEX: NA
4. The Human Genome Project has the potential to reduce health-care costs by assisting
health-care providers to:
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