NUR 242 EXAM 2 2025 (NEWEST EXAM) |
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
ALREADY GRADED A+ | VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. what is the definition of health policy?
examples?: ANSWERgoal-directed decision making about health that is the result
of an authorized, public decision making process; those actions, nonactions,
directions, and/or guidance related to health that are decided by governments or
other autho- rized entities.
what are some examples?
decisions related to federal subsidies for the education of health professionals, state
regulations that cover insurance benefits
2. the scope of health policy is and .
what are some examples of macro-level? micro-level?: ANSWERwide and
varied macro level: i.e. medicare program funding
micro: co payments for care
3. what are the major public authorities operating at the federal, state and local
level? (4): ANSWER 1. state and national legislatures
2. state and national and local courts and judiciary
3. executive branches of federal and state governments
,4. regulatory agencies
4. what do legislatures provide for health policy?: ANSWER -authority to create
laws
- determining appropriate funding for legislative act
-providing oversight for policies that are administered by government agencies
5. what do court systems provide for health policy?: ANSWER- often staging
grounds for determining rights in health policy disputes through judicial review (ie
can include challenging unreasonable government action, supporting the
establishment of newly created rights through legislation, ensuring protection
provided by healthcare law)
6. what does the executive branch provide for health policy?
who oversees tasks completed by this branch?
jobs of chief executives?: ANSWER -responsible for execution of laws passed by
legislatures state governors, US president, chief executive
chief executives- develop and implement institutional budgets, control vast re-
sources of executive branch and usually able to use veto authority to influence policy
changes
7. what do regulatory agencies do for health policy?: ANSWER-may be part of
executive branch or independent
implement and enforce laws through a rule-making process
-rules made by these agencies have the force of law (ie decisions related to nursing
licensure by state boards)
,8. What are the 3 major attributes of health policy?
minor attributes (2)?: ANSWERMAJOR:
1. Decisions are made by authorized government institutions (ie legislatures, courts,
government-authorized entities)
2. decision-making process is subject to public review and public input
3. health policies address a public goal
MINOR:
1. health policies are subject to ongoing review by governing institutions and by the
public
2. health policy goals change according to changes in political and social values,
trends and attitudes
9. Explain each stage of the policy process:
agenda setting
policy formation
policy adoption
policy implementation
policy evaluation: ANSWER 1. agenda setting: health related issue is identified as
problem- nurses can be helpful in this stage to frame the issue (creating a particular
perspec- tive of the issue- ie patients have the right to assisted suicide bc they hav
right to make their own decisions)
2. policy formulation- different policy interventions are proposed and considered
3. policy adoption- proposed intervention is selected
4. policy implementation- carrying out proposed intervention
5. policy evaluation- determining if policy achieved the desired policy goals.
10. what are the theoretical links with healthcare policy?: ANSWER
intergovernmental relationships, participative governance, values, dynamic
, tension
11. what are the 2 values that are the heart of most public policy decisions?-
: ANSWER fairness and efficiency
12. what produces dynamic tension between competing health policy inter-
ests? what are the intersections?: ANSWER federalism, participative governance,
and need to negotiate values produce dynamic tension
access, cost and quality are the intersections
13. = relates to decisions that promote the welfare of the public
(ie obesity and regulation of high fat and sugar products available in public
schools, Medicare paying for weight loss programs)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
ALREADY GRADED A+ | VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. what is the definition of health policy?
examples?: ANSWERgoal-directed decision making about health that is the result
of an authorized, public decision making process; those actions, nonactions,
directions, and/or guidance related to health that are decided by governments or
other autho- rized entities.
what are some examples?
decisions related to federal subsidies for the education of health professionals, state
regulations that cover insurance benefits
2. the scope of health policy is and .
what are some examples of macro-level? micro-level?: ANSWERwide and
varied macro level: i.e. medicare program funding
micro: co payments for care
3. what are the major public authorities operating at the federal, state and local
level? (4): ANSWER 1. state and national legislatures
2. state and national and local courts and judiciary
3. executive branches of federal and state governments
,4. regulatory agencies
4. what do legislatures provide for health policy?: ANSWER -authority to create
laws
- determining appropriate funding for legislative act
-providing oversight for policies that are administered by government agencies
5. what do court systems provide for health policy?: ANSWER- often staging
grounds for determining rights in health policy disputes through judicial review (ie
can include challenging unreasonable government action, supporting the
establishment of newly created rights through legislation, ensuring protection
provided by healthcare law)
6. what does the executive branch provide for health policy?
who oversees tasks completed by this branch?
jobs of chief executives?: ANSWER -responsible for execution of laws passed by
legislatures state governors, US president, chief executive
chief executives- develop and implement institutional budgets, control vast re-
sources of executive branch and usually able to use veto authority to influence policy
changes
7. what do regulatory agencies do for health policy?: ANSWER-may be part of
executive branch or independent
implement and enforce laws through a rule-making process
-rules made by these agencies have the force of law (ie decisions related to nursing
licensure by state boards)
,8. What are the 3 major attributes of health policy?
minor attributes (2)?: ANSWERMAJOR:
1. Decisions are made by authorized government institutions (ie legislatures, courts,
government-authorized entities)
2. decision-making process is subject to public review and public input
3. health policies address a public goal
MINOR:
1. health policies are subject to ongoing review by governing institutions and by the
public
2. health policy goals change according to changes in political and social values,
trends and attitudes
9. Explain each stage of the policy process:
agenda setting
policy formation
policy adoption
policy implementation
policy evaluation: ANSWER 1. agenda setting: health related issue is identified as
problem- nurses can be helpful in this stage to frame the issue (creating a particular
perspec- tive of the issue- ie patients have the right to assisted suicide bc they hav
right to make their own decisions)
2. policy formulation- different policy interventions are proposed and considered
3. policy adoption- proposed intervention is selected
4. policy implementation- carrying out proposed intervention
5. policy evaluation- determining if policy achieved the desired policy goals.
10. what are the theoretical links with healthcare policy?: ANSWER
intergovernmental relationships, participative governance, values, dynamic
, tension
11. what are the 2 values that are the heart of most public policy decisions?-
: ANSWER fairness and efficiency
12. what produces dynamic tension between competing health policy inter-
ests? what are the intersections?: ANSWER federalism, participative governance,
and need to negotiate values produce dynamic tension
access, cost and quality are the intersections
13. = relates to decisions that promote the welfare of the public
(ie obesity and regulation of high fat and sugar products available in public
schools, Medicare paying for weight loss programs)
