Practice Questions Flashcards
T/F: Nongovernmental organizations use endowed funds or private fundraising to address the needs of individuals, families, and populations
True
T/F: The US has found the most efficient and effective ways to care for all by decreasing health disparities and giving access to care equally
False
The international council of nurses is a federation of more than how many national nurses associations
130
T/F: Bilateral agencies and organizations conduct their services in two specific countries
false
The student nurse is being mentored by the RN at the ABC memorial hospital. The RN provided an example of patient centered care when…
A. When the RN had the patient fill out a self reported dietary personal preference form
B. when the RN took the time out of a busy day to describe the benefits of computer assisted robotic surgical techniques which the hospital recently implemented
C. When the RN recorded symptoms in the EHR
D. When the nurse set up continuous glucose monitoring while the patient is in the hospital
A
The professor wants to ensure that the students understand the challenges going forward for Public Health Nursing. What statement below provides reassurance of the comprehension of these challenges. Select all the apply
A. by participating in the development, implementation, and evaluation of culturally appropriate, community-based programs, nurses use their expertise
B. Change in healthcare at all levels can occur through behavior change or through modifications in the enviornment, public policy, social or cultural norms or healthcare delivery
C. Burden of disease is growing disproportionately in the world and is largely affected by climate, public policy, age of the population, socioeconomic conditions, and factors that place people at risk for illness
D. Healthcare has been evolving toward a multifaceted system that empowers patients and clients
E. rapidly advancing forms of technology are dramatically improving lives. Thousands of new ideas are investigated each year, with hundreds of new medical devices submitted to the US food and drug administration annually
A, B, C
When describing a public health nurse is working at the executive level is at what level of tier competency
tier 3
The free clinic is very community focused. Some of the programs include immunizations and classes on fire safety , health education and car safety to name a few. How would the nurse best explain the level of prevention used in this setting to your colleagues
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Teritary
D. Quaternary
A
Which of the statements below is most accurate describing the funding for healthcare
A. funding for the healthcare system in the US comes primarily from privately owned health insurance companies
B. funding for the healthcare system in the US comes primarily from medicare and medicaid systems
C. funding for the healthcare systems in the US comes primarily from Medicare and Medicaid systems and TRICARE for the military personnel
A
the federal government (US department of health and human services) play an important role in regulation. These federal regulation relate to…
A. food, drugs, devices, occupational health and the enviornment
B. Food, drugs, occupational health clinics
C. Drugs, treatment regimes, speciality licenses
D. environmental health, drugs, food
A
T/F: learning model- a behavior change model that considers the severity of the potential illness or physical challenge, the level of conceivable susceptibility, the benefits of taking preventive action and the challenges that may be faced in taking action toward the goal of health promotion
false: health belief model
What answers below describe motivational interviewing
A. talking to patients with knowledge and authority
B. Talking with patients to explore and resolve ambivalence
C. Client centered communication style
D. Is used primarily in social work counseling sessions
E. A communication style that attempts to understand a clients perspective and cultural views
B, C, E
what model of care helps a clinican understand how ready a person is to change
A. transtheotretical model
B. Healthbelief model
C. Theory of reasoned action
D. Social learning model
A
a behavior change model that considers the severity of the potential illness or physical challenge, the level of conceivable susceptibility, the benefits of taking preventive action and the challegenes that may be faced in taking action toward the goal of health promotion
A. theory of reasoned action
B. transtheorteitcal model
C. theory of planned behavior
D. health belief model
D
in 2001 IHI reported on points that enhanced patient quality of care please chose the correct asnwer
A. Safety, effectiveness, equality
B. Safety effectiveness, patient centeredness, timeliness, equality
C. Effective treatment plan that have been evaluated
D. Safety effectiveness and patient centeredness
B
What are some of the current situations that present challenges for the nursing workforce to get more politically involved
A. heavy workloads with understaffing
B. Perception of powerlessness
C. not enough time to get involved
D. no money to push policies forward
E. fear of retialiaiton
F. no advocacy groups represent nursing
A, B, C, E
Which skill sets are important to have for a nurse to effectively take on a role in the states political decision making process select all that apply
A. ability to network
B. ability to lie
C. ability to understand others behaviors
D. social skills
E. diagnostic skills
A, C, D
a nurse needs to understand what the correct sequence of events occurs in the policy making process
setting an agenda
policy formation
policy adoption
policy implementaion
policy assessment
policy modification
the Red Cross is in the process of devloping a policy regarding the need to create a private area for screening questions that is at least 6 feet from the waiting area at the mobile blood drives. What stage of the policy making does this represent
A. implementaion
B. assessment
C. formulation
D. adoption
adoption
the last 6 months the Red Cross has been utilizing the new policy in regards to a 6 feet physical distance while completing the screening questions, the director wants to know how this new policy has been working. what stage of the policy making is necessary with the directors request
A. implemetion
B. fomulaiton
C. adoption
D. assessment
D
what statement below best describes what a cost benefit analysis is for the nurse
A. total payment
B. actual and direct cost of providing a service
C. reform that is an improvement to increase financial equity
D. out of pocket payments a client has to pay
B
HIT was designed to
A. enhance coordination of care, minimize duplication of services, permit quality of care
B. promote communication between hospitals, reduce duplication of prescriptions especially opiod, provide after visit summary for patients
C. promote communication between healthcare providers, enhance coordination of care, minimize duplications of sercies
D. promote communication between healthcare providers, enhance coordination of care, minimize dupilciaton of service, permit reporting on quality
D
to be a designated PCMH the services must include
A. performance reporting
B. limit visits to 15 mins
c. care management
D. improved access and communication
E. patient tracking and registry functions
F. providing patients with their prescriptions while in office to ensure they do not loose them
A, C, D, E
T/F: the social policy statement developed by the ANA details the authority based on the social responsibility of the profession to care for the individual. it serves as nursings contract between the profession of nursing and each individual patient and to uphold the highest values and standards in delivering its service of care
False
not individual it is society
t/f: international goals and directives to maintain the health of the individual, families, and communities are significant road maps for healthcare professions
false
national not international
T/F: tertiary prevention- maximizing health and wellness through strategies that are set in place at the early and active chronic stages of pathogenesis of illness and injury
false, defines secondary
t/f: learning model a behavior change model that considers the severity of the potential illness or physical change, the level of conceivable susceptibility, the benefits of taking preventative action, and the challenges that may be faced in taking action toward the goal of the health promotion
false
health belief model
t/f: health planning occurs on both an ongoing and episodic basis
true
T/F: the purpose of using levers of change is to decrease driving forces and/or increase restraining forces
False
increase driving forces
decrease restraining forces
t/f: community assessment includes examination of biologic, psychological, and sociocultural influences of the environment that surrounds a specific group of people
true
t/f: the functional status approach uses a retrospective historical approach to understand cultural changes over time to provide information for future initiatives
false
developmental
removed the pump handle on the communities water resource
John snow
created reports on sanitation conditions of the laboring poulations
Edwin chadwick
who created smallpox vaccine
jenner
governed healthcare for the poor in England and became a prototype for later US laws
Elizabeth poor law
- churches repsonsibile for relief of the poor
helped decrease men dying in the crimean war
florence nightengale
t/f Florence used the coxcomb charts to direct health policy
true
t/f more people died in battle that died of disease
false
equal
had improved surgical success with bones when dressings were soaked with acid
lister
discovered causative agent for cholera and tubercle bacillus
Robert kock
t/f pasture firs proposed the existence of germs
true
Lillian Wald and Mary brewster established
district during service on the lower east side of new york
