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✔✔How does health policy specifically influence health care practice in the US - ✔✔All
of the above (Directs efforts by the CDC and protects Americans against population-
based disease, Influences how health care is reimbursed and determines APN payment
for services, Directs specific evidence-based guideline development and dissemination
✔✔The Affordable Care Act has directed the US Department fo Health and Human
Services and multiple agencies to develop and disseminate initiatives on meeting the
care needs of patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC). What is the primary
purpose for this national direction - ✔✔Advanced Practice Nurses are responsible for
addressing the multiple issues associated with this patient population
✔✔When seeking epidemiology information on disease statistics and prevention of
deadly conditions, what specific agency under US Department of Health and Human
Services would you rely upon - ✔✔Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
✔✔Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) committed to ensuring the safety of an aging
society and reducing escalations in mental health disorders will require the following
practice to promote wellness in this patient population - ✔✔Understanding the current
health policy directing in clinical practice recommendations
✔✔Currently 10,000 Baby Boomers are entering Medicare system daily. The Affordable
Care Act was designed to improve health care delivery through prevention and
promotion programs. What initiative specifically focuses on the aging American -
✔✔Multiple Chronic Conditions
✔✔How can the APN influence the development and passage of a specific health policy
issue - ✔✔Determine what the specific legislative agenda is for the nursing organization
that you belong- so that your expertise can be used to use the agenda with your specific
legislator
✔✔How has the Quality Chasm Report been used to direct US healthcare - ✔✔This
report has been used as the framework and foundation for multiple health policy
initiatives since its release in 2001
✔✔Medicare Access and Summary CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA)
legislation is - ✔✔All of the above (Bipartisan, Replaces the 1997 Sustainable Growth
Index, Requires measurement of quality metrics
✔✔Team STEPPS training through the Agency for Health Research and Quality is
focused on patient safety. The primary tenets of this training are focused specifically on
- ✔✔All of the above (Interdisciplinary collaboration, Communication, Teamwork)
, ✔✔Observation study designs are primarily used in public health data collection and
help to determine efficacy of specific interventions. What is an example of a public
health concern that is frequently evaluated by the CDC to ensure population-based
health and wellness - ✔✔Vaccinations
✔✔ Theory attributes meaning, provides explanation, imposes order and organizes
logically the events that healthcare professional come into contact with. Which is an
example of the steps that practitioners take in theorizing - ✔✔Ask certain questions,
Question the status quo, Seek the most plausible answer, Build a narrative for the
questions and answers
✔✔Once a practice problem has been identified the next step would be to use the
PICOT format to ask a question about the problem. PICOT stands for - ✔✔P-population
I-intervention
C-comparisons
O-outcome
T-time
✔✔The Affordable Care Act has directed the US Department of Health and Human
Services and multiple agencies to develop and disseminate initiatives on meeting the
care needs of patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC). What is the primary
purpose for the national direction - ✔✔To protect against high out-of-pocket costs by
prohibiting insurers from denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions
✔✔After thoroughly researching the topic of interest, what is the next step an APN
should ask in selecting a theory/model for use in practice or research - ✔✔Have several
different theories/models been examined
✔✔Which three roles represent the accepted advanced practice nursing roles -
✔✔Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM)
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs)
✔✔What are the three major categories of Nola Pender's Health promotion model -
✔✔Behavior-specific cognition and affect
Individual characteristics and experiences
Behavioral outcomes
✔✔Which theorist/s identifies curative factors as a value system, faith-hope and
sensitivity to self and others? This describes which of the following theories - ✔✔Jean
Watson theory of human caring