WGU CHAPTER 3 ISSUES IN NURSING PRACTICE 87
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWER 2026
Health illness continuum - CORRECT ANSWER Describes the continually shifting
levels of health experience by each person.
Healthcare delivery system - CORRECT ANSWER A focus on prevention and
providing services from birth to death under one integrated system is used for the
healthcare systems. A system that may cover large geographic areas.
Factors influencing healthcare change - CORRECT ANSWER -changing
characteristic of American population
-increasing population
-increasing number of uninsured/underinsured
-increasing cultural diversity
-increasing number of older adults
Monitor by the national quality forum - CORRECT ANSWER Identify series
reportable adverse to events (also called never events). 28 events are so
devastating to patients that they shouldn't never occurred in the healthcare
The centers for medicine and Medicaid services - CORRECT ANSWER Implemented
a new policy related to hospital acquired condition, that hospital should not
receive payment for medical errors that should never have happened
, Medicare - CORRECT ANSWER Created in 1965 to provide health insurance as part
of the Social Security act to all people age 65 and over and people younger than
age 65 who have a disability and are eligible for Social Security.
Diagnosis related group - CORRECT ANSWER Payment system in 1983 for 470
diagnostic categories to help control the costs in the Medicare program, which
previously had no reimbursement limits. All hospitals are paid the same fee for
patients and the thing diagnostic category regardless of the length of stay in
supply cost.
Healthcare acquired condition and present on a mission reporting - CORRECT
ANSWER If certain conditions were not present on a mission POA, hospitals did
not receive additional reimbursement for those conditions
Medicaid - CORRECT ANSWER Also create a 1965 to provide healthcare insurance
as part of the Social Security act for low income or disabled person younger than
the age of 65 and they're dependent children
HMO or managed care - CORRECT ANSWER Organization consist of groups of
healthcare providers to provide healthcare for a group of people and effort to
contain costs
Types of Healthcare team - CORRECT ANSWER Certified nursing assistant, Licensed
practical nurses, licensed vocational nurses, registered nurses, certified registered
nurse anesthetists, certified registered nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialist,
certified nurse midwives, physicians, physician’s assistant, pharmacist, and social
workers
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWER 2026
Health illness continuum - CORRECT ANSWER Describes the continually shifting
levels of health experience by each person.
Healthcare delivery system - CORRECT ANSWER A focus on prevention and
providing services from birth to death under one integrated system is used for the
healthcare systems. A system that may cover large geographic areas.
Factors influencing healthcare change - CORRECT ANSWER -changing
characteristic of American population
-increasing population
-increasing number of uninsured/underinsured
-increasing cultural diversity
-increasing number of older adults
Monitor by the national quality forum - CORRECT ANSWER Identify series
reportable adverse to events (also called never events). 28 events are so
devastating to patients that they shouldn't never occurred in the healthcare
The centers for medicine and Medicaid services - CORRECT ANSWER Implemented
a new policy related to hospital acquired condition, that hospital should not
receive payment for medical errors that should never have happened
, Medicare - CORRECT ANSWER Created in 1965 to provide health insurance as part
of the Social Security act to all people age 65 and over and people younger than
age 65 who have a disability and are eligible for Social Security.
Diagnosis related group - CORRECT ANSWER Payment system in 1983 for 470
diagnostic categories to help control the costs in the Medicare program, which
previously had no reimbursement limits. All hospitals are paid the same fee for
patients and the thing diagnostic category regardless of the length of stay in
supply cost.
Healthcare acquired condition and present on a mission reporting - CORRECT
ANSWER If certain conditions were not present on a mission POA, hospitals did
not receive additional reimbursement for those conditions
Medicaid - CORRECT ANSWER Also create a 1965 to provide healthcare insurance
as part of the Social Security act for low income or disabled person younger than
the age of 65 and they're dependent children
HMO or managed care - CORRECT ANSWER Organization consist of groups of
healthcare providers to provide healthcare for a group of people and effort to
contain costs
Types of Healthcare team - CORRECT ANSWER Certified nursing assistant, Licensed
practical nurses, licensed vocational nurses, registered nurses, certified registered
nurse anesthetists, certified registered nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialist,
certified nurse midwives, physicians, physician’s assistant, pharmacist, and social
workers
