NUR115 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
- A set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for Americans to meet
during the second decade of the new millennium.
- the fourth set of health goals and objectives for the U.S. that defines the nation's
health agenda and guides its health policy - Answers - Healthy People 2020
1. What is the term for the rapid and cumulative physical and emotional changes that
characterize childhood?
- Homelessness
- New morbidities
- Dependency vulnerability
- Developmental vulnerability - Answers - Developmental vulnerability
1. Easy access to transportation is a challenge that faces rural health.
- True
- False - Answers - False
1. Which of the following is a major health concern for women?
- Life expectancy is 8 years shorter than men.
- AIDS is the leading cause of death.
- Nearly one-third of women have less than ninth-grade education.
- Women have a higher chance of developing more acute and chronic illnesses -
Answers - Women have a higher chance of developing more acute and chronic
illnesses
1. Mental disorders are common psychiatric illnesses affecting which group?
- Adults
- Children
- The uninsured
- Ethnic minorities - Answers - adults
1. What causes AIDS?
- CDC
- Lack of insurance
- Infectious air-born pathogen
- HIV - Answers - HIV
1. Uninsured individuals typically tend to be:
- Middle class
- Urban dwellers
- Young adults (ages 25-40)
- Women - Answers - Young adults (ages 25-40)
,1. Let's Move is an initiative designed to promote a healthy start in life for children, from
pregnancy through early childhood; to serve healthier food in schools; and to increase
physical activity.
- True
- False - Answers - True
1. The nation's mental health system is composed of three subsystems based on the
severity of the mental health condition.
- True
- False - Answers - False
1. Vulnerability represents a personal deficiency inherent to certain populations.
- True
- False - Answers - False
1. The rate of growth in health spending in the United States slowed to its lowest level
during what time period?
- 2002-2010
- 1993-2000
- 1973-1983
- 1980-1988 - Answers - 1993-2000
1. Which of the following contributes to high health care costs?
- Uniform practice standards
- Alternative model of health care
- Growth of technology
- Single payer insurance - Answers - Growth of technology
1. According to Donabedian, in order to help define and measure quality in health care
organizations, you must examine three domains. One of those domains is risk.
- True
- False - Answers - False
1. Which of the following describes access to care?
- It is rarely predicted by race or income.
- It is distinguished from acceptability of services.
- It is often predicted by income and occupation..
- Access for disadvantaged populations was absent from legislative history until the
ACA. - Answers - It is often predicted by income and occupation..
1. Accountable care organizations are:
- known for increasing health expenditures and sometimes reducing quality.
- focused on reducing medical malpractice.
- designed to help increase cooperation between providers across various health care
settings to improve Medicare patient outcomes.
, - designed to improve access to care for children and pregnant women. - Answers - -
designed to help increase cooperation between providers across various health care
settings to improve Medicare patient outcomes.
1. Emphasis on desired health outcomes is one implication of the Institute of Medicine's
definition of quality.
- True
- False - Answers - True
1. The U.S. health care system is centrally planned by the government.
- True
- False - Answers - False
1. The United States has the highest per capita health spending but poorer health
relative to other developed countries.
- True
- False - Answers - True
1. Managing delivery of care for chronic conditions through a system focused on
disease treatment has been feasible and successful in recent years in the United
States.
- True
- False - Answers - False
What is a vulnerable population? - Answers - - health needs, but inadequate resources
to address those needs
- named by providers, patients don't think vulnerable
- may hear: at risk, undeserved, special populations
They receive care through nations safety net.... - Answers - -medicare
-community centers
-migrant health centers
-free clinics
-hospital emergency departments
Market vs. Social Justice - Answers - - M: responsible for fair distribution, distribution is
based on patients ability to pay
- S: well being over community over individual, inability to obtain med services due to
lack of financial sources
What is public health care and mission? - Answers - - meet the cost of all or most
healthcare needs from a publicly managed fund.
- Mission: protect, promote, and advance the health and safety of our nation
Acute vs Chronic - Answers - short term vs long term
- A: pink eye
- A set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for Americans to meet
during the second decade of the new millennium.
- the fourth set of health goals and objectives for the U.S. that defines the nation's
health agenda and guides its health policy - Answers - Healthy People 2020
1. What is the term for the rapid and cumulative physical and emotional changes that
characterize childhood?
- Homelessness
- New morbidities
- Dependency vulnerability
- Developmental vulnerability - Answers - Developmental vulnerability
1. Easy access to transportation is a challenge that faces rural health.
- True
- False - Answers - False
1. Which of the following is a major health concern for women?
- Life expectancy is 8 years shorter than men.
- AIDS is the leading cause of death.
- Nearly one-third of women have less than ninth-grade education.
- Women have a higher chance of developing more acute and chronic illnesses -
Answers - Women have a higher chance of developing more acute and chronic
illnesses
1. Mental disorders are common psychiatric illnesses affecting which group?
- Adults
- Children
- The uninsured
- Ethnic minorities - Answers - adults
1. What causes AIDS?
- CDC
- Lack of insurance
- Infectious air-born pathogen
- HIV - Answers - HIV
1. Uninsured individuals typically tend to be:
- Middle class
- Urban dwellers
- Young adults (ages 25-40)
- Women - Answers - Young adults (ages 25-40)
,1. Let's Move is an initiative designed to promote a healthy start in life for children, from
pregnancy through early childhood; to serve healthier food in schools; and to increase
physical activity.
- True
- False - Answers - True
1. The nation's mental health system is composed of three subsystems based on the
severity of the mental health condition.
- True
- False - Answers - False
1. Vulnerability represents a personal deficiency inherent to certain populations.
- True
- False - Answers - False
1. The rate of growth in health spending in the United States slowed to its lowest level
during what time period?
- 2002-2010
- 1993-2000
- 1973-1983
- 1980-1988 - Answers - 1993-2000
1. Which of the following contributes to high health care costs?
- Uniform practice standards
- Alternative model of health care
- Growth of technology
- Single payer insurance - Answers - Growth of technology
1. According to Donabedian, in order to help define and measure quality in health care
organizations, you must examine three domains. One of those domains is risk.
- True
- False - Answers - False
1. Which of the following describes access to care?
- It is rarely predicted by race or income.
- It is distinguished from acceptability of services.
- It is often predicted by income and occupation..
- Access for disadvantaged populations was absent from legislative history until the
ACA. - Answers - It is often predicted by income and occupation..
1. Accountable care organizations are:
- known for increasing health expenditures and sometimes reducing quality.
- focused on reducing medical malpractice.
- designed to help increase cooperation between providers across various health care
settings to improve Medicare patient outcomes.
, - designed to improve access to care for children and pregnant women. - Answers - -
designed to help increase cooperation between providers across various health care
settings to improve Medicare patient outcomes.
1. Emphasis on desired health outcomes is one implication of the Institute of Medicine's
definition of quality.
- True
- False - Answers - True
1. The U.S. health care system is centrally planned by the government.
- True
- False - Answers - False
1. The United States has the highest per capita health spending but poorer health
relative to other developed countries.
- True
- False - Answers - True
1. Managing delivery of care for chronic conditions through a system focused on
disease treatment has been feasible and successful in recent years in the United
States.
- True
- False - Answers - False
What is a vulnerable population? - Answers - - health needs, but inadequate resources
to address those needs
- named by providers, patients don't think vulnerable
- may hear: at risk, undeserved, special populations
They receive care through nations safety net.... - Answers - -medicare
-community centers
-migrant health centers
-free clinics
-hospital emergency departments
Market vs. Social Justice - Answers - - M: responsible for fair distribution, distribution is
based on patients ability to pay
- S: well being over community over individual, inability to obtain med services due to
lack of financial sources
What is public health care and mission? - Answers - - meet the cost of all or most
healthcare needs from a publicly managed fund.
- Mission: protect, promote, and advance the health and safety of our nation
Acute vs Chronic - Answers - short term vs long term
- A: pink eye
