NUR 3805 Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
While studying health care economics, the nursing professor explains to a class that the
economic principle of opportunity costs means that - CORRECT ANSWER satisfying
one desire eliminates the possibility of satisfying another.
he nurse is explaining the American health care system to a patient from another country that
has government-sponsored health care. The nurse would explain that one driving force for
private insurance has been - CORRECT ANSWER uncertainty related to the need for
medical care.
A practicing nurse is interested in health care economics. To create an environment where
health care more closely resembles the consumer market, this nurse would place high priority
on activities revolving around - CORRECT ANSWER educating patients and families.
In trying to understand current problems in today's health care environment, the nurse could
reframe the discussion as a problem created by - CORRECT ANSWER competing
interests of market and governmental forces
A nurse is explaining Medicaid and Medicare to a patient and describes the biggest difference
in the programs as being the - CORRECT ANSWER level of administration.
A nurse wishes to get a job in a large city with many hospitals from which to choose but is
dismayed to learn that the wages for nurses are nearly as low in the city as in the rural area
where the nurse lives. The nurse concludes that - CORRECT ANSWER city hospitals
have agreed on wage levels for nurses.
A state nurses association has convinced hospitals in that state to offer very attractive wage
and benefits packages to nurses. To determine whether this strategy is working to provide a
long-term solution to the nursing shortage, the association would measure the - CORRECT
ANSWER number of students admitted to nursing schools in that state
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
While studying health care economics, the nursing professor explains to a class that the
economic principle of opportunity costs means that - CORRECT ANSWER satisfying
one desire eliminates the possibility of satisfying another.
he nurse is explaining the American health care system to a patient from another country that
has government-sponsored health care. The nurse would explain that one driving force for
private insurance has been - CORRECT ANSWER uncertainty related to the need for
medical care.
A practicing nurse is interested in health care economics. To create an environment where
health care more closely resembles the consumer market, this nurse would place high priority
on activities revolving around - CORRECT ANSWER educating patients and families.
In trying to understand current problems in today's health care environment, the nurse could
reframe the discussion as a problem created by - CORRECT ANSWER competing
interests of market and governmental forces
A nurse is explaining Medicaid and Medicare to a patient and describes the biggest difference
in the programs as being the - CORRECT ANSWER level of administration.
A nurse wishes to get a job in a large city with many hospitals from which to choose but is
dismayed to learn that the wages for nurses are nearly as low in the city as in the rural area
where the nurse lives. The nurse concludes that - CORRECT ANSWER city hospitals
have agreed on wage levels for nurses.
A state nurses association has convinced hospitals in that state to offer very attractive wage
and benefits packages to nurses. To determine whether this strategy is working to provide a
long-term solution to the nursing shortage, the association would measure the - CORRECT
ANSWER number of students admitted to nursing schools in that state
