UNMC PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ Innovation. Answer: focused on current ideas to create better ways to
do things
▶ Shared Vision. Answer: Several who support a specific view
Needed in nursing to move forward in the future
Example is moving from traditional to EBP of all nurses
▶ Projections for the Future. Answer: -Knowledge will continue to change
and evolve
-Healthcare systems will evolve and change as response to fiscal and
patient outcomes dictates care together
-Increasing diversity will push need for more change and require health
care shifts
▶ Healthcare Organizations. Answer: Systems of people, institutions and
resources designed to address the healthcare needs of a target population.
▶ Types of Institutions. Answer: -Acute Care hospitals
-Long Term Care Facility
-Rehab Hospitals
-Ambulatory Clinics
-Public Health Departments
▶ Types of Services. Answer: -General Care
-Specialty Care
-Length of Service
-Primary, secondary or tertiary care
-Community Services
▶ Ownership Structure. Answer: -Public Institutions
-Private Nonprofit
-For profit organizations
-Accountable Care organizations
, ▶ Teaching/Accreditation Status. Answer: -Academic health
centers/teaching hospitals
-Accreditation by an external body such as joint commission, and the
National committee for quality assurance
▶ Factors that Influence HC Organizations. Answer: Economics
Social
Demographics
▶ Economics. Answer: Financing health care
costs
resources
accessible care
▶ Social. Answer: Consumer Engagement
Prevention and health promotion
Providing personal, responsive, and coordinated care
▶ Demographic. Answer: Geographic concerns
Access to care
Income of population
Aging population
▶ Organizational Culture. Answer: Reflect norms or traditions of the
organization
Demonstrated by behaviors that show values and beliefs of the
organization
Formally expressed through:Mission, vision, philosophy, job descriptions,
policies and procedures
Beyond formal expression through lived experience of staff and patients
▶ Organizational Structure. Answer: Defines how work is organized
Defines where decisions are make
Defines the authority & responsibility of workers
Hierarchy, chain of command, span of control
▶ Complexity-Chaos Theory. Answer: Scientific theories applied to
business management where organizations are looked at as dynamic,
complex adapting systems evolving to natural states of chaos and order.
AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ Innovation. Answer: focused on current ideas to create better ways to
do things
▶ Shared Vision. Answer: Several who support a specific view
Needed in nursing to move forward in the future
Example is moving from traditional to EBP of all nurses
▶ Projections for the Future. Answer: -Knowledge will continue to change
and evolve
-Healthcare systems will evolve and change as response to fiscal and
patient outcomes dictates care together
-Increasing diversity will push need for more change and require health
care shifts
▶ Healthcare Organizations. Answer: Systems of people, institutions and
resources designed to address the healthcare needs of a target population.
▶ Types of Institutions. Answer: -Acute Care hospitals
-Long Term Care Facility
-Rehab Hospitals
-Ambulatory Clinics
-Public Health Departments
▶ Types of Services. Answer: -General Care
-Specialty Care
-Length of Service
-Primary, secondary or tertiary care
-Community Services
▶ Ownership Structure. Answer: -Public Institutions
-Private Nonprofit
-For profit organizations
-Accountable Care organizations
, ▶ Teaching/Accreditation Status. Answer: -Academic health
centers/teaching hospitals
-Accreditation by an external body such as joint commission, and the
National committee for quality assurance
▶ Factors that Influence HC Organizations. Answer: Economics
Social
Demographics
▶ Economics. Answer: Financing health care
costs
resources
accessible care
▶ Social. Answer: Consumer Engagement
Prevention and health promotion
Providing personal, responsive, and coordinated care
▶ Demographic. Answer: Geographic concerns
Access to care
Income of population
Aging population
▶ Organizational Culture. Answer: Reflect norms or traditions of the
organization
Demonstrated by behaviors that show values and beliefs of the
organization
Formally expressed through:Mission, vision, philosophy, job descriptions,
policies and procedures
Beyond formal expression through lived experience of staff and patients
▶ Organizational Structure. Answer: Defines how work is organized
Defines where decisions are make
Defines the authority & responsibility of workers
Hierarchy, chain of command, span of control
▶ Complexity-Chaos Theory. Answer: Scientific theories applied to
business management where organizations are looked at as dynamic,
complex adapting systems evolving to natural states of chaos and order.
