ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH PROCTORED
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
⩥ What are the eight Millennium Development Goals created and
agreed to by the United Nations members in 2002?.
Answer: 1. Eradicating hunger and extreme poverty
2. Making primary education available worldwide
3. Promoting empowerment of women and gender equality
4. Reducing child mortality
5. Fostering maternal health
6. Reducing malaria, HIV/AIDS, and other communicable diseases
7. Promoting a sustainable environment
8. Developing global partnerships
⩥ How can nurses help to contribute to the achievement of Millennium
Development Goals and global health in general? (5).
Answer: 1. Support the development of health care roles in countries
that lack health care professionals
2. Promote the benefits of nursing as a distinct profession in health
promotion, disease prevention, and reduction of health care costs
,3. Work with governments and other developers of policy to promote the
rights of nurses
4. Foster programs that promote environmental sustainability
5. Act as mentors or consultants to address the health of individuals and
communities in other countries
⩥ What is the main goal of a primary health care system?.
Answer: -The goal of a primary health care system is to make health
care available in close proximity to people who need it and to ensure it is
comprehensive and has flexible costs to accommodate the income
variations of individuals who use those services
⩥ How can nurses help to promote access to health care? (4).
Answer: 1. Advocate for improved access to health care services
2. Help shift the focus from acute treatment of disease to primary
prevention measures to decrease costs and promote equity
3. Perform community assessments to evaluate the adequacy of health
services in the community and the accessibility of those services
4. Identify barriers that community members, particularly vulnerable
populations, encounter when accessing health services
⩥ What are the major barriers to health care? (10).
Answer: 1. Inadequate health care insurance
2. Inability to pay for health care services
,3. Language and cultural barriers
4. Lack of health care providers in a community
5. Geographic isolation
6. Social Isolation
7. Lack of communication tools (e.g. telephones)
8. Lack of personal or public transportation
9. Inconvenient hours of primary health care services
10. Attitudes of health care personnel towards clients of low SES status
or those with different cultural/ethnic backgrounds
⩥ How does good health care affect the economy?.
Answer: -Although providing health care is a human service, health care
delivery is also a business and is affected by economic influences
-Good health status positively affects the economy by increasing the
individual's potential for productivity and wage-earning
⩥ Microeconomic Theory.
Answer: -Examines individual preference and finances, and how those
actions affect cost of care and resource distribution
⩥ Macroeconomic Theory.
Answer: -Focuses on aggregate behaviors, economic growth and
employment
, ⩥ Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Answer: -Created to help make health insurance affordable for all people
and decrease the amount of federal spending on health care
-Affects the way Medicare benefits are implemented and the way private
insurance companies supply coverage
⩥ Important Elements of the Affordable Care Act (7).
Answer: 1. Extending eligibility for dependents to remain on their
parent's insurance until age 26
2. Prohibits health plans from denying benefits for preexisting coverage
to children under age 19
3. Bans lifetime limits on benefit coverage
4. Covers preventive care services without a co-pay (e.g. mammograms,
colonoscopy)
5. Subsidizes state expansion of Medicaid so anyone under 138% of
poverty level can receive it
6. Cannot deny coverage because of a preexisting condition
7. Insurers are now required to spend at least 85% of income from
premiums on health care services; limiting advertising and profit to no
more than 15%.
⩥ World Health Organization (WHO).
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
⩥ What are the eight Millennium Development Goals created and
agreed to by the United Nations members in 2002?.
Answer: 1. Eradicating hunger and extreme poverty
2. Making primary education available worldwide
3. Promoting empowerment of women and gender equality
4. Reducing child mortality
5. Fostering maternal health
6. Reducing malaria, HIV/AIDS, and other communicable diseases
7. Promoting a sustainable environment
8. Developing global partnerships
⩥ How can nurses help to contribute to the achievement of Millennium
Development Goals and global health in general? (5).
Answer: 1. Support the development of health care roles in countries
that lack health care professionals
2. Promote the benefits of nursing as a distinct profession in health
promotion, disease prevention, and reduction of health care costs
,3. Work with governments and other developers of policy to promote the
rights of nurses
4. Foster programs that promote environmental sustainability
5. Act as mentors or consultants to address the health of individuals and
communities in other countries
⩥ What is the main goal of a primary health care system?.
Answer: -The goal of a primary health care system is to make health
care available in close proximity to people who need it and to ensure it is
comprehensive and has flexible costs to accommodate the income
variations of individuals who use those services
⩥ How can nurses help to promote access to health care? (4).
Answer: 1. Advocate for improved access to health care services
2. Help shift the focus from acute treatment of disease to primary
prevention measures to decrease costs and promote equity
3. Perform community assessments to evaluate the adequacy of health
services in the community and the accessibility of those services
4. Identify barriers that community members, particularly vulnerable
populations, encounter when accessing health services
⩥ What are the major barriers to health care? (10).
Answer: 1. Inadequate health care insurance
2. Inability to pay for health care services
,3. Language and cultural barriers
4. Lack of health care providers in a community
5. Geographic isolation
6. Social Isolation
7. Lack of communication tools (e.g. telephones)
8. Lack of personal or public transportation
9. Inconvenient hours of primary health care services
10. Attitudes of health care personnel towards clients of low SES status
or those with different cultural/ethnic backgrounds
⩥ How does good health care affect the economy?.
Answer: -Although providing health care is a human service, health care
delivery is also a business and is affected by economic influences
-Good health status positively affects the economy by increasing the
individual's potential for productivity and wage-earning
⩥ Microeconomic Theory.
Answer: -Examines individual preference and finances, and how those
actions affect cost of care and resource distribution
⩥ Macroeconomic Theory.
Answer: -Focuses on aggregate behaviors, economic growth and
employment
, ⩥ Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Answer: -Created to help make health insurance affordable for all people
and decrease the amount of federal spending on health care
-Affects the way Medicare benefits are implemented and the way private
insurance companies supply coverage
⩥ Important Elements of the Affordable Care Act (7).
Answer: 1. Extending eligibility for dependents to remain on their
parent's insurance until age 26
2. Prohibits health plans from denying benefits for preexisting coverage
to children under age 19
3. Bans lifetime limits on benefit coverage
4. Covers preventive care services without a co-pay (e.g. mammograms,
colonoscopy)
5. Subsidizes state expansion of Medicaid so anyone under 138% of
poverty level can receive it
6. Cannot deny coverage because of a preexisting condition
7. Insurers are now required to spend at least 85% of income from
premiums on health care services; limiting advertising and profit to no
more than 15%.
⩥ World Health Organization (WHO).
