Midterms Questions and Answers
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Nursing students are reviewing information about health care delivery systems in preparation
for a quiz the next day. Which statements describe current U.S. health care delivery practices?
Select all that apply.
a. Access to care depends only on the ability to pay, not the availability of services.
b. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provides private health care insurance to
underserved populations.
c. Every health insurance plan in the Health Insurance Marketplace offers comprehensive
coverage, from doctors to medications to average, from doctors to medications to hospital
visits.
d. The uninsured pay for more than one third of their care out of pocket and are usually charged
lower amounts for their care than the insured pay.
e. Fifty years ago, half of the doctors in the United States practiced primary care, but today
fewer than one in three do.
f. Quality of care can be defined as the right care for the right person at the right time.
c. Every health insurance plan in the Health Insurance Marketplace offers comprehensive
coverage, from doctors to medications to average, from doctors to medications to hospital
visits.
e. Fifty years ago, half of the doctors in the United States practiced primary care, but today
fewer than one in three do.
f. Quality of care can be defined as the right care for the right person at the right time.
A pediatric nurse is assessing a 5-year-old boy who has dietary modifications related to his
diabetes. His parents tell the nurse that they want him to value good nutritional habits, so they
decide to deprive him of a favorite TV program when he becomes angry after they deny him
foods not on his diet. This is an example of what mode of value transmission?
a. Modeling
b. Moralizing
c. Laissez-faire
d. Rewarding and punishing
, d. Rewarding and punishing
A nurse working in a rehabilitation facility focuses on the goal of restoring health for patients.
Which examples of nursing interventions reflect this goal? Select all that apply.
a. A nurse counsels adolescents in a drug rehabilitation program
b. A nurse performs range-of-motion exercises for a patient on bedrest
c. A nurse shows a diabetic patient how to inject insulin
d. A nurse recommends a yoga class for a busy executive
e. A nurse provides hospice care for a patient with end-stage cancer
f. A nurse teaches a nutrition class at a local high school
a. A nurse counsels adolescents in a drug rehabilitation program
b. A nurse performs range-of-motion exercises for a patient on bedrest
c. A nurse shows a diabetic patient how to inject insulin
Florence Nightingale
Founder of modern nursing
19th century
Clara Barton
Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross in the 19th century
Lillian Wald
Founder of public health nursing 19th century
Mary Eliza Mahoney
First African American nurse 19th century
Isabel Hampton Robb
initiated polices that included limiting the number of hours in a day's work and wrote a
textbook to help students learning; the first president of the nurses associated alumnae of the
U.S and Canada (later became ANA)
19th century
Mary Breckinridge
Established the Frontier Nursing Service and one of the first midwifery schools in the United
States
20th century
Margaret sanger