Deck 8: Public Health Policy

Question 1

The agency most heavily involved with the health and welfare concerns of United States citizens is the:

A) USDHHS.
B) PHS.
C) Health Resources and Services Administration.
D) WHO.

Answer 1

USDHHS.

Question 2

A nurse takes action to protect the health,safety,and welfare of citizens,such as requiring immunizations of children before admission to school.Which of the following levels of power is being used?

A) Executive
B) Legislative
C) Judicial
D) Police

Answer 2

Police

Question 3

The Office of Homeland Security has a mission to rebuild the crumbling public health infrastructures of each state and provide:

A) vaccines for smallpox, anthrax, and plague.
B) regulation of nuclear weapons.
C) surveillance of bioterrorism threats.
D) regulation of foreign nurses entering the United States.

Answer 3

surveillance of bioterrorism threats.

Question 4

A nurse investigates the interpretation of a state's right to grant abortions.Which of the following branches of government would the nurse be looking at?

A) Executive
B) Legislative
C) Judicial
D) Federal

Question 5

A nurse is interested in census data.Which federal department's website would be a good place to start?

A) Department of Labor (DOL)
B) USDHHS
C) Commerce Department
D) World Health Organization (WHO)

Question 6

When planning,delivering,and financing responsibility for programs is shifted from the federal level to the state level,it is called:

A) evolution.
B) devolution.
C) block granting.
D) state administration.

Question 7

A nurse provides health services for women and children in the community.Which of the following provides the provisions to offer these services?

A) Sheppard-Towner Act
B) Public Protection of Maternity and Infancy program
C) Early Periodic Screening and Developmental Testing (EPSDT) program
D) Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program

Question 8

A nurse is employed by the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS).Which of the following branches of government is the nurse working for?

A) Judicial
B) Executive
C) Legislative
D) Health

Question 9

A nurse is working for the federal government to provide for the protection of the public's health.Which of the following actions would the nurse most likely complete?

A) Interpreting decisions related to women's right to privacy
B) Setting up immunization clinics for smallpox vaccine
C) Regulating nursing at the state level
D) Monitoring the influx of disease at the borders

Question 10

One effect of the use of block grants was a:

A) reduction of federal expenditures.
B) decreased ability of states to spend money on programming.
C) guaranteed continuation of programs with demonstrated effectiveness.
D) shift from hospital-based to community-based nursing care.

Question 11

A nurse becomes actively involved in the development of a health policy in the community.Which of the following describes why this is an important role of the nurse?

A) Government and policy have a large impact on nursing and health.
B) Policy affects nursing values as set forth by Florence Nightingale.
C) Political science is a course of study that parallels nursing.
D) Nurses must interpret laws to fit their practice.

Question 12

The first major federal government action relating to health was the:

A) passage of the Social Security Act.
B) creation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
C) creation of the Public Health Service (PHS).
D) creation of Medicare and Medicaid.

Question 13

A nurse supported the passage of needlestick legislation.Which of the following best describes the role of employers because of this legislation?

A) Use Universal Precautions when dealing with all patients
B) Select safer needle devices as they became available
C) Provide needle disposal boxes
D) Incinerate all infectious waste, including needles

Question 14

A local health department provides a hypertension screening to all individuals.Which of the following general categories of health care functions is being used?

A) Direct services
B) Financing
C) Information
D) Policy setting

Question 15

A doctoral prepared nurse (PhD)at a university wants to submit a grant to study the impact of a nursing activity on patient outcomes.From which of the following federal agencies could this nurse potentially seek funding?

A) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
B) National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
C) USDHHS
D) WHO

Question 16

An occupational health nurse maintains a log of injuries from contaminated sharps.Which of the following describes why the nurse must do this?

A) Blood-borne Pathogen Standard
B) OSHA
C) DOL
D) DOD

Question 17

The focus of the Division of Nursing is to:

A) enhance nursing's competence in providing high-tech skills.
B) apply disease prevention, environmental health, and health promotion concepts.
C) provide scholarships for advanced nursing education.
D) ensure an adequate supply and distribution of qualified nursing personnel to meet the nation's health needs.

Question 18

A nurse researcher wants to get information on the occurrence of an internationally important disease.Which of the following websites would be the best place to seek this information?

A) The United Nations
B) The WHO
C) The World Bank
D) The World Health Assembly

Question 19

A nurse discusses with legislators the importance of passing legislation to ban smoking in all public places.Which of the following is the nurse becoming involved in?

A) Policy
B) Politics
C) Law
D) Health policy

Question 20

A nurse is working with a member of the military.Which of the following describes the department that provides this person with health care services?

A) Defense
B) Labor
C) Agriculture
D) Justice

Question 21

A nurse is sued for malpractice and goes to court.Which of the following types of law is being used?

A) Constitutional
B) Common
C) Judicial
D) Institutional

Question 22

The practices of physicians,nurses,and other health care providers are differentiated by which of the following?

A) Health Resource and Services Administration (HRSA)
B) State board of nursing
C) Scope of practice
D) USDHHS

Question 23

Congress's legal base for actions in health care includes which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

A) Providing for the general welfare
B) Raising funds to support research
C) Regulating commerce among the states
D) Providing spending power
E) Increasing revenue by raising taxes

Question 24

A nursing student is researching various health care services that are provided in prisons.Which of the following describes these services?

A) Funded by the DOD
B) Focus on health promotion interventions
C) Must be provided at an adequate level
D) Are available to those diagnosed with a chronic illness

Question 25

A nurse believes additional funding is necessary to support a home-delivered meal program for the elderly.Which of the following would be the best way to share these ideas with a legislator?

A) Send an e-mail
B) Write a formal letter
C) Attend a town hall meeting
D) Schedule a face-to-face visit

Question 26

The CDC accomplishes its mission by: (Select all that apply.)

A) Implementing prevention strategies
B) Detecting and investigating health problems
C) Dictating world health policy
D) Fostering safe and healthful environments
E) Protecting the population from bioterrorism events

Question 27

The state orders a person newly diagnosed with tuberculosis to be quarantined.Which of the following best describes the type of law that allows the state to do this?

A) Constitutional
B) Common
C) Judicial
D) State

Question 28

When a school nurse reports suspected child abuse,there is a breach of confidentiality.Which of the following best describes why this breach is allowed?

A) Civil immunity
B) Sovereign immunity
C) Nurse practice act
D) Respondeat superior

Question 29

States have certain continuing education requirements for persons to renew a nursing license.Which of the following best describes the type of law that is being used?

A) Constitutional law
B) Legislation and regulation
C) Judicial and common law
D) Police power

Question 30

A nurse who is working in a home care setting attends a local legislative meeting.Which of the following best describes why the nurse needs to be knowledgeable of health policy?

A) Provide safe nursing care
B) Prevent elder abuse
C) Receive payment for the services provided
D) Influence future legislation

Question 31

A nurse is found to be negligent.Because of the doctrine of respondeat superior,who is responsible for the negligence?

A) Administrator
B) Nurse's immediate supervisor
C) Nurse's employer
D) Nurse

Question 32

A nurse is writing to a legislator to advocate for funds to support advanced practice nursing education.Which of the following considerations should be made by the nurse? (Select all that apply.)

A) Limit the letter to one page in length
B) Identify oneself as a nurse
C) Provide only factual information
D) Share personal knowledge about the issue
E) Arrange a face-to-face meeting as soon as possible

Question 33

A nurse would like to propose legislation requiring all schools to employ a registered nurse.Which of the following would be the first step taken as the nurse implements the legislative process?

A) Introducing the bill to the legislature
B) Moving the bill to the other house
C) Developing the policy option into a bill
D) Hearings, testimony, and lobbying