Community Nursing Test Banks
Which of the following best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health
care?
a. Politicians are discussing how to improve
health care.
b. The media has prov
...
Community Nursing Test Banks
Which of the following best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health
care?
a. Politicians are discussing how to improve
health care.
b. The media has provided mixed messages
about the health care system.
c. Our national health care costs keep
increasing.
d. The new health care system offers free
services to Americans.
ANS: C
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing costs, which cannot
be sustained. The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of escalating health care
dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.6% in 2009.
Politicians and the media both influence Americans’ perceptions about health care; however,
they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new health care system will
change the health care access and availablity, but will not necessarily be offering any free
services to Americans.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) REF: p. 2
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why is this
involvement important?
a. Nurses, as central characters in several
popular TV series, are currently very
visible in American media.
b. Nurses are primarily responsible for
managing the various units in our health
care system.
c. Nurses are the largest group of health care
providers.
d. Nurses are the only group that is
employed both inside and outside of
hospitals.
ANS: C
As the largest group of health care providers, nurses are informed about the current health care
system and all the problems that result from people not seeking care until they are desperately ill.
Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA) emphasize, usually believe that health care
is a right, not a privilege. Therefore, nurses, whose work is central to our current health care
delivery system, can also be instrumental in working politically to create a health care delivery
system that will meet health needs. While nurses are in several current TV series and are
employed both inside and outside of hospitals, physicians and other health care providers are as
well. Nurses are often managers, but managers often have other backgrounds, such as business
administration.
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