Exam 6: Health Policy and Planning and the Nursing Practice Environment

A nurse does not understand why the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)cannot allocate more money for public health efforts.Another nurse explains that money for public health and other expenditures is limited because the majority of the USDHHS budget must fund

A nurse wishes to encourage people to vote and energize those who feel strongly about a particular political issue.The nurse would best accomplish this by

A nurse is able to correlate Medicare regulations with which major trend in health care? Medicare has influenced decisions regarding

A nursing school dean is looking for external funding for an innovative program that recruits underemployed sectors of the workforce into nursing.Which action by the dean would most likely result in gaining external funding for this new program?

A congresswoman is explaining that she occasionally votes for bills that need,but do not contain,provisions for funding because

A nurse has been investigating how health care policy is made and believes that the system is too complicated and difficult to navigate.Which statement best justifies this position? Health care policy is

An elected member of Congress wishes to arrange discussion of a new bill related to heart disease during February,which has been declared National Heart Month.Which action by the legislator would most likely lead to this happening as desired?

A nurse wants to see a bill passed that includes an increase in federal income taxes to fund it.A friend should encourage the nurse to

The nurse studying the development of the American health care system understands that before the 1990s,health care funding was primarily