ATI RN
Public Health Questions Regarding Policy and Law Questions
Question 1 of 5
Match the following actions to the underlying ethical principle: A person with AIDS refuses intubation for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and dies
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Autonomy respects the patient's right to refuse treatment.
Question 2 of 5
Notification of occurrence and claim is required
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Claims-made policies require notification during the policy period.
Question 3 of 5
Which nurse used political expertise to influence the federal government to develop a Children's Bureau?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Lillian Wald recognized the connection between social conditions and health. She was a driving force behind the federal government's development of the Children's Bureau in 1912. Lavinia Dock was a political activist who waged a campaign for legislation to allow nurses to control the nursing profession. Florence Nightingale was the first nurse to exert political pressure on a government. Clara Barton was responsible for organizing relief efforts during the U.S. Civil War.
Question 4 of 5
Which is accomplished through the use of public policy?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The field of public policy involves the study of specific policy problems and governmental responses to them. Political scientists involved in the study of public policy attempt to devise solutions for problems of public concern. The use of public policy may not involve the implementation of a logical problem-solving, decision-making process. Public policy addresses more than safety nets for vulnerable populations. Additional principles besides economics and business management are applied through the use of public policy.
Question 5 of 5
Which best describes how the government controls conditions that individuals cannot?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Government regulates conditions that individuals cannot control and provides individual protection through a population-wide focus. These tasks are accomplished through passage and enforcement of laws. These laws control individuals' behaviors, which may lead to the establishment of social mores and common sense related to the laws that have been established.