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Health Care Delivery in the United States Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which federal agency is responsible for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, food stamps, and school-based nutrition programs?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The Department of Agriculture administers the inspection of meat and milk and provides funds for the WIC program (supplemental nutrition), the food stamp program, and the school-based nutrition program. The Aid to Dependent Children is a program, not a department, that provided financial assistance to families with limited financial resources. The Department of Education administers and coordinates resources related to education. The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for protecting the health of all Americans.
Question 2 of 5
Which has led to the more recent focus on cooperation between the state and the federal level in relation to public health?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Cooperation between the state and federal levels has been brought to the forefront with efforts to plan for bioterrorism, an event that would necessitate cooperation and sharing. In addition, the state is highly dependent on the federal level for resources and guidance. The administrative goals of the president, emphasis of Healthy People 2020, and restriction of available financial resources have not been the main factor that has led to an increase in cooperation related to public health.
Question 3 of 5
Which health care provider organization is seeing an increase in the demand for their services?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Hospital stays have shortened and patients who are admitted are more acutely ill and require more intensive care. Consequently, decreased hospital stays result in more home care admissions and more discharges to long-term care facilities for short-term recovery and rehabilitation. Hospice services and physician practices have not been as impacted as greatly by this shift in where care is provided.
Question 4 of 5
Which advanced nurse does not have advanced education in a clinical specialty?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: All the nurses have advanced education in some aspect of clinical care, such as obstetrics or primary care. However, the clinical nurse leader is a manager of care at some point of care and does not have a clinical specialty.
Question 5 of 5
Which best describes the effect of President Clinton's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry report (1999)?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The report had a major impact in that it stimulated a series of more in-depth explorations of the health care delivery system, which resulted in a series of reports developed by the Institute of Medicine called the Quality Chasm Series. These reports then caused several other movements within the health care system.