Author Question: When considering the issue of the politics behind health care in the United States, the nurse ... (Read 53 times)

michelleunicorn · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

When considering the issue of the politics behind health care in the United States, the nurse identifies one of the third-party payer stakeholders as:

a. health care provider. c. special interest group.
b. government. d. the National Institutes of Health.

Question 2

Two new graduate nurses are doing some strategic career planning and have decided to pursue careers as pediatric nurses, even though they did not do very well in their pediatric rotation and do not feel very comfortable with children.

Because they are best friends and want to work together, they have targeted children's hospitals but they don't know what to do first. Which aspect(s) of strategic career planning should they pursue first? a. assessing and clarifying values and interests
b. planning and implementing a job search
c. ongoing evaluation of process to assure alignment with her goals
d. determine what the job market is like

dantucker · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
The following are considered third-party payer stakeholders: government, business, and health
insurance companies. Other politically active stakeholders are health care providers, recipients of
federal funding from the NIH, organizations and institutions that employ as well as educate health care
providers, and members of special interest groups.

Answer to Question 2

A
The two friends have selected pediatric nursing as their initial career path target, but they are not
comfortable with their past performance or comfortable when working with children. Since this
appears to be in conflict with their inner comfort or abilities, they should reevaluate the selection of
pediatric nursing before pursuing employment in this field in order to avoid job dissatisfaction and/or
anxiety.