Author Question: A nurse is consulting with a homeless family who has a 12-year-old disabled child. The nurse ... (Read 95 times)

rosent76 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A nurse is consulting with a homeless family who has a 12-year-old disabled child. The nurse suggests which of the following services to best assist with the child's health care needs?

1. Medicare
2. Medicaid
3. Long-term care insurance
4. An extended care faculty

Question 2

The student nurse is investigating different types of practice settings. In looking at community health nursing, the student recognizes that it:

1. Is the same as public health nursing
2. Focuses on the incidence of disease
3. Requires graduate-level educational preparation
4. Includes direct care and services to subpopulations

amandanbreshears · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 2
Medicaid is a federally funded, state-operated program that provides (1) health insurance to low-income families and (2) health assistance to low-income people with long-term care (LTC) disabilities.
Medicare is a financially funded national health insurance program in the United States for peo-ple 65 years and older.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 4
Community health nursing strives to safeguard and improve the health of populations in the community as well as providing direct care services to subpopulations within a community. Pub-lic health nursing is concerned with trends and patterns influencing the incidence of disease within populations. A community health nurse may be involved in direct client care for disease within a community. Public health nursing focuses on the needs of populations. Community health nursing has a broader focus, with an emphasis on the health of a community. The commu-nity health nurse merges public health knowledge with nursing theory. The community health nurse considers the needs of populations and is prepared to provide direct care services to sub-populations within a community. Nurses who become expert in community health practice may have advanced nursing degrees, yet the baccalaureate-prepared generalist also can become quite competent in formulating and applying population-focused assessments and interventions.