Which federal agency funds health services research on the ...

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Which federal agency funds health services research on the effectiveness of health care services and outcomes?
 
  a. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  b. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
  c. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  d. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Question 2

Choose a leadership style and provide three examples of how it positively impacts outcomes for staff nurses.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

When a health care organization manages the wide range of health care needs across health care settings and among different health care professionals, the organization is performing which of Starfield's (1988) four foundations of primary care?
 
  a. First Contact c. Longitudinality
  b. Comprehensiveness d. Coordination

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Answer to Question 1

C
The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) funds health services research on the
effectiveness of health care services and outcomes.

Answer to Question 2

Correct answer should include the following points:
o Positive outcomes such as job satisfaction, accountability, decreased job tension, organizational commitment, trust, and perceived unit care-quality is seen with transformational leadership and transactional leadership (transformational in greater amount).
o Leadership styles that focus on people and relationships were associated with higher nurse job satisfaction while the styles that focused on tasks were associated with lower satisfaction.

Answer to Question 3

B
According to Starfield (1998), Comprehensiveness involves managing the wide range of health care
needs, across health care settings and among different health care professionals.. First Contact
involves conducting the initial evaluation and defining the health dysfunction, treatment options, and
health needs. Longitudinality involves sustaining a patient-clinician relationship continuously over
time, and coordination involves building upon longitudinality.