Author Question: One of the expressed goals of Healthy People 2020 is to achieve health equity and eliminate ... (Read 111 times)

student77 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

One of the expressed goals of Healthy People 2020 is to achieve health equity and eliminate disparities. What health indicator can most accurately gauge whether this goal is being achieved?

A) Environmental quality
B) Injury and violence
C) Mental health
D) Access to healthcare services

Question 2

An elderly female client who resides in the community tends to defer decisions regarding her care to her eldest son. How should the community health nurse respond to the client's reluctance to make independent decisions?

A) Discuss this observation with the client and her son in an open manner and explore
alternatives.
B) Organize care so that it takes place at times when the son is not present in the home.
C) Accommodate this aspect of the client's family dynamics when planning and carrying out
care.
D) Teach the client assertiveness skills that she can apply in her interactions with her son.

tmlewis4706 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
Health equity is achieved when all Americans have equitable access to health
services and there a fewer disparities in health access and health outcomes. Environmental
quality, mental health and injury, and violence are important health indicators but these are less
directly indicative of health equity and the elimination of disparities.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
The nurse should respect the client's desire to organize her care in the way that she
prefers. It is not the responsibility of the nurse to reorganize or overcome this family's
dynamics.