Author Question: Nursing's Agenda for Health Care Reform suggested that more nurses be supported as primary care ... (Read 132 times)

KimWrice · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Nursing's Agenda for Health Care Reform suggested that more nurses be supported as primary care providers. What did the legislation in 1997 that was a step toward this goal allow?

A. All advanced practice nurses to receive third-party reimbursement under Medicare and Medicaid
B. Local health departments to employ nurses solely to teach certain high-risk aggregates how to avoid health problems
C. Physicians to employ additional nurses in their practice just to teach patients how to be compliant to physician prescriptions
D. State governments to pay public health nurses to create health promotion projects for communities

Question 2

Why do public health departments try to prevent illnesses in the community but do not treat or care for ill patients?

A. Ill people prefer to get care from physicians or in hospitals.
B. People do not trust public health department personnel.
C. Physicians voiced opposition for fear of loss of income.
D. Visiting nurses associations were trying to be absorbed by health departments.