Author Question: A nurse provides health services for women and children in the community. Which of the fol-lowing ... (Read 44 times)

fagboi · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

A nurse provides health services for women and children in the community. Which of the fol-lowing provides the provisions to offer these services?

a. Sheppard-Towner Act
b. Public Protection of Maternity and Infan-cy program
c. Early Periodic Screening and Develop-mental Testing (EPSDT) program
d. Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program

Question 2

A nurse is working for the federal government to provide for the protection of the public's health. Which of the following actions would the nurse most likely complete?

a. Interpreting decisions related to women's right to privacy
b. Setting up immunization clinics for small-pox vaccine
c. Regulating nursing at the state level
d. Monitoring the influx of disease at the borders

millet · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
The Sheppard-Towner Act also offered well-child and child-development services, provided ad-equate hospital services and facilities for women and children, and provided grants-in-aid for es-tablishing maternal and child welfare programs. The Sheppard-Towner Act defined the role of the federal government in creating standards to be followed by states in conducting categorical programs, such as WIC and EPSDT programs.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The United States Constitution gives the federal government the authority to provide for the protection of the public's health. By monitoring the influx of disease at the borders the public's health is being protected. Interpreting decisions does not support the protection of the public's health. Smallpox has been eradicated so it would not be necessary to set up immunization clinics. Regulation of nursing at the state level does not support protection of the public's health by the federal government.