A nurse is working with a community to decrease the occurrence of ...

[maychende]

A nurse is working with a community to decrease the occurrence of influenza. Which of the fol-lowing U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS; or simply HHS) goals is be-ing applied?
 
  a. Strengthen Health Care
  b. Advance the Health, Safety, and Well-being of the American People
  c. Increase Efficiency, Transparency, Ac-countability, and Effectiveness of HHS Programs
  d. Advance Scientific Knowledge and In-novation

Question 2

The number of uninsured Americans has dramatically increased because:
 
  a. Medicare took over payment of health care costs.
  b. with a declining population, the costs for health care rose.
  c. nursing salaries greatly increased, causing health care costs to rise.
  d. health insurance coverage was dropped from employment-based health plans.

[Mochi]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
One of the objectives of Advance the Health, Safety, and Well-being of the American People is to reduce the occurrence of infectious diseases. The goal of Strengthen Health Care focuses on improving health care services, quality, and coverage. The goal of Increase Efficiency, Transpar-ency, Accountability, and Effectiveness of HHS Programs focuses on improving programming and application of found data. The goal of Advance Scientific Knowledge and Innovation fo-cuses on scientific discovery and application of the new knowledge.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Although the majority of Americans continue to obtain health insurance from their employer as a benefit, employment does not guarantee insurance. Employer-sponsored health insurance is sensi-tive to both the general economy and changes in health insurance premiums. As costs for insur-ance premiums rose, employers either shifted more of these costs to their employees or declined to offer employment-based health coverage at all. Medicare provides coverage only to the elderly and other special populations. The costs for health care are continuing to rise regardless of the size of the population. There has not been a significant change to nursing salaries, and a change in nursing salaries would not impact the number of uninsured Americans.

[maychende]

Excellent

[connor417]

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