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The nurse is identifying events that can shape the future of population health nursing practice for a group of nursing students. Which event should the nurse emphasize?
 
  1. International effort to eradicate smallpox.
  2. Prospective payment for nursing services.
  3. Surveillance of the CDC on population health.
  4. Threat of terrorism to harm the public's health.

Question 2

As part of a school assignment the graduate nursing student is reviewing documents that address population health nursing practice in the United States. Which document should the student emphasize as being the most current policy promulgated by the U.S.
 
  As part of a school assignment the graduate nursing student is reviewing documents that address population health nursing practice in the United States. Which document should the student emphasize as being the most current policy promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?
  1. Lalonde Report.
  2. Healthy People 2010.
  3. Future of Public Health.
  4. Declaration of Alma Alta.

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: 4
Explanation: 4. Terrorist threats and governmental focus on terrorism may serve to detract attention to overall population health. Population health nursing efforts will be focused on maintaining a balance between terrorist threats and safeguarding population health. Smallpox was eradicated in 1977, so international efforts are not geared toward this aspect of global health. DRGs emphasize prospective payment. Surveillance of the CDC focuses on diseases that affect population health, not population health nursing practice.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 2
Explanation: 2. Healthy People is the most current policy of the U.S. government to address improving the population health and targets population health nursing practice. The Lalonde Report addressed Canadian population health. The Future of Public Health is a document of the Institute of Medicine, which impacts population health but is not the national health policy. The Declaration of Alma Alta is an international document addressing primary health care.