Author Question: A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why is this ... (Read 71 times)

big1devin · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why is this involvement important?

a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are currently very visible in American media.
b. Nurses are primarily responsible for managing the various units in our health care system.
c. Nurses are the largest group of health care providers.
d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of hospitals.

Question 2

A nurse reviewed information before meeting with the community residents who were attending a program on healthful living. Which of the following best describes the action by the nurse?

a. Disease prevention
b. Health promotion
c. Health improvement
d. Specific protection

Mochi · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
As the largest group of health care providers, nurses are informed about the current health care system and all the problems that result from people not seeking care until they are desperately ill. Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA) emphasize, usually believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. Therefore, nurses, whose work is central to our current health care delivery system, can also be instrumental in working politically to create a health care delivery system that will meet health needs. While nurses are in several current TV series and are employed both inside and outside of hospitals, physicians and other health care providers are as well. Nurses are often managers, but managers often have other backgrounds, such as business administration.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Health promotion is any combination of health education and related support for health behaviors. It is not specific protection or disease prevention because no specific disease is being avoided. Although healthful living may indeed improve health, there is nothing to suggest the attendees were not currently healthy.