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segrsyd · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse working for a governmental agency is charged with establishing evaluation plans for the programs the agency oversees. To show the agency is meeting health-related objectives, the nurse would most likely compare the agency's outcomes to

a. benchmarks for health care at the local level.
b. budget guidelines imposed by Congress.
c. goals established in Healthy People 2020.
d. taxpayer satisfaction with health programs.

Question 2

A nurse is confused because a federal agency does not seem to be providing services according to the law. Another nurse explains that this can happen because

a. agencies do not work under any specific federal laws.
b. agency interpretation is needed to implement the law.
c. not all government agencies fall under specific laws.
d. there is considerable infighting among different agencies.

Tonyam972 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Healthy People is a blueprint to the nation's health, and many funding decisions are based on attempting to meet targets set forth in this document.
A federal agency would most likely look to national, not local, benchmarks when evaluating specific programs.
Staying within budget guidelines is important, but this does not give information about how well an agency is meeting health-related objectives.
Taxpayer satisfaction is certainly an important issue, but this would not allow evaluation on whether or not health-related goals have been met.

Answer to Question 2

B
Agencies are charged with implementation of law according to their interpretation of the intent of the law, and agencies can change their procedures without revising the original law. Often, interpretationand, hence, actionvaries according to the personnel at the agency.
Agencies do work that falls under their jurisdiction according to law, whether that is at the state or federal level.
All government agencies fall under the auspices of some law.
Agencies have specific established functions and so would not be fighting among themselves over how each agency should do its job.