EPP 101 (EPP 101)

1. A health care provider has charged more than what is allowed by a third-party payer. Which would most likely be the result? a. Provider may be removed from the list of providers for the third-party payer. b. The third-party payer will reexamine the payment for that procedure. c. Provider would get the typical payment instead of what was charged to the third-party payer. d. The third-party payer would be forced to increase its typical payment for that procedure. ANS: C Client service ...

1. A nurse has instructed a client several times what he needs to do to get better, but the client has not followed these instructions. Which offers the best explanation for this behavior? a. Barriers prevent action. b. The client does not understand. c. The client does not really care. d. Barriers prevent desire to change. ANS: A Often the patient is blamed and labeled as being noncompliant. It is more helpful to wonder what barriers interfered with the patient’s ability to engage in ...

1. An epidemiologist has written a summary of a food poisoning outbreak, including its cause and ways to prevent it from occurring in the future. Which best describes what has been done? a. Analytic epidemiology b. Descriptive epidemiology c. Prospective cohort study d. Retrospective cross-sectional survey ANS: B There are two principal types of epidemiology: (1) analytic epidemiology and (2) descriptive epidemiology. Descriptive epidemiology describes the amount and distribution of dise...

Chapter 04: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction Nies: Community/Public Health Nursing, 7th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A nurse reviewed information before meeting with the community residents who were attending a program on healthful living. Which best describes the action by the nurse? a. Disease prevention b. Health promotion c. Health improvement d. Specific protection ANS: B Health promotion is any combination of health education and related support for health behaviors. It is not ...

Which best describes how care can be appropriately given in a community?1.a.Provide individualized care to unique individuals as much as resources allow.b.Consider the community itself as the "client."c.Administer care according to the priorities of the local health department.d.Prioritize care for the sickest populations first.ANS: BAs it is clearly impossible and impractical to give service to each person in a community, thebest approach considers the community itself to be the unit of servi...

3. Which is a fairly recent surprise regarding infectious diseases in the United States? a. Cervical cancer and coronary artery disease may be caused by infectious agents. b. Epidemics such as the H1N1 flu continue to occur. c. Mortality caused by infectious diseases continues to rise. d. Some infectious diseases remain endemic in our society. ANS: A NURSINGTB.COM Community Public Health Nursing 7th Edition Nies Test Bank NU RS IN GT B.CO M Recent scientific discoveries on the infe...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which is the best definition of economics? a. Assets that can be traded for different assets b. Income and outgo of monies c. Science of allocation of resources d. Study of goods, services, talents, and transportation ANS: C Economics represents the science of allocation of resources. Resources are goods or services. The other definitions do not fully describe economics. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) 2. A client living in the 1920s received health ...

Chapter 26: Communicable Disease Nies: Community/Public Health Nursing, 7th Edition

CHAPTER 26: COMMUNICABLE DISEASE COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING