The general approach to protecting the public includes ensuring a level of competency among health care professionals. Licensure is a 1. Formal recognition of a person as a professional with competence 2. Voluntary approach to quality control 3. Contract between the profession and the state 4. Mechanism by which a state government agency grants corporate […]
According to the Institute of Medicine, quality health care is 1. Licensed—all health care workers must have a license 2. Safe— avoiding injuries to patients from the care intended to help them 3. Timely—no waiting or delay for health care 4. Innovative—new innovations must be used when they become available ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 2 […]
There are two approaches to quality improvement, general and specific. The specific approach includes methods used to 1. Evaluate an agency’s ability to meet criteria or standards 2. Manage a health care delivery system 3. Provide care to individual citizens 4. Using criteria set forth by regulatory agencies ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 2 The specific […]
The National Health Quality Report (NHQR) is a collaborative effort among agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services. The purpose of the NHQR is 1. Reporting on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s goal for the year 2. To describe the yearly activities of the agency 3. To ensure national quality of […]
Which of the following is an area of public health nursing interventions for quality-oriented health care? 1. Health teaching 2. Debating 3. Disease eradication 4. Policy reversal ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 1 Health teaching is an area of public health nursing interventions.
After a need and a client demand for a program have been determined through the needs assessment process, the next step in the development of the program is to choose a procedural method that will assist the nurse in planning the program to be offered. Which of the following are possible planning methods? Select all […]
A study designed to measure the quality of a program as it relates to cost is a 1. Cost-accounting study 2. Cost-benefit study 3. Cost-effectiveness study 4. Cost-efficiency study ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 3 A study designed to measure the quality of a program as it relates to cost is a cost-effectiveness study.
The application of quality improvement strategies comprises six areas of performance. They include 1. Providing appropriate and effective care if possible 2. Elevating access barriers 3. Reducing unjustified geographic variation in care 4. Application of managed care to all citizens ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 3 Leatherman and McCarthy state that the application of quality improvement […]
The monitoring of program activities, such as hours of service, number of providers used, number of referrals made, and amount of money spent to meet program objectives, is an example of which of the aspects of program evaluation? 1. Relevance 2. Progress 3. Efficiency 4. Effectiveness ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 2 The monitoring of program […]
A study used to assess the desirability of a program by examining costs and benefits is a 1. Cost-accounting study 2. Cost-benefit study 3. Cost-effectiveness study 4. Cost-efficiency study ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 2 A study used to assess the desirability of a program by examining costs and benefits is a cost benefit study. […]
