Deck 9: Health Care Organizations

Question 1

A social determinant of health:

A) Is predictable of acuity.
B) Is biologic and genetic endowment.
C) Is related mainly to the psychological environment.
D) Has little impact on health status.

Answer 1

Is biologic and genetic endowment.

Question 2

Who is responsible for providing health care funding for recent immigrants?

A) Local institutions.
B) Canada's Immigrant Council.
C) Federal Government.
D) Provincial Government.

Answer 2

Federal Government.

Question 3

The Canadian Classification of Health Interventions database was created for:

A) Physicians.
B) Registered nurses.
C) Unregulated health care providers.
D) All health provider groups.

Answer 3

All health provider groups.

Question 4

Which criterion of the Canada Health Act prohibits user charges or extra billing?

A) Universality.
B) Accessibility.
C) Public administration.
D) universality.

Question 5

According to the World Health Organization's (1978)definition,primary health care is considered:

A) The entry point into the health care system.
B) An institution-based health care service.
C) To empower people to be responsible for their own health.
D) To focus mainly on acute care treatment.

Question 6

The largest percentage of health care costs is spent on

A) Hospitals.
B) Medications.
C) Physicians.
D) Unregulated health care workers.

Question 7

A nurse manager at a home health care service has resigned to take a position at a local ambulatory care centre.To initiate current changes,the nurse manager has to be knowledgeable about the differences between a home health care institution and an ambulatory care centre,which is a primary care institution.Primary care institutions are facilities that provide:

A) Rehabilitative or long-term care.
B) Disease-restorative care.
C) First access to care.
D) Only outpatient services.

Question 8

In Canada,which of the following has the most authority over the management and delivery of health care?

A) Hospital board of directors.
B) Regional health boards.
C) Provincial government.
D) Federal government.

Question 9

Which of the following is a key function associated with the Canadian health care system?

A) Financing.
B) Accessibility.
C) Implementation of insurance programs.
D) Universality.

Question 10

Which province or territory was projected to spend the most,per person,on health care in 2016?

A) Saskatchewan.
B) British Columbia.
C) Prince Edward Island.
D) Northwest Territories.

Question 11

Which of the following has placed considerable strain on the Canadian health care system?

A) Decreasing costs.
B) A stable economy.
C) Increase in elderly population.
D) Status quo health care services.

Question 12

Instituting similarities in services across health care regions among provinces and territories is considerably complex because of:

A) A lack of knowledge and skill in their associated use.
B) The vast geographic areas present in the Canadian landscape.
C) Minimal diversity in provincial health care needs.
D) An inability to accurately reflect exact cost per service provided.

Question 13

Which response is not a tenet of Strengths-Based Nursing Leadership?

A) Understands the significance of subjective reality and created meaning.
B) Values self-determination.
C) Resides within the organization.
D) Recognizes the uniqueness of staff,nurse leaders,and the organization.

Question 14

An academic teaching hospital that provides care for patients who require inpatient and ambulatory care for addictions,through a spectrum of wellness and illness services and providers,would be considered:

A) A health care network.
B) A tertiary care institution.
C) Rehabilitative.
D) Long-term care.

Question 15

Samuel,a 4-year-old boy,has just received a diagnosis in the clinic of an extremely rare medical condition.The family is counselled that Samuel will be referred to which type of care?

A) Primary.
B) Secondary.
C) Tertiary.
D) Quaternary.

Question 16

What was the main purpose of the establishment of the Health Council of Canada in 2011?

A) Assess health and human resource allocation.
B) Monitor the progress of health care reform.
C) Evaluate the duplication in current scopes of practice.
D) Integrate technology in acute care institutions.

Question 17

Which province or territory spends the highest percentage of its federal budget on health care?

A) Quebec.
B) Ontario.
C) British Columbia.
D) New Brunswick.

Question 18

An example of additional health care services is:

A) Dental cleaning and checkup.
B) Annual Papanicolaou (Pap)smear.
C) Childhood immunizations.
D) Hospital room costs.

Question 19

The Office of Nursing Policy is an advisory body for:

A) The Canadian Nurses Association.
B) The Canada Health Act Implementation Committee.
C) Health Canada.
D) Provincial and territorial ministries of health.

Question 20

The Canada Health Act (1985)establishes the criteria for:

A) Provincial health care funding priorities.
B) Nurse-to-patient ratios.
C) Hospital accreditation standards.
D) Federal financial support of a national health care insurance system.

Question 21

Implementing electronic health records (EHRs)and other health information technology as widely as possible in Canada is to ensure: (Select all that apply.)

A) Delivery of better quality of care.
B) Delivery of more efficient health services.
C) Reducing errors.
D) Reducing health care costs.

Question 22

Which of the following recommendations are included in the First Ministers' A 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care (2004)? (Select all that apply.)

A) Increase funds for the supply of health care professionals.
B) Implement primary health care.
C) Introduce the use of electronic records.
D) Develop primary care.

Question 23

Expanding the scope of practice for nurses is expected to? (Select all that apply.)

A) Reduce the number of unregulated care workers.
B) Improve access to care.
C) Increase work efficiency.
D) Alleviate the costs of delivering care.

Question 24

Canada's regulated nursing workforce was the slowest in 10 years in 2017 at 0.7% compared to 1.3% to 2.8% over the past decade.This decline is related to which of the following factors? (Select all that apply.)

A) Increase in part-time and casual positions.
B) Growing number leaving the profession late in their careers.
C) Increase in application to nursing degree programs.
D) Declining number of new nursing graduates.