TEST BANK for Foundations for
Population Health in Community/Public
Health Nursing 6th Edition by Marcia
Stanhope & Jeanette Lancaster
COMPLETE CHAPTERS WITH RATIONALES| A+ PASS
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, Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Community and Prevention Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health
Chapter 2. The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing
Chapter 3. The Changing U.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems
Chapter 4. Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice
Chapter 5. Cultural Influences in Nursing in Community Health
Chapter 6. Environmental Health
Chapter 7. Government, the Law, and Policy Activism
Chapter 8. Economic Influences
Chapter 9. Epidemiological Applications
Chapter 10. Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 11. Using Health Education and Groups in the Community
Chapter 12. Community Assessment and Evaluation
Chapter 13. Case Management
Chapter 14. Disaster Management
Chapter 15. Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
Chapter 16. Program Management
Chapter 17. Managing Quality and Safety
Chapter 18. Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment
Chapter 19. Family Health Risks
Chapter 20. Health Risks Across the Life Span
Chapter 21. Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations: An Overview
Chapter 22. Rural Health and Migrant Health
Chapter 23. Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness
Chapter 24. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community
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,Chapter 25. Violence and Human Abuse
Chapter 26. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Chapter 27. HIV Infection, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Chapter 28. Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health
Chapter 29. The Faith Community Nurse
Chapter 30. The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice
Chapter 31. The Nurse in the Schools
Chapter 32. The Nurse in Occupational Health
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, Chapter 01: Public Health Nursing and Population Health
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which statement best describes community-based nursing?
a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families.
b. Providing care with a focus on the group‘s needs.
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate‘s needs.
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care.
ACCURATE ANSWER: A
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is provided for ―sick‖
individuals and families where they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic
care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous care. These nurses may be
generalists or specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric, adult, or psychiatric mental health nursing.
Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, rather than
focusing on groups, aggregates, or systems.
2. Which statement best describes the goal of community-oriented nursing?
a. Providing care to individuals and families
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease
ACCURATE ANSWER: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health
and preventing disease to promote the quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families,
give direct care to ill persons within their family setting, and help manage acute or chronic conditions.
These definitions are not specific to community-oriented nursing.
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
a. Families and groups
b. Illness-oriented care
c. Individuals within the family unit
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Population Health in Community/Public
Health Nursing 6th Edition by Marcia
Stanhope & Jeanette Lancaster
COMPLETE CHAPTERS WITH RATIONALES| A+ PASS
Page 1 of 381
, Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Community and Prevention Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health
Chapter 2. The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing
Chapter 3. The Changing U.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems
Chapter 4. Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice
Chapter 5. Cultural Influences in Nursing in Community Health
Chapter 6. Environmental Health
Chapter 7. Government, the Law, and Policy Activism
Chapter 8. Economic Influences
Chapter 9. Epidemiological Applications
Chapter 10. Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 11. Using Health Education and Groups in the Community
Chapter 12. Community Assessment and Evaluation
Chapter 13. Case Management
Chapter 14. Disaster Management
Chapter 15. Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
Chapter 16. Program Management
Chapter 17. Managing Quality and Safety
Chapter 18. Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment
Chapter 19. Family Health Risks
Chapter 20. Health Risks Across the Life Span
Chapter 21. Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations: An Overview
Chapter 22. Rural Health and Migrant Health
Chapter 23. Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness
Chapter 24. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community
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,Chapter 25. Violence and Human Abuse
Chapter 26. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Chapter 27. HIV Infection, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Chapter 28. Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health
Chapter 29. The Faith Community Nurse
Chapter 30. The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice
Chapter 31. The Nurse in the Schools
Chapter 32. The Nurse in Occupational Health
Page 3 of 381
, Chapter 01: Public Health Nursing and Population Health
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which statement best describes community-based nursing?
a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families.
b. Providing care with a focus on the group‘s needs.
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate‘s needs.
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care.
ACCURATE ANSWER: A
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is provided for ―sick‖
individuals and families where they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic
care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous care. These nurses may be
generalists or specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric, adult, or psychiatric mental health nursing.
Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, rather than
focusing on groups, aggregates, or systems.
2. Which statement best describes the goal of community-oriented nursing?
a. Providing care to individuals and families
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease
ACCURATE ANSWER: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health
and preventing disease to promote the quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families,
give direct care to ill persons within their family setting, and help manage acute or chronic conditions.
These definitions are not specific to community-oriented nursing.
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
a. Families and groups
b. Illness-oriented care
c. Individuals within the family unit
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