NURS 420 Community Health Practice
Test Questions With Complete Solutions
1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
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a. A philosophy that guides family-centered illness care
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b. Providing care with a focus on the group's needs
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c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate's needs
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d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-a. A philosophy that guides family-centered illness care
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2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
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a.
Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families
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b.
,Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
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c.
Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
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d.
Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-D. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
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3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
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a.
Families and groups
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b.
,Illness-oriented care |
c.
Individuals within the family unit
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d.
Promotion of quality of life - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. Promotion of quality of life
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Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy
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during the twentieth century?
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a.
Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
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b.
, Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
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c.
Sanitation and other public health activities
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d.
Use of antibiotics to fight infections - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Sanitation and
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other public health activities
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A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the
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community. Which of the following interventions would most likely be
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implemented by the nurse?
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a.
Increase the community's knowledge about hospice care.
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Test Questions With Complete Solutions
1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
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a. A philosophy that guides family-centered illness care
| | | | | | |
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 - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-a. A philosophy that guides family-centered illness care
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2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
| | | | | | | |
a.
Focusing on the provision of 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.
Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-D. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
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3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
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a.
Families and groups
| |
b.
,Illness-oriented care |
c.
Individuals within the family unit
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d.
Promotion of quality of life - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. Promotion of quality of life
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Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy
| | | | | | | | | | | |
during the twentieth century?
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a.
Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
| | | | | | | |
b.
, Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
| | | | |
c.
Sanitation and other public health activities
| | | | |
d.
Use of antibiotics to fight infections - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Sanitation and
| | | | | | | | | |
other public health activities
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A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the
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community. Which of the following interventions would most likely be
| | | | | | | | | |
implemented by the nurse?
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a.
Increase the community's knowledge about hospice care.
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