COMMUNITYAND
PUBLICHEALTHNURSING
EvidenceforPractice
3RD EDITION
BYDEMARCO&WALSH
TEST BANK
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,TESTBANK:CommunityandPublicHealthNursing3rd EditionDeMarco PL &Walsh
Contents:
Chapter1:PublicHealth Nursing:Present, Past, andFuture
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Chapter2: PublicHealth Systems PL
Chapter3: HealthPolicy, Politics, andReform
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Chapter4:Global Health: ACommunityPerspective
Chapter5:Frameworks forHealthPromotion, DiseasePrevention, and RiskReduction
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Chapter6: Epidemiology: TheScienceofPrevention PL
Chapter7: DescribingHealth Conditions: Understanding and UsingRates
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Chapter8: GatheringEvidence forPublicHealth Practice
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Chapter9: Planningfor CommunityChange
Chapter10:CulturalCompetence: Awareness,Sensitivity, and Respect
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Chapter11: CommunityAssessment
Chapter12: CareManagement,Case Management, andHome Healthcare
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Chapter13: FamilyAssessment
Chapter14: Risk ofInfectiousandCommunicable Diseases
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Chapter15: Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Chapter16: Violenceand Abuse
Chapter17: SubstanceUse
Chapter18: Underserved Populations
Chapter19: Environmental Health
Chapter20:CommunityPreparedness:DisasterandTerrorism
Chapter21:CommunityMental Health PL
Chapter22: School Health
Chapter23: Faith-OrientedCommunities and Health MinistriesinFaithCommunities
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Chapter24: Palliativeand End-of-LifeCare
Chapter25: Occupational Health Nursing
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Test Bank Origin:
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PublicHealthNursing:
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1. Anurseis strivingtopracticepatient-centeredcareatahospital.Whichaction
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bestexemplifies providingpatient-centered care?
A) Havingaclientcompleteaself-reported functionalstatusindicatorand
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thenreviewingit with the client
B) Explainingtoaclientthebenefitsofcomputer-assisted robotic L
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surgicaltechniques, which the hospital
recentlyimplemented
C) Recordingaclient'ssignsandsymptoms inanelectronichealthrecord PL
D) Performingcontinuous glucosemonitoringof PL PL
a client whiletheclientis in thehospital
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Ans: A
Feedback:
Patient-centeredcareconsidersculturaltraditions,personalpreferences,values,families,
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and lifestyles.Clientsbecomeactiveparticipants in theirowncare,and monitoringhealth
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becomestheclient's responsibility. To help clients andtheirhealthcare PL
providersmake
betterdecisions,theAgencyforHealthcareResearch andQuality(AHRQ)hasdeveloped a PL
series oftoolsthatempowerclients and assist providers in achieving desired outcomes,
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including client-reported functional status indicators.Computer-
assistedroboticsurgical techniques,electronichealth records,andcontinuous glucose
monitoring in the hospital
arealltechnologicaladvancesinhealthcare,buttheydonothelptheclient becomeamore
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activeparticipantinhis orhercare, and thusarenot good examples ofpatient-centered PL PL
care.
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2. Anurseiscaringforanolderclientwhoisstrugglingtomanagehertype2diabetes
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mellitus. Thenurseshould recognize which social determinants of this
client's health?(Select all that apply.)
A) Householdincome of$23,000per year PL
B) Readinglevel ofathirdgrader
C) Medicationineffectiveduetoerrorinprescription
D) Originallyfrom Sudan PL
E) No familyin
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Feedback:
The social conditions inwhichpeople live, their income, social status, education,
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literacy, home and work environment, support networks, gender, culture, and
availabilityof healthservices arethesocial determinants ofhealth. These conditions
have an impacton theextenttowhichaperson or communitypossessesthephysical, PL
social,andpersonal resources necessaryto attain and maintain health. Amedicalerroron PL PL
thepartoftheclient's primarycareproviderornursewould not constitute asocial PL
determinant of the client's health.
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3. Anursesuccessfullypersuades an obese client to perform a weeklyweigh-
in at
homeusingadigitalscaleand recordtheweightin alog.Thisstrategyisan example of:
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A) Telehealth
B) Healthinformation technology
C) Personal responsibilityforhealth
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D) Evidence-based
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Feedback:
Personal responsibilityforhealth involves active participation in one's own health
through education andlifestyle changes. In thiscase, theclientmakes
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apositivechangein lifestyle bymonitoring bodyweight weekly. Telehealth is the
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useofelectronic information and telecommunications technologies to support
long-distance clinical healthcare, client and professional health-related
education, public health, and health administration. Health information
technology(HIT) is defined as the comprehensive management of health
information and its exchange between consumers, providers,
government,andinsurersinasecuremanner.Evidence-based nursingis the integrationof the
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best evidence availablewithclinicalexpertiseandthevalues ofthe client toincrease the
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qualityof care.
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4. Anurseperforms a varietyoftasks as part ofthenurse's position at ahospital.
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Whichtask best exemplifies public health?
A) Readingcurrentnursingjournalsandintegratingthelatestresearchinto PL PL
dailypractice
B) Instructingaclienton howtobestcareforasuturesiteathome
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C) Participatinginavideoconferencecall with aclient wholivesin aremotearea PL PL PL
D) Facilitating acommunity-widesmokingcessation program one month out
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of theyear
Ans: D
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Public health is what societydoes collectivelyto ensure the conditionsexist inwhich
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people canbehealthy.Acommunity-widesmokingcessationprogram isagreatexample
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ofapublichealth intervention,in thatit involves thecollectiveeffort ofsocietytoimprove the
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health ofits members.Reading and applyingthe latest nursing researchisanexample
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ofevidence-basednursing.Instructing aclientonhowto bestcareforasuturesiteathome is an PL PL PL PL
exampleofpersonalresponsibilityforhealth,butit isnot focused onthe health ofthe greater
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community. Participatinginavideoconferencecall with a client who lives in a PL PL PL
remotearea is an example ofpatient-centered care and of an PL PL
effectiveimplementation of technology, but itisnot particularlyrelated
topublichealth.
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