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Chapter 19. Senior Health
Chapter 20. Family Health
Community Public Health Nursing 8th Edition by Unit 5: Vulnerable Populations
Chapter 21. Populations Affected by Disabilities
Nies, Melanie McEwen Test Bank Chapter 22. Veterans’ Health
Chapter 23. Homeless Populations
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 24. Rural and Migrant Health
Chapter 25. Populations Affected by Mental Illness
Unit 1: Introduction to Community Health Nursing
Chapter 1. Health: A Community View
Unit 6: Population Health Problems
Chapter 2. Historical Factors: Public Health Nursing in Context
Chapter 26. Communicable Disease
Chapter 3. Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice
Chapter 27. Substance Abuse
Chapter 4. Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
Chapter 28. Violence
Chapter 29. Natural and Man-Made Disasters
Unit 2: The Art and Science of Community Health Nursing
Chapter 5. Epidemiology
Unit 7: Community Health Settings
Chapter 6. Community Assessment
Chapter 30. School Health
Chapter 7. Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
Chapter 31. Occupational Health
Chapter 8. Community Health Education and Engagement 9. Case Management
Chapter 32. Forensic and Correctional Nursing
Chapter 33. Faith Community Nursing
Unit 3: Factors that Influence the Health of the Community
Chapter 34. Home Health and Hospice
Chapter 10. Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
Chapter 11. The Healthcare System
Chapter 12. Economics of Health Care
Chapter 13. Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
Chapter 14. Environmental Health
Chapter 15. Health in the Global Community
Unit 4: Aggregates in the Community
Chapter 16. Child and Adolescent Health
Chapter 17. Women’s Health
Chapter 18. Men’s Health
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Chapter 01: Health: A Community View our current health care delivery system, can also be instrumental in working politically to
Nies: Community/Public Health Nursing, 8th Edition create a health care delivery system that will meet health needs. While nurses are in several
current TV series and are employed both inside and outside of hospitals, physicians and other
health care providers are as well. Nurses are often managers, but managers often have other
MULTIPLE CHOICE backgrounds, such as business administration.
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
care?
a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care. 3. What conclusion can be drawn from examining where nurses are employed?
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system. a. There is a trend toward consolidation of health care into large central medical
c. Our national health care costs keep increasing. centers.
d. The new health care system offers free services to Americans. b. There is an increased emphasis on community-based health care.
ANS: C c. There is an obvious need to decrease health care costs by cutting positions.
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing costs, which d. Managed care organizations (MCOs) are employing nurses to improve customer relations.
cannot be sustained. The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of escalating
ANS: B
health care dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to
MCOs are employing nurses in many capacities. Although hospitals are closing and acute care
17.8% in 2015. Politicians and the media both influence Americans‘ perceptions about health
is increasingly found in central medical centers, the same trend may be seen in an increase in
care; however, they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new health
neighborhood-based practice centers. While positions are cut in most industries, health care is
care system will change the health care access and availability, but will not necessarily be
recognized as an area where growth in employment is expected. However, nurses are
offering any free services to Americans.
increasingly employed in community settings as opposed to hospitals. This change reflects the
move toward community-based care rather than hospital-based tertiary care. To help decrease
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
the continued rise in health care costs, the increased emphasis is on disease prevention rather
than high-cost treatment.
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why is this
involvement important?
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are currently very in American
visible media
4. Which ethical belief would be most helpful in the current health care crisis?
b. Nurses are primarily responsible for managing the various units in our health care
a. Emphasis should be on individual and corporation freedom in the marketplace.
system.
b. Emphasis should be on individual autonomy and freedom of choice.
c. Nurses are the largest segment of health care providers.
c. Emphasis should be on social justice and collective responsibility.
d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of hospitals.
d. Emphasis should be on the effectiveness of technology in resolving problems.
ANS: C
ANS: C
As the largest segment of health care providers, nurses are informed about the current health
Public health recognizes the necessity of collective action in keeping the environment safe and
care system and all the problems that result from people not seeking care until they are
in egalitarian tradition and vision. An overinvestment in technology and seeking of cures
desperately ill. Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA) emphasize, usually
within the market justice system has stifled the evolution of a health system to protect and
believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. Therefore, nurses, whose work is central to
preserve the health of the population. Although individual autonomy and freedom of choice
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Chapter 19. Senior Health
Chapter 20. Family Health
Community Public Health Nursing 8th Edition by Unit 5: Vulnerable Populations
Chapter 21. Populations Affected by Disabilities
Nies, Melanie McEwen Test Bank Chapter 22. Veterans’ Health
Chapter 23. Homeless Populations
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 24. Rural and Migrant Health
Chapter 25. Populations Affected by Mental Illness
Unit 1: Introduction to Community Health Nursing
Chapter 1. Health: A Community View
Unit 6: Population Health Problems
Chapter 2. Historical Factors: Public Health Nursing in Context
Chapter 26. Communicable Disease
Chapter 3. Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice
Chapter 27. Substance Abuse
Chapter 4. Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
Chapter 28. Violence
Chapter 29. Natural and Man-Made Disasters
Unit 2: The Art and Science of Community Health Nursing
Chapter 5. Epidemiology
Unit 7: Community Health Settings
Chapter 6. Community Assessment
Chapter 30. School Health
Chapter 7. Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
Chapter 31. Occupational Health
Chapter 8. Community Health Education and Engagement 9. Case Management
Chapter 32. Forensic and Correctional Nursing
Chapter 33. Faith Community Nursing
Unit 3: Factors that Influence the Health of the Community
Chapter 34. Home Health and Hospice
Chapter 10. Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
Chapter 11. The Healthcare System
Chapter 12. Economics of Health Care
Chapter 13. Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
Chapter 14. Environmental Health
Chapter 15. Health in the Global Community
Unit 4: Aggregates in the Community
Chapter 16. Child and Adolescent Health
Chapter 17. Women’s Health
Chapter 18. Men’s Health
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Chapter 01: Health: A Community View our current health care delivery system, can also be instrumental in working politically to
Nies: Community/Public Health Nursing, 8th Edition create a health care delivery system that will meet health needs. While nurses are in several
current TV series and are employed both inside and outside of hospitals, physicians and other
health care providers are as well. Nurses are often managers, but managers often have other
MULTIPLE CHOICE backgrounds, such as business administration.
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
care?
a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care. 3. What conclusion can be drawn from examining where nurses are employed?
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system. a. There is a trend toward consolidation of health care into large central medical
c. Our national health care costs keep increasing. centers.
d. The new health care system offers free services to Americans. b. There is an increased emphasis on community-based health care.
ANS: C c. There is an obvious need to decrease health care costs by cutting positions.
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing costs, which d. Managed care organizations (MCOs) are employing nurses to improve customer relations.
cannot be sustained. The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of escalating
ANS: B
health care dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to
MCOs are employing nurses in many capacities. Although hospitals are closing and acute care
17.8% in 2015. Politicians and the media both influence Americans‘ perceptions about health
is increasingly found in central medical centers, the same trend may be seen in an increase in
care; however, they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new health
neighborhood-based practice centers. While positions are cut in most industries, health care is
care system will change the health care access and availability, but will not necessarily be
recognized as an area where growth in employment is expected. However, nurses are
offering any free services to Americans.
increasingly employed in community settings as opposed to hospitals. This change reflects the
move toward community-based care rather than hospital-based tertiary care. To help decrease
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
the continued rise in health care costs, the increased emphasis is on disease prevention rather
than high-cost treatment.
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why is this
involvement important?
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are currently very in American
visible media
4. Which ethical belief would be most helpful in the current health care crisis?
b. Nurses are primarily responsible for managing the various units in our health care
a. Emphasis should be on individual and corporation freedom in the marketplace.
system.
b. Emphasis should be on individual autonomy and freedom of choice.
c. Nurses are the largest segment of health care providers.
c. Emphasis should be on social justice and collective responsibility.
d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of hospitals.
d. Emphasis should be on the effectiveness of technology in resolving problems.
ANS: C
ANS: C
As the largest segment of health care providers, nurses are informed about the current health
Public health recognizes the necessity of collective action in keeping the environment safe and
care system and all the problems that result from people not seeking care until they are
in egalitarian tradition and vision. An overinvestment in technology and seeking of cures
desperately ill. Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA) emphasize, usually
within the market justice system has stifled the evolution of a health system to protect and
believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. Therefore, nurses, whose work is central to
preserve the health of the population. Although individual autonomy and freedom of choice
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