COMMUNITYANDPUBLIC
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HEALTH NURSING 10TH
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EDITION, RECTOR
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(CHAPTERS 1- 30)
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,Chapter1TheJourneyBegins:Introduction
1. After @teaching @a @group @of @nursing @students @about @the @similarities @and @differences
@between @publichealth @and @community @health, @which @of @the @following @statements @by @a
@nursingstudentwouldindicateknowledgeofthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenpublic
@health @and @community @health?
A) “Communityhealthnursingisdefinedas
nursingcarethatisprovidedinacommunitysetting,ratherthananinstitutionalsetting.”
B) “Publichealthnursingisdefinedasnursingcarethatisprovidedinaninstitutional
setting.”
C) “Publichealthnursingisfocusedonthe
@health @of @individuals.”
D) “Communityhealthnursingcanshapethequalityofcommunityhealthservicesand
@improve @the @healthof @the @general @public.”
Ans:DFeedback:
Operating @within @an @environment @of @rapid @change @and @increasingly @complex
@challenges,
@thisnursingspecialtyholdsthepotentialtoshapethequalityofcommunityhealthservices @and
improvethehealthofthegeneralpublic.
2. Whichofthefollowingstatementswouldbest
describethedifferencebetweenpublichealthnursingandcommunityhealthnursing?
A) Publichealthnursingisfocusedontheprivateaspectsofhealth,andcommunityhealth @nursing
@isfocused @on @the @public @aspects @of
health.
B) Inourtextbook,thetermcommunityhealthpracticereferstoafocusonspecific,
@designatedcommunities @and @is @apart @of @the
largerpublichealtheffort.
C) Publichealthnursingandcommunityhealthnursingrelatetotheverysametypesof
@services @andperspectives.
D) Bothpublichealthnursingandcommunityhealthnursingarepracticed
@exclusively @withininstitutions.
Ans:BFeedback:
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, E) Theglobalcommunity
F) Smallruraltownin @anorthernstateC)NationalprofessionalorganizationD)
@Countiesaddressing @waterpollution @Ans: @C
Feedback:
Acommon-interestcommunitysharesacommoninterestorgoal @thatbindsthemembers
@together.Membershipinanationalprofessionalorganizationisoneexample.Theglobal
@communityanda @small @rural @town @in @a @northern @state @would @be @examplesof @a
@geographic @community. @Counties @addressingawaterpollutionproblemwouldbe
@anexample
ofacommunityofsolution.
3. Thenurseisworkingwithacommunityofsolution.Whichofthefollowingwould @the
@nurseexpectto @find?
A) Ahealthproblemaffectingthegroup
B) Commongoal @bindingmemberstogether
C) Sharingofasimilargoal
D) Locational
@boundariesAns:A
@Feedback:
Acommunityofsolutioninvolvesagroupofpeoplecomingtogethertosolveaproblem
thataffectsthem.Acommon-interestcommunityinvolvesacollectionofpeoplewidely
@scatteredgeographicallywhohaveaninterestorgoalthatbindsthemembers @together.
Ageographicalcommunityisonedefinedbyitsgeographicalorlocational @boundaries.
4. Whichoneofthefollowingstatementsmadebyastudentwouldthenurseeducator
@recognize @asevidence @that @a @student
understandsthehealthcontinuum?
A) Thedistinctionbetweenhealthandillnessiswelldemarcated.
B) Illnessreferstoastateofbeingrelativelyunhealthy.
C) Thetermhealthislimitedtoreflectanindividual'sstate.
D) Treatment @of @acute @conditions
@reflectsthecurrentfocusofhealthcare.
@Ans:B
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Although @society @typically @depicts @an @absolute @line @of @difference @between @being
@either @well @orill, @health @isconsideredarelativeterm.Thus, @illness @isviewedas @a @state @of
@being @relativelyunhealthy.Healthistypicallydescribedasacontinuumthatinvolvesarangeof
degreesfromoptimalhealth @atoneendtototaldisabilityor @death @attheother.Thelineof @demarcation
@is @not @clear. @Health @appliesto @individuals, @families, @andcommunities.
Traditionally,mosthealthcarehasfocusedonthe