NURS 4465 Quiz 1
Public health nurses (PHNs) know they must approach a public health issue with an
understanding of the related underlying risk factors to develop effective nursing
interventions. They evaluate these risk factors from two perspectives: - answer4.
Individual; population
If the international medical community was working to contain several worldwide
pandemics, they would look to the World Health Organization (WHO), which is: -
answer4. All of the above
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), now known as the Health and Medicine Division (HMD)
of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, stated in their
report, The Future of the Public's Health, that there are three core functions that society
carries out to collectively support the optimum conditions for public health. Which one of
the following is not one of these functions? - answer1. Prevention
With aging, there is an increased prevalence of both noncommunicable (chronic) and
communicable disease (NCD). The most pressing issue from a public health
perspective based on this increase is: - answer1. An increased demand for long-term
care
The PHN completed a community assessment and found that the obesity rate in one of
the neighborhoods was higher than the other neighborhoods in the county. She
suspects that this is partially due to limited access to full-service grocery stores and a
lack of dedicated safe venues for exercise. Assuming her conclusion is correct, what
category or categories of determinants of health would these issues within the
community fall into? - answer1. Upstream determinants of health
Diversity refers to all of but which of these concepts? - answer4.
Environment
Based on recent studies on risk for disease, the nurse working in a primary care clinic in
a poorer urban community decides to develop an educational program on the
importance of including whole grains, fruits and vegetables in her patient's diets. To help
guide the development of her program she first reviews the availability of fresh fruits and
vegetables in the community. Her decision to gather information on these factors best
reflects the________? - answer2. Social determinants of health
The school nurse in a school district in southwestern Texas is working with the school
cafeteria to revise their healthy choices menus for the school year. They have used as
their guide the 2012 national law that calls for school lunch programs to have larger
portions of fruits and vegetables, less sodium, and no trans fats. To help increase the
Public health nurses (PHNs) know they must approach a public health issue with an
understanding of the related underlying risk factors to develop effective nursing
interventions. They evaluate these risk factors from two perspectives: - answer4.
Individual; population
If the international medical community was working to contain several worldwide
pandemics, they would look to the World Health Organization (WHO), which is: -
answer4. All of the above
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), now known as the Health and Medicine Division (HMD)
of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, stated in their
report, The Future of the Public's Health, that there are three core functions that society
carries out to collectively support the optimum conditions for public health. Which one of
the following is not one of these functions? - answer1. Prevention
With aging, there is an increased prevalence of both noncommunicable (chronic) and
communicable disease (NCD). The most pressing issue from a public health
perspective based on this increase is: - answer1. An increased demand for long-term
care
The PHN completed a community assessment and found that the obesity rate in one of
the neighborhoods was higher than the other neighborhoods in the county. She
suspects that this is partially due to limited access to full-service grocery stores and a
lack of dedicated safe venues for exercise. Assuming her conclusion is correct, what
category or categories of determinants of health would these issues within the
community fall into? - answer1. Upstream determinants of health
Diversity refers to all of but which of these concepts? - answer4.
Environment
Based on recent studies on risk for disease, the nurse working in a primary care clinic in
a poorer urban community decides to develop an educational program on the
importance of including whole grains, fruits and vegetables in her patient's diets. To help
guide the development of her program she first reviews the availability of fresh fruits and
vegetables in the community. Her decision to gather information on these factors best
reflects the________? - answer2. Social determinants of health
The school nurse in a school district in southwestern Texas is working with the school
cafeteria to revise their healthy choices menus for the school year. They have used as
their guide the 2012 national law that calls for school lunch programs to have larger
portions of fruits and vegetables, less sodium, and no trans fats. To help increase the
