TESTBANK FOR NIES COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING, 8TH EDITION BY MARY A. NIES AND MELANIE
MCEWEN FULL TESTBANK ALL CHAPTERS 1-34|| LATEST
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01 Health A Community View 1
Chapter 02 Historical Factors Community Health Nursing in Context 11
Chapter 03 Thinking Upstream Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing
Practice 22
Chapter 04 Health Promotion and Risk Reduction 29
Chapter 05 Epidemiology 37
Chapter 06 Community Assessment 49
Chapter 07 Community Health Planning, Implementation, and
Evaluation 57 Chapter 08 Community Health Education 68
Chapter 09 Case Management 79
Chapter 10 Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing 98
Chapter 11 The Health Care System 100
Chapter 12 Economics of Health Care 109
Chapter 13 Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing 121
Chapter 14 Environmental Health 133
Chapter 15 Health in the Global
Community 141 Chapter 16 Child and
Adolescent Health 149
Chapter 17 Women's Health 163
Chapter 18 Men's Health 177
Chapter 19 Senior Health 183
Chapter 20 Family Health 196
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Chapter 21 Populations Affected by Disabilities207
Chapter 22 Veterans Health
216
Chapter 23 Homeless Populations
226
Chapter 24 Rural and Migrant
Health236
Chapter 25 Populations Affected by Mental Illness
249 Chapter 26 Communicable Disease 258
Chapter 27 Substance Abuse 268
Chapter 28 Violence 282
Chapter 29 Natural and Man-Made
Disasters291 Chapter 30 School Health
301
Chapter 31 Occupational Health 313
Chapter 32 Forensic and Correctional Nursing 324
Chapter 33 Faith Community Nursing 333
Chapter 34 Home Health and Hospice 340
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Chapter 01: Health: A Community View
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health care?
a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care.
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system.
c. Our national health care costs keep increasing.
d. The new health care system offers free services to Americans.
ANSWER: C
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing costs,
which c annot be sustained. The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of
escalatin g health care dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic
product in 1965 to 17.8% in 2015.
Politicians and the media both influence Americans‘ perceptions about heal th care;
however, they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new h
ealth care system will change the health care access and availability, but will not
necessaril y be offering any free services to Americans.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care
system. Why is t his involvement important?
a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are
currently ve ry visible in American medi Na . RwlI G B.CM
b. Nurses are primarily responUs ibSl e foNr mTanagingOthe various units in
our health care system.
c. Nurses are the largest segment of health care providers.
d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of hospitals.
ANSWER: C
As the largest segment of health care providers, nurses are informed about the current
healt h care system and all the problems that result from people not seeking care until
they are d esperately ill. Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA)
emphasize, usually belie ve that health care is a right, not a privilege. Therefore, nurses,
whose work is central to o ur current health care delivery system, can also be
instrumental in working politically to cr eate 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 oth er health care
NURSING, 8TH EDITION BY MARY A. NIES AND MELANIE
MCEWEN FULL TESTBANK ALL CHAPTERS 1-34|| LATEST
,1|P age
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01 Health A Community View 1
Chapter 02 Historical Factors Community Health Nursing in Context 11
Chapter 03 Thinking Upstream Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing
Practice 22
Chapter 04 Health Promotion and Risk Reduction 29
Chapter 05 Epidemiology 37
Chapter 06 Community Assessment 49
Chapter 07 Community Health Planning, Implementation, and
Evaluation 57 Chapter 08 Community Health Education 68
Chapter 09 Case Management 79
Chapter 10 Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing 98
Chapter 11 The Health Care System 100
Chapter 12 Economics of Health Care 109
Chapter 13 Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing 121
Chapter 14 Environmental Health 133
Chapter 15 Health in the Global
Community 141 Chapter 16 Child and
Adolescent Health 149
Chapter 17 Women's Health 163
Chapter 18 Men's Health 177
Chapter 19 Senior Health 183
Chapter 20 Family Health 196
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Chapter 21 Populations Affected by Disabilities207
Chapter 22 Veterans Health
216
Chapter 23 Homeless Populations
226
Chapter 24 Rural and Migrant
Health236
Chapter 25 Populations Affected by Mental Illness
249 Chapter 26 Communicable Disease 258
Chapter 27 Substance Abuse 268
Chapter 28 Violence 282
Chapter 29 Natural and Man-Made
Disasters291 Chapter 30 School Health
301
Chapter 31 Occupational Health 313
Chapter 32 Forensic and Correctional Nursing 324
Chapter 33 Faith Community Nursing 333
Chapter 34 Home Health and Hospice 340
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Chapter 01: Health: A Community View
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health care?
a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care.
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system.
c. Our national health care costs keep increasing.
d. The new health care system offers free services to Americans.
ANSWER: C
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing costs,
which c annot be sustained. The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of
escalatin g health care dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic
product in 1965 to 17.8% in 2015.
Politicians and the media both influence Americans‘ perceptions about heal th care;
however, they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new h
ealth care system will change the health care access and availability, but will not
necessaril y be offering any free services to Americans.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care
system. Why is t his involvement important?
a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are
currently ve ry visible in American medi Na . RwlI G B.CM
b. Nurses are primarily responUs ibSl e foNr mTanagingOthe various units in
our health care system.
c. Nurses are the largest segment of health care providers.
d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of hospitals.
ANSWER: C
As the largest segment of health care providers, nurses are informed about the current
healt h care system and all the problems that result from people not seeking care until
they are d esperately ill. Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA)
emphasize, usually belie ve that health care is a right, not a privilege. Therefore, nurses,
whose work is central to o ur current health care delivery system, can also be
instrumental in working politically to cr eate 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 oth er health care
