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Chapter1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
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public health and community health, which of the following statements by a nursing student
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specialtyholds the potential toshape thequalityofcommunityhealthservicesand
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describe the difference between publichealth nursing and community health nursing?
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A) Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and community health
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principles of public health as its birthright and foundation for practice. Public health nursing is
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focused on the public aspects of health. Public health nursing and community health nursing
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have distinctive types of services and perspectives. Neither public health nursing nor community
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The broad definition of a community is a collection of people who share some important features of
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whole and who are loosely associated with one another. Communities and populations are types
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of aggregates. A population is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another
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and do not necessarilyshareasenseofbelongingtothe group.A communityisa
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common interest?
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A) The distinction between health and illness is well demarcated.
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the currentfocus ofhealthcare.Ans: B
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Chapter1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
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1. After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and differences between
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public health and community health, which of the following statements by a nursing student
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would indicate knowledge of the similaritiesanddifferencesbetweenpublichealthandcommunity
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health?
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A) “Community health nursing is defined as gh gh gh gh gh
nursing care that is provided in a community setting, ratherthan an institutionalsetting.”
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B) “Public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is
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C) “Public health nursing is focused on gh gh gh gh gh
the healthofindividuals.”
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D) “Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health services
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and improvethehealthofthegeneralpublic.”
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Ans: gh D Feedback:
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Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly complex challenges, this nursing
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specialtyholds the potential toshape thequalityofcommunityhealthservicesand
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improve the healthof the general public.
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2. Which of the following statements would best
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describe the difference between publichealth nursing and community health nursing?
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A) Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and community health
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nursing is focusedonthepublicaspectsof
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health.
B) In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus on specific,
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designated communitiesandisapart of the
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largerpublichealth effort. gh
C) Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the very same types of services
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and perspectives.
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D) Both public health nursing and community health nursing are practiced exclusively
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within institutions.
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Ans: gh B Feedback:
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,In this textbook, community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated communities.
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It is a part of the larger public health effort and recognizes the fundamental concepts and
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principles of public health as its birthright and foundation for practice. Public health nursing is
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focused on the public aspects of health. Public health nursing and community health nursing
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have distinctive types of services and perspectives. Neither public health nursing nor community
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health nursing is practiced excl usively within institutions.
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3. Whichof the followingismostaccurate about the conceptof community?
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A) A community is a collection of people who share some important features of theirlives.
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B) Community members live in the same geographiclocation. gh gh gh gh gh gh
C) Community members are biologically related. gh gh gh gh
D) A community is made up of people who do notnecessarily interact with one anotherand do
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not necessarilyshareasenseofbelonging
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to that group. Ans: A
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Feedback:
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The broad definition of a community is a collection of people who share some important features of
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their lives. Community members may not live in the same geographic location as in a common-
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interest communityora communityofsolution.Apopulationismadeup ofpeople
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who do not necessarily interact with one another and do not necessarily share a sense of
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belongingto thatgroup.
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and aggregates.Whichofthefollowing indicates
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that the students understand theseconcepts?
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An aggregate referstoa mass of groupingof distinctindividuals who are considered as a
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whole and who are loosely associated with one another. Communities and populations are types
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of aggregates. A population is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another
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and do not necessarilyshareasenseofbelongingtothe group.A communityisa
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collection of people who chose to interact with one another because of common interests,
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characteristics,orgoals,whichformthebasis for a senseofunityor
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common interest?
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, A) The global community
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B) Small rural townin a northern state C) National professional organizationD)
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together. Membership in a national professional organization is one example. The global
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communityanda small rural town in a northern state would be examples of a geographic
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community. Counties addressing awaterpollutionproblemwouldbe anexample
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B) Common goal binding members together gh gh gh gh
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D) Locational
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A community of solution involves agroup of people coming togetherto solve aproblem
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that affects them. A common-interest community involves a collection of people widely scattered
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geographically who have an interest or goal that binds the members together. A geographical
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communityisonedefinedbyitsgeographicalorlocational
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7. Which one of the following statements made by a student would the nurse educator
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recognize as evidencethatastudent
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understands the health continuum? gh gh gh
A) The distinction between health and illness is well demarcated.
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B) Illness refers to a state of being relatively unhealthy.
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C) The term health is limited to reflect an individual's state.
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D) Treatment of acute conditions reflects gh gh gh gh
the currentfocus ofhealthcare.Ans: B
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Feedback:
Although society typically depicts an absolute line of difference between being either
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well or ill, health is considered a relative term. Thus, illness is viewed as a state of being
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relatively unhealthy. Health is typically described as a continuum that involves a range of degrees
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from optimal health at one end to total disabilityor death at the other. The line of demarcation
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is not clear. Health applies to individuals, families, and communities. Traditionally, mosthealthcare
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