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2026 TEST BANK FOR COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING 10TH EDITION RECTOR WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
1. After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities
and differences between public health and community health, which of
the following statements by a nursing student would indicate
knowledge of the similarities and differences between public health and
community health?
A) “Community health nursing is defined as
nursing care that is provided in a community setting, rather than an
institutional setting.”
B) “Public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided
in an institutional setting.”
C) “Public health nursing is focused on the health of individuals.”
D) “Community health nursing can shape the quality of community
health services and improve the health of the general public.”
Ans: D Feedback:
Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly
complex challenges, this nursing specialty holds the potential to shape
the quality of community health services and
improve the health of the general public.
2. Which of the following statements would best
describe the difference between public health nursing and community
health nursing?
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A) Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health,
and community health nursing is focused on the public aspects of
health.
B) In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a
focus on specific, designated communities and is apart of the
larger public health effort.
C) Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the
very same types of services and perspectives.
D) Both public health nursing and community health nursing are
practiced exclusively within institutions.
Ans: B Feedback:
In this textbook, community health practice refers to a focus on specific,
designated communities. It is a part of the larger public health effort
and recognizes the fundamental concepts and principles of public
health as its birthright and foundation for practice. Public health
nursing is focused on the public aspects of health. Public health nursing
and community health nursing have distinctive types of services and
perspectives. Neither public health nursing nor community health
nursing is practiced excl usively within institutions.
3. Which of the following is most accurate about the concept of
community?
A) A community is a collection of people who share some important
features of their lives.
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B) Community members live in the same geographic location.
C) Community members are biologically related.
D) A community is made up of people who do not necessarily
interact with one another and do not necessarily share a sense of
belonging
to that group. Ans: A Feedback:
The broad definition of a community is a collection of people who share
some important features of their lives. Community members may not
live in the same geographic location as in a common-interest
community ora community of solution. A population is made up of
people
who do not necessarily interact with one another and do not
necessarily share a sense of belonging to that group.
4. A group of students are reviewing material for a test on
populations, communities, and aggregates. Which of the following
indicates
that the students understand these concepts?
A) Members of a population share a sense of belonging.
B) Communities and populations are types of aggregates.
C) Individuals of a community are loosely connected.
D) Members of an aggregate share a strong bond. Ans: B Feedback:
An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping of distinct individuals who
are considered as a
whole and who are loosely associated with one another. Communities
and populations are types of aggregates. A population is made up of
people who do not necessarily interact with one another and do not
necessarily share a sense of belonging to the group. A community is a
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collection of people who chose to interact with one another because of
common interests, characteristics, orgoals, which form the basis for a
sense of unity or
belonging.
5. Which of the following would a community health nurse identify
as a community of common interest?
A) The global community
B) Small rural town in a northern state C) National professional
organization D) Counties addressing waterpollution Ans: C
Feedback:
A common-interest community shares a common interest or goal that
binds the members
together. Membership in a national professional organization is one
example. The global communityand a small rural town in a northern
state would be examples of a geographic community. Counties
addressing awaterpollution problem would be an example
of a community of solution.
6. The nurse is working with a community of solution. Which of the
following would the nurse expect to find?
A) A health problem affecting the group
B) Common goal binding members together
C) Sharing of a similar goal
D) Locational boundaries Ans: A
Feedback:
A community of solution involves a group of people coming together to
solve a problem
2026 TEST BANK FOR COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING 10TH EDITION RECTOR WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
1. After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities
and differences between public health and community health, which of
the following statements by a nursing student would indicate
knowledge of the similarities and differences between public health and
community health?
A) “Community health nursing is defined as
nursing care that is provided in a community setting, rather than an
institutional setting.”
B) “Public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided
in an institutional setting.”
C) “Public health nursing is focused on the health of individuals.”
D) “Community health nursing can shape the quality of community
health services and improve the health of the general public.”
Ans: D Feedback:
Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly
complex challenges, this nursing specialty holds the potential to shape
the quality of community health services and
improve the health of the general public.
2. Which of the following statements would best
describe the difference between public health nursing and community
health nursing?
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A) Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health,
and community health nursing is focused on the public aspects of
health.
B) In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a
focus on specific, designated communities and is apart of the
larger public health effort.
C) Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the
very same types of services and perspectives.
D) Both public health nursing and community health nursing are
practiced exclusively within institutions.
Ans: B Feedback:
In this textbook, community health practice refers to a focus on specific,
designated communities. It is a part of the larger public health effort
and recognizes the fundamental concepts and principles of public
health as its birthright and foundation for practice. Public health
nursing is focused on the public aspects of health. Public health nursing
and community health nursing have distinctive types of services and
perspectives. Neither public health nursing nor community health
nursing is practiced excl usively within institutions.
3. Which of the following is most accurate about the concept of
community?
A) A community is a collection of people who share some important
features of their lives.
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B) Community members live in the same geographic location.
C) Community members are biologically related.
D) A community is made up of people who do not necessarily
interact with one another and do not necessarily share a sense of
belonging
to that group. Ans: A Feedback:
The broad definition of a community is a collection of people who share
some important features of their lives. Community members may not
live in the same geographic location as in a common-interest
community ora community of solution. A population is made up of
people
who do not necessarily interact with one another and do not
necessarily share a sense of belonging to that group.
4. A group of students are reviewing material for a test on
populations, communities, and aggregates. Which of the following
indicates
that the students understand these concepts?
A) Members of a population share a sense of belonging.
B) Communities and populations are types of aggregates.
C) Individuals of a community are loosely connected.
D) Members of an aggregate share a strong bond. Ans: B Feedback:
An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping of distinct individuals who
are considered as a
whole and who are loosely associated with one another. Communities
and populations are types of aggregates. A population is made up of
people who do not necessarily interact with one another and do not
necessarily share a sense of belonging to the group. A community is a
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collection of people who chose to interact with one another because of
common interests, characteristics, orgoals, which form the basis for a
sense of unity or
belonging.
5. Which of the following would a community health nurse identify
as a community of common interest?
A) The global community
B) Small rural town in a northern state C) National professional
organization D) Counties addressing waterpollution Ans: C
Feedback:
A common-interest community shares a common interest or goal that
binds the members
together. Membership in a national professional organization is one
example. The global communityand a small rural town in a northern
state would be examples of a geographic community. Counties
addressing awaterpollution problem would be an example
of a community of solution.
6. The nurse is working with a community of solution. Which of the
following would the nurse expect to find?
A) A health problem affecting the group
B) Common goal binding members together
C) Sharing of a similar goal
D) Locational boundaries Ans: A
Feedback:
A community of solution involves a group of people coming together to
solve a problem
