NURS 403 Midterm #1 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What is public health? -
correct answer ✅A broad field of practice which is the backbone
of the infrastructure supporting the health of a country, state,
province, city, town or community.
What are the original and proposed definitions of population
health? -
correct answer ✅Original definition: the health outcomes of a
group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes
with the group
Proposed definition: Population Health is the health status of a
defined population of individuals, including the distribution of
health status within the group
-May help describe the type of population whose health is being
considered:
•Geographic (i.e. country, state, county, city, or specific community)
•Clinical population of a hospital or health care system
•Population Health Management
,NURS 403 Midterm #1 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What is public health nursing? -
correct answer ✅the practice of promoting and protecting the
health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and
public health sciences
•Focuses on improving population health by emphasizing
prevention and attending to multiple determinants of health.
•Includes advocacy, policy development, and planning, which
addresses issues of social justice
Which of the following is the primary focus of public health
nursing? -
correct answer ✅Health care of communities and populations
What are some characteristics that distinguish public health nursing
as a specialty? -
correct answer ✅•Population-focused
•Community-oriented
•Health and prevention focused
•Interventions at the community and/or population level
•Concern for the health of all members of the population or
community, particularly vulnerable populations
,NURS 403 Midterm #1 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What is the definition of public health practice according to the
1988 Institute of Medicine? -
correct answer ✅what we, as a society, do collectively to assure
the conditions in which people can be healthy
what is the mission of public health according to the 1988 Institute
of Medicine? -
correct answer ✅to generate organized community efforts to
address the public interest in health by applying scientific and
technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health
what are the benefits of public health practice? -
correct answer ✅•Safer and cleaner environments and food/water
•Dramatic increase in life expectancy
•Decreased number of deaths from heart disease and stroke
•Declines in death rates of adults and children
What are some gains made due to public health programs? -
correct answer ✅•Safety and adequacy of food supplies
•Provision of safe water
•Sewage disposal
, NURS 403 Midterm #1 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
•Public safety from biological threats, including immunizations
•Personal behavior changes, including reproductive behavior
What are the CDCs Ten Great Public Health Achievements in the
20th century? -
correct answer ✅•Immunizations,
•Motor Vehicle Safety,
•Workplace safety
•Control of Infectious Diseases,
•Safer and Healthier Foods,
•Healthier Mothers and Babies,
•Family Planning,
•Fluoridation of Drinking Water,
•Tobacco as a Health Hazard, and
•Declines in Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimated in 2017
only ____% (up from 1.5% in 1960) of all national health
expenditures support population-focused public health functions,
yet the impact was enormous. -
correct answer ✅3
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What is public health? -
correct answer ✅A broad field of practice which is the backbone
of the infrastructure supporting the health of a country, state,
province, city, town or community.
What are the original and proposed definitions of population
health? -
correct answer ✅Original definition: the health outcomes of a
group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes
with the group
Proposed definition: Population Health is the health status of a
defined population of individuals, including the distribution of
health status within the group
-May help describe the type of population whose health is being
considered:
•Geographic (i.e. country, state, county, city, or specific community)
•Clinical population of a hospital or health care system
•Population Health Management
,NURS 403 Midterm #1 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What is public health nursing? -
correct answer ✅the practice of promoting and protecting the
health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and
public health sciences
•Focuses on improving population health by emphasizing
prevention and attending to multiple determinants of health.
•Includes advocacy, policy development, and planning, which
addresses issues of social justice
Which of the following is the primary focus of public health
nursing? -
correct answer ✅Health care of communities and populations
What are some characteristics that distinguish public health nursing
as a specialty? -
correct answer ✅•Population-focused
•Community-oriented
•Health and prevention focused
•Interventions at the community and/or population level
•Concern for the health of all members of the population or
community, particularly vulnerable populations
,NURS 403 Midterm #1 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What is the definition of public health practice according to the
1988 Institute of Medicine? -
correct answer ✅what we, as a society, do collectively to assure
the conditions in which people can be healthy
what is the mission of public health according to the 1988 Institute
of Medicine? -
correct answer ✅to generate organized community efforts to
address the public interest in health by applying scientific and
technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health
what are the benefits of public health practice? -
correct answer ✅•Safer and cleaner environments and food/water
•Dramatic increase in life expectancy
•Decreased number of deaths from heart disease and stroke
•Declines in death rates of adults and children
What are some gains made due to public health programs? -
correct answer ✅•Safety and adequacy of food supplies
•Provision of safe water
•Sewage disposal
, NURS 403 Midterm #1 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
•Public safety from biological threats, including immunizations
•Personal behavior changes, including reproductive behavior
What are the CDCs Ten Great Public Health Achievements in the
20th century? -
correct answer ✅•Immunizations,
•Motor Vehicle Safety,
•Workplace safety
•Control of Infectious Diseases,
•Safer and Healthier Foods,
•Healthier Mothers and Babies,
•Family Planning,
•Fluoridation of Drinking Water,
•Tobacco as a Health Hazard, and
•Declines in Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimated in 2017
only ____% (up from 1.5% in 1960) of all national health
expenditures support population-focused public health functions,
yet the impact was enormous. -
correct answer ✅3
