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Stanhope Public Health Nursing:
Population-Centered Health Care in the
Community 11th Edition – Complete
Verified Questions & Answers (2025–
2026)
1. Which statement best describes the core focus of public
health nursing?
a. Providing direct bedside care to acutely ill patients
b. Improving the health of populations through assessment, policy
development, and assurance
c. Managing chronic diseases in home care settings
d. Performing advanced practice procedures in clinics
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Answer: b. Improving the health of populations through
assessment, policy development, and assurance
Rationale: Public health nursing is population-centered,
emphasizing the three core functions of public health: assessment,
policy development, and assurance. Direct care is part of the
role but not the primary focus.
2. A public health nurse (PHN) is conducting a community
health assessment. Which action is the nurse performing?
a. Developing a smoking cessation program
b. Analyzing birth rates, mortality data, and disease incidence
c. Evaluating the effectiveness of a diabetes education class
d. Lobbying for a new community health center
Answer: b. Analyzing birth rates, mortality data, and disease
incidence
Rationale: Assessment involves systematically collecting and
analyzing data on the health status of the population. Program
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development and evaluation are part of assurance; lobbying
relates to policy development.
3. Which of the following is an example of the “assurance”
function of public health?
a. Surveying local restaurants for sanitation compliance
b. Monitoring the spread of a foodborne illness outbreak
c. Ensuring that a migrant farmworker clinic has adequate
staffing
d. Conducting a randomized trial on a new vaccine
Answer: c. Ensuring that a migrant farmworker clinic has
adequate staffing
Rationale: Assurance refers to ensuring that necessary health
services are available and accessible. Monitoring outbreaks is
assessment; surveying restaurants is assurance but more
specifically regulation; research is not a core function.
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4. A PHN is using the nursing process at the community level.
Which activity represents the “diagnosis” phase?
a. Prioritizing teen pregnancy as a key health issue
b. Administering immunizations at a school clinic
c. Interviewing community leaders about health concerns
d. Creating a pamphlet on hand hygiene
Answer: a. Prioritizing teen pregnancy as a key health issue
Rationale: Community diagnosis involves identifying and
prioritizing health problems or risks after analyzing assessment
data. Administering immunizations is intervention; interviewing is
assessment; creating a pamphlet is planning.
5. A nurse begins working in a rural health department. To
best understand the community’s health needs, the nurse
should first:
a. Review the state’s health improvement plan.
b. Interview the county health officer.
Stanhope Public Health Nursing:
Population-Centered Health Care in the
Community 11th Edition – Complete
Verified Questions & Answers (2025–
2026)
1. Which statement best describes the core focus of public
health nursing?
a. Providing direct bedside care to acutely ill patients
b. Improving the health of populations through assessment, policy
development, and assurance
c. Managing chronic diseases in home care settings
d. Performing advanced practice procedures in clinics
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Answer: b. Improving the health of populations through
assessment, policy development, and assurance
Rationale: Public health nursing is population-centered,
emphasizing the three core functions of public health: assessment,
policy development, and assurance. Direct care is part of the
role but not the primary focus.
2. A public health nurse (PHN) is conducting a community
health assessment. Which action is the nurse performing?
a. Developing a smoking cessation program
b. Analyzing birth rates, mortality data, and disease incidence
c. Evaluating the effectiveness of a diabetes education class
d. Lobbying for a new community health center
Answer: b. Analyzing birth rates, mortality data, and disease
incidence
Rationale: Assessment involves systematically collecting and
analyzing data on the health status of the population. Program
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development and evaluation are part of assurance; lobbying
relates to policy development.
3. Which of the following is an example of the “assurance”
function of public health?
a. Surveying local restaurants for sanitation compliance
b. Monitoring the spread of a foodborne illness outbreak
c. Ensuring that a migrant farmworker clinic has adequate
staffing
d. Conducting a randomized trial on a new vaccine
Answer: c. Ensuring that a migrant farmworker clinic has
adequate staffing
Rationale: Assurance refers to ensuring that necessary health
services are available and accessible. Monitoring outbreaks is
assessment; surveying restaurants is assurance but more
specifically regulation; research is not a core function.
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4. A PHN is using the nursing process at the community level.
Which activity represents the “diagnosis” phase?
a. Prioritizing teen pregnancy as a key health issue
b. Administering immunizations at a school clinic
c. Interviewing community leaders about health concerns
d. Creating a pamphlet on hand hygiene
Answer: a. Prioritizing teen pregnancy as a key health issue
Rationale: Community diagnosis involves identifying and
prioritizing health problems or risks after analyzing assessment
data. Administering immunizations is intervention; interviewing is
assessment; creating a pamphlet is planning.
5. A nurse begins working in a rural health department. To
best understand the community’s health needs, the nurse
should first:
a. Review the state’s health improvement plan.
b. Interview the county health officer.
