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Stanhope Public Health Nursing: Population-
Centered Health Care in the Community 11th
Edition – Complete Verified Questions &
Answers (2025–2026)
1. A public health nurse is implementing a community-based
program to reduce tobacco use. Which core public health
function is being demonstrated?
A) Assessment
B) Policy development
C) Assurance
D) Primary prevention
Answer: B
Rationale: Policy development involves using scientific
knowledge to develop policies that support the health of the
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population. Tobacco-use reduction programs often include policy
interventions such as smoke-free laws or increased tobacco taxes.
2. The Henry Street Settlement, founded by Lillian Wald, is
historically significant because it:
A) Established the first school nursing program.
B) Provided direct nursing care to families in their homes and
emphasized social reform.
C) Created the first visiting nurse service in the United States.
D) Developed the first public health curriculum for nursing schools.
Answer: B
Rationale: Lillian Wald’s Henry Street Settlement (1893)
provided in-home nursing care and served as a model for
combining nursing care with social justice, community organizing,
and health policy advocacy.
3. A nurse is using the population-centered approach. Which
of the following best describes this framework?
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A) Focusing on the sickest individuals in the community.
B) Addressing the health needs of all community members,
including vulnerable groups, and considering the determinants of
health.
C) Providing care only in acute care settings.
D) Concentrating on disease treatment rather than prevention.
Answer: B
Rationale: Population-centered care looks at the health of the
entire community, emphasizes prevention, health promotion, and
attention to social, economic, and environmental factors that
affect health.
4. Which of the following is a primary prevention strategy for
type 2 diabetes?
A) Screening adults for elevated blood glucose.
B) Providing diabetes self-management education to a patient
newly diagnosed with diabetes.
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C) Offering a community-based exercise and nutrition education
program for adults at high risk.
D) Administering insulin to a patient in diabetic ketoacidosis.
Answer: C
Rationale: Primary prevention aims to prevent disease before it
occurs. Exercise and nutrition education for at-risk individuals is
primary prevention. Screening is secondary prevention, and
management of existing disease is tertiary prevention.
5. A public health nurse conducts a windshield survey of a
neighborhood. This activity is part of which core public health
function?
A) Assessment
B) Policy development
C) Assurance
D) Evaluation
Stanhope Public Health Nursing: Population-
Centered Health Care in the Community 11th
Edition – Complete Verified Questions &
Answers (2025–2026)
1. A public health nurse is implementing a community-based
program to reduce tobacco use. Which core public health
function is being demonstrated?
A) Assessment
B) Policy development
C) Assurance
D) Primary prevention
Answer: B
Rationale: Policy development involves using scientific
knowledge to develop policies that support the health of the
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population. Tobacco-use reduction programs often include policy
interventions such as smoke-free laws or increased tobacco taxes.
2. The Henry Street Settlement, founded by Lillian Wald, is
historically significant because it:
A) Established the first school nursing program.
B) Provided direct nursing care to families in their homes and
emphasized social reform.
C) Created the first visiting nurse service in the United States.
D) Developed the first public health curriculum for nursing schools.
Answer: B
Rationale: Lillian Wald’s Henry Street Settlement (1893)
provided in-home nursing care and served as a model for
combining nursing care with social justice, community organizing,
and health policy advocacy.
3. A nurse is using the population-centered approach. Which
of the following best describes this framework?
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A) Focusing on the sickest individuals in the community.
B) Addressing the health needs of all community members,
including vulnerable groups, and considering the determinants of
health.
C) Providing care only in acute care settings.
D) Concentrating on disease treatment rather than prevention.
Answer: B
Rationale: Population-centered care looks at the health of the
entire community, emphasizes prevention, health promotion, and
attention to social, economic, and environmental factors that
affect health.
4. Which of the following is a primary prevention strategy for
type 2 diabetes?
A) Screening adults for elevated blood glucose.
B) Providing diabetes self-management education to a patient
newly diagnosed with diabetes.
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C) Offering a community-based exercise and nutrition education
program for adults at high risk.
D) Administering insulin to a patient in diabetic ketoacidosis.
Answer: C
Rationale: Primary prevention aims to prevent disease before it
occurs. Exercise and nutrition education for at-risk individuals is
primary prevention. Screening is secondary prevention, and
management of existing disease is tertiary prevention.
5. A public health nurse conducts a windshield survey of a
neighborhood. This activity is part of which core public health
function?
A) Assessment
B) Policy development
C) Assurance
D) Evaluation
