WGU D450 CHAPTER 1 PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
ANS: C
Health risk factors discuss proportions of populations who have particular health
conditions
or health risks; breathing air of poor quality is a risk to health. The number and
proportion
of people is a sociodemographic characteristic. Health status includes birth and
death rates.
Functional status refers to reports of good health status by members of the
population. - CORRECT ANSWER 16. The public health nurse (PHN) analyzes data
related to the number and type of United States
Environmental Protection Agency air quality standards that a community failed to
meet.
This data is an example of using which community health profile indicator?
a. Sociodemographic characteristics
b. Health status
c. Health risk factor
d. Functional status
D. Case Management - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is coordinating a plan to bring
vaccinations in a cost-effective way to a rural community that currently lacks
access to them. This is an example of which public health intervention?
A. Surveillance
,B. Outreach
C. Screening
D. Case Management
B. Outreach - CORRECT ANSWER The nurse is locating populations in her region
who are exposed to lead-based paint and providing them with information
regarding the dangers of lead poisoning. This is an example of which public health
intervention?
A. Surveillance
B. Outreach
C. Screening
D. Case Management
ANS: A
These standards were developed by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in 1998.
They set the bar for the level of performance that is necessary to deliver essential
public
health services (PHSs). These standards were developed around the 10 essential
PHSs. They
focus on the overall public health system rather than on single organizations and
describe an
optimal level of performance. They are intended to support a process of quality
improvement. State and local communities can assess their performance using
certain
,available tools. They are not meant to control public health or be used for hiring
guidelines. - CORRECT ANSWER 17. A nurse is implementing quality performance
standards in a public health department.
Which statement best describes the importance of this action?
a. Quality performance standards are used to guide improvement in the public
health
system.
b. Quality performance standards rigidly control public health.
c. Quality performance standards guide administrators to monitor public health at
the
national level.
d. Quality performance standards can be used as hiring guidelines for nurses.
ANS: B
Public health workers should be educated in eight content areas to be able to
address
emerging public health issues and advances in science and policy: (1) informatics,
(2)
genomics, (3) cultural competence, (4) community-based participatory research,
(5) policy,
(6) law, (7) global health, and (8) ethics. - CORRECT ANSWER 18. To better address
emerging public health issues, a public health nurse (PHN) plans to
complete continuing education in this area. Which content areas should be
included in the
course that is chosen?
a. Leadership
, b. Ethics
c. Communication
d. Finance
ANS: A
Workforce needs assessment, acute care services, and curriculum developments
are not
considered categories of core competencies of public health. Rather there are
eight
categories of competency, which include: (1) analytic/assessment, (2) policy
development/program planning, (3) communication, (4) cultural competence, (5)
community dimensions of practice, (6) basic public health sciences, (7) financial
planning
and management, and (8) leadership and systems thinking. - CORRECT ANSWER
19. The public health workforce should demonstrate competency in which of the
following
competency categories?
a. Financial planning and management
b. Workforce needs assessment
c. Acute care services
d. Curriculum development
ANS: A
Public health nursing has a distinct focus and requires a special knowledge base.
The other
NURSING PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
ANS: C
Health risk factors discuss proportions of populations who have particular health
conditions
or health risks; breathing air of poor quality is a risk to health. The number and
proportion
of people is a sociodemographic characteristic. Health status includes birth and
death rates.
Functional status refers to reports of good health status by members of the
population. - CORRECT ANSWER 16. The public health nurse (PHN) analyzes data
related to the number and type of United States
Environmental Protection Agency air quality standards that a community failed to
meet.
This data is an example of using which community health profile indicator?
a. Sociodemographic characteristics
b. Health status
c. Health risk factor
d. Functional status
D. Case Management - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is coordinating a plan to bring
vaccinations in a cost-effective way to a rural community that currently lacks
access to them. This is an example of which public health intervention?
A. Surveillance
,B. Outreach
C. Screening
D. Case Management
B. Outreach - CORRECT ANSWER The nurse is locating populations in her region
who are exposed to lead-based paint and providing them with information
regarding the dangers of lead poisoning. This is an example of which public health
intervention?
A. Surveillance
B. Outreach
C. Screening
D. Case Management
ANS: A
These standards were developed by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in 1998.
They set the bar for the level of performance that is necessary to deliver essential
public
health services (PHSs). These standards were developed around the 10 essential
PHSs. They
focus on the overall public health system rather than on single organizations and
describe an
optimal level of performance. They are intended to support a process of quality
improvement. State and local communities can assess their performance using
certain
,available tools. They are not meant to control public health or be used for hiring
guidelines. - CORRECT ANSWER 17. A nurse is implementing quality performance
standards in a public health department.
Which statement best describes the importance of this action?
a. Quality performance standards are used to guide improvement in the public
health
system.
b. Quality performance standards rigidly control public health.
c. Quality performance standards guide administrators to monitor public health at
the
national level.
d. Quality performance standards can be used as hiring guidelines for nurses.
ANS: B
Public health workers should be educated in eight content areas to be able to
address
emerging public health issues and advances in science and policy: (1) informatics,
(2)
genomics, (3) cultural competence, (4) community-based participatory research,
(5) policy,
(6) law, (7) global health, and (8) ethics. - CORRECT ANSWER 18. To better address
emerging public health issues, a public health nurse (PHN) plans to
complete continuing education in this area. Which content areas should be
included in the
course that is chosen?
a. Leadership
, b. Ethics
c. Communication
d. Finance
ANS: A
Workforce needs assessment, acute care services, and curriculum developments
are not
considered categories of core competencies of public health. Rather there are
eight
categories of competency, which include: (1) analytic/assessment, (2) policy
development/program planning, (3) communication, (4) cultural competence, (5)
community dimensions of practice, (6) basic public health sciences, (7) financial
planning
and management, and (8) leadership and systems thinking. - CORRECT ANSWER
19. The public health workforce should demonstrate competency in which of the
following
competency categories?
a. Financial planning and management
b. Workforce needs assessment
c. Acute care services
d. Curriculum development
ANS: A
Public health nursing has a distinct focus and requires a special knowledge base.
The other
