STANHOPE CH 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
a) A philosophy that guides family-centered illness care
b) Providing care with a focus on the group's needs
c)Giving care with a focus on the aggregate's needs
d) A value system in which all clients receive optimal care: A
By definition, community-based nursing is nursing that focuses on family-centered illness care to
individuals and families in the community.
2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented
nursing?
a) Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families
b) Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c)Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d) Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health
to promote the quality of life.
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health
nursing?
a) Families and groups
b) Illness-oriented care
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c)Individuals within the family unit
d) Promotion of quality of life: D
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The key ditterence between community-based and community-oriented nursing is that community-based
nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care, whereas community-oriented nurses - or public health
nurses - provide healthcare to promote quality of life.
4. Which is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy
during the twentieth century?
a) Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b) Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c)Sanitation and other public health activities
d) Use of antibiotics to fight infections: C
mprovement in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and other public health
activities led to the increase in left expectancy from less than 50 years in 1900 to more than 77
years in 2002.
5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of
premature deaths in the community. Which of the following
interventions would most likely be implemented by the nurse?
a) Increase the community's knowledge about hospice care
b) Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the
community mem-bers
c)Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial
site
d)Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment
for commu-nity members: B
, STANHOPE CH 1 QUESTIONS AND
Public healthANSWERS
approaches could help prevent about 70% of early deaths by influencing the way people
eat, drink, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the environment.
6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health
efforts?
ANSWERS
1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
a) A philosophy that guides family-centered illness care
b) Providing care with a focus on the group's needs
c)Giving care with a focus on the aggregate's needs
d) A value system in which all clients receive optimal care: A
By definition, community-based nursing is nursing that focuses on family-centered illness care to
individuals and families in the community.
2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented
nursing?
a) Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families
b) Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c)Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d) Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health
to promote the quality of life.
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health
nursing?
a) Families and groups
b) Illness-oriented care
, STANHOPE CH 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
c)Individuals within the family unit
d) Promotion of quality of life: D
, STANHOPE CH 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The key ditterence between community-based and community-oriented nursing is that community-based
nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care, whereas community-oriented nurses - or public health
nurses - provide healthcare to promote quality of life.
4. Which is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy
during the twentieth century?
a) Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b) Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c)Sanitation and other public health activities
d) Use of antibiotics to fight infections: C
mprovement in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and other public health
activities led to the increase in left expectancy from less than 50 years in 1900 to more than 77
years in 2002.
5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of
premature deaths in the community. Which of the following
interventions would most likely be implemented by the nurse?
a) Increase the community's knowledge about hospice care
b) Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the
community mem-bers
c)Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial
site
d)Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment
for commu-nity members: B
, STANHOPE CH 1 QUESTIONS AND
Public healthANSWERS
approaches could help prevent about 70% of early deaths by influencing the way people
eat, drink, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the environment.
6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health
efforts?
