Chapter 01: Community- and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health Stanhope:
Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 5th Edition
1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families
2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
d. Health care of communities and populations
4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the 20th
century?
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
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?
b. Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.
6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts?
c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
7. Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
d. Working with community groups to create policies to improve the environment
8. Which of the following public health nurses most clearly fulfills the responsibilities of this role?
b. The nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies
9. Which of the following best defines aggregate?
c. A collection of people who share one or more characteristics
10. A registered nurse was just employed as a public health nurse. Which question would be the most
relevant for the nurse to ask?
a. “Which groups are at the greatest risk for problems?”
11. Making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available defines which of the
core public health functions?
c. Assurance
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Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 5th Edition
1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families
2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
d. Health care of communities and populations
4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the 20th
century?
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
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?
b. Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.
6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts?
c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
7. Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
d. Working with community groups to create policies to improve the environment
8. Which of the following public health nurses most clearly fulfills the responsibilities of this role?
b. The nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies
9. Which of the following best defines aggregate?
c. A collection of people who share one or more characteristics
10. A registered nurse was just employed as a public health nurse. Which question would be the most
relevant for the nurse to ask?
a. “Which groups are at the greatest risk for problems?”
11. Making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available defines which of the
core public health functions?
c. Assurance
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