CHAPTER 2:Origins
Chapter 2: ORIGINSandAND FUTURE
Future OF COMMUNITY/PUBLIC
of Community/Public Health
HEALTH
NursingNURSING
Chapter 2: Origins and Future of Community/Public Health Nursing
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. With what aspect of the population being served have both nursing and public health always been
most concerned?
a. Financial resources
b. Political beliefs
c. Religious faith
d. Social and physical environments
ANS: D
Community/public health nursing has always been most concerned with the interrelationship among
people and their physical and social environments.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 32
2. A community/public health nurse is working for a local health department. Which of the following
would be an appropriate goal for the nurse?
a. Assessing clients in their own home environment
b. Caring for whole families, not just individuals
c. Improving health over the long term for families
d. Striving for social betterment
ANS: D
The text stresses that community/public health nursing attempts to meet not only educational and
other nursing needs but also social betterment, which includes social and political activism. Although
all the other answers might seem appropriate, many community/public health nurses do not provide
direct care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 32
3. What occurred as a result of industrialization?
a. People from lower socioeconomic classes were able improve their socioeconomic positions.
b. Problems such as overcrowding and disease developed.
, c. Products were individualized to meet customers’ unique needs.
d. Taxes for roads and other community services increased.
ANS: B
Because workers flocked to cities for employment, overcrowding resulted, which enabled disease to
spread rapidly.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 32
4. A district nurse in England during the 1860s was providing care for the community. With which of
the following groups would the nurse most likely have interacted?
a. Church clergy
b. Business owners
c. Lobbyists
d. Government officials
ANS: A
In England, nurses were assigned a district associated with a church parish, whereas in the United
States, district nurses often worked in conjunction with physicians who were employed in the local
dispensary.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 33
5. A nurse was working with William Rathbone and other social reformers to improve care in the
homes of poor residents. What barrier was this nurse likely to have encountered?
a. Poor persons did not want nurses to enter their homes.
b. Providing home care to the poor was not accepted by the community.
c. Wealthy community members were reluctant to donate money for these services.
d. There were not enough nurses to provide adequate services.
ANS: D
Society has long accepted that some part of the population is always poor. Furthermore, nursing was
a new profession with inadequate numbers. Consequently, Rathbone had to work to have more
nurses trained.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 33
6. A district nurse working with William Rathbone was visiting homes of persons suffering from
contagious disease. Which of the following nursing interventions probably would have been
Chapter 2: ORIGINSandAND FUTURE
Future OF COMMUNITY/PUBLIC
of Community/Public Health
HEALTH
NursingNURSING
Chapter 2: Origins and Future of Community/Public Health Nursing
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. With what aspect of the population being served have both nursing and public health always been
most concerned?
a. Financial resources
b. Political beliefs
c. Religious faith
d. Social and physical environments
ANS: D
Community/public health nursing has always been most concerned with the interrelationship among
people and their physical and social environments.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 32
2. A community/public health nurse is working for a local health department. Which of the following
would be an appropriate goal for the nurse?
a. Assessing clients in their own home environment
b. Caring for whole families, not just individuals
c. Improving health over the long term for families
d. Striving for social betterment
ANS: D
The text stresses that community/public health nursing attempts to meet not only educational and
other nursing needs but also social betterment, which includes social and political activism. Although
all the other answers might seem appropriate, many community/public health nurses do not provide
direct care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 32
3. What occurred as a result of industrialization?
a. People from lower socioeconomic classes were able improve their socioeconomic positions.
b. Problems such as overcrowding and disease developed.
, c. Products were individualized to meet customers’ unique needs.
d. Taxes for roads and other community services increased.
ANS: B
Because workers flocked to cities for employment, overcrowding resulted, which enabled disease to
spread rapidly.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 32
4. A district nurse in England during the 1860s was providing care for the community. With which of
the following groups would the nurse most likely have interacted?
a. Church clergy
b. Business owners
c. Lobbyists
d. Government officials
ANS: A
In England, nurses were assigned a district associated with a church parish, whereas in the United
States, district nurses often worked in conjunction with physicians who were employed in the local
dispensary.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 33
5. A nurse was working with William Rathbone and other social reformers to improve care in the
homes of poor residents. What barrier was this nurse likely to have encountered?
a. Poor persons did not want nurses to enter their homes.
b. Providing home care to the poor was not accepted by the community.
c. Wealthy community members were reluctant to donate money for these services.
d. There were not enough nurses to provide adequate services.
ANS: D
Society has long accepted that some part of the population is always poor. Furthermore, nursing was
a new profession with inadequate numbers. Consequently, Rathbone had to work to have more
nurses trained.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 33
6. A district nurse working with William Rathbone was visiting homes of persons suffering from
contagious disease. Which of the following nursing interventions probably would have been
