Population-Focused Practice: The Foundation of Specialization in Public Health Nursing (Stanhope: Public Health Nursing, 8th ed

A key opportunity for public health nurses to improve population-focused care is by: a. Assuming traditional nursing roles b. Influencing public health policy c. Conducting community assessments d. Specializing in community-based nursing practice - ANS: B Rationale: Public health nurses must move into positions in which they can influence policy formation. They must assume positions that are not traditionally considered nursing. Conducting community assessments is part of public health nursing practice, not necessarily a key opportunity to improve practice. Specializing in community-based nursing practice is setting-specific and does not relate to a key opportunity to improve population-focused care A population is best defined as a: a. High-risk group b. School or institutional setting c. Collection of individuals who share at least one common characteristic d. Geographical location within a community - ANS: C Rationale: The wrong answers are types of populations; they do not define a population. A public health nurse provides a clinic for HIV-positive citizens in the community. This is an example of: a. Primary prevention b. Secondary prevention c. Tertiary prevention d. Policy making - ANS: C Rationale: This clinic is for clients who already have a disease process; therefore, it is tertiary prevention