Public Health Nursing: Chapter 1 Study Test Bank Already Rated A+

Public Health Nursing: Chapter 1 Study Test Bank Already Rated A+ 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 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. 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: 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. 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: 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. 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 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. Why is public health nursing considered a nursing specialty? a. It has a distinct focus and scope of practice. b. It requires a master's degree in nursing. c. It is focused on disadvantaged citizens. d. It performs interventions at the acute care level. ANS: A Public health nursing has a distinct focus and requires a special knowledge base. The other answers are not characteristics of a specialty. The necessary basic preparation for public health nursing is what level of nursing education? a. Associate degree b. Baccalaureate degree c. Master's degree d. Doctor of Nursing Practice ANS: B A Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN) is the necessary basic preparation to function as a beginning staff PHN. An Associate degree is not enough for basic preparation. A Master's degree or Doctor of Nursing Practice degree would be part of preparation for advanced practice. A public health nurse (PHN) has been prepared at the graduate level. Which activity should the practitioner be able to complete? a. Teaching public and community health nursing b. Assessing and intervening successfully at the aggregate level c. Diagnosing and treating disease while having earned prescriptive authority d. Running for political office as experts in public health policy ANS: B According to the Consensus Conference, specialists should have assessment skills that allow them to intervene at the aggregate level. Public health practitioners have a broad range of practice areas within public health and are not limited to only nursing and medicine. A public health nurse (PHN) provides clinic-based services for HIV-positive citizens in the community. Which term best describe this activity? a. Primary prevention b. Health education c. Tertiary prevention d. Policy making ANS: C This clinic is for clients who already have a disease process; therefore, it is tertiary prevention (preventing deterioration in a patient, a relapse, or disability and dependency by anticipatory nursing and medical care). Primary prevention is using general and specific measures in a population to promote health and prevent the development of disease (incidence) and using specific measures to prevent disease in those who are predisposed to developing a particular condition. Health education would involve providing specific education to this population. Policy making is formulating plans by an organization in order to make decisions. A nurse is working in the community with an aggregate/population. Who is the nurse most likely to interact with? a. Students in a county school system b. Christians around the world c. A patient in the intensive care unit at the local hospital d. People who drink coffee ANS: A A population or aggregate is a collection of individuals who have one or more personal or environmental characteristics in common. Members of a community who can be defined in terms of geography or a special interest can be seen as constituting a population. The clients in the first option share a geographical and special circumstance (school) characteristic. Christians around the world are too large of a geographical space. A patient cannot be an aggregate/population as there is no one to interact with. People who drink coffee share a common interest but may not share a common geographical location to interact. How is a population best defined? a. High-risk group b. Those interacting within a school or institutional setting c. Collection of individuals who share at least one common characteristic d. Geographical location within a community ANS: C A population or aggregate is a collection of individuals who have one or more personal or environmental characteristics in common. High-risk groups, school or institutional setting, and geographical location within the community all describe types of populations, not the definition of population. Population-focused practice concentrates on defining the problems or needs of and implementing solutions for whom? a. Individuals b. Aggregates c. Communities d. Geographical regions ANS: B Aggregates are a defined population made up of individuals in communities of a specific geographical region. Population-focused practice is implemented with defined populations or subpopulations. This is larger than the scope of individual care but may not address the larger needs of the entire community or geographical region. 27. A nurse is using a population focus when providing public health nursing care. Which statement best describes the care that is being provided? a. Priority is given to the highest risk population. b. Direct caregiving is limited to preventive measures, such as administration of immunizations. c. Attention is given to the population or community, regardless of whether they do or do not access the health care system. d. Only populations outside institutional settings are considered. ANS: C PHNs are concerned with the health of the entire population. Priority is given to the entire population, not just the group at highest risk or those outside of institutional settings. Direct caregiving is not the focus of public health nursing care. A nurse is working in a community health nursing practice setting. Which intervention is the nurse most likely to implement? a. Administering a flu shot to a client in a physician's office b. Conducting a flu shot clinic at a community center c. Performing a client assessment in a hospital d. Providing supervision of staff in a rehabilitation center Answer: A Community health nursing practice focuses on the health of individuals, families, and groups and the effect of their health status on the health of the whole community. Administering a flu shot to an individual is the only example that meets this criterion. Performing a client assessment focuses only on individual care, not the community. Providing supervision of staff does not focus on the community. Conducting a flu shot clinic at a community center focuses on protecting the community as a whole and would be considered public health nursing practice. Which statement about community health nursing practice is correct? a. It focuses on the delivery of personal health services to individuals and families. b. It provides care to protect the health of the whole community. c. It emphasizes the setting where care is provided for clients and families. d. It requires a baccalaureate preparation for practice. Answer: A Public health nursing provides care to protect the health of the community as a whole. Community-based nursing practice emphasizes the setting where care is provided for clients and families. It is generally assumed that a graduate of any baccalaureate program has the necessary basic preparation to function as a beginning staff PHN; however, this is not a requirement for public health nursing or community health nursing practices. A nurse is implementing community-based nursing care. Which intervention is the nurse most likely to complete? a. Assessing the health needs of a defined community b. Providing care to families in a community c. Promoting the health of an entire community d. Investigating environmental health problems in a community ANS: B Community-based nursing practice is a setting-specific practice whereby care is provided for families where they live, work, and attend school. The focus is on acute and chronic care and the provision of services. Providing care to families is the only intervention that accurately describes this definition. Assessing the health needs of a community, promoting the health needs of an entire community, and investigating environmental health problems in a community would be considered public health nursing practice. A nurse is conducting vision screenings on children in the school setting. Which type of nursing practice is the nurse performing? a. Community-oriented b. Public health c. Community health d. Community-based ANS: D Community-based nursing practice is a setting-specific practice whereby care is provided for clients and families where they live, work, and attend school. Community-oriented nursing emphasizes the prevention of disease and disability. Public health nursing focuses on the care within the whole community. Community health nursing focuses on the health status of individuals and the effect of their health status on the whole community. The nurse is investigating environmental health problems caused by contaminated ground water. Which type of nursing practice is be