TEST BANK FOR
COMMUNITY AND
PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING EVIDENCE FOR
PRACTICE 4TH
EDITTION BY DEMARCO
WALSH ALLCHAPTERS
Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 1
• A nurse is striving to practice patient-centered care at a hospital. Which
action best exemplifies providing patient-centered care?
A. Having a client complete a self-reported functional status indicator
and thenreviewing it with the client
B. Explaining to a client the benefits of computer-assisted robotic
surgicaltechniques, which the hospital recently implemented
C. Recording a client's signs and symptoms in an electronic health record
D. Performing continuous glucose monitoring of a client while the client
is in the hospital
Ans: A
Feedback:
Patient-centered care considers cultural traditions, personal preferences, values,
families, and lifestyles. Clients become active participants in their own care,
and monitoring health becomes the client's responsibility. To help clients and
, their healthcare providers make better decisions, the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a series of tools that empower
clients and assist providers in achieving desired outcomes, including client-
reported functional status indicators. Computer-assisted robotic surgical
techniques, electronic health records, and continuous glucose monitoring in the
hospital are all technological advances in healthcare, but they do not help the
client become a more active participant in his or her care, and thus are not good
examples of patient-centered care.
Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 2
• A nurse is caring for an older client who is struggling to manage her type 2
diabetes mellitus. The nurse should recognize which social determinants of
this client's health?(Select all that apply.)
A. Household income of $23,000 per year
B. Reading level of a third grader
C. Medication ineffective due to error in prescription
D. Originally from Sudan
Ans: A, B, D, E
E.
F. back:
The social conditions in which people live, their income, social status,
education, literacy, home and work environment, support networks, gender,
culture, and availability of health services are the social determinants of
health. These conditions have an impact on the extent to which a person or
community possesses the physical, social, and personal resources necessary to
attain and maintain health. A medical erroron the part of the client's primary
care provider or nurse would not constitute a social determinant of the client's
health.
• A nurse successfully persuades an obese client to perform a weekly weigh-in
at homeusing a digital scale and record the weight in a log. This strategy is an
example of:
A. Telehealth
B. Health information technology
C. Personal responsibility for health
D. Evidence-based
nursing Ans: C
Feedback:
Personal responsibility for health involves active participation in one's own
health through education and lifestyle changes. In this case, the client makes a
positive change in lifestyle by monitoring body weight weekly. Telehealth is
the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to
support long-distance clinical healthcare, client and professional health-related
education, public health, and health administration. Health information
technology (HIT) is defined as the comprehensive management of health
, information and its exchange between consumers, providers, government, and
insurers in a secure manner. Evidence-based nursing is the integrationof the
best evidence available with clinical expertise and the values of the client to
increase the quality of care.
Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 4
• A nurse performs a variety of tasks as part of the nurse's position at a
hospital. Whichtask best exemplifies public health?
A. Reading current nursing journals and integrating the latest research
into dailypractice
B. Instructing a client on how to best care for a suture site at home
C. Participating in a videoconference call with a client who lives in a remote
area
D. Facilitating a community-wide smoking cessation program one month
out of the year
Ans: D
Feedback:
Public health is what society does collectively to ensure the conditions exist in
which people can be healthy. A community-wide smoking cessation program is
a great example of a public health intervention, in that it involves the collective
effort of societyto improve the health of its members. Reading and applying the
latest nursing research is an example of evidence-based nursing. Instructing a
client on how to best care for a suture site at home is an example of personal
responsibility for health, but it is not focused on the health of the greater
community. Participating in a videoconference call with a client who lives in a
remote area is an example of patient-centered care and of an effective
implementation of technology, but it is not particularly related to public health.
• Public health nursing is distinguished from other specialties by adherence
to eight principles. Which is one of the eight domains of public health
nursing practice?
A. Analytic assessment skills
B. Investigation of disease
C. Referral and follow-up
Ans: A
Feedback:
The eight domains of public health nursing practice are as follows: Analytic
assessment skills, policy development and program planning skills,
communication skills, cultural competency skills, community dimensions of
practice skills, public health science skills, financial planning and management
skills, and leadership and systems thinking skills.
Investigation of disease, referral and follow-up, and case management are
all public health nursing interventions but are not domains of public health
nursing practice.
, Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 6
• Public health nursing is distinguished from other specialties by adherence
to eight principles. Which is one of the eight domains of public health
nursing practice?
A. Policy development and individual planning skills
B. Individual dimensions of practice skills
C. Financial planning and management skills
D. Leadership and individual critical
thinking skills
Ans: C
Feedback:
The eight domains of public health nursing practice are as follows: Analytic
assessment skills, policy development and program planning skills,
communication skills, cultural competency skills, community dimensions of
practice skills, public health science skills, financial planning and management
skills, and leadership and systems thinking skills.
• Public health nursing is distinguished from other specialties by adherence to
eight principles. Which are domains of public health nursing practice? (Select
all that apply.)
A. Intuitive assessment skills
B. Community organization skills
C. Communication skills
D. Cultural competency skills
E. Product
marketing skills
Ans: C, D
Feedback:
The eight domains of public health nursing practice are as follows: Analytic
assessment skills, policy development and program planning skills,
communication skills, cultural competency skills, community dimensions of
practice skills, public health science skills, financial planning and management
skills, and leadership and systems thinking skills.
Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 8
• Which was a duty performed by district nurses in Liverpool, England, in 1865?
A. Use epidemiologic knowledge and methods
B. Encourage community organization
C. Report facts to and ask questions of physicians
D. Assist physicians with surgery in the newly constructed
hospitals
Ans: C
Feedback:
Duties of district nurses in Liverpool, England, in 1865 included the following:
Investigate new referrals as soon as possible; report to the superintendent
COMMUNITY AND
PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING EVIDENCE FOR
PRACTICE 4TH
EDITTION BY DEMARCO
WALSH ALLCHAPTERS
Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 1
• A nurse is striving to practice patient-centered care at a hospital. Which
action best exemplifies providing patient-centered care?
A. Having a client complete a self-reported functional status indicator
and thenreviewing it with the client
B. Explaining to a client the benefits of computer-assisted robotic
surgicaltechniques, which the hospital recently implemented
C. Recording a client's signs and symptoms in an electronic health record
D. Performing continuous glucose monitoring of a client while the client
is in the hospital
Ans: A
Feedback:
Patient-centered care considers cultural traditions, personal preferences, values,
families, and lifestyles. Clients become active participants in their own care,
and monitoring health becomes the client's responsibility. To help clients and
, their healthcare providers make better decisions, the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a series of tools that empower
clients and assist providers in achieving desired outcomes, including client-
reported functional status indicators. Computer-assisted robotic surgical
techniques, electronic health records, and continuous glucose monitoring in the
hospital are all technological advances in healthcare, but they do not help the
client become a more active participant in his or her care, and thus are not good
examples of patient-centered care.
Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 2
• A nurse is caring for an older client who is struggling to manage her type 2
diabetes mellitus. The nurse should recognize which social determinants of
this client's health?(Select all that apply.)
A. Household income of $23,000 per year
B. Reading level of a third grader
C. Medication ineffective due to error in prescription
D. Originally from Sudan
Ans: A, B, D, E
E.
F. back:
The social conditions in which people live, their income, social status,
education, literacy, home and work environment, support networks, gender,
culture, and availability of health services are the social determinants of
health. These conditions have an impact on the extent to which a person or
community possesses the physical, social, and personal resources necessary to
attain and maintain health. A medical erroron the part of the client's primary
care provider or nurse would not constitute a social determinant of the client's
health.
• A nurse successfully persuades an obese client to perform a weekly weigh-in
at homeusing a digital scale and record the weight in a log. This strategy is an
example of:
A. Telehealth
B. Health information technology
C. Personal responsibility for health
D. Evidence-based
nursing Ans: C
Feedback:
Personal responsibility for health involves active participation in one's own
health through education and lifestyle changes. In this case, the client makes a
positive change in lifestyle by monitoring body weight weekly. Telehealth is
the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to
support long-distance clinical healthcare, client and professional health-related
education, public health, and health administration. Health information
technology (HIT) is defined as the comprehensive management of health
, information and its exchange between consumers, providers, government, and
insurers in a secure manner. Evidence-based nursing is the integrationof the
best evidence available with clinical expertise and the values of the client to
increase the quality of care.
Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 4
• A nurse performs a variety of tasks as part of the nurse's position at a
hospital. Whichtask best exemplifies public health?
A. Reading current nursing journals and integrating the latest research
into dailypractice
B. Instructing a client on how to best care for a suture site at home
C. Participating in a videoconference call with a client who lives in a remote
area
D. Facilitating a community-wide smoking cessation program one month
out of the year
Ans: D
Feedback:
Public health is what society does collectively to ensure the conditions exist in
which people can be healthy. A community-wide smoking cessation program is
a great example of a public health intervention, in that it involves the collective
effort of societyto improve the health of its members. Reading and applying the
latest nursing research is an example of evidence-based nursing. Instructing a
client on how to best care for a suture site at home is an example of personal
responsibility for health, but it is not focused on the health of the greater
community. Participating in a videoconference call with a client who lives in a
remote area is an example of patient-centered care and of an effective
implementation of technology, but it is not particularly related to public health.
• Public health nursing is distinguished from other specialties by adherence
to eight principles. Which is one of the eight domains of public health
nursing practice?
A. Analytic assessment skills
B. Investigation of disease
C. Referral and follow-up
Ans: A
Feedback:
The eight domains of public health nursing practice are as follows: Analytic
assessment skills, policy development and program planning skills,
communication skills, cultural competency skills, community dimensions of
practice skills, public health science skills, financial planning and management
skills, and leadership and systems thinking skills.
Investigation of disease, referral and follow-up, and case management are
all public health nursing interventions but are not domains of public health
nursing practice.
, Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 6
• Public health nursing is distinguished from other specialties by adherence
to eight principles. Which is one of the eight domains of public health
nursing practice?
A. Policy development and individual planning skills
B. Individual dimensions of practice skills
C. Financial planning and management skills
D. Leadership and individual critical
thinking skills
Ans: C
Feedback:
The eight domains of public health nursing practice are as follows: Analytic
assessment skills, policy development and program planning skills,
communication skills, cultural competency skills, community dimensions of
practice skills, public health science skills, financial planning and management
skills, and leadership and systems thinking skills.
• Public health nursing is distinguished from other specialties by adherence to
eight principles. Which are domains of public health nursing practice? (Select
all that apply.)
A. Intuitive assessment skills
B. Community organization skills
C. Communication skills
D. Cultural competency skills
E. Product
marketing skills
Ans: C, D
Feedback:
The eight domains of public health nursing practice are as follows: Analytic
assessment skills, policy development and program planning skills,
communication skills, cultural competency skills, community dimensions of
practice skills, public health science skills, financial planning and management
skills, and leadership and systems thinking skills.
Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 8
• Which was a duty performed by district nurses in Liverpool, England, in 1865?
A. Use epidemiologic knowledge and methods
B. Encourage community organization
C. Report facts to and ask questions of physicians
D. Assist physicians with surgery in the newly constructed
hospitals
Ans: C
Feedback:
Duties of district nurses in Liverpool, England, in 1865 included the following:
Investigate new referrals as soon as possible; report to the superintendent
