Test Bank For Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nurs
Test Bank
For Foundations for Popula
Health in Community/Pub
Health Nursing
6th Edition
by Marcia Stanhope , Jeanette L
,Test Bank For Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nurs
Chapter 01: Public Health Nursing and Population Health
Stanhope: Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing,
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which statement best describes community-based nursing?
a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families.
b. Providing care with a focus on the group’s needs.
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate’s needs.
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care.
ANS: A
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is provided for “sic
where they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision
coordinated, and continuous care. These nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal–infant, pe
mental health nursing. Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and
focusing on groups, aggregates, or systems.
2. Which statement best describes the goal of community-oriented nursing?
a. Providing care to individuals and families
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease
ANS: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health
promote the quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill pers
setting, and help manage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to community-o
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
a. Families and groups
b. Illness-oriented care
,Test Bank For Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nurs
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANS: C
There has to be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and programs wer
increasing the average life span from 47 in 1900 to 78.6 years in 2017, an increase of approximately 60
through improvements in (1) sanitation, (2) clean water supplies, (3) making workplaces safer, (4) imp
(5) immunizing children, and (6) improving nutrition, hygiene, and housing. Although people are excit
discovered that cures a disease or when a new way to transplant organs is perfected, it is important to k
gains in the health of populations that have come largely from public health accomplishments.
5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the community. Which of t
would most likely be implemented by the nurse?
a. Provide free health care to all citizens
b. To increase the number of individuals with access to effective health care benefits
c. Lower the cost of health care to the American population
d. To lessen the governmental burden of providing health care to Americans
ANS: B
The central feature in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 are the mechanism
people with health insurance. The care provided is not necessarily free. While the cost of health care an
American government are serious concerns, they are not the primary focus of ACA.
6. What is the basic assumption stated by Healthy People 2010 as it relates to public health
efforts?
a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
ANS: C
The major premise of Healthy People 2010 was that the health of the individual cannot be entirely sepa
larger community. Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of the co
(resources) on the health of individuals, families, and groups. The goal is to prevent disease and disabil
the health of the community as a whole. Public health can be described as what society collectively doe
,Test Bank For Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nurs
improving the environment. The interventions of asking community leaders which interventions should
community and deciding on appropriate interventions, and using data from health care institutions do n
engagement of the community when making decisions about what the community actually wants and n
8. Which public health nurse most clearly fulfills the responsibilities of this role?
a. The nurse who met with several groups to discuss community recreation issues
b. The nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies
c. The nurse who talked to several people about their particular health concerns
d. The nurse who watched the city council meeting on local cable television
ANS: B
Any of these descriptions might represent a nurse communicating, cooperating, or collaborating with c
groups about health concerns. A major challenge for the future is the need for public health nursing spe
aggressive in working collaboratively with various groups in the community as well as professional co
settings to deal with barriers to health. However, the nurse who spent the day attending meetings of var
most representative, because in public health, concerns are addressed from a broader perspective. In pu
of the community should be addressed. Concerns are broader than recreation, individual concerns are n
priorities, and watching television (a one-way form of communication) is less effective than interacting
9. Which of the following best defines aggregate?
a. A large group of persons
b. A collection of individuals and families
c. A collection of people who share one or more characteristics
d. Another name for demographic group
ANS: C
An aggregate is defined a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental charac
community can be defined in terms of either geography (e.g., a county, a group of counties, or a state)
children attending a particular school). These members make up a population. The term population ma
with the term aggregate. A large group of persons, a collection of individuals and families, and anothe
group are not accurate definitions of the term aggregate.
10. Which question asked by a novice nurse would be the most reflective of an understanding of the role of
a. “Which groups are at the greatest risk for problems?”
, Test Bank For Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nurs
ANS: C
Assurance includes making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available in the c
does not fit the terms assessment, policy development. Scientific knowledge-based care is not a core fu
Assessment is systematic data collection on the population, monitoring the population’s health status, a
available about the health of the community. Policy development refers to efforts to develop policies th
population, including using a scientific knowledge base to make policy decisions.
12. When talking to a women’s group at the senior citizens’ center, the nurse reminded them that the only
to afford to provide transportation services for them would be for them to continue to write letters to th
representatives requesting funding for such a service. What was the nurse trying to accomplish through
a. Ensure that the women did not expect the nurse to solve their problem.
b. Demonstrate that the nurse understood the women’s concerns and needs.
c. Express empathy, support, and concern.
d. Help the women engage in political action.
ANS: D
Public health nurses engage themselves and others in policy development and encourage and assist per
needs to those with the power to take action. The nurse is demonstrating the role of advocate through th
merely understanding the women’s concern, and instead mobilizes them to take action. This action doe
showing empathy rather the nurse is empowering these women.
13. The public health nurse has a clear vision of what needs to be done and where to begin to improve the
Why would the nurse spend time meeting with community groups to discuss the most important task to
a. To increase the group’s self-esteem
b. To maintain communication links with the groups
c. To make the groups feel good about their contribution
d. To work with the groups, not for the groups
ANS: D
Historically, health care providers have been accused of providing care for or to people without actuall
the decisions. Public health nursing is a “with the people”—not a “to the people” or “for the people”—
is an imperative to work with members of the community to carry out core public health functions. The
community groups is not to increase their self-esteem or make them feel good about their contribution,
Test Bank
For Foundations for Popula
Health in Community/Pub
Health Nursing
6th Edition
by Marcia Stanhope , Jeanette L
,Test Bank For Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nurs
Chapter 01: Public Health Nursing and Population Health
Stanhope: Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing,
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which statement best describes community-based nursing?
a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families.
b. Providing care with a focus on the group’s needs.
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate’s needs.
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care.
ANS: A
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is provided for “sic
where they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision
coordinated, and continuous care. These nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal–infant, pe
mental health nursing. Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and
focusing on groups, aggregates, or systems.
2. Which statement best describes the goal of community-oriented nursing?
a. Providing care to individuals and families
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease
ANS: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health
promote the quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill pers
setting, and help manage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to community-o
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
a. Families and groups
b. Illness-oriented care
,Test Bank For Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nurs
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANS: C
There has to be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and programs wer
increasing the average life span from 47 in 1900 to 78.6 years in 2017, an increase of approximately 60
through improvements in (1) sanitation, (2) clean water supplies, (3) making workplaces safer, (4) imp
(5) immunizing children, and (6) improving nutrition, hygiene, and housing. Although people are excit
discovered that cures a disease or when a new way to transplant organs is perfected, it is important to k
gains in the health of populations that have come largely from public health accomplishments.
5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the community. Which of t
would most likely be implemented by the nurse?
a. Provide free health care to all citizens
b. To increase the number of individuals with access to effective health care benefits
c. Lower the cost of health care to the American population
d. To lessen the governmental burden of providing health care to Americans
ANS: B
The central feature in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 are the mechanism
people with health insurance. The care provided is not necessarily free. While the cost of health care an
American government are serious concerns, they are not the primary focus of ACA.
6. What is the basic assumption stated by Healthy People 2010 as it relates to public health
efforts?
a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
ANS: C
The major premise of Healthy People 2010 was that the health of the individual cannot be entirely sepa
larger community. Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of the co
(resources) on the health of individuals, families, and groups. The goal is to prevent disease and disabil
the health of the community as a whole. Public health can be described as what society collectively doe
,Test Bank For Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nurs
improving the environment. The interventions of asking community leaders which interventions should
community and deciding on appropriate interventions, and using data from health care institutions do n
engagement of the community when making decisions about what the community actually wants and n
8. Which public health nurse most clearly fulfills the responsibilities of this role?
a. The nurse who met with several groups to discuss community recreation issues
b. The nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies
c. The nurse who talked to several people about their particular health concerns
d. The nurse who watched the city council meeting on local cable television
ANS: B
Any of these descriptions might represent a nurse communicating, cooperating, or collaborating with c
groups about health concerns. A major challenge for the future is the need for public health nursing spe
aggressive in working collaboratively with various groups in the community as well as professional co
settings to deal with barriers to health. However, the nurse who spent the day attending meetings of var
most representative, because in public health, concerns are addressed from a broader perspective. In pu
of the community should be addressed. Concerns are broader than recreation, individual concerns are n
priorities, and watching television (a one-way form of communication) is less effective than interacting
9. Which of the following best defines aggregate?
a. A large group of persons
b. A collection of individuals and families
c. A collection of people who share one or more characteristics
d. Another name for demographic group
ANS: C
An aggregate is defined a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental charac
community can be defined in terms of either geography (e.g., a county, a group of counties, or a state)
children attending a particular school). These members make up a population. The term population ma
with the term aggregate. A large group of persons, a collection of individuals and families, and anothe
group are not accurate definitions of the term aggregate.
10. Which question asked by a novice nurse would be the most reflective of an understanding of the role of
a. “Which groups are at the greatest risk for problems?”
, Test Bank For Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nurs
ANS: C
Assurance includes making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available in the c
does not fit the terms assessment, policy development. Scientific knowledge-based care is not a core fu
Assessment is systematic data collection on the population, monitoring the population’s health status, a
available about the health of the community. Policy development refers to efforts to develop policies th
population, including using a scientific knowledge base to make policy decisions.
12. When talking to a women’s group at the senior citizens’ center, the nurse reminded them that the only
to afford to provide transportation services for them would be for them to continue to write letters to th
representatives requesting funding for such a service. What was the nurse trying to accomplish through
a. Ensure that the women did not expect the nurse to solve their problem.
b. Demonstrate that the nurse understood the women’s concerns and needs.
c. Express empathy, support, and concern.
d. Help the women engage in political action.
ANS: D
Public health nurses engage themselves and others in policy development and encourage and assist per
needs to those with the power to take action. The nurse is demonstrating the role of advocate through th
merely understanding the women’s concern, and instead mobilizes them to take action. This action doe
showing empathy rather the nurse is empowering these women.
13. The public health nurse has a clear vision of what needs to be done and where to begin to improve the
Why would the nurse spend time meeting with community groups to discuss the most important task to
a. To increase the group’s self-esteem
b. To maintain communication links with the groups
c. To make the groups feel good about their contribution
d. To work with the groups, not for the groups
ANS: D
Historically, health care providers have been accused of providing care for or to people without actuall
the decisions. Public health nursing is a “with the people”—not a “to the people” or “for the people”—
is an imperative to work with members of the community to carry out core public health functions. The
community groups is not to increase their self-esteem or make them feel good about their contribution,
