Test Bank for Community and Public Health Nursing
Community health nursing - Answer--Nursing care that is provided in a community setting, rather than
an institutional setting.
Public health nursing - Answer--Nursing care that is provided in an institutional setting.
Public health nursing focus - Answer--Focused on the health of individuals.
Community health nursing impact - Answer--Can shape the quality of community health services and
improve the health of the general public.
Difference between public health and community health nursing - Answer--Community health
practice refers to a focus on specific, designated communities and is a part of the larger public health
effort.
Community definition - Answer--A collection of people who share some important features of their
lives.
Geographic location in community - Answer--Community members may not live in the same
geographic location as in a common-interest community or a community of solution.
Population definition - Answer--Made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another
and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging to that group.
Aggregate definition - Answer--A mass of grouping of distinct individuals who are considered as a
whole and who are loosely associated with one another.
Community characteristics - Answer--A collection of people who chose to interact with one another
because of common interests, characteristics, or goals.
, Test Bank for Community and Public Health Nursing
Common-interest community - Answer--Shares a common interest or goal that binds the members
together.
Geographic community examples - Answer--The global community and a small rural town in a
northern state.
National professional organization - Answer--An example of a common-interest community.
Communities and populations - Answer--Are types of aggregates.
Members of an aggregate - Answer--Share a strong bond.
Community health nurse identification - Answer--Identifies a community of common interest.
Community health nursing services - Answer--Distinctive types of services and perspectives.
Public aspects of health - Answer--Focused on by public health nursing.
Private aspects of health - Answer--Focused on by public health nursing.
Sense of belonging in community - Answer--Members may not necessarily share a sense of belonging
to that group.
Interaction in community - Answer--Members may not necessarily interact with one another.
Health promotion through education - Answer--A focus area in public health nursing.
Community health nursing - Answer--Nursing care that is provided in a community setting, rather than
an institutional setting.
Public health nursing - Answer--Nursing care that is provided in an institutional setting.
Public health nursing focus - Answer--Focused on the health of individuals.
Community health nursing impact - Answer--Can shape the quality of community health services and
improve the health of the general public.
Difference between public health and community health nursing - Answer--Community health
practice refers to a focus on specific, designated communities and is a part of the larger public health
effort.
Community definition - Answer--A collection of people who share some important features of their
lives.
Geographic location in community - Answer--Community members may not live in the same
geographic location as in a common-interest community or a community of solution.
Population definition - Answer--Made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another
and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging to that group.
Aggregate definition - Answer--A mass of grouping of distinct individuals who are considered as a
whole and who are loosely associated with one another.
Community characteristics - Answer--A collection of people who chose to interact with one another
because of common interests, characteristics, or goals.
, Test Bank for Community and Public Health Nursing
Common-interest community - Answer--Shares a common interest or goal that binds the members
together.
Geographic community examples - Answer--The global community and a small rural town in a
northern state.
National professional organization - Answer--An example of a common-interest community.
Communities and populations - Answer--Are types of aggregates.
Members of an aggregate - Answer--Share a strong bond.
Community health nurse identification - Answer--Identifies a community of common interest.
Community health nursing services - Answer--Distinctive types of services and perspectives.
Public aspects of health - Answer--Focused on by public health nursing.
Private aspects of health - Answer--Focused on by public health nursing.
Sense of belonging in community - Answer--Members may not necessarily share a sense of belonging
to that group.
Interaction in community - Answer--Members may not necessarily interact with one another.
Health promotion through education - Answer--A focus area in public health nursing.
