TEST BANK FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING ;EXAM QUESTIONS AND
THEIR COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What was one of Mary Breckenridge's innovative
contributions to health care in the United States?
Introducing the first nurse-midwifery training
. The most important contribution made by Florence
Nightingale to community-oriented nursing was which
of the following?
Expanding the role of nursing to include health-promotion
practices
The Social Security Act of 1935 was designed to
prevent the reoccurrence of the problems of the
depression. Title VI of this act provided funding for
expanded opportunities for health protection and
promotion. The most relevant strategy of Title VI of the
Social Security Act (1935) related to public health
nursing was funding which of the following?
Employment and education of nurses
The primary impetus for the school nurse program
established by Lilian Wald was to work with children
in the schools and make home visits for the purpose
of
,providing and obtaining medical treatment for absent
students
Categorical Congressional funding has had which
effect on health care?
Negative as the national preference service model
neglects emerging problems
. During the Depression, which of the following
created a negative effect on public health nursing?
Decrease in focus on the community as the unit of service
The Association of Community Health Nurse
Educators has called for increased graduate programs
to educate Public Health Nursing leaders, educators,
and researchers in such areas as:
natural and human-made disasters
Which of the following are recommendations of the
1850 Shattuck Report that represented major
innovations in public health? (Select all that apply.)
a. Establishment of state health departments and local
health boards in every town
b. Promotion of environmental sanitation and collection of
vital statistics
c. Steps to decrease preventable disease and control
smoking and alcohol use
Which of the following factors assisted community-
oriented nursing pioneers, such as Lillian Wald, in
developing approaches and programs to solve the
,health care and social problems of her times? (Select
all that apply.)
a. Community health's focus on teaching and prevention
b. Establishment of settlement houses
e. Middle and upper class fear of diseases
Which are major accomplishments of the National
Organization for Public Health Nursing (NOPHN)?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Collaborated to secure health insurance reimbursement
for nursing services, such as post discharge nursing care
at home
b. Established public health nursing programs for military
outposts in World War I
d. Responded to the 1918 worldwide influenza pandemic
in the United States
What is a potential, unanticipated public health issue
arising from international trade agreements?
d. Increase in foodborne disease when sanitary conditions
differ between countries.
A state health department nurse with budgetary
responsibility for a population health framework
would allocate priority funding to which activity?
. Promoting healthy lifestyles or improvement of social and
physical environments
The nurse analyzing data from reports of the global
burden of disease would learn about which of the
following topics?
, Years in lost contribution to economic growth
A terrorist bombing at a local church has sent many
victims to the local emergency department and
resulted in several deaths. Following the event, an
emergency department nurse seeks out other nurses
who are having difficulty performing their jobs to
speak about the event. The nurse is demonstrating the
disaster response strategy of:
. identifying feelings that individuals may be experiencing
Commitment to which of the following best
demonstrates nursing's advocacy role in primary
health care initiatives in developed countries
Provision of direct client care
The WHO initiative Health for All in the 21st Century
can best be described as which of the following?
. Social justice initiative
Health problems exist throughout the world. In the
United States, a current health concern is the
appearance of new viral strains such as Hantavirus in
the Southwest. This is an example of the difference in
health care concerns between countries such as
Sweden and Indonesia.
. A nurse is leading an effort to get desperately
needed medical supplies and equipment to an
impoverished and war-torn country. Materiel is being
gathered according to the recipient country's stated
NURSING ;EXAM QUESTIONS AND
THEIR COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What was one of Mary Breckenridge's innovative
contributions to health care in the United States?
Introducing the first nurse-midwifery training
. The most important contribution made by Florence
Nightingale to community-oriented nursing was which
of the following?
Expanding the role of nursing to include health-promotion
practices
The Social Security Act of 1935 was designed to
prevent the reoccurrence of the problems of the
depression. Title VI of this act provided funding for
expanded opportunities for health protection and
promotion. The most relevant strategy of Title VI of the
Social Security Act (1935) related to public health
nursing was funding which of the following?
Employment and education of nurses
The primary impetus for the school nurse program
established by Lilian Wald was to work with children
in the schools and make home visits for the purpose
of
,providing and obtaining medical treatment for absent
students
Categorical Congressional funding has had which
effect on health care?
Negative as the national preference service model
neglects emerging problems
. During the Depression, which of the following
created a negative effect on public health nursing?
Decrease in focus on the community as the unit of service
The Association of Community Health Nurse
Educators has called for increased graduate programs
to educate Public Health Nursing leaders, educators,
and researchers in such areas as:
natural and human-made disasters
Which of the following are recommendations of the
1850 Shattuck Report that represented major
innovations in public health? (Select all that apply.)
a. Establishment of state health departments and local
health boards in every town
b. Promotion of environmental sanitation and collection of
vital statistics
c. Steps to decrease preventable disease and control
smoking and alcohol use
Which of the following factors assisted community-
oriented nursing pioneers, such as Lillian Wald, in
developing approaches and programs to solve the
,health care and social problems of her times? (Select
all that apply.)
a. Community health's focus on teaching and prevention
b. Establishment of settlement houses
e. Middle and upper class fear of diseases
Which are major accomplishments of the National
Organization for Public Health Nursing (NOPHN)?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Collaborated to secure health insurance reimbursement
for nursing services, such as post discharge nursing care
at home
b. Established public health nursing programs for military
outposts in World War I
d. Responded to the 1918 worldwide influenza pandemic
in the United States
What is a potential, unanticipated public health issue
arising from international trade agreements?
d. Increase in foodborne disease when sanitary conditions
differ between countries.
A state health department nurse with budgetary
responsibility for a population health framework
would allocate priority funding to which activity?
. Promoting healthy lifestyles or improvement of social and
physical environments
The nurse analyzing data from reports of the global
burden of disease would learn about which of the
following topics?
, Years in lost contribution to economic growth
A terrorist bombing at a local church has sent many
victims to the local emergency department and
resulted in several deaths. Following the event, an
emergency department nurse seeks out other nurses
who are having difficulty performing their jobs to
speak about the event. The nurse is demonstrating the
disaster response strategy of:
. identifying feelings that individuals may be experiencing
Commitment to which of the following best
demonstrates nursing's advocacy role in primary
health care initiatives in developed countries
Provision of direct client care
The WHO initiative Health for All in the 21st Century
can best be described as which of the following?
. Social justice initiative
Health problems exist throughout the world. In the
United States, a current health concern is the
appearance of new viral strains such as Hantavirus in
the Southwest. This is an example of the difference in
health care concerns between countries such as
Sweden and Indonesia.
. A nurse is leading an effort to get desperately
needed medical supplies and equipment to an
impoverished and war-torn country. Materiel is being
gathered according to the recipient country's stated
