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FOUNDATIONS FOR POPULATION HEALTH IN
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 6TH EDITION BY
MARCIA STANHOPE

,CH: 01: Community- and Prevention-
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Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health Stanhope: Foundations for Populatio
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n Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 6TH Edition
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1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
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a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families
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b. Providing care with a focus on the group’s needs EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX



c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate’s needs EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX



d. A value system in which all hospital clients receive optimal care
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PRECISE CHOICE:-A EX




Reasoning:->>>By definition, community-based nursing is a setting- EX EX EX EX EX EX




specific practice in which care is provided for “sick” individuals and families where the
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y live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the pr
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ovision of comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous care. These nursing attendan
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ts may be generalists or specialists in maternal–
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infant, pediatric, adult, or psychiatric mental health nursing. Community-
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based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, rather t
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han focusing on groups, aggregates, or systems.
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2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
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a. Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX




b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions EX EX EX EX EX EX EX




c. Giving direct care to il inNU
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d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
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Reasoning:->>>By definition, community- EX EX




oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health and pr
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eventing disease to promote the quality of life. All nursing attendants may focus on i
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ndividuals and families, give direct care to sick persons within their family setting, and
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help manage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to comm
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unity-oriented nursing. EX




3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
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a. Families and groups EX EX



b. Sickness-oriented care EX



c. Individuals within the family unit EX EX EX EX



d. Health care of communities and populations EX EX EX EX EX

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Reasoning:-
>>>In public health nursing the primary focus is on the health care of communities a
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nd populations rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent
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X disease and preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the community and th
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e population within it. Community-
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based nursing attendants deal primarily with sickness-
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EX oriented care of individuals and families acorss the life span. The aim is to amanage ac
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ute and chronic health conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on in
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dividual or family-centered sickness care.
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, 4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy d
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uring the 20th century? EX EX EX




a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX



b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures EX EX EX EX EX



c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs EX EX EX EX EX



d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections EX EX EX EX EX




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Reasoning:-
>>>Improvements in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX




, and other population-
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based prevention programs led to the increase in life expectancy from less than 50 y
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ears in 1900 to more than 78 years in 2013. Although people are excited when a new
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drug is discovered that cures a disease or when a new way to transplant organs is perf
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ected, it is important to know about the significant gains in the health of populations t
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hat have come largely from public health accomplishments.
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5. A nursing attendant is developing a plan to reduce the number of premature deaths
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in the community. Which of the following interventions would most likely be imple
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mented by the nursing attendant? EX EX EX EX




a. Increase the community’s knowledge about clinic care. EX EX EX EX EX EX



b. Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX




c. Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial site. EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX




d. Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment for comm
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unity members. EX




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Reasoning:-
>>>Public health approaches could help prevent premature deaths by influencing the
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way people eat, drink, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the environment. Increasing
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EX knowledge of clinic care, encouraging on- EX EX EX EX EX




site wellness centers, and ensuring timely treatment of medical
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conditions do not address theNfUocRusSoIfNimGpTroBv.inCg Oo vMerall health throu
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gh health promotion
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strategies. This is the major method that is suggested to reduce the incidence of prem
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ature death. EX




6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts?
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