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Test Bank Foundations For Population Health In Community/
Public Health Nursing By Marcia Stanhope, Jeanette
Lancaster{ 6th edition 2025}..FOR BEST RESULTS
Foundations For Population Health (Walden University)
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TEST BANK FOUNDATIONS FOR POPULATION HE
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 6TH ED
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Chapter 01: Public Health Nursing and Populatio
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.
ANSWER: A
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is provided for “sick” indi
they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehe
continuous care. These nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric, adult, or psychi
Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, rather than focusin
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
ANSWER: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health and
the quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill persons within their
manage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to community-oriented nursing.
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
a. Families and groups
b. Illness-oriented care
c. Individuals within the family unit
d. Health care of communities and populations
ANSWER: D
In public health nursing, the primary focus is on the health care of communities and populations rather than
families. The goal is to prevent disease and preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the community
Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals and families across the life
acute and chronic health conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or
family-centered illness care.
4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the 20th century?
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANSWER: C
There has to be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and programs were prim
the average life span from 47 in 1900 to 78.6 years in 2017, an increase of approximately 60% in just over a
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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.
ANSWER: C
The major premise of Healthy People 2010 was that the health of the individual cannot be entirely separate fr
community. Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of the community’s h
health of individuals, families, and groups. The goal is to prevent disease and disability and promote and pro
community as a whole. Public health can be described as what society collectively does to ensure that conditi
be healthy. The basic assumptions of public health do not judge the morality of health disparities. The focus i
on spending more on illness care. Additionally, individual responsibility for making healthy choices is the dir
span not the role of the government.
7. Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
a. Asking community leaders what interventions should be chosen
b. Assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventions
c. Using data from the main health care institutions in the community to determine
needed health services
d. Working with community groups to create policies to improve the environment
ANSWER: D
Although the public health nurse might engage in any of the tasks listed, he or she works primarily with mem
carry out core public health functions, including assessment of the population as a whole and engaging in pro
the environment. The interventions of asking community leaders which interventions should be chosen, asse
deciding on appropriate interventions, and using data from health care institutions do not demonstrate the e
when making decisions about what the community actually wants and needs.
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
ANSWER: B
Any of these descriptions might represent a nurse communicating, cooperating, or collaborating with commu
about health concerns. A major challenge for the future is the need for public health nursing specialists to be
collaboratively with various groups in the community as well as professional colleagues in institutional settin
health. However, the nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies is the most repr
health, concerns are addressed from a broader perspective. In public health, broad concerns of the communi
Concerns are broader than recreation, individual concerns are not as important as aggregate priorities, and w
form of communication) is less effective than interacting with others.
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
ANSWER: C
An aggregate is defined a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental characteristi
Test Bank Foundations For Population Health In Community/
Public Health Nursing By Marcia Stanhope, Jeanette
Lancaster{ 6th edition 2025}..FOR BEST RESULTS
Foundations For Population Health (Walden University)
, lOMoARcPSD|6353920
TEST BANK FOUNDATIONS FOR POPULATION HE
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 6TH ED
, lOMoARcPSD|6353920
Chapter 01: Public Health Nursing and Populatio
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.
ANSWER: A
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is provided for “sick” indi
they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehe
continuous care. These nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric, adult, or psychi
Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, rather than focusin
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
ANSWER: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health and
the quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill persons within their
manage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to community-oriented nursing.
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
a. Families and groups
b. Illness-oriented care
c. Individuals within the family unit
d. Health care of communities and populations
ANSWER: D
In public health nursing, the primary focus is on the health care of communities and populations rather than
families. The goal is to prevent disease and preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the community
Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals and families across the life
acute and chronic health conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or
family-centered illness care.
4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the 20th century?
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANSWER: C
There has to be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and programs were prim
the average life span from 47 in 1900 to 78.6 years in 2017, an increase of approximately 60% in just over a
, lOMoARcPSD|6353920
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.
ANSWER: C
The major premise of Healthy People 2010 was that the health of the individual cannot be entirely separate fr
community. Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of the community’s h
health of individuals, families, and groups. The goal is to prevent disease and disability and promote and pro
community as a whole. Public health can be described as what society collectively does to ensure that conditi
be healthy. The basic assumptions of public health do not judge the morality of health disparities. The focus i
on spending more on illness care. Additionally, individual responsibility for making healthy choices is the dir
span not the role of the government.
7. Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
a. Asking community leaders what interventions should be chosen
b. Assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventions
c. Using data from the main health care institutions in the community to determine
needed health services
d. Working with community groups to create policies to improve the environment
ANSWER: D
Although the public health nurse might engage in any of the tasks listed, he or she works primarily with mem
carry out core public health functions, including assessment of the population as a whole and engaging in pro
the environment. The interventions of asking community leaders which interventions should be chosen, asse
deciding on appropriate interventions, and using data from health care institutions do not demonstrate the e
when making decisions about what the community actually wants and needs.
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
ANSWER: B
Any of these descriptions might represent a nurse communicating, cooperating, or collaborating with commu
about health concerns. A major challenge for the future is the need for public health nursing specialists to be
collaboratively with various groups in the community as well as professional colleagues in institutional settin
health. However, the nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies is the most repr
health, concerns are addressed from a broader perspective. In public health, broad concerns of the communi
Concerns are broader than recreation, individual concerns are not as important as aggregate priorities, and w
form of communication) is less effective than interacting with others.
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
ANSWER: C
An aggregate is defined a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental characteristi
