Foundations for population health in community
public health nursing 5th edition
,Chapter 01: Community- and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve PopulationHealth
Stanhope: Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing,5th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following 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 needs
c. Giving care with a focus on the 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
individuals and families where they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute
and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, andcontinuous care. These
nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal infant, pediatric,adult, or psychiatric mental
health nursing. Community- based nursing emphasizes acute andchronic care to individuals and
families, rather than focusing on groups, aggregates, or systems.
2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
a. Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill inN
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d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
ANS: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining
health and preventing disease to promote the quality of life. All nurses may focuson individuals and
families, give direct care to ill persons within their family setting, and helpmanage acute or chronic
conditions. These definitions are not specific to community-orientednursing.
,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
ANS: D
In public health nursing the primary focus is on the health care of communities and populations
rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease andpreserve, promote,
restore, and protect health for the community and the population within it. Community-based nurses
deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals and families acorss the life span. The aim is to
amanage acute and chronic health conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on
individual or family-centered illness care.
public health nursing 5th edition
,Chapter 01: Community- and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve PopulationHealth
Stanhope: Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing,5th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following 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 needs
c. Giving care with a focus on the 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
individuals and families where they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute
and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, andcontinuous care. These
nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal infant, pediatric,adult, or psychiatric mental
health nursing. Community- based nursing emphasizes acute andchronic care to individuals and
families, rather than focusing on groups, aggregates, or systems.
2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
a. Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill inN
UdivR alIs wG
SiduN TithBi nt.hCeir Mfamily setting
d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
ANS: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining
health and preventing disease to promote the quality of life. All nurses may focuson individuals and
families, give direct care to ill persons within their family setting, and helpmanage acute or chronic
conditions. These definitions are not specific to community-orientednursing.
,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
ANS: D
In public health nursing the primary focus is on the health care of communities and populations
rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease andpreserve, promote,
restore, and protect health for the community and the population within it. Community-based nurses
deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals and families acorss the life span. The aim is to
amanage acute and chronic health conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on
individual or family-centered illness care.
