with answers ||
As a guest speaker for a group of community health nurses who are
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considering corrections nursing as a career, a corrections nurse provides an
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overview of the history of corrections nursing. Which of the following would
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the nurse describe as the historic view
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of corrections nursing?
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A) Health care to inmates occurred primarily as
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emergency treatment. ||
B) Inmates were viewed as not deserving care
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paid by public dollars.
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C) The emphasis was on corrections, not
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punishment.
D) Prisons provided safe havens from
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communicable diseases. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B) Inmates were viewed || || || || || || || || ||
as not deserving care
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paid by public dollars.
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Which of the following activities best reflects a public health nurse's role in
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the public health function of assessment?
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,A) Prioritizing the issues of a community to
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determine appropriate interventions || ||
B) Evaluating for potential safety hazards in a
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childcare center ||
C) Ensuring that children in a day care center are
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properly immunized ||
D) Working with officials to develop a program
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for solving a problem - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A) Prioritizing the issues of
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a community to determine appropriate interventions
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A nurse is considering a career in public health nursing. The nurse
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determines the need to obtain which of the following for entry level practice?
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A) Associate's degree in nursing
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B) Bachelor's degree in nursing
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C) Master's degree in nursing
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D) Post-master's degree certification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B) Bachelor's
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degree in nursing
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When describing the differences between public health nursing and nursing
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in general, which of the following would an instructor include as
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characteristic of public health nursing? (SATA). || || || || ||
A) Acute care services
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,B) Focus on the greater good
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C) Seek out of clients in need
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D) Community commitment
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E) Health restoration - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B) Focus on the greater
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good
C) Seek out of clients in need
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D) Community commitment
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Which one of the following statements best illustrates the similarities and
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differences between public health nursing and other types of nursing?
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A) The priorities are the same for both public
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health nursing and other types of nursing.
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B) In hospital nursing, nurses must address the issues that come to them.
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Whereas in public health nursing, it is necessary for the nurse to actively seek
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out and identify potential problems and situations.
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C) Nurses whose main practice is in the hospital
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are required to collaborate more effectively than public health nurses.
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D) Nurses who work in public health do not use the nursing process as a
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foundation for their work. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B) In hospital nursing,
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nurses must address the issues that come to them. Whereas in public health
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nursing, it is necessary for the nurse to actively seek out and identify potential
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problems and situations.
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After teaching a group of students about the federal agencies involved in
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public health, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful
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, when the students identify which agency as the main organization that is
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involved in public health? || || ||
A) Environmental Protection Agency
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B) Department of Homeland Security
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C) Department of Agriculture
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D) Department of Health and Human Services - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D)
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Department of Health and Human Services
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A public health nurse is employed by the Indian Health Services. This nurse
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is working at which of the following levels?
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A) Local ||
B) Community
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C) State ||
D) Federal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D) Federal
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After teaching a group of students about public health nursing and the U.S.
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Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the instructor determines that
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the students need additional instruction when they state which of the
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following is necessary to qualify for a || || || || || ||
position in the Corps? || || ||
A) Age over 45 years
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B) Bachelor's degree in nursing
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