TEST BANK
FOUNDATIONS FOR POPULATION HEALTH IN COMMUNI
HEALTH NURSING
by MarciaStanhope,JeanetteLancaster
, Table ofContents
Chapter01:Public HealthNursing and PopulationHealth
Chapter02:The History of Public Healthand Public and CommunityHealthNursing Stanhope:Chapter 03:
US and Global Health Care
Chapter04:Government,theLaw, and Policy Activism
Chapter 05: Economics of US Health Care Delivery
Chapter06:Ethics in Public and CommunityHealthNursing Practice
Chapter 07: Culture of Populations in Communities
Chapter 08: Environmental Health
Chapter
09: Evidence-Based PracticeChapter10:
EpidemiologicalApplications
Chapter 11: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Chapter12:CommunicableandInfectionDiseaseRisks
Chapter 13: Community Assessment and Evaluation
Chapter 14: Health Education in the Community
Chapter
15: Case Management
Chapter16:DisasterManagement
Chapter17:Public HealthSurveillanceandOutbreakInvestigationChapter
18: Program Management
Chapter19:HealthcareImprovementin theCommunity
Chapter20:Family Development,Family Nursing Assessment,and GenomicsChapter
21: Family Health Risks
Chapter22:HealthRisks Across theLife Span
Chapter23:HealthEquity and Care of VulnerablePopulationsChapter 24:
Rural Health and Migrant Health
Chapter 25: Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness
Chapter26:
Alcohol, Tobacco,and OtherDrug Problemsin theCommunity Chapter 27: Violence
and Human Abuse
Chapter28:Nursing Practiceat theLocal, State,and NationalLevelsin Public HealthChapter 29:
The Faith Community Nurse
, Chapter01:Public HealthNursing andPopulationHealth
Stanhope:Foundationsfor PopulationHealth inCommunity/PublicHealthNursing, 6thEdit
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. WHICH statementbestdescribescommunity-basednursing?
a. A practicein WHICH careis provided forindividualsand families.
b. Providing carewith afocuson thegroup’sneeds.
c. Giving carewith a focuson theaggregate’sneeds.
d. A valuesystemin WHICH all clientsreceiveoptimalcare.
ANS A
By definition,community-basednursing is a setting-specificpracticein WHICH careis providedfor “sick” indi
they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of com
continuous care. These Nurses may generalists
be orspecialists inmaternal–infant, pediatric, adult, or psych
Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, rather than
systems.
2. WHICH statementbestdescribesthegoal of community-orientednursing?
a. Providing careto individualsand families
b. Providing careto manage acuteor chronic conditions
c. Giving directcareto ill individualswithin theirfamily setting
d. To preserve,protect,promote,or maintainhealthand preventdisease
ANS D
By definition,community-orientednursing hasthegoalof preserving,protecting,or maintaininghealthand pre
the quality of life. All Nurses may focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill persons withi
acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to community
-oriented nursing.
3. WHICH of theFollowing is the primaryfocusof public healthnursing?
a. Familiesand groups
b. Illness-orientedcare
c. Individuals within thefamily unit
d. Healthcareof communitiesand populations
ANS D
In public healthnursing, theprimaryfocusis on thehealthcareof communitiesand populationsratherthanon
families.The goalis to preventdiseaseand preserve,promote,restore,and protecthealthfor thecommunityan
Community-based Nurses deal primarily with illness -oriented care of individuals and families across thesp
l
acute and chronic health conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or
family-centeredillnesscare.
4. WHICH of theFollowing is responsible forthedramaticincreasein life expectancyduring the20thcentury?
a. Technologyincreasesin thefield of medicallaboratoryresearch
b. Advancesin surgicaltechniquesand procedures
c. Sanitationand otherpopulation-basedpreventionprograms
d. Use of antibioticsto fight infections
ANS C
There has to be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and programs we
averagelife spanfrom 47 in 1900to 78.6yearsin 2017,an increaseof approximately60% in just overa centuryp
, 6. What is thebasicassumptionstated byHealthyPeople2010as it relatesto public healthefforts?
a. Healthdisparitiesamongany groupsaremorallyand legallywrong.
b. Healthcareis themost importantpriority in governmentplanning and funding.
c. The healthof individualscannotbe separatedfrom thehealthof thecommunity.
d. The government isresponsible forlengthening thelife spanof Americans.
ANS C
The major premise ofHealthy People 2010 was that the health of theindividual cannot be entirely separate
community. Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of the commu
healthof individuals,families,and groups.The goal is to preventdiseaseand disabilityand promoteand protec
as awhole. Publichealth can bedescribed as what society collectively does to ensurethat conditions existin W
The basicassumptionsof public healthdo not judgethemoralityof healthdisparities.The focus is on preven
more on illness care. Additionally, individual responsibility for making healthy choices is the directive
of the government.
7. WHICH of theFollowing actionswouldmostlikely be performedby a public healthNurse?
a. Asking communityleaderswhatinterventionsshouldbechosen
b. Assessingthecommunity anddecidingon appropriateinterventions
c. Using datafrom themain healthcareinstitutionsin thecommunityto determine
needed health services
d. Working with community groupsto createpoliciesto improvetheenvironment
ANS D
Although the public health Nurse might engage in any of the tasks listed, he or she works primarily wi
out corepublic health functions, including assessmentthe
of population as whole
a and engaging in promot
environment. The interventions of asking community leaders
WHICH interventions should be chosen, asse
decidingon appropriateinterventions,and using datafrom healthcareinstitutionsdo not demonstrate the e
when making decisions about what the community actually wants and needs.
8. WHICH public healthNurse mostclearlyfulfills theresponsibilitiesof this role?
a. The Nurse who metwith severalgroupsto discusscommunityrecreationissues
b. The Nurse who spenttheday attendingmeetingsof varioushealthagencies
c. The Nurse who talkedto several people
abouttheirparticularhealthconcerns
d. The Nurse who watchedthe city council meetingon local cabletelevision
ANS B
Any of these descriptions might represent a Nurse communicating, cooperating, or collaborating with
health concerns. A major challenge for the future is the need for public health nursing specialists to b
collaboratively with various groups in the community as well as professional colleagues in institutiona
However, the Nursewho spent theday attending meetings of various health agencies is the representativ
most
concernsareaddressedfrom a broaderperspective. Inpublic health,broadconcerns ofthecommunityshould
broaderthanrecreation,individual concernsarenot as importantas aggregate priorities, and watching telev
communication) is less effective than interacting with others.
9. WHICH of theFollowing bestdefinesaggregate?
a. A largegroup of persons
b. A collectionof individualsand families
c. A collection of people
who shareoneor morecharacteristics
d. Anothernamefor demographicgroup
ANS C
An aggregate is defined a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental char
FOUNDATIONS FOR POPULATION HEALTH IN COMMUNI
HEALTH NURSING
by MarciaStanhope,JeanetteLancaster
, Table ofContents
Chapter01:Public HealthNursing and PopulationHealth
Chapter02:The History of Public Healthand Public and CommunityHealthNursing Stanhope:Chapter 03:
US and Global Health Care
Chapter04:Government,theLaw, and Policy Activism
Chapter 05: Economics of US Health Care Delivery
Chapter06:Ethics in Public and CommunityHealthNursing Practice
Chapter 07: Culture of Populations in Communities
Chapter 08: Environmental Health
Chapter
09: Evidence-Based PracticeChapter10:
EpidemiologicalApplications
Chapter 11: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Chapter12:CommunicableandInfectionDiseaseRisks
Chapter 13: Community Assessment and Evaluation
Chapter 14: Health Education in the Community
Chapter
15: Case Management
Chapter16:DisasterManagement
Chapter17:Public HealthSurveillanceandOutbreakInvestigationChapter
18: Program Management
Chapter19:HealthcareImprovementin theCommunity
Chapter20:Family Development,Family Nursing Assessment,and GenomicsChapter
21: Family Health Risks
Chapter22:HealthRisks Across theLife Span
Chapter23:HealthEquity and Care of VulnerablePopulationsChapter 24:
Rural Health and Migrant Health
Chapter 25: Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness
Chapter26:
Alcohol, Tobacco,and OtherDrug Problemsin theCommunity Chapter 27: Violence
and Human Abuse
Chapter28:Nursing Practiceat theLocal, State,and NationalLevelsin Public HealthChapter 29:
The Faith Community Nurse
, Chapter01:Public HealthNursing andPopulationHealth
Stanhope:Foundationsfor PopulationHealth inCommunity/PublicHealthNursing, 6thEdit
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. WHICH statementbestdescribescommunity-basednursing?
a. A practicein WHICH careis provided forindividualsand families.
b. Providing carewith afocuson thegroup’sneeds.
c. Giving carewith a focuson theaggregate’sneeds.
d. A valuesystemin WHICH all clientsreceiveoptimalcare.
ANS A
By definition,community-basednursing is a setting-specificpracticein WHICH careis providedfor “sick” indi
they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of com
continuous care. These Nurses may generalists
be orspecialists inmaternal–infant, pediatric, adult, or psych
Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, rather than
systems.
2. WHICH statementbestdescribesthegoal of community-orientednursing?
a. Providing careto individualsand families
b. Providing careto manage acuteor chronic conditions
c. Giving directcareto ill individualswithin theirfamily setting
d. To preserve,protect,promote,or maintainhealthand preventdisease
ANS D
By definition,community-orientednursing hasthegoalof preserving,protecting,or maintaininghealthand pre
the quality of life. All Nurses may focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill persons withi
acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to community
-oriented nursing.
3. WHICH of theFollowing is the primaryfocusof public healthnursing?
a. Familiesand groups
b. Illness-orientedcare
c. Individuals within thefamily unit
d. Healthcareof communitiesand populations
ANS D
In public healthnursing, theprimaryfocusis on thehealthcareof communitiesand populationsratherthanon
families.The goalis to preventdiseaseand preserve,promote,restore,and protecthealthfor thecommunityan
Community-based Nurses deal primarily with illness -oriented care of individuals and families across thesp
l
acute and chronic health conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or
family-centeredillnesscare.
4. WHICH of theFollowing is responsible forthedramaticincreasein life expectancyduring the20thcentury?
a. Technologyincreasesin thefield of medicallaboratoryresearch
b. Advancesin surgicaltechniquesand procedures
c. Sanitationand otherpopulation-basedpreventionprograms
d. Use of antibioticsto fight infections
ANS C
There has to be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and programs we
averagelife spanfrom 47 in 1900to 78.6yearsin 2017,an increaseof approximately60% in just overa centuryp
, 6. What is thebasicassumptionstated byHealthyPeople2010as it relatesto public healthefforts?
a. Healthdisparitiesamongany groupsaremorallyand legallywrong.
b. Healthcareis themost importantpriority in governmentplanning and funding.
c. The healthof individualscannotbe separatedfrom thehealthof thecommunity.
d. The government isresponsible forlengthening thelife spanof Americans.
ANS C
The major premise ofHealthy People 2010 was that the health of theindividual cannot be entirely separate
community. Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of the commu
healthof individuals,families,and groups.The goal is to preventdiseaseand disabilityand promoteand protec
as awhole. Publichealth can bedescribed as what society collectively does to ensurethat conditions existin W
The basicassumptionsof public healthdo not judgethemoralityof healthdisparities.The focus is on preven
more on illness care. Additionally, individual responsibility for making healthy choices is the directive
of the government.
7. WHICH of theFollowing actionswouldmostlikely be performedby a public healthNurse?
a. Asking communityleaderswhatinterventionsshouldbechosen
b. Assessingthecommunity anddecidingon appropriateinterventions
c. Using datafrom themain healthcareinstitutionsin thecommunityto determine
needed health services
d. Working with community groupsto createpoliciesto improvetheenvironment
ANS D
Although the public health Nurse might engage in any of the tasks listed, he or she works primarily wi
out corepublic health functions, including assessmentthe
of population as whole
a and engaging in promot
environment. The interventions of asking community leaders
WHICH interventions should be chosen, asse
decidingon appropriateinterventions,and using datafrom healthcareinstitutionsdo not demonstrate the e
when making decisions about what the community actually wants and needs.
8. WHICH public healthNurse mostclearlyfulfills theresponsibilitiesof this role?
a. The Nurse who metwith severalgroupsto discusscommunityrecreationissues
b. The Nurse who spenttheday attendingmeetingsof varioushealthagencies
c. The Nurse who talkedto several people
abouttheirparticularhealthconcerns
d. The Nurse who watchedthe city council meetingon local cabletelevision
ANS B
Any of these descriptions might represent a Nurse communicating, cooperating, or collaborating with
health concerns. A major challenge for the future is the need for public health nursing specialists to b
collaboratively with various groups in the community as well as professional colleagues in institutiona
However, the Nursewho spent theday attending meetings of various health agencies is the representativ
most
concernsareaddressedfrom a broaderperspective. Inpublic health,broadconcerns ofthecommunityshould
broaderthanrecreation,individual concernsarenot as importantas aggregate priorities, and watching telev
communication) is less effective than interacting with others.
9. WHICH of theFollowing bestdefinesaggregate?
a. A largegroup of persons
b. A collectionof individualsand families
c. A collection of people
who shareoneor morecharacteristics
d. Anothernamefor demographicgroup
ANS C
An aggregate is defined a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental char
