<Test 1> Questions with Accurate
Answers
A community-oriented nurse conducts home visits to new parents to assess the
health status of the infant, the parent-child relationship, the parents' knowledge
regarding the care of the infant, and the need for health department and social
services referrals to support the needs of the new parents and the infant. This can
best be described as an example of: correct answer Clinical community health
practice
A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the middle
school. The next step in a population-focused practice is to make information
available about the health of the middle school students. This describes the core
public health function of: correct answer Assessment. Pgs 7, 14
A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle
schools and high schools is providing: correct answer Community-oriented care
A public health nurse leader is encountering barriers when trying to shift the
public health agency's efforts to a population-focused practice. The reasons peers
are not supportive of the proposed shift to a population focus are most likely
related to: correct answer Opinions that nursing should focus on the provision of
direct client care and services. (pg) 18
Advocacy correct answer begins with the art of influencing others (politics) to
adopt a specific course of action (policy) to solve a societal problem. This is
accomplished by building relationships with the appropriate policy makers—the
individuals or groups that determine a specific course of action to be followed by
a government or institution to achieve a desired end (policy outcome)
, American Red Cross correct answer A disaster relief organization founded in
Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1881 by Clara Barton to aid US military and conduct
peace time relief work.
ANA correct answer American Nurses Association
ANA developed: correct answer In Public Health Nursing: scope and standards of
practice.
APHA correct answer American Public Health Association
APHA developed: correct answer "The Definition and Role of Public Health
Nursing in the Delivery of Health Care" to describe the field of specialization
Case Management correct answer a nursing care pattern; RN's coordinates a
person's care from admission through discharge and into the home setting
Clinical community health practice correct answer Community-oriented nurses
who provide direct care services to individuals, families, or groups are engaging in
a clinically oriented practice even when they apply concepts of population-
focused, community-oriented strategies along with their direct care clinical
strategies.
Community-Based Nursing Responsibilities correct answer Managing acute or
chronic conditions among individual clients and families.
Care is family-centered