Test Bank – Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing.
(6th Edition)
By Stanhope & Lancaster
All Chapters, Exam-Ready Questions & Verified Rationales
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Community-and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health 2
Chapter 02 The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing 8
Chapter 03 The Changing U.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems 15
Chapter 04 Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice 21
Chapter 05 Cultural Influences in Nursing in Community Health 29
Chapter 06 Environmental Health 38
Chapter 07 Government, the Law, and Policy Activism 45
Chapter 08 Economic Influences 53
Chapter 09 Epidemiological Applications 62
Chapter 10 Evidence-Based Practice 75
Chapter 11 Using Health Education and Groups in the Community 82
Chapter 12 Community Assessment and Evaluation 90
Chapter 13 Case Management 99
Chapter 14 Disaster Management 106
Chapter 15 Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation 114
Chapter 16 Program Management 119
Chapter 17 Managing Quality and Safety 126
Chapter 18 Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment 135
Chapter 19 Family Health Risks 144
Chapter 20 Health Risks Across the Life Span 155
Chapter 21 Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations An Overview 167
Chapter 22 Rural Health and Migrant Health 173
Chapter 23 Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness 179
Chapter 24 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community 188
Chapter 25 Violence and Human Abuse 197
Chapter 26 Infectious Disease Prevention and Control 204
Chapter 27 HIV Infection, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases 214
Chapter 28 Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health 224
Chapter 29 The Faith Community Nurse 232
Chapter 30 The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice 239
Chapter 31 The Nurse in the Schools 249
Chapter 32 The Nurse in Occupational Health 261
,Chapter 01: Community- and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health
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 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”
individuals and families where they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care
and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous care. These nurses may be generalists or
specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric, adult, or psychiatric mental health nursing. Community-based nursing
emphasizes acute and chronic 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 individuals within their family setting
d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
Answer: 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 focus on individuals and families, give direct
care to ill persons within their family setting, and help 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 on
individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease and preserve, 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.
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
(6th Edition)
By Stanhope & Lancaster
All Chapters, Exam-Ready Questions & Verified Rationales
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Community-and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health 2
Chapter 02 The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing 8
Chapter 03 The Changing U.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems 15
Chapter 04 Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice 21
Chapter 05 Cultural Influences in Nursing in Community Health 29
Chapter 06 Environmental Health 38
Chapter 07 Government, the Law, and Policy Activism 45
Chapter 08 Economic Influences 53
Chapter 09 Epidemiological Applications 62
Chapter 10 Evidence-Based Practice 75
Chapter 11 Using Health Education and Groups in the Community 82
Chapter 12 Community Assessment and Evaluation 90
Chapter 13 Case Management 99
Chapter 14 Disaster Management 106
Chapter 15 Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation 114
Chapter 16 Program Management 119
Chapter 17 Managing Quality and Safety 126
Chapter 18 Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment 135
Chapter 19 Family Health Risks 144
Chapter 20 Health Risks Across the Life Span 155
Chapter 21 Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations An Overview 167
Chapter 22 Rural Health and Migrant Health 173
Chapter 23 Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness 179
Chapter 24 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community 188
Chapter 25 Violence and Human Abuse 197
Chapter 26 Infectious Disease Prevention and Control 204
Chapter 27 HIV Infection, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases 214
Chapter 28 Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health 224
Chapter 29 The Faith Community Nurse 232
Chapter 30 The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice 239
Chapter 31 The Nurse in the Schools 249
Chapter 32 The Nurse in Occupational Health 261
,Chapter 01: Community- and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health
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 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”
individuals and families where they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care
and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous care. These nurses may be generalists or
specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric, adult, or psychiatric mental health nursing. Community-based nursing
emphasizes acute and chronic 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 individuals within their family setting
d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
Answer: 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 focus on individuals and families, give direct
care to ill persons within their family setting, and help 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 on
individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease and preserve, 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.
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
