Test Bank - Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations, 8th Ed.
By Mary A. Nies, Melanie McEwen
(All Chapters 1-34, 100% Verified Answers with Rationales)
,Table of Contents
UNIT 1: Introduction to Community Health Nursing
Chapter 1: Health: A Community View, 1
Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Public Health Nursing in Context, 20
Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice, 38
Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction, 52
UNIT 2: The Art and Science of Community Health Nursing
Chapter 5: Epidemiology, 72
Chapter 6: Community Assessment, 96
Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation, 112
Chapter 8: Community Health Education and Engagement, 129
Chapter 9: Case Management, 167
UNIT 3: Factors That Influence the Health of the Community
Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing, 179
Chapter 11: The Healthcare System, 201
Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care, 215
Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing, 235
Chapter 14: Environmental Health, 264
Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community, 288
UNIT 4: Aggregates in the Community
Chapter 16: Adolescent Health, 305
Chapter 17: Women's Health, 335
Chapter 18: Men's Health, 361
Chapter 19: Senior Health, 378
Chapter 20: Family Health, 404
UNIT 5: Vulnerable Populations
,Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities, 428
Chapter 22: Veterans' Health, 454
Chapter 23: Homeless Populations, 481
Chapter 24: Rural and Migrant Health, 497
Chapter 25: Populations Affected by Mental Illness, 540
UNIT 6: Population Health Problems
Chapter 26: Communicable Disease, 561
Chapter 27: Substance Abuse, 593
Chapter 28: Violence, 627
Chapter 29: Natural and Manmade Disasters, 646
UNIT 7: Community Health Settings
Chapter 30: School Health, 672
Chapter 31: Occupational Health, 690
Chapter 32: Forensic and Correctional Nursing, 707
Chapter 33: Faith Community Nursing, 723
Chapter 34: Home Health and Hospice, 734
, Chapter 01: Health: A Community View
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health care?
a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care.
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system.
c. Our national health care costs keep increasing.
d. The new health care system offers free services to Americans.
Answer: C
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing costs, which cannot be sustained.
The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of escalating health care dollars, which increased
from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.8% in 2015.
Politicians and the media both influence Americans’ perceptions about health care; however, they are not the
primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new health care system will
change the health care access and availability, but will not necessarily be offering any free services to
Americans.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why is this
involvement important?
a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are currently very visible in American media.
b. Nurses are primarily responsible form of the various units in our health care system.
c. Nurses are the largest segment of health care providers.
d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of hospitals.
Answer: C
As the largest segment of health care providers, nurses are informed about the current health care system and all
the problems that result from people not seeking care until they are desperately ill. Nurses, as the American
By Mary A. Nies, Melanie McEwen
(All Chapters 1-34, 100% Verified Answers with Rationales)
,Table of Contents
UNIT 1: Introduction to Community Health Nursing
Chapter 1: Health: A Community View, 1
Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Public Health Nursing in Context, 20
Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice, 38
Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction, 52
UNIT 2: The Art and Science of Community Health Nursing
Chapter 5: Epidemiology, 72
Chapter 6: Community Assessment, 96
Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation, 112
Chapter 8: Community Health Education and Engagement, 129
Chapter 9: Case Management, 167
UNIT 3: Factors That Influence the Health of the Community
Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing, 179
Chapter 11: The Healthcare System, 201
Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care, 215
Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing, 235
Chapter 14: Environmental Health, 264
Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community, 288
UNIT 4: Aggregates in the Community
Chapter 16: Adolescent Health, 305
Chapter 17: Women's Health, 335
Chapter 18: Men's Health, 361
Chapter 19: Senior Health, 378
Chapter 20: Family Health, 404
UNIT 5: Vulnerable Populations
,Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities, 428
Chapter 22: Veterans' Health, 454
Chapter 23: Homeless Populations, 481
Chapter 24: Rural and Migrant Health, 497
Chapter 25: Populations Affected by Mental Illness, 540
UNIT 6: Population Health Problems
Chapter 26: Communicable Disease, 561
Chapter 27: Substance Abuse, 593
Chapter 28: Violence, 627
Chapter 29: Natural and Manmade Disasters, 646
UNIT 7: Community Health Settings
Chapter 30: School Health, 672
Chapter 31: Occupational Health, 690
Chapter 32: Forensic and Correctional Nursing, 707
Chapter 33: Faith Community Nursing, 723
Chapter 34: Home Health and Hospice, 734
, Chapter 01: Health: A Community View
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health care?
a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care.
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system.
c. Our national health care costs keep increasing.
d. The new health care system offers free services to Americans.
Answer: C
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing costs, which cannot be sustained.
The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of escalating health care dollars, which increased
from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.8% in 2015.
Politicians and the media both influence Americans’ perceptions about health care; however, they are not the
primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new health care system will
change the health care access and availability, but will not necessarily be offering any free services to
Americans.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why is this
involvement important?
a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are currently very visible in American media.
b. Nurses are primarily responsible form of the various units in our health care system.
c. Nurses are the largest segment of health care providers.
d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of hospitals.
Answer: C
As the largest segment of health care providers, nurses are informed about the current health care system and all
the problems that result from people not seeking care until they are desperately ill. Nurses, as the American
