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STANHOPE AND LANCASTER'S COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN CANADA 4TH EDITION
SANDRA A. MACDONALD, AND SONYA L. JAKUBEC
ALL CHAPTER 1-18 NEW VERSION
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Chapter 01: Community Health Nursing
MacDonald/Jakubec: Stanhope and Lancaster's Community Health Nursing in Canada, 4th
Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following best describes community health nursing?
a. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate‘s needs
b. Giving care with a focus on the group‘s needs
c. Focusing on the health care of individual clients in the community
d. Working with an approach of unique client care
ANS: C
By definition, community health nursing is the health care of individual clients in the community.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Introduction OBJ: 1.6 TOP: Safe and Effective Care Environment
2. Which of the following best describes primary health care?
a. A comprehensive way to address issues of social justice
b. Giving 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
ANS: A
By definition, primary health care is comprehensive and addresses issues of social justice and equity.
Social justice in the context of health refers to ensuring fairness and equality in health services so that
vulnerable individuals in society have easy access to health care.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Primary Health Care OBJ: 1.4
TOP: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. The health of which of the following is the primary focus of public health nurses (PHNs)?
a. Families
b. Groups
c. Individuals
d. Populations
ANS: D
PHNs use knowledge of nursing, social sciences, and public health sciences for the promotion and
protection of health and for the prevention of disease among populations.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Public Health Practice OBJ: 1.5
TOP: Health Promotion and Maintenance
4. Which change is the primary explanation for life expectancy increasing so notably since the early
1900s?
a. An increase in findings from medical laboratory research
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b. Incredible advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Improved sanitation and other public health activities
d. Increased use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANS: C
Improvement in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and other public
health activities led to the increase in life expectancy since the early 1900s.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Public Health Practice OBJ: 1.5
TOP: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. Which community health nursing practice area receives funding from the private sector?
a. Telenurses
b. Corrections nurses
c. Nurse entrepreneurs
d. Street or outreach nurses
ANS: C
The nurse entrepreneur receives private funding, whereas all of the other community health nurse
(CHN) roles are with provincially or federally funded positions.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Community Health Nursing Roles and Functions OBJ: 1.1 | 1.6
TOP: Safe and Effective Care Environment
6. A public health nurse (PHN) strives to prevent disease and disability, often in partnership with other
community groups. Which statement is an appropriate summary of the PHN‘s role?
a. The PHN asks the political leaders what interventions should be chosen.
b. The PHN assesses the community and decides on appropriate interventions.
c. The PHN uses data from the main health care institutions in the community to
determine needed health services.
d. The PHN works with community members to carry out public health functions.
ANS: D
It is crucial that the PHN work with members of the community to carry out core public health functions.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application/Apply REF:
Public Health Practice OBJ: 1.5
TOP: Health Promotion and Maintenance
7. Which of the following is used as a measurement of population health?
a. Health status indicators
b. The levels of prevention
c. The number of memberships at the local fitness centre
d. Reported provincial alcohol and tobacco sales in any given month
ANS: A
Population health refers to the health outcomes of a population as measured by determinants of health
and health outcomes.
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STANHOPE AND LANCASTER'S COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN CANADA 4TH EDITION
SANDRA A. MACDONALD, AND SONYA L. JAKUBEC
ALL CHAPTER 1-18 NEW VERSION
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Chapter 01: Community Health Nursing
MacDonald/Jakubec: Stanhope and Lancaster's Community Health Nursing in Canada, 4th
Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following best describes community health nursing?
a. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate‘s needs
b. Giving care with a focus on the group‘s needs
c. Focusing on the health care of individual clients in the community
d. Working with an approach of unique client care
ANS: C
By definition, community health nursing is the health care of individual clients in the community.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Introduction OBJ: 1.6 TOP: Safe and Effective Care Environment
2. Which of the following best describes primary health care?
a. A comprehensive way to address issues of social justice
b. Giving 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
ANS: A
By definition, primary health care is comprehensive and addresses issues of social justice and equity.
Social justice in the context of health refers to ensuring fairness and equality in health services so that
vulnerable individuals in society have easy access to health care.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Primary Health Care OBJ: 1.4
TOP: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. The health of which of the following is the primary focus of public health nurses (PHNs)?
a. Families
b. Groups
c. Individuals
d. Populations
ANS: D
PHNs use knowledge of nursing, social sciences, and public health sciences for the promotion and
protection of health and for the prevention of disease among populations.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Public Health Practice OBJ: 1.5
TOP: Health Promotion and Maintenance
4. Which change is the primary explanation for life expectancy increasing so notably since the early
1900s?
a. An increase in findings from medical laboratory research
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b. Incredible advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Improved sanitation and other public health activities
d. Increased use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANS: C
Improvement in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and other public
health activities led to the increase in life expectancy since the early 1900s.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Public Health Practice OBJ: 1.5
TOP: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. Which community health nursing practice area receives funding from the private sector?
a. Telenurses
b. Corrections nurses
c. Nurse entrepreneurs
d. Street or outreach nurses
ANS: C
The nurse entrepreneur receives private funding, whereas all of the other community health nurse
(CHN) roles are with provincially or federally funded positions.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Community Health Nursing Roles and Functions OBJ: 1.1 | 1.6
TOP: Safe and Effective Care Environment
6. A public health nurse (PHN) strives to prevent disease and disability, often in partnership with other
community groups. Which statement is an appropriate summary of the PHN‘s role?
a. The PHN asks the political leaders what interventions should be chosen.
b. The PHN assesses the community and decides on appropriate interventions.
c. The PHN uses data from the main health care institutions in the community to
determine needed health services.
d. The PHN works with community members to carry out public health functions.
ANS: D
It is crucial that the PHN work with members of the community to carry out core public health functions.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application/Apply REF:
Public Health Practice OBJ: 1.5
TOP: Health Promotion and Maintenance
7. Which of the following is used as a measurement of population health?
a. Health status indicators
b. The levels of prevention
c. The number of memberships at the local fitness centre
d. Reported provincial alcohol and tobacco sales in any given month
ANS: A
Population health refers to the health outcomes of a population as measured by determinants of health
and health outcomes.
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