tyPopulations
TEST BANK Public/Community Healthand Nursing
Practice:Caring for Populations 3rd Editionby Christine
, Public/Community tyHealth tyand tyNursing tyPractice: tyCaring tyfor
tyPopulations
TABLE tyOF tyCONTENTS t y
I. Basis t y for t y Public t y Health t y Nursing t y Knowledge t y and t y Skills
1. Public t y Health t y and t y Nursing t y Practice
2. Optimizing t y Population t y Health
3. Epidemiology t y and t y Nursing t y Practice
4. Introduction t y to t y Community t y Assessment
5. Health t y Program t y Planning
6. Environmental t y Health
II. Community t y Health t y Across t y Populations: t y Public t y Health t y Issues
7. Health t y Disparities t y and t y the t y Social t y Determinants t y of t y Health
8. Health t y and t y Vulnerable t y Populations
9. Communicable t y Diseases
10. Noncommunicable t y Diseases
11. Mental t y Health
12. Substance t y Use t y and t y the t y Health t y of tyCommunities
13. Injury t y and t y Violence
III. Public t y Health t y Planning
14. Health t y Planning t y for t y Local t y Public t y Health t y Departments
15. Health t y Planning t y for t y Acute t y Care t y Settings
16. Health t y Planning t y for t y Primary t y Care t y Settings
17. Health t y Planning t ywith t y Rural t y and t y Urban t y Communities
18. Health t y Planning t y for t y Maternal-Infant t y and t y Child t y Health t y Settings
19. Health t y Planning t y for t y School t y Settings
20. Health t y Planning t y for t y Occupational t y and t y Environmental t y Health
21. Health t y Planning, t y Public t y Health t y Policy, t y and t y Finance
22. Health t y Planning t y for t y Emergency t y Preparedness t y and t y Disaster t y Management
, Public/Community tyHealth tyand tyNursing tyPractice: tyCaring tyfor
tyPopulations
Chapter ty1: tyPublic tyHealth tyand tyNursingPractice t y
Multiple tyChoice
Answers are at the end of Each chapter
rt rt rt rt rt rt rt
Identify tythe tychoice tythat tybest tycompletes tythe tystatement tyor tyanswers
tythe tyquestion.
1. tyPublic tyhealth tynurses ty(PHNs) tyknow tythey tymust tyapproach
tya typublic tyhealth tyissuewith tyan tyunderstanding tyof tythe
tyrelated tyunderlying tyrisk tyfactors tyto tydevelop tyeffective
tynursing tyinterventions. tyThey tyevaluate tythese tyrisk tyfactors
tyfrom tytwo typerspectives:
1. Disease; tyindividual
2. Intervention; tygovernment
3. Epidemic; typopulation
4. Individual; typopulation
2. tyA tynursing tystudent tyis tystudying typublic tyhealth. tyShe tylearns
tythat, tyaccording tyto
C.E.A. tyWinslow’s tydefinition, tysome tyof tythe tygoals tyof
typublic tyhealth tyinclude tydisease typrevention, typromoting
tyhealth, tycontrol tyof tycommunicable tyinfections,and _.
1. Risk tyassessment tyfor tydisease
2. Promotion tyof typrimary tycare
, Public/Community tyHealth tyand tyNursing tyPractice: tyCaring tyfor
tyPopulations
3. Organization tyof tymedical tyand tynursing
tyservices tyfor tythe tyearlydiagnosis tyand
typreventive tytreatment tyof tydisease
4. Governmental tysafety tyregulations
3. tyIf tythe tyinternational tymedical tycommunity tywas tyworking tyto
tycontain tyseveral tyworldwide typandemics, tythey tywould tylook
tyto tythe tyWorld tyHealth tyOrganization(WHO), tywhich tyis:
1. The typublic tyhealth tyarm tyof tythe tyUnited tyNations.
2. Working tyto tyimprove tyhealth tyand tywell-
being tyfor tythe tyglobalpopulation.
3. Working tywith tynurses tyto typromote typublic tyhealth tyinterventions.
4. All tyof tythe tyabove.
4. tyThe tyInstitute tyof tyMedicine ty(IOM), tynow tyknown tyas tythe
tyHealth tyand tyMedicine tyDivision ty(HMD) tyof tythe tyNational
tyAcademies tyof tySciences, tyEngineering, tyand tyMedicine, tystated
tyin tytheir tyreport, tyThe tyFuture tyof tythe tyPublic’s tyHealth,
tythat tythere tyare tythree tycore tyfunctions tythat tysociety tycarries
tyout tyto tycollectively tysupportthe tyoptimum tyconditions tyfor
typublic tyhealth. tyWhich tyone tyof tythe tyfollowing tyis tynotone
tyof tythese tyfunctions?
1. Prevention
2. Assessment