FOUNDATIONS FOR POPULATION
HEALTH IN COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING SIXTH EDITION STUDY GUIDE
CHAPTERS ONE TO THIRTY TWO 2026
QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥community-oriented nursing.
Answer: having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
⩥Which of the following is the best brief definition of community?.
Answer: A social group with common goals within a geographic area
⩥primary focus of public health nursing.
Answer: promotion of quality of life
⩥1. Which of the following is the underlying science or area of study on
which public health is based?.
Answer: Epidemiology
⩥what is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy doing
the 20th century?.
Answer: sanitation and other public health activities
,⩥The elizapbeth poor law of 1601 is similar to which current law?.
Answer: Medicaid
⩥intervention to decrease the number of premature deaths in the
community.
Answer: promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the
community members
⩥2. A nurse is employed at the state department of public health. Which
of the following is a fundamental principle guiding his practice?.
Answer: The interaction of the local-state-federal partnership is critical
to success.
⩥what is a basic assumption of public health efforts?.
Answer: the health of individuals cannot be separated root he health of
the community
⩥A nurse is practicing in the community but also has the community as
the target of practice. Which of the following best describes the activities
of this nurse?.
Answer: Sharing assessment findings and health goals with every
community group that will listen
, ⩥What action would most likley be performed by a public health nurse.
Answer: working with community groups to create policies to improve
the environment
⩥How did the Industrial Revolution result in previous caregiving
approaches, such as care by families, friends, and neighbors, becoming
inadequate?.
Answer: Migration and urbanization resulted in increased demand for
care.
⩥Which of the following public health nurses most clearly fulfills the
responsibilities of this role?.
Answer: the nurse who spend the day attending meeting of various
health agencies
⩥3. The public health administrator is in the process of hiring a new
public health nurse. Which of the following statements made by an
applicant would most likely result in the applicant not being hired?.
Answer: I like to be the only person working on a project because
individuals in teams have their own ideas and plans and the resulting
debate slows progress.
⩥what best defines aggregate?.
Answer: a group of persons who share one or more characteristics
HEALTH IN COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING SIXTH EDITION STUDY GUIDE
CHAPTERS ONE TO THIRTY TWO 2026
QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥community-oriented nursing.
Answer: having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
⩥Which of the following is the best brief definition of community?.
Answer: A social group with common goals within a geographic area
⩥primary focus of public health nursing.
Answer: promotion of quality of life
⩥1. Which of the following is the underlying science or area of study on
which public health is based?.
Answer: Epidemiology
⩥what is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy doing
the 20th century?.
Answer: sanitation and other public health activities
,⩥The elizapbeth poor law of 1601 is similar to which current law?.
Answer: Medicaid
⩥intervention to decrease the number of premature deaths in the
community.
Answer: promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the
community members
⩥2. A nurse is employed at the state department of public health. Which
of the following is a fundamental principle guiding his practice?.
Answer: The interaction of the local-state-federal partnership is critical
to success.
⩥what is a basic assumption of public health efforts?.
Answer: the health of individuals cannot be separated root he health of
the community
⩥A nurse is practicing in the community but also has the community as
the target of practice. Which of the following best describes the activities
of this nurse?.
Answer: Sharing assessment findings and health goals with every
community group that will listen
, ⩥What action would most likley be performed by a public health nurse.
Answer: working with community groups to create policies to improve
the environment
⩥How did the Industrial Revolution result in previous caregiving
approaches, such as care by families, friends, and neighbors, becoming
inadequate?.
Answer: Migration and urbanization resulted in increased demand for
care.
⩥Which of the following public health nurses most clearly fulfills the
responsibilities of this role?.
Answer: the nurse who spend the day attending meeting of various
health agencies
⩥3. The public health administrator is in the process of hiring a new
public health nurse. Which of the following statements made by an
applicant would most likely result in the applicant not being hired?.
Answer: I like to be the only person working on a project because
individuals in teams have their own ideas and plans and the resulting
debate slows progress.
⩥what best defines aggregate?.
Answer: a group of persons who share one or more characteristics
