Stanhope community public health nursing EXAM A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

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Stanhope Ch. 1: Public Health Nursing and Population zm zm zm zm zm zm zm zm




Health 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIO
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NS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (5E59D)
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QUESTION 1 zm




Term
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QUESTION 2 zm




Which statement best describes community-based nursing?
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a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families.
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b. Providing care with a focus on the group's needs.
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c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate's needs.
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d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care.
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ANSWER

ANS: A By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-
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specific practice in which care is provided for "sick" individuals and families where they live, work,
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and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive, c
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oordinated, and continuous care. These nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal-
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infant, pediatric, adult, or psychiatric mental health nursing. Community-
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based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, rather than focusing o
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n groups, aggregates, or systems.
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QUESTION 3 zm




Which statement best describes the goal of community-oriented nursing?
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a. Providing care to individuals and families
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b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
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c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
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d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease
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, ANSWER

ANS: D By definition, community-
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oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health and preventing disease
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to promote the quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families, give direct care to i
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ll persons within their family setting, and help manage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions
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are not specific to community-oriented nursing
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QUESTION 4 zm




Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
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a. Families and groups
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b. Illness-oriented care
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c. Individuals within the family unit
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d. Health care of communities and populations
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ANSWER

ANS: D In public health nursing, the primary focus is on the health care of communities and populat
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ions rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease and preserve, pr
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omote, restore, and protect health for the community and the population within it. Community-
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based nurses deal primarily with illness-
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oriented care of individuals and families across the life span. The aim is to manage acute and chroni
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c health conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-
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centered illness care zm zm




QUESTION 5 zm




Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy duri
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ng the 20th century?
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a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
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b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
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c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
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d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
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ANSWER

ANS: C There has to be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and pro
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grams were primarily responsible for increasing the average life span from 47 in 1900 to 78.6 years
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in 2017, an increase of approximately 60% in just over a century plus through improvements in (1
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) sanitation, (2) clean water supplies, (3) making workplaces safer, (4) improving food and drug saf
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ety, (5) immunizing children, and (6) improving nutrition, hygiene, and housing. Although people are
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excited when a new drug is discovered that cures a disease or when a new way to transplant orga
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ns is perfected, it is important to know about the significant gains in the health of populations that
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have come largely from public health accomplishments.
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QUESTION 6 zm