Community and Public Health Nursing:
Evidence for Practice 4th Edition
by Rosanna DeMarco (Author), Judith Healey-Walsh (Author)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part One The Context of Community and Public Health Nursing
Chapter 1 Foundations of Public Health Nursing
Chapter 2 Public Health Systems
Chapter 3 Health Policy, Politics, and Reform
Chapter 4 Global Health
Part Two Evidence-Based Practice and Population Health
Chapter 5 Frameworks for Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Risk Reduction
Chapter 6 Epidemiology: The Science of Prevention
Chapter 7 Describing Health Conditions: Understanding and Using Rates
Chapter 8 Gathering Evidence for Public Health Practice
Part Three Implementing Nursing Practice in Community Settings
Chapter 9 Planning for Community Change
Chapter 10 Cultural Awareness, Sensitivity, and Respect
hapter 11 Community Assessment
Chapter 12 Care Management, Case Management, and Home Healthcare
Chapter 13 Family Assessment
Chapter 14 Risk of Infectious and Communicable Diseases
Chapter 15 Emerging Infectious Diseases
Chapter 16 Violence and Abuse
Chapter 17 Substance Use Disorder
Chapter 18 Health Inequities in Populations
Chapter 19 Environmental Health
Chapter 20 Community Preparedness: Disaster and Terrorism
Chapter 21 Community Mental Health
Chapter 22 School Health
Chapter 23 Innovative Community Engagement Practice to Advance Population Health
Chapter 24 Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Chapter 25 Occupational Health Nursing
,Test Bank: Community and Public Health Nursing: Evidence for
Practice
4th Edition by DeMarco & Healey-Walsh
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
UNIT 1: FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
CHAPTER 1: Community and Public Health Nursing Practice
1. The primary focus of community and public health nursing is:
A) Providing acute care services to individuals in hospital settings
B) Promoting and protecting the health of populations and communities
C) Treating chronic disease in long-term care facilities
D) Administering medications in outpatient clinics
Answer: B
Rationale: Community and public health nursing focuses on promoting and protecting the health of
entire populations and communities, not just individual patients in institutional settings.
2. Which of the following best describes "population-focused" nursing practice?
A) Caring for one patient at a time in a clinic setting
B) Directing nursing interventions toward the health of a group or community as a whole
C) Focusing exclusively on vulnerable elderly populations
D) Providing home visits to individual patients with chronic illness
Answer: B
Rationale: Population-focused practice means that the target of care is a defined group of people
sharing common characteristics, not just individual patients.
, 3. The Quad Council Coalition competencies for public health nursing are organized around which
framework?
A) Gordon's Functional Health Patterns
B) The Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
C) Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
D) The American Nurses Association Scope and Standards
Answer: B
Rationale: The Quad Council Coalition competencies align with the Core Competencies for Public Health
Professionals and guide public health nursing education and practice.
4. Which historical figure is considered the founder of modern public health nursing in the United
States?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Clara Barton
C) Lillian Wald
D) Mary Breckinridge
Answer: C
Rationale: Lillian Wald founded the Henry Street Settlement in New York City in 1895, which is
considered the birthplace of public health nursing in the United States.
5. A community health nurse is working to reduce childhood obesity rates in a school district. This nurse
is functioning at which level of prevention?
A) Tertiary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Primordial prevention
Evidence for Practice 4th Edition
by Rosanna DeMarco (Author), Judith Healey-Walsh (Author)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part One The Context of Community and Public Health Nursing
Chapter 1 Foundations of Public Health Nursing
Chapter 2 Public Health Systems
Chapter 3 Health Policy, Politics, and Reform
Chapter 4 Global Health
Part Two Evidence-Based Practice and Population Health
Chapter 5 Frameworks for Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Risk Reduction
Chapter 6 Epidemiology: The Science of Prevention
Chapter 7 Describing Health Conditions: Understanding and Using Rates
Chapter 8 Gathering Evidence for Public Health Practice
Part Three Implementing Nursing Practice in Community Settings
Chapter 9 Planning for Community Change
Chapter 10 Cultural Awareness, Sensitivity, and Respect
hapter 11 Community Assessment
Chapter 12 Care Management, Case Management, and Home Healthcare
Chapter 13 Family Assessment
Chapter 14 Risk of Infectious and Communicable Diseases
Chapter 15 Emerging Infectious Diseases
Chapter 16 Violence and Abuse
Chapter 17 Substance Use Disorder
Chapter 18 Health Inequities in Populations
Chapter 19 Environmental Health
Chapter 20 Community Preparedness: Disaster and Terrorism
Chapter 21 Community Mental Health
Chapter 22 School Health
Chapter 23 Innovative Community Engagement Practice to Advance Population Health
Chapter 24 Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Chapter 25 Occupational Health Nursing
,Test Bank: Community and Public Health Nursing: Evidence for
Practice
4th Edition by DeMarco & Healey-Walsh
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
UNIT 1: FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
CHAPTER 1: Community and Public Health Nursing Practice
1. The primary focus of community and public health nursing is:
A) Providing acute care services to individuals in hospital settings
B) Promoting and protecting the health of populations and communities
C) Treating chronic disease in long-term care facilities
D) Administering medications in outpatient clinics
Answer: B
Rationale: Community and public health nursing focuses on promoting and protecting the health of
entire populations and communities, not just individual patients in institutional settings.
2. Which of the following best describes "population-focused" nursing practice?
A) Caring for one patient at a time in a clinic setting
B) Directing nursing interventions toward the health of a group or community as a whole
C) Focusing exclusively on vulnerable elderly populations
D) Providing home visits to individual patients with chronic illness
Answer: B
Rationale: Population-focused practice means that the target of care is a defined group of people
sharing common characteristics, not just individual patients.
, 3. The Quad Council Coalition competencies for public health nursing are organized around which
framework?
A) Gordon's Functional Health Patterns
B) The Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
C) Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
D) The American Nurses Association Scope and Standards
Answer: B
Rationale: The Quad Council Coalition competencies align with the Core Competencies for Public Health
Professionals and guide public health nursing education and practice.
4. Which historical figure is considered the founder of modern public health nursing in the United
States?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Clara Barton
C) Lillian Wald
D) Mary Breckinridge
Answer: C
Rationale: Lillian Wald founded the Henry Street Settlement in New York City in 1895, which is
considered the birthplace of public health nursing in the United States.
5. A community health nurse is working to reduce childhood obesity rates in a school district. This nurse
is functioning at which level of prevention?
A) Tertiary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Primordial prevention
