Public/Community Health and Nursing Practice: Caring for Populations
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1. PublicHealthand NursingPractice
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2. Optimizing Population Health F! F!
3. Epidemiology and Nursing Practice F! F! F!
4. Introduction to Community Assessment F! F! F!
5. Health Program Planning
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6. Environmental Health F!
II. Community Health Across Populations: Public Health Issues
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7. HealthDisparities and the Social Determinants of Health
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8. Health and Vulnerable Populations
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9. Communicable Diseases F!
10. Noncommunicable Diseases F!
11. Mental Health F!
12. SubstanceUseandthe HealthofCommunities F! F! F! F! F! F!
13. Injuryand Violence
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III. Public Health Planning
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14. Health Planning for Local Public Health Departments
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15. Health Planning for Acute Care Settings
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16. Health Planning for Primary Care Settings
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17. Health Planning withRural and Urban Communities
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18. Health Planning for Maternal-Infant and Child Health Settings
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19. Health Planning for School Settings
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20. Health Planning for Occupational and Environmental Health
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21. Health Planning, Public Health Policy, and Finance
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22. Health Planning for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management
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, Public/Community Health and Nursing Practice: Caring for Populations
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Chapter1:PublicHealthandNursingPractice
MultipleChoice
Answers are at the end of Each chapter
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Identifythechoicethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.
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1. Public healthnurses (PHNs) know theymust approach a public healthissu e
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withan understanding of therelated underlying riskfactorstodevelop effe ct
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ive nursing interventions. They evaluate theseriskfactorsfromtwoperspe cti
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ves:
1. Disease;individual
2. Intervention;government
3. Epidemic;population
4. Individual;population
2. Anursingstudentisstudyingpublichealth.Shelearnsthat,accordingto
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C.E.A.Winslow’sdefinition,someofthegoalsofpublichealthincludediseas ep
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revention,promotinghealth,controlofcommunicableinfections,and
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1. Riskassessment fordisease J
2. Promotionofprimarycare
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3. Organizationofmedicalandnursingservicesfortheearlydi a F! !F F! !F F! !F F!
gnosis and preventivetreatment of disease
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4. Governmentalsafetyregulations
3. If theinternational medical community was working to contain several
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worldwide pandemics, theywouldlooktothe World Health Organization(
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WHO),whichis: !F
1. ThepublichealtharmoftheUnitedNations. !F F! F! F!
2. Workingtoimprovehealthandwell- !F !F !F !F
F! beingfortheglobalpopulation.
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3. Workingwithnursestopromotepublichealthinterventions. F! F! F!
4. Alloftheabove. F! !F
4. TheInstituteofMedicine(IOM),nowknownastheHealthandMedicineDi vi
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sion(HMD)oftheNationalAcademiesofSciences,Engineering,andMedici ne,
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stated intheirreport, The Futureofthe Public’s Health, that therearethre e cor
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e functions that society carries outtocollectively supporttheoptimumc onditi
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onsforpublichealth.Which oneof thefollowingisnotoneof these funct ions? F! F! F! F! F!
1. Prevention
2. Assessment
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, Public/Community Health and Nursing Practice: Caring for Populations F! F! F! F! F! F! F!
1. PublicHealthand NursingPractice
F! F! F! F!
2. Optimizing Population Health F! F!
3. Epidemiology and Nursing Practice F! F! F!
4. Introduction to Community Assessment F! F! F!
5. Health Program Planning
F! F!
6. Environmental Health F!
II. Community Health Across Populations: Public Health Issues
F! F! F! F! F! F!
7. HealthDisparities and the Social Determinants of Health
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8. Health and Vulnerable Populations
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9. Communicable Diseases F!
10. Noncommunicable Diseases F!
11. Mental Health F!
12. SubstanceUseandthe HealthofCommunities F! F! F! F! F! F!
13. Injuryand Violence
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III. Public Health Planning
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14. Health Planning for Local Public Health Departments
F! J F! F! F! F!
15. Health Planning for Acute Care Settings
F! J F! F! F!
16. Health Planning for Primary Care Settings
F! J F! F! F!
17. Health Planning withRural and Urban Communities
F! J F! F! F! F!
18. Health Planning for Maternal-Infant and Child Health Settings
F! J F! F! F! F! F!
19. Health Planning for School Settings
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20. Health Planning for Occupational and Environmental Health
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21. Health Planning, Public Health Policy, and Finance
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22. Health Planning for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management
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, Public/Community Health and Nursing Practice: Caring for Populations
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Chapter1:PublicHealthandNursingPractice
MultipleChoice
Answers are at the end of Each chapter
J J J J J J J
Identifythechoicethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.
!F !F !F
1. Public healthnurses (PHNs) know theymust approach a public healthissu e
F! F! F! F! F! F! F! F! F! F!
withan understanding of therelated underlying riskfactorstodevelop effe ct
F! F! F! F! F! F! F!
ive nursing interventions. They evaluate theseriskfactorsfromtwoperspe cti
F! F! F! F! F! F!
ves:
1. Disease;individual
2. Intervention;government
3. Epidemic;population
4. Individual;population
2. Anursingstudentisstudyingpublichealth.Shelearnsthat,accordingto
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C.E.A.Winslow’sdefinition,someofthegoalsofpublichealthincludediseas ep
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revention,promotinghealth,controlofcommunicableinfections,and
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1. Riskassessment fordisease J
2. Promotionofprimarycare
, Public/Community Health and Nursing Practice: Caring for Populations F! F! F! F! F! F! F!
3. Organizationofmedicalandnursingservicesfortheearlydi a F! !F F! !F F! !F F!
gnosis and preventivetreatment of disease
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4. Governmentalsafetyregulations
3. If theinternational medical community was working to contain several
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worldwide pandemics, theywouldlooktothe World Health Organization(
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WHO),whichis: !F
1. ThepublichealtharmoftheUnitedNations. !F F! F! F!
2. Workingtoimprovehealthandwell- !F !F !F !F
F! beingfortheglobalpopulation.
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3. Workingwithnursestopromotepublichealthinterventions. F! F! F!
4. Alloftheabove. F! !F
4. TheInstituteofMedicine(IOM),nowknownastheHealthandMedicineDi vi
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sion(HMD)oftheNationalAcademiesofSciences,Engineering,andMedici ne,
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stated intheirreport, The Futureofthe Public’s Health, that therearethre e cor
F! F! F! F! F! F! F! F! F!
e functions that society carries outtocollectively supporttheoptimumc onditi
F! F! F! F! F! F! F!
onsforpublichealth.Which oneof thefollowingisnotoneof these funct ions? F! F! F! F! F!
1. Prevention
2. Assessment