TESTBANK FOR NIES COMMUNITY
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING, 8TH
EDITION BY MARY A. NIES AND
MELANIE MCEWEN FULL TESTBANK
ALL CHAPTERS 1-34|| LATEST AND
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TESTBANK FOR NIES COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING, 8TH EDITION BY MARY A. NIES AND
MELANIE MCEWEN FULL TESTBANK ALL
CHAPTERS 1-34|| LATEST AND COMPLETE
UPDATE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01 Health A Community View 1
Chapter 02 Historical Factors Community Health Nursing in Context 11
Chapter 03 Thinking Upstream Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing
Practice
22
Chapter 04 Health Promotion and Risk Reduction 29
Chapter 05 Epidemiology 37
Chapter 06 Community Assessment 49
Chapter 07 Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation 57
Chapter 08 Community Health Education 68
Chapter 09 Case Management 79
Chapter 10 Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing 98
Chapter 11 The Health Care System 100
Chapter 12 Economics of̣ Health Care 109
Chapter 13 Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing 121
Chapter 14 Environmental Health 133
Chapter 15 Health in the Global Community 141
Chapter 16 Child and Adolescent Health 149
Chapter 17 Women's Health 163
Chapter 18 Men's Health 177
Chapter 19 Senior Health 183
Chapter 20 Family Health 196
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Chapter 21 Populations Af̣f̣ected by Disabilities 207
Chapter 22 Veterans Health 216
Chapter 23 Homeless Populations
226
Chapter 24 Rural and Migrant Health
236
Chapter 25 Populations Af̣f̣ected by
Mental Illness 249
Chapter 26 Communicable Disease
258
Chapter 27 Substance Abuse 268
Chapter 28 Violence 282
Chapter 29 Natural and Man-Made
Disasters 291
Chapter 30 School Health 301
Chapter 31 Occupational Health
313
Chapter 32 Forensic and Correctional
Nursing 324
Chapter 33 Faith Community Nursing
333
Chapter 34 Home Health and
Hospice 340
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Chapter 01: Health: A Community View
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about
health care?
a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care.
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system.
c. Our national health care costs keep increasing.
d. The new health care system of̣f̣ers f̣ree services to Americans.
ANSWER: C
The primary reason f̣or the f̣ocus on health care is the constantly increasing costs, which c annot
be sustained. The costs of̣ caring f̣or the sick accounted f̣or the majority of̣ escalatin g health care
dollars, which increased f̣rom 5.7% of̣ the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.8% in
2015.
Politicians and the media both inf̣luence Americans‘ perceptions about heal th care;
however,
they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new h ealth care system will
change the health care access and availability, but will not necessaril y be of̣f̣ering any
f̣ree
services to Americans.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians f̣or changes to the health care
system. Why is
t his involvement important?
a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are currently ve
ry visible in American medi Na . RwlI G B.CM
b. Nurses are primarily responUs ibSl e f̣oNr mTanagingOthe various units in our
health
care system.
c. Nurses are the largest segment of̣ health care providers.
d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of̣ hospitals.
ANSWER: C
As the largest segment of̣ health care providers, nurses are inf̣ormed about the current
healt h
care system and all the problems that result f̣rom people not seeking care until they are
d
esperately ill. Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA) emphasize, usually
belie ve
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING, 8TH
EDITION BY MARY A. NIES AND
MELANIE MCEWEN FULL TESTBANK
ALL CHAPTERS 1-34|| LATEST AND
COMPLETE UPDATE
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, 1|Page
TESTBANK FOR NIES COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING, 8TH EDITION BY MARY A. NIES AND
MELANIE MCEWEN FULL TESTBANK ALL
CHAPTERS 1-34|| LATEST AND COMPLETE
UPDATE
GRADED A +
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01 Health A Community View 1
Chapter 02 Historical Factors Community Health Nursing in Context 11
Chapter 03 Thinking Upstream Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing
Practice
22
Chapter 04 Health Promotion and Risk Reduction 29
Chapter 05 Epidemiology 37
Chapter 06 Community Assessment 49
Chapter 07 Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation 57
Chapter 08 Community Health Education 68
Chapter 09 Case Management 79
Chapter 10 Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing 98
Chapter 11 The Health Care System 100
Chapter 12 Economics of̣ Health Care 109
Chapter 13 Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing 121
Chapter 14 Environmental Health 133
Chapter 15 Health in the Global Community 141
Chapter 16 Child and Adolescent Health 149
Chapter 17 Women's Health 163
Chapter 18 Men's Health 177
Chapter 19 Senior Health 183
Chapter 20 Family Health 196
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Chapter 21 Populations Af̣f̣ected by Disabilities 207
Chapter 22 Veterans Health 216
Chapter 23 Homeless Populations
226
Chapter 24 Rural and Migrant Health
236
Chapter 25 Populations Af̣f̣ected by
Mental Illness 249
Chapter 26 Communicable Disease
258
Chapter 27 Substance Abuse 268
Chapter 28 Violence 282
Chapter 29 Natural and Man-Made
Disasters 291
Chapter 30 School Health 301
Chapter 31 Occupational Health
313
Chapter 32 Forensic and Correctional
Nursing 324
Chapter 33 Faith Community Nursing
333
Chapter 34 Home Health and
Hospice 340
, 3|Page
Chapter 01: Health: A Community View
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about
health care?
a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care.
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system.
c. Our national health care costs keep increasing.
d. The new health care system of̣f̣ers f̣ree services to Americans.
ANSWER: C
The primary reason f̣or the f̣ocus on health care is the constantly increasing costs, which c annot
be sustained. The costs of̣ caring f̣or the sick accounted f̣or the majority of̣ escalatin g health care
dollars, which increased f̣rom 5.7% of̣ the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.8% in
2015.
Politicians and the media both inf̣luence Americans‘ perceptions about heal th care;
however,
they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new h ealth care system will
change the health care access and availability, but will not necessaril y be of̣f̣ering any
f̣ree
services to Americans.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians f̣or changes to the health care
system. Why is
t his involvement important?
a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are currently ve
ry visible in American medi Na . RwlI G B.CM
b. Nurses are primarily responUs ibSl e f̣oNr mTanagingOthe various units in our
health
care system.
c. Nurses are the largest segment of̣ health care providers.
d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of̣ hospitals.
ANSWER: C
As the largest segment of̣ health care providers, nurses are inf̣ormed about the current
healt h
care system and all the problems that result f̣rom people not seeking care until they are
d
esperately ill. Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA) emphasize, usually
belie ve
