Test Bank: Public Health Science Nursing Practice,1st Edition, Christine L. Savage, Joan E. Kub, Sarah L. Groves

Chapter 1: Public Health and Nursing Practice MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The public health nurse (PHN) knows that he must approach a public health problem with an understanding of the related underlying risk factors in order to develop effective nursing interventions. He must also consider that these risk factors can be either based or based. A. Disease; individual B. Intervention; Government C. Epidemic; population D. Individual; population ANS: D Objective: 6. Identify the key roles and responsibilities of public health nurses (PHNs). pp. 1-2 Heading: Introduction to Public Health Integrated Processes: Nursing Process Client Need: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential Cognitive Level: Comprehension [Understanding] Concept: Assessment; Promoting Health; Critical Thinking Difficulty: Easy Feedback A His approach cannot be disease based, as diseases can affect populations in multiple locations but the risk factors can be different. B Interventions occur after the public health event, and governments can only follow the evidence of public health studies. C An epidemic is an occurrence of a disease and has the same limitations as a disease-based approach. D Nurses may work with patients to assess risk and intervene on a one-to-one, situational basis or as part of a larger health problem within a population. PTS: 1 CON: Assessment | Promoting Health | Critical Thinking 2. A nursing student is studying public health. She learns that, according to C.E.A. Winslow’s definition, some of the goals of public health are disease prevention, promoting health, control of communicable infections, and . A. Risk assessment for disease B. Birth control C. Education on personal hygiene D. Governmental safety regulations ANS: C Objective: 1. Describe public health in terms of current frameworks and organization from a local to a global perspective. p. 2 Heading: Introduction to Public Health What Is Public Health? Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance Cognitive Level: Application [Applying] Concept: Infection; Nursing Roles; Promoting Health Difficulty: Easy Feedback