Test bank for foundations for populatio n health in community public health nu rsing 6th edition by stanhope

Test bank for foundations for populatio n health in community public health nu rsing 6th edition by stanhope MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which statement best describes community-based nursing? a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families. b. Providing care with a focus on the group’s needs. c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate’s needs. d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care. ANS: A By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is provided for “sick” individuals and familie where they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous care. These nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric, adult, or psychiatri mental health nursing. Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, rather than focusing on groups, aggregates, or systems. 2. Which statement best describes the goal of community-oriented nursing? a. Providing care to individuals and families b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease ANS: D By definition, community-oriented nursing hasthe goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health and preventing disease to promote the quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill persons within their family setting, and help manage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to community-oriented nursing. 3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing? a. Families and groups b. Illness-oriented care c. Individuals within the family unit d. Health care of communities and populations ANS: D In public health nursing, the primary focusis on the health care of communities and populationsrather than on individuals, group and families. The goal is to prevent disease and preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the community and the populati within it. Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals and families across the life span. The aim is to manage acute and chronic health conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-centered illness care. 4. Which of the following isresponsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the 20th century? a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research b. Advancesin surgical techniques and procedures c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections ANS: C There hasto be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and programs were primarily responsible for increasing the average life span from 47 in 1900 to 78.6 years in 2017, an increase of approximately 60% in just over a century pl through improvements in (1) sanitation, (2) clean watersupplies, (3) making workplaces safer, (4) improving food and drug safet (5) immunizing children, and (6) improving nutrition, hygiene, and housing. Although people are excited when a new drug is discovered that cures a disease or when a new way to transplant organs is perfected, it is important to know about the significant gains in the health of populations that have come largely from public health accomplishments. 6/20/23, 6:13 PM … about:blank 2/312 5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deathsin the community. Which ofthe following interventions would most likely be implemented by the nurse? a. Provide free health care to all citizens b. To increase the number of individuals with accessto effective health care benefits c. Lowerthe cost of health care to the American population d. To lessen the governmental burden of providing health care to Americans ANS: B The central feature in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 are the mechanisms to increase the number people with health insurance. The care provided is not necessarily free. While the cost of health care an