Chapter 22: Rural Health & Migrant
Health
When determining whether a geographic area is rural or urban, the nurse should recognize that:
A. rural and urban areas, by relative nature, occur on a continuum.
B. rural regions have fewer than six persons per square mile.
C. rural residents feel isolated.
D. rural areas are recreational, retirement, or resort communities. - correct answer ✔✔A. rural and
urban areas, by relative nature, occur on a continuum.
A nurse in community health is working in a rural setting. In planning for programs to address the
population's needs, the nurse should be aware that, in general, rural populations:
A. engage in physical activity during leisure time.
B. engage in preventive behaviors.
C. perceive their overall health as less favorable.
D. use seat belts. - correct answer ✔✔C. perceive their overall health as less favorable.
When using the health measure of death rates for working-age adults, the nurse could expect to find the
highest rates in which areas?
A. Large metropolitan areas
B. Most rural and highly populated urban areas
C. Most rural and suburban areas
D. Small suburban and all urban areas - correct answer ✔✔B. Most rural and highly populated urban
areas
Health
When determining whether a geographic area is rural or urban, the nurse should recognize that:
A. rural and urban areas, by relative nature, occur on a continuum.
B. rural regions have fewer than six persons per square mile.
C. rural residents feel isolated.
D. rural areas are recreational, retirement, or resort communities. - correct answer ✔✔A. rural and
urban areas, by relative nature, occur on a continuum.
A nurse in community health is working in a rural setting. In planning for programs to address the
population's needs, the nurse should be aware that, in general, rural populations:
A. engage in physical activity during leisure time.
B. engage in preventive behaviors.
C. perceive their overall health as less favorable.
D. use seat belts. - correct answer ✔✔C. perceive their overall health as less favorable.
When using the health measure of death rates for working-age adults, the nurse could expect to find the
highest rates in which areas?
A. Large metropolitan areas
B. Most rural and highly populated urban areas
C. Most rural and suburban areas
D. Small suburban and all urban areas - correct answer ✔✔B. Most rural and highly populated urban
areas
