community and public health nursing 10th edition rector test bank.

, CommunityfandfPublicfHealthfNursingf10thfEditionfRectorfTestfBank

Chapterf 1f Thef Journeyf Begins:f Introduction
Afterfteachingfafgroupfoffnursingfstudentsfaboutf
thefsimilaritiesfandfdifferencesfbetweenfpublicfh
ealthfandfcommunityfhealth,fwhichfofftheffollow
1. ingfstatementsfbyfafnursingfstudentfwouldfindic
atefknowledgefoffthefsimilaritiesfandfdifference
sfbetweenfpublicfhealthfand
communityf health?
“Communityf healthf nursingf isf definedf as
A) nursingfcarefthatfisfprovidedfinfafcommunityfsett
ing,fratherfthanfanfinstitutionalfsetting.”
“Publicfhealthfnursingfisfdefinedfasfnursingfcaref
B) thatfisfprovidedfinfanfinstitutional
setting.”
“Publicf healthf nursingf isf focusedf onf the
C)
healthfoff individuals.”
“Communityfhealthfnursingfcanfshapefthefqualit
D) yfoffcommunityfhealthfservicesfand
improvef thef healthf off thef generalf public.”
Ans: D
Feedback:
Operatingfwithinfanfenvironmentfoffrapidfchan
gefandfincreasinglyfcomplexfchallenges,fthisfnu
rsingfspecialtyfholdsfthefpotentialftofshapefthefq
ualityfoffcommunityfhealthf servicesfandfimpro
vefthefhealthfoffthefgeneral
public.


Whichf off thef followingf statementsf wouldf best
2. describefthefdifferencefbetweenfpublicfhealthfnu
rsingfandfcommunityfhealthfnursing?
Publicfhealthfnursingfisffocusedfonfthefprivatefas
pectsfoffhealth,fandfcommunityfhealthfnursingfis
A)
ffocusedfonfthefpublicfaspectsfof

health.
Infourftextbook,ftheftermfcommunityfhealthfprac
ticefrefersftofaffocusfonfspecific,fdesignatedfcom
B)
munitiesfandfisfafpartfoffthe
largerf publicf healthf effort.

, Publicfhealthfnursingfandfcommunityfhealthfnur
C) singfrelateftofthefveryfsameftypesfof
servicesfandf perspectives.
Bothfpublicfhealthfnursingfandfcommunityfhealt
D) hfnursingfarefpracticedfexclusively
withinf institutions.
Ans: B
Feedback:
Infthisftextbook,fcommunityfhealthfpracticefrefe
rsftofaffocusfonfspecific,fdesignatedfcommunitie
s.fItfisfafpartfofftheflargerfpublicfhealthfeffortfandf
recognizesftheffundamentalfconceptsfandfprinci
plesfoffpublicfhealthfasfitsfbirthrightfandffoundat
ionfforfpractice.fPublicfhealthfnursingfisffocused
fonfthefpublicfaspectsfoffhealth.fPublicfhealthfnu

rsingfandf communityfhealthfnursingfhavefdistin
ctiveftypesfoffservicesfandfperspectives.fNeitherf
publicfhealthfnursingfnorfcommunityfhealthfnur
singfisfpracticedfexclusivelyfwithin
institutions.




Whichf off thef followingf isf mostf accuratef about
3.
thefconceptf off community?
Afcommunityf isf af collectionf off peoplef who
A)
sharef somef importantf featuresf off theirf lives.
Communityf membersf livef inf thef same
B)
geographicf location.
C) Communityf membersf aref biologicallyf related.
Afcommunityfisfmadefupfoffpeoplefwhofdofnotf
necessarilyfinteractfwithfonefanotherfandfdof no
D)
tf necessarilyf sharef af sensef off belonging
tofthatfgroup.
Ans: A
Feedback:

, Thefbroadfdefinitionfoffafcommunityfisfafcollect
ionfoffpeoplefwhofsharefsomef importantffeatur
esfofftheirflives.fCommunityfmembersfmayfnotfl
ivefinfthefsamefgeographicflocationfasfinfafcom
mon-
interestfcommunityf orfafcommunityfoffsolution
.fAfpopulationfisfmadefupfoffpeoplefwhofdofnotf
necessarilyfinteractfwithfonefanotherfandfdofnotf
necessarilyfsharefafsensefoffbelongingftofthat
group.



Afgroupfoffstudentsfarefreviewingfmaterialfforfaf
testfonfpopulations,fcommunities,fandfaggregat
4.
es.fWhichfofftheffollowingfindicates
thatf thef studentsf understandf thesef concepts?
Membersf off af populationf sharef af sensef of
A)
belonging.
Communitiesf andf populationsf aref typesf of
B)
aggregates.
Individualsf off af communityf aref loosely
C)
connected.
D) Membersf off anf aggregatef sharef af strongf bond.
Ans: B
Feedback:
Anfaggregatefrefersftofafmassfoffgroupingfoffdis
tinctfindividualsfwhofarefconsideredfasfafwholef
andfwhofareflooselyfassociatedfwithf onefanoth
er.fCommunitiesfandfpopulationsf areftypesfoffa
ggregates.fAfpopulationfisfmadefupfoffpeoplefw
hofdofnotfnecessarilyfinteractfwithfonefanotherf
andfdofnotfnecessarilyfsharefafsensefoffbelongin
gftofthefgroup.fAfcommunityfisfafcollectionfoffp
eoplefwhofchoseftofinteractfwithfonefanotherfbe
causefoffcommonfinterests,fcharacteristics,forfg
oals,fwhichfformfthefbasisfforfafsensefoffunityfor
belonging.




Whichfofftheffollowingfwouldfafcommunityfhea
5. lthfnursefidentifyfasfafcommunityfof
commonf interest?
A) Thef globalf community