1. Select the best term for professional nurses who have been educated in the processes of
population-based nursing and whose principal client is the aggregate community.
A) Community health nursing
B) Community-based practice nursing
C) Community psychology nursing
D) Home care nursing
Ans: A
Feedback:
Community health nursing is the practice of nursing by professional nurses who have
been educated in the processes of population-based nursing and whose principal client is
the aggregate community. Community-based practice is the provision of skilled therapy
services within a client's own home or community. Community psychology is the
application of psychology to community programs. Home health nursing provides
intravenous therapy and wound care.
2. Based on Lillian Wald's work living among the residents of the Henry Street Settlement
House in New York City, community health nurses can effect change in a community's
health by:
A) advocating for better housing
B) working to change labor practices, wages
C) analyzing risks and benefits of care decisions
D) teaching preventive practices
E) accessing and using emerging research evidence
Ans: A, B, D
Feedback:
Lillian Wald's contributions include establishing nursing schools, advocating for better
housing, working to change child labor laws, teaching preventive practices, advocating
occupational health nursing, and improving the education of public health nurses.
Today's nurses can continue this work. Analyzing risks and benefits of care decisions as
well as accessing and using emerging research evidence are important nursing actions
for individual clients.
3. Select the number that according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) best represents the number of years added to the life expectancy because of
public health.
A) 15
B) 20
C) 25
D) 30
Ans: C
Feedback:
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health is
credited with adding 25 years to the life expectancy of people in the United States.
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, 4. As #ntcommunicable #ntdisease #ntdeclined #ntin #ntthe #nt1960s, #ntwhich #ntkey #ntpublic #nthealth
#ntissue #ntbecame
more #ntprominent?
A) Immunizations
B) Workplace #ntsafety
C) Cigarette #ntsmoking
D) Family #ntplanning
Ans: C
Feedback:
Beginning #ntin #ntthe #nt1960s, #ntas #ntcommunicable #ntdiseases #ntdeclined, #ntattention #ntturned
#ntto
prevention #ntof #ntchronic #ntdiseases #ntand #ntrelated #ntrisk #ntfactors, #ntsuch #ntas #ntcigarette
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#ntHealth #ntOrganization
began #ntto #ntfocus #nton #nthealth #ntpromotion #ntin #ntwhich #ntdecade?
A) 1960s
B) 1970s
C) 1980s
D) 1990s
Ans: C
Feedback:
In #ntthe #nt1980s #ntthe #ntfocus #ntof #nthealth #ntshifted #ntsomewhat #ntto #nthealth #ntpromotion,
#ntprompted #ntby #ntthe
Health #ntfor #ntAll #ntera #ntestablished #ntby #ntthe #ntWorld #ntHealth #ntOrganization #nt(WHO,
#nt1978).
6. In #ntthe #nt1990s, #ntwhich #ntwas #ntthe #ntmajor #ntconcern #ntof #ntpolicy #ntmakers #ntin #ntthe
#ntUnited #ntStates?
A) High #ntcost #ntof #nthealth #ntcare
B) Treatment #ntof #ntcommunicable #ntdiseases
C) High-tech #ntmedicine #ntto #ntincrease #ntlife #ntspan
D) Fluoridation #ntof #ntdrinking #ntwater
Ans: A
Feedback:
The #nt1990s #ntcan #ntbe #ntcharacterized #ntas #ntthe #ntera #ntin #ntwhich #ntthe #nthigh #ntcost #ntof
#nthealth #ntcare #ntin #ntthe #ntUnited #ntStates #ntbecame #nta #ntmajor #ntconcern #ntof #ntpolicy
#ntmakers.
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population-based nursing and whose principal client is the aggregate community.
A) Community health nursing
B) Community-based practice nursing
C) Community psychology nursing
D) Home care nursing
Ans: A
Feedback:
Community health nursing is the practice of nursing by professional nurses who have
been educated in the processes of population-based nursing and whose principal client is
the aggregate community. Community-based practice is the provision of skilled therapy
services within a client's own home or community. Community psychology is the
application of psychology to community programs. Home health nursing provides
intravenous therapy and wound care.
2. Based on Lillian Wald's work living among the residents of the Henry Street Settlement
House in New York City, community health nurses can effect change in a community's
health by:
A) advocating for better housing
B) working to change labor practices, wages
C) analyzing risks and benefits of care decisions
D) teaching preventive practices
E) accessing and using emerging research evidence
Ans: A, B, D
Feedback:
Lillian Wald's contributions include establishing nursing schools, advocating for better
housing, working to change child labor laws, teaching preventive practices, advocating
occupational health nursing, and improving the education of public health nurses.
Today's nurses can continue this work. Analyzing risks and benefits of care decisions as
well as accessing and using emerging research evidence are important nursing actions
for individual clients.
3. Select the number that according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) best represents the number of years added to the life expectancy because of
public health.
A) 15
B) 20
C) 25
D) 30
Ans: C
Feedback:
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health is
credited with adding 25 years to the life expectancy of people in the United States.
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, 4. As #ntcommunicable #ntdisease #ntdeclined #ntin #ntthe #nt1960s, #ntwhich #ntkey #ntpublic #nthealth
#ntissue #ntbecame
more #ntprominent?
A) Immunizations
B) Workplace #ntsafety
C) Cigarette #ntsmoking
D) Family #ntplanning
Ans: C
Feedback:
Beginning #ntin #ntthe #nt1960s, #ntas #ntcommunicable #ntdiseases #ntdeclined, #ntattention #ntturned
#ntto
prevention #ntof #ntchronic #ntdiseases #ntand #ntrelated #ntrisk #ntfactors, #ntsuch #ntas #ntcigarette
#ntsmoking #ntand #ntdietary #ntfat.
5. Following #ntthe #ntdecline #ntof #ntcommunicable #ntdiseases #ntand #ntthe #ntprevention #ntof #ntchronic
#ntdiseases #ntrelated #ntto #ntsuch #ntthings #ntas #ntcigarette #ntsmoking #ntand #ntobesity, #ntthe #ntWorld
#ntHealth #ntOrganization
began #ntto #ntfocus #nton #nthealth #ntpromotion #ntin #ntwhich #ntdecade?
A) 1960s
B) 1970s
C) 1980s
D) 1990s
Ans: C
Feedback:
In #ntthe #nt1980s #ntthe #ntfocus #ntof #nthealth #ntshifted #ntsomewhat #ntto #nthealth #ntpromotion,
#ntprompted #ntby #ntthe
Health #ntfor #ntAll #ntera #ntestablished #ntby #ntthe #ntWorld #ntHealth #ntOrganization #nt(WHO,
#nt1978).
6. In #ntthe #nt1990s, #ntwhich #ntwas #ntthe #ntmajor #ntconcern #ntof #ntpolicy #ntmakers #ntin #ntthe
#ntUnited #ntStates?
A) High #ntcost #ntof #nthealth #ntcare
B) Treatment #ntof #ntcommunicable #ntdiseases
C) High-tech #ntmedicine #ntto #ntincrease #ntlife #ntspan
D) Fluoridation #ntof #ntdrinking #ntwater
Ans: A
Feedback:
The #nt1990s #ntcan #ntbe #ntcharacterized #ntas #ntthe #ntera #ntin #ntwhich #ntthe #nthigh #ntcost #ntof
#nthealth #ntcare #ntin #ntthe #ntUnited #ntStates #ntbecame #nta #ntmajor #ntconcern #ntof #ntpolicy
#ntmakers.
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