TEST BANK
Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health
Nursing
Marcia Stanhope and Jeanette Lancaster
5th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Community-and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health 2
Chapter 02 The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing 8
Chapter 03 The Changing U.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems 15
Chapter 04 Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice 21
Chapter 05 Cultural Influences in Nursing in Community Health 29
Chapter 06 Environmental Health 38
Chapter 07 Government, the Law, and Policy Activism 45
Chapter 08 Economic Influences 53
Chapter 09 Epidemiological Applications 62
Chapter 10 Evidence-Based Practice 75
Chapter 11 Using Health Education and Groups in the Community 82
Chapter 12 Community Assessment and Evaluation 90
Chapter 13 Case Management 99
Chapter 14 Disaster Management 106
Chapter 15 Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation 114
Chapter 16 Program Management 119
Chapter 17 Managing Quality and Safety 126
Chapter 18 Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment 135
Chapter 19 Family Health Risks 144
Chapter 20 Health Risks Across the Life Span 155
Chapter 21 Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations An Overview 167
Chapter 22 Rural Health and Migrant Health 173
Chapter 23 Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness 179
Chapter 24 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community 188
Chapter 25 Violence and Human Abuse 197
Chapter 26 Infectious Disease Prevention and Control 204
Chapter 27 HIV Infection, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases 214
Chapter 28 Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health 224
Chapter 29 The Faith Community Nurse 232
Chapter 30 The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice 239
Chapter 31 The Nurse in the Schools 249
Chapter 32 The Nurse in Occupational Health 261
,Test Bank - Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 5e (Stanhope, 2018)
Chapter 01: Community- and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve Population
Health
Stanhope: Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing,
5th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following 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 families 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 psychiatric 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 of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
a. Focusing on the provision of 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. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
ANS: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the 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 focus is on the health care of communities and
populations rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease and
preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the community and the population within it.
Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals and families
acorss the life span. The aim is to amanage acute and chronic health conditions in the
community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-centered illness care.
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, Test Bank - Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 5e (Stanhope, 2018)
4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the
20th century?
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANS: C
Improvements in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and other
population-based prevention programs led to the increase in life expectancy from less than 50
years in 1900 to more than 78 years in 2013. 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.
5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the community.
Which of the following interventions would most likely be implemented by the nurse?
a.Increase the community’s knowledge about hospice care.
b.Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.
c.Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial site.
d.Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment for community
members.
ANS: B
Public health approaches could help prevent premature deaths by influencing the way people
eat, drink, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the environment. Increasing knowledge of
hospice care, encouraging on-site wellness centers, and ensuring timely treatment of medical
conditions do not address the focus of improving overall health through health promotion
strategies. This is the major method that is suggested to decrease the incidence of premature
death.
6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts?
a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
ANS: C
Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of the
community’s health status (resources) on the health of individuals, families, and groups. The
goal is to prevent disease and disability and promote and protect the health of the community
as a whole. Public health can be described as what society collectively does to ensure that
conditions exist in which people can be healthy. The basic assumptions of public health do not
judge the morality of health disparities. The focus is on prevention of illness not on spending
more on illness care. Additionally, individual responsibility for making healthy choices is the
directive for lengthening life span not the role of the government.
7. Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
a. Asking community leaders what interventions should be chosen
b. Assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventions
c. Using data from the main health care institutions in the community to determine
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Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health
Nursing
Marcia Stanhope and Jeanette Lancaster
5th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Community-and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health 2
Chapter 02 The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing 8
Chapter 03 The Changing U.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems 15
Chapter 04 Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice 21
Chapter 05 Cultural Influences in Nursing in Community Health 29
Chapter 06 Environmental Health 38
Chapter 07 Government, the Law, and Policy Activism 45
Chapter 08 Economic Influences 53
Chapter 09 Epidemiological Applications 62
Chapter 10 Evidence-Based Practice 75
Chapter 11 Using Health Education and Groups in the Community 82
Chapter 12 Community Assessment and Evaluation 90
Chapter 13 Case Management 99
Chapter 14 Disaster Management 106
Chapter 15 Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation 114
Chapter 16 Program Management 119
Chapter 17 Managing Quality and Safety 126
Chapter 18 Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment 135
Chapter 19 Family Health Risks 144
Chapter 20 Health Risks Across the Life Span 155
Chapter 21 Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations An Overview 167
Chapter 22 Rural Health and Migrant Health 173
Chapter 23 Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness 179
Chapter 24 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community 188
Chapter 25 Violence and Human Abuse 197
Chapter 26 Infectious Disease Prevention and Control 204
Chapter 27 HIV Infection, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases 214
Chapter 28 Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health 224
Chapter 29 The Faith Community Nurse 232
Chapter 30 The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice 239
Chapter 31 The Nurse in the Schools 249
Chapter 32 The Nurse in Occupational Health 261
,Test Bank - Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 5e (Stanhope, 2018)
Chapter 01: Community- and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve Population
Health
Stanhope: Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing,
5th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following 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 families 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 psychiatric 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 of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
a. Focusing on the provision of 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. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
ANS: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the 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 focus is on the health care of communities and
populations rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease and
preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the community and the population within it.
Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals and families
acorss the life span. The aim is to amanage acute and chronic health conditions in the
community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-centered illness care.
1|Page
, Test Bank - Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 5e (Stanhope, 2018)
4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the
20th century?
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANS: C
Improvements in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and other
population-based prevention programs led to the increase in life expectancy from less than 50
years in 1900 to more than 78 years in 2013. 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.
5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the community.
Which of the following interventions would most likely be implemented by the nurse?
a.Increase the community’s knowledge about hospice care.
b.Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.
c.Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial site.
d.Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment for community
members.
ANS: B
Public health approaches could help prevent premature deaths by influencing the way people
eat, drink, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the environment. Increasing knowledge of
hospice care, encouraging on-site wellness centers, and ensuring timely treatment of medical
conditions do not address the focus of improving overall health through health promotion
strategies. This is the major method that is suggested to decrease the incidence of premature
death.
6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts?
a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
ANS: C
Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of the
community’s health status (resources) on the health of individuals, families, and groups. The
goal is to prevent disease and disability and promote and protect the health of the community
as a whole. Public health can be described as what society collectively does to ensure that
conditions exist in which people can be healthy. The basic assumptions of public health do not
judge the morality of health disparities. The focus is on prevention of illness not on spending
more on illness care. Additionally, individual responsibility for making healthy choices is the
directive for lengthening life span not the role of the government.
7. Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
a. Asking community leaders what interventions should be chosen
b. Assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventions
c. Using data from the main health care institutions in the community to determine
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