COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC
HEALTH NURSING:
Promoting The Public’s Health
10TH EDITION
By: Cherie Rector; Mary Jo Stanley
Community and Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public’s Health, 10th Edition Rector Test Bank
,Table of Contents:
Unit 1—Foundations of Community/Public Health Nursing
Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
Chapter 2 Public Health Nursing in the
Community
Chapter 3 History and Evolution of Public Health Nursing
Chapter 4 Evidence-Based Practice and Ethics in Community/Public Health
Chapter 5 Transcultural Nursing
Unit 2—Public Health Essentials
Chapter 6 Structure and Economics of Community/Public Health Services
Chapter 7 Epidemiology in the Community
Chapter 8 Communicable Disease
Chapter 9 Environmental Health &
Safety
Unit 3—Community /Public Health Nursing Toolbox
Chapter 10 Communication, Collaboration, and
Technology Chapter 11 Health Promotion Through
Education
Chapter 12 Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Community/Public Health Programs
Chapter 13 Policy Making and Advocacy
Unit 4 — The Health of Our Population
Chapter 14 Family as Client
Chapter 15 Community as Client
Chapter 16 Global Health
Nursing
Chapter 17 Disasters and Their Impact
Chapter 18 Violence & Abuse
Unit 5—Aggregate Populations
Chapter 19 Maternal-Child Health
Chapter 20 School-Age Children and
Adolescents Chapter 21 Adult Health
Chapter 22 Older Adults
Unit 6—Vulnerable Populations
Chapter 23 Working with Vulnerable
Populations Chapter 24 Clients with
Disabilities
Chapter 25 Behavioral Health in the
Community Chapter 26 Homeless Populations
Chapter 27 Rural, Migrant, and Urban Health Care
Unit 7—Settings for Community/Public Health Nursing
Chapter 28 Public Settings
Chapter 29 Private Settings
Chapter 30 Home Health and Hospice Care
,Chapter 1: The Journey Begins: Introduction
Community and Public Health Nursing 10th Edition Rector Test Bank
After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and differences
between public health and community health, which ofthe following statements by
a nursing student would indicate knowledge of the similarities and differences
1. between public health and community health?
“Community health nursing is defined as
A) nursing care that is provided in a communitysetting, rather than an institutional
setting.”
“Public health nursing is defined as nursingcare that is provided in an institutional
B) setting.”
“Public health nursing is focused on
C)
the health of individuals.”
“Community health nursing can shape thequality of community health
D) services and improve the health of the general public.”
Ans: D
Feedback:
Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly complex
challenges, this nursing specialty holds the potential to shape the quality of
community health services and improve the health of the general
public.
Which of the following statements would best
2. describe the difference between public healthnursing and community health nursing?
Public health nursing is focused on the privateaspects of health, and
community health nursing is focused on the public aspects of
A)
health.
In our textbook, the term community healthpractice refers to a focus on specific,
designated communities and is a part of the
B)
larger public health effort.
, Public health nursing and community healthnursing relate to the very same
C) types of services and perspectives.
Both public health nursing and communityhealth nursing are practiced
D) exclusively within institutions.
Ans: B
Feedback:
In this textbook, community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated
communities. It is a part of the larger public health effort and recognizes the
fundamental concepts and principles of public health as its birthright and
foundation for practice. Public health nursing is focused on the public aspectsof
health. Public health nursing and community health nursing have distinctive types
of services and perspectives. Neither public health nursing nor community health
nursing is practiced exclusively within
institutions.
Which of the following is most accurate
3.
about the concept of community?
A community is a collection of people
A)
who share some important features of
Community
their lives. members live in the
B)
same geographic location.
C) Community members are biologically related.
A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one
another and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging
D)
to that group.
Ans: A
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