AND NURSING PRACTICE: CARING FOR
POPULATIONS THIRD EDITION
BY CHRISTINE L. SAVAGE
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I.``Basis``for``Public``Health``Nursing``Knowledge``and``Skills
1.``Public``Health``and``Nursing``Practice
2.``Optimizing``Population``Health
3.``Epidemiology``and``Nursing``Practice
4.``Introduction``to``Community``Assessment
5.``Health``Program``Planning
6.``Environmental``Health
II.``Community``Health``Across``Populations:``Public``Health``Issues
7.``Health``Disparities``and``the``Social``Determinants``of``Health
8.``Health``and``Vulnerable``Populations
9.``Communicable``Diseases
10.``Noncommunicable``Diseases
11.``Mental``Health
12.``Substance``Use``and``the``Health``of``Communities
13.``Injury``and``Violence
III.``Public``Health``Planning
14.``Health``Planning``for``Local``Public``Health``Departments
15.``Health``Planning``for``Acute``Care``Settings
16.``Health``Planning``for``Primary``Care``Settings
17.``Health``Planning``with``Rural``and``Urban``Communities
18.``Health``Planning``for``Maternal-Infant``and``Child``Health``Settings
19.``Health``Planning``for``School``Settings
20.``Health``Planning``for``Occupational``and``Environmental``Health
21.``Health``Planning,``Public``Health``Policy,``and``Finance
22.``Health``Planning``for``Emergency``Preparedness``and``Disaster``Management
,Chapter 1: Public Health and NursingPractice
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Multiple Choice `` ``
Answers``are``at``the``end``of``Each``chapter
Identify``the``choice``that``best``completes``the``statement``or``answers``the``question.
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1.``Public``health``nurses``(PHNs)``know``they``must``approach``a``public``hea
lth``issue`with``an``understanding``of``the``related``underlying``risk``factors``t
o``develop``effective``nursing``interventions.``They``evaluate``these``risk``fac
tors``from``two``perspectives:
1. Disease;``individual
2. Intervention;``government
3. Epidemic;``population
4. Individual;``population
`` 2.`` A``nursing``student``is``studying``public``health.``She``learns``that,``according``to
C.E.A.``Winslow’s``definition,``some``of``the``goals``of``public``health``include
disease``prevention,``promoting``health,``control``of``communicable``infect
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ions,a` nd _.
1. Risk``assessment``for``disease
2. Promotion``of``primary``care
, 3. Organization``of``medical``and``nursing``services``for``the``e
arlyd
` iagnosis``and``preventive``treatment``of``disease
4. Governmental``safety``regulations
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3.``If``the``international``medical``community``was``working``to``contain``se
veral``worldwide``pandemics,``they``would``look``to``the``World``Health``Or
ganization(` WHO),``which``is:
1. The``public``health``arm``of``the``United``Nations.
2. Working``to``improve``health``and``well-
being``for``the``globalp
` opulation.
3. Working``with``nurses``to``promote``public``health``interventions.
4. All``of``the``above.
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4.``The``Institute``of``Medicine``(IOM),``now``known``as``the``Health``and``Me
dicine``Division``(HMD)``of``the``National``Academies``of``Sciences,``Engineeri
ng,``and``Medicine,``stated``in``their``report,``The``Future``of``the``Public’s``Hea
lth,``that``there``are``three``core``functions``that``society``carries``out``to``colle
ctively``support`t̀he``optimum``conditions``for``public``health.``Which``one``of``t
he``following``is``noto
` ne``of``these``functions?
1. Prevention
2. Assessment