Test Bank For Rector’s Community and Public Health
Nursing: Promoting the Public’s Health 11th Edition.
,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 11th 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 between public health and
1. 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 the
C)
health of individuals.”
“Community health nursing can shape thequality of community health services and
D) 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 types of
C) services and perspectives.
Both public health nursing and communityhealth nursing are practiced exclusively
D) 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 about
3.
the concept of community?
A community is a collection of people who
A)
share some important features of their lives.
Community members live in the same
B)
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
Feedback:
Nursing: Promoting the Public’s Health 11th Edition.
,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 11th 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 between public health and
1. 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 the
C)
health of individuals.”
“Community health nursing can shape thequality of community health services and
D) 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 types of
C) services and perspectives.
Both public health nursing and communityhealth nursing are practiced exclusively
D) 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 about
3.
the concept of community?
A community is a collection of people who
A)
share some important features of their lives.
Community members live in the same
B)
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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