COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION RECTOR TEST BANK (Chapter 1-
30) With Complete Solutions)
Contents
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
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
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
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
Chapter 19 Maternal-Child Health
Chapter 20 School-Age Children and Adolescents
Chapter 21 Adult Health
Chapter 22 Older Adults
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
Chapter 28 Public Settings
Chapter 29 Private Settings
Chapter 30 Home Health and Hospice Care
,Chapter 1: The Journey Begins: Introduction
Multiple Choices
1. After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and differences between
public health and community health, which of the following statements by a nursing student would
indicate knowledge of the similarities and differences between public health and community health?
A) “Community health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in a
community setting, rather than an institutional setting.”
B) “Public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is pro vided in an institutional
setting.” C) “Public health nursing is focused on the health of individuals.”
D) “Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health 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.
2. Which of the following statements would best describe the difference
between public health nursing and community health nursing?
A) Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and community health
nursing is focused on the public aspects of health.
B) In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated
communities and is a part of the larger public health effort.
,C) Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the very same types of services
and perspectives.
D) Both public health nursing and community health nursing are practiced 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 aspects of 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
excl usively within institutions.
3. Which of the following is most accurate about the concept of community?
A) A community is a collection of people who share some important features of their
lives. B) Community members live in the same geographic location. C) Community
members are biologically related.
D) A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another and
do not necessarily share a sense of belonging to that group. Ans: A
Feedback:
The broad definition of a community is a collection of people who share some important features of
their lives. Community members may not live in the same geographic location as in a common -
interest community or a community of solution. A population is made up of people who do not
necessarily interact with one another and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging to that group.
4. A group of students are reviewing material for a test on populations, communities, and
aggregates. Which of the followi ng indicates that the students understand these concepts?
A) Members of a population share a sense of belonging.
B) Communities and populations are types of aggregates. C) Individuals of a community are
loosely
connected.
D) Members of an aggregate share a strong bond.
Ans: B
Feedback:
An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping of distinct individuals who are considered as a whole and
who are loosely associated with one another. Communities and populations are types of
aggregates. A population is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another
and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging to the group. A community is a
, collection of people who chose to interact with one another because of common interests,
characteristics, or goals, which form the basis for a sense of unity or belonging.
5. Which of the following would a community health nurse identify as a community of common
interest?
A) The global community
B) Small rural town in a northern state C) National professional organization D) Counties
addressing water pollution
Ans: C
Feedback:
A common-interest community shares a common interest or goal that binds the members together.
Membership in a national professional organization is one example. The global community and a small
rural town in a northern state would be examples of a geographic community. Counties addressing a
water pollution problem would be an example of a community of solution.
6. The nurse is working with a community of solution. Which of the following would the nurse
expect to find?
A) A health problem affecting the group
B) Common goal binding members together
C) Sharing of a similar goal D) Locational boundaries Ans: A
Feedback:
A community of solution involves a group of people coming together to solve a problem that affects
them. A common-interest community involves a collection of people widely scattered geographically
who have an interest or goal that binds the members together. A geographical community is one
defined by its geographical or locational boundaries.
7. Which one of the following statements made by a student would the nurse educator recognize
as evidence that a student understands the health continuum?
A) The distinction between health and illness is well demarcated. B) Illness refers to a state of
being relatively unhealthy.
C) The term health is limited to reflect an individual's state. D) Treatment of acute
conditions reflects the current focus of health care. Ans: B
Feedback:
Although society typically depicts an absolute line of difference between being either well or ill,
health is considered a relative term. Thus, illness is viewed as a state of being relatively
unhealthy. Health is typically described as a continuum that in volves a range of degrees from
optimal health at one end to total disability or death at the other. The line of demarcation is not
clear. Health applies to individuals, families, and communities. Traditionally, most health care
has focused on the
10TH EDITION RECTOR TEST BANK (Chapter 1-
30) With Complete Solutions)
Contents
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
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
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
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
Chapter 19 Maternal-Child Health
Chapter 20 School-Age Children and Adolescents
Chapter 21 Adult Health
Chapter 22 Older Adults
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
Chapter 28 Public Settings
Chapter 29 Private Settings
Chapter 30 Home Health and Hospice Care
,Chapter 1: The Journey Begins: Introduction
Multiple Choices
1. After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and differences between
public health and community health, which of the following statements by a nursing student would
indicate knowledge of the similarities and differences between public health and community health?
A) “Community health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in a
community setting, rather than an institutional setting.”
B) “Public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is pro vided in an institutional
setting.” C) “Public health nursing is focused on the health of individuals.”
D) “Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health 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.
2. Which of the following statements would best describe the difference
between public health nursing and community health nursing?
A) Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and community health
nursing is focused on the public aspects of health.
B) In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated
communities and is a part of the larger public health effort.
,C) Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the very same types of services
and perspectives.
D) Both public health nursing and community health nursing are practiced 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 aspects of 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
excl usively within institutions.
3. Which of the following is most accurate about the concept of community?
A) A community is a collection of people who share some important features of their
lives. B) Community members live in the same geographic location. C) Community
members are biologically related.
D) A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another and
do not necessarily share a sense of belonging to that group. Ans: A
Feedback:
The broad definition of a community is a collection of people who share some important features of
their lives. Community members may not live in the same geographic location as in a common -
interest community or a community of solution. A population is made up of people who do not
necessarily interact with one another and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging to that group.
4. A group of students are reviewing material for a test on populations, communities, and
aggregates. Which of the followi ng indicates that the students understand these concepts?
A) Members of a population share a sense of belonging.
B) Communities and populations are types of aggregates. C) Individuals of a community are
loosely
connected.
D) Members of an aggregate share a strong bond.
Ans: B
Feedback:
An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping of distinct individuals who are considered as a whole and
who are loosely associated with one another. Communities and populations are types of
aggregates. A population is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another
and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging to the group. A community is a
, collection of people who chose to interact with one another because of common interests,
characteristics, or goals, which form the basis for a sense of unity or belonging.
5. Which of the following would a community health nurse identify as a community of common
interest?
A) The global community
B) Small rural town in a northern state C) National professional organization D) Counties
addressing water pollution
Ans: C
Feedback:
A common-interest community shares a common interest or goal that binds the members together.
Membership in a national professional organization is one example. The global community and a small
rural town in a northern state would be examples of a geographic community. Counties addressing a
water pollution problem would be an example of a community of solution.
6. The nurse is working with a community of solution. Which of the following would the nurse
expect to find?
A) A health problem affecting the group
B) Common goal binding members together
C) Sharing of a similar goal D) Locational boundaries Ans: A
Feedback:
A community of solution involves a group of people coming together to solve a problem that affects
them. A common-interest community involves a collection of people widely scattered geographically
who have an interest or goal that binds the members together. A geographical community is one
defined by its geographical or locational boundaries.
7. Which one of the following statements made by a student would the nurse educator recognize
as evidence that a student understands the health continuum?
A) The distinction between health and illness is well demarcated. B) Illness refers to a state of
being relatively unhealthy.
C) The term health is limited to reflect an individual's state. D) Treatment of acute
conditions reflects the current focus of health care. Ans: B
Feedback:
Although society typically depicts an absolute line of difference between being either well or ill,
health is considered a relative term. Thus, illness is viewed as a state of being relatively
unhealthy. Health is typically described as a continuum that in volves a range of degrees from
optimal health at one end to total disability or death at the other. The line of demarcation is not
clear. Health applies to individuals, families, and communities. Traditionally, most health care
has focused on the
