NUR 4020: Pop and Contexts
Questions with Complete Answers.
When talking to a women's group at the senior citizens center, the nurses reminded them that
the only way the center would be able to afford to provide transportation services...What is the
nurse trying to accomplish through this action? - Answer Help the women engage in political
action
The public health nurse has a clear vision of what needs to be done and where to begin to
improve the health of the community. Why would the nurse spend time meeting with the
community groups to discuss the most important task to be addressed first? - Answer To
work with the groups not for the groups
Making sure that essential community oriented health services are available define which of the
core pubic health functions? - Answer Assurance
Which of the following actions best represents public health nursing?
- assessing the effectiveness of high school clinic
- caring for clients in their home following outpatient surgeries
- Providing care to children and their families at a school clinic - Answer assessing the
effectiveness of high school clinic
Two nurses plan to walk under a huge downtown bridge where various homeless persons live.
Why would the nurses go to such an unsafe area? - Answer to assess the needs of the
homeless who live there
The nurse often has to make resource allocations decisions. Which best describes the criterion
the nurse should use in such cases? - Answer The needs of the aggregate rather than a few
individuals
Which of the following best describes community oriented nursing? - Answer having the goal
of health promotion and disease prevention
Which of the following best describes aggregate? - Answer A collection of people who share
one or more characteristics
Which of the following best describes community based nursing? - Answer A practice in
which care is provided for individuals and family
, Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts? - Answer The health of
individuals can not be separated form the health of the community
What is the primary focus of public health nursing? - Answer Health care of communities
and populations
What action would most likely be performed by a public health nurse? - Answer Working
with community groups to create policies and improve the environment
A registered nurse was just employed as a public health nurse. What questions would be
relevant for the nurse to ask? - Answer Which groups are at the greatest risk for problems?
A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the community.
Which of the following actions would most likely be implemented by a nurse? - Answer
Promote healthy lifestyle choices among the community members
What is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy in the 20th century? - Answer
sanitation and other prevention based programs
Which of the following public health nurses would most fulfill the responsibilities of its role? -
Answer the nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies
Why were nurses so unprepared for public health nursing in the early 20th century? - Answer
nurses were educated in diploma schools, which focused more on hospitalization
A nursing student during WW2 would likely join which group? - Answer The Cadet nurse
corps
A public health nurse is compiling information about how to promote early detection of breast
cancer in women. Which document would most likely provide useful information regarding this
topic? - Answer Healthy People 2020
Which of the following nurses is responsible for creating Public health nursing in the US? -
Answer Lillian Wald
A nurse is considering joining the American Public Health Association (APHA) What information
about this organization should be considered when making this decision? - Answer APHA
provides a national forum for nurses to discuss their public health concerns.
The Elizabeth Poor Law of 1601 is most similar to which current law? - Answer Medicaid
Questions with Complete Answers.
When talking to a women's group at the senior citizens center, the nurses reminded them that
the only way the center would be able to afford to provide transportation services...What is the
nurse trying to accomplish through this action? - Answer Help the women engage in political
action
The public health nurse has a clear vision of what needs to be done and where to begin to
improve the health of the community. Why would the nurse spend time meeting with the
community groups to discuss the most important task to be addressed first? - Answer To
work with the groups not for the groups
Making sure that essential community oriented health services are available define which of the
core pubic health functions? - Answer Assurance
Which of the following actions best represents public health nursing?
- assessing the effectiveness of high school clinic
- caring for clients in their home following outpatient surgeries
- Providing care to children and their families at a school clinic - Answer assessing the
effectiveness of high school clinic
Two nurses plan to walk under a huge downtown bridge where various homeless persons live.
Why would the nurses go to such an unsafe area? - Answer to assess the needs of the
homeless who live there
The nurse often has to make resource allocations decisions. Which best describes the criterion
the nurse should use in such cases? - Answer The needs of the aggregate rather than a few
individuals
Which of the following best describes community oriented nursing? - Answer having the goal
of health promotion and disease prevention
Which of the following best describes aggregate? - Answer A collection of people who share
one or more characteristics
Which of the following best describes community based nursing? - Answer A practice in
which care is provided for individuals and family
, Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts? - Answer The health of
individuals can not be separated form the health of the community
What is the primary focus of public health nursing? - Answer Health care of communities
and populations
What action would most likely be performed by a public health nurse? - Answer Working
with community groups to create policies and improve the environment
A registered nurse was just employed as a public health nurse. What questions would be
relevant for the nurse to ask? - Answer Which groups are at the greatest risk for problems?
A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the community.
Which of the following actions would most likely be implemented by a nurse? - Answer
Promote healthy lifestyle choices among the community members
What is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy in the 20th century? - Answer
sanitation and other prevention based programs
Which of the following public health nurses would most fulfill the responsibilities of its role? -
Answer the nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies
Why were nurses so unprepared for public health nursing in the early 20th century? - Answer
nurses were educated in diploma schools, which focused more on hospitalization
A nursing student during WW2 would likely join which group? - Answer The Cadet nurse
corps
A public health nurse is compiling information about how to promote early detection of breast
cancer in women. Which document would most likely provide useful information regarding this
topic? - Answer Healthy People 2020
Which of the following nurses is responsible for creating Public health nursing in the US? -
Answer Lillian Wald
A nurse is considering joining the American Public Health Association (APHA) What information
about this organization should be considered when making this decision? - Answer APHA
provides a national forum for nurses to discuss their public health concerns.
The Elizabeth Poor Law of 1601 is most similar to which current law? - Answer Medicaid
