STANHOPE AND LANCASTER'S
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN
CANADA 4TH EDITION SANDRA A
MACDONALD TEST BANK
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE ANSWERS ACCURATE
⫸ what best describes community-oriented nursing? Answer: -having
the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
⫸ what is the primary focus of public health nursing? Answer: -health
care of communities and populations
⫸ what is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy
during the 20th century? Answer: -sanitation and other population based
programs
⫸ a nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature
deaths in the community. what intervention would most likely be
implemented by the nurse? Answer: -promotion of healthy lifestyle
behavior choices among the community members.
⫸ what is a basic assumption of public health efforts? Answer: -the
health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the
community.
,⫸ what actions would most likely be performed by a public health
nurse? Answer: -working with community groups to create policies to
improve the environment.
⫸ what kind of public health nurse most clearly fulfills the
responsibilities of the role? Answer: -the nurse who spent the day
attending meetings of various health agencies.
⫸ what best defines aggregate? Answer: -collection of people who share
one or more characteristics
⫸ a registered nurse was just employed as a public health nurse. what
question would be the most relevant for the nurse to ask? Answer: -what
groups are at greatest risk for problems?
⫸ making sure that essential community-oriented health services are
available defines which of the core public health functions? Answer: -
assurance
⫸ when talking to a women's group at the senior citizens' center, the
nurse reminded them that the only way the center would be able to
afford to provide transportation services for them would be for them to
continue to write letters to their local city council representatives
requesting funding for such a service. What was 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 community groups to discuss the
most important task to be addressed first? Answer: -to work with groups,
not for groups.
⫸ the nurse often has to make resource allocation decisions. Which of
the following 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 actions best represents public health nursing?
Answer: -assessing the effectiveness of the high school health 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
⫸ what variables have led to a stronger commitment to population
focused services? Answer: -emergence of new or drug resistant
infectious diseases
-emphasis on overall health care needs rather than only an acute care
treatment
-threat of bioterrorism
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN
CANADA 4TH EDITION SANDRA A
MACDONALD TEST BANK
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE ANSWERS ACCURATE
⫸ what best describes community-oriented nursing? Answer: -having
the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
⫸ what is the primary focus of public health nursing? Answer: -health
care of communities and populations
⫸ what is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy
during the 20th century? Answer: -sanitation and other population based
programs
⫸ a nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature
deaths in the community. what intervention would most likely be
implemented by the nurse? Answer: -promotion of healthy lifestyle
behavior choices among the community members.
⫸ what is a basic assumption of public health efforts? Answer: -the
health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the
community.
,⫸ what actions would most likely be performed by a public health
nurse? Answer: -working with community groups to create policies to
improve the environment.
⫸ what kind of public health nurse most clearly fulfills the
responsibilities of the role? Answer: -the nurse who spent the day
attending meetings of various health agencies.
⫸ what best defines aggregate? Answer: -collection of people who share
one or more characteristics
⫸ a registered nurse was just employed as a public health nurse. what
question would be the most relevant for the nurse to ask? Answer: -what
groups are at greatest risk for problems?
⫸ making sure that essential community-oriented health services are
available defines which of the core public health functions? Answer: -
assurance
⫸ when talking to a women's group at the senior citizens' center, the
nurse reminded them that the only way the center would be able to
afford to provide transportation services for them would be for them to
continue to write letters to their local city council representatives
requesting funding for such a service. What was 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 community groups to discuss the
most important task to be addressed first? Answer: -to work with groups,
not for groups.
⫸ the nurse often has to make resource allocation decisions. Which of
the following 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 actions best represents public health nursing?
Answer: -assessing the effectiveness of the high school health 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
⫸ what variables have led to a stronger commitment to population
focused services? Answer: -emergence of new or drug resistant
infectious diseases
-emphasis on overall health care needs rather than only an acute care
treatment
-threat of bioterrorism
