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Foundations for Population Health in
Community & Public Health Nursing (6th
Edition)
by Marcia Stanhope.
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,Stanhope: Foundations for Population Health in
Community/Public Health Nursing, 6th Edition
Chapter 01: Community- and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve Population
Health
MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families
b. Providing care with a focus on the group’s needs
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate’s needs
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care
ANS: A
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which
care is provided for “sick” individuals and families where they live, work, and
attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of
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comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous care. These nurses may be
generalists or specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric, adult, or psychiatric
mental health nursing. Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and
chronic care to individuals and families, rather than focusing on groups,
aggregates, or systems.
2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
a.Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families
b.Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
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c.Giving direct care to ill individuaIs within their family setting
d.Having the goal of health U promotion
S N and disease prevention
ANS: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving,
protecting, or maintaining health and preventing disease to promote the
quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families, give direct care
to ill persons within their family setting, and help manage acute or chronic
conditions. These definitions are not specific to community-oriented nursing.
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
a. Families and groups
b. Illness-oriented care
c. Individuals within the family unit
d. Health care of communities and populations
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,ANS: D
In public health nursing the primary focus is on the health care of communities
and populations rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to
prevent disease and preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the
community and the population within it. Community-based nurses deal
primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals and families acorss the life
span. The aim is to amanage acute and chronic health conditions in the
community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-centered illness
care.
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, 4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life
expectancy during the 20th century?
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANS: C
Improvements in control of infectious diseases through immunizations,
sanitation, and other population-based prevention programs led to the
increase in life expectancy from less than 50 years in 1900 to more than 78
years in 2013. Although people are excited when a new drug is discovered that
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cures a disease or when a new way to transplant organs is perfected, it is
important to know about the significant gains in the health of populations that
have come largely from public health accomplishments.
5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in
the community. Which of the following interventions would most likely be
implemented by the nurse?
a. Increase the community’s knowledge about hospice care.
b. Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.
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c. Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial site.
d. Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment
for community members.
ANS: B
Public health approaches could help prevent premature deaths by influencing
the way people eat, drink, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the
environment. Increasing knowledge of hospice care, encouraging on-site
wellness centers, and ensuring timely treatment of medical
of
conditions do not address the focus of improving overall health through health
promotion strategies. This is the major method that is suggested to decrease
the incidence of premature
death.
6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts?
a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the
community.
d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
ANS: C
Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of
the community’s health status (resources) on the health of individuals,
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Foundations for Population Health in
Community & Public Health Nursing (6th
Edition)
by Marcia Stanhope.
wis
epr
of
wiseprof
,Stanhope: Foundations for Population Health in
Community/Public Health Nursing, 6th Edition
Chapter 01: Community- and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve Population
Health
MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families
b. Providing care with a focus on the group’s needs
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate’s needs
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care
ANS: A
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which
care is provided for “sick” individuals and families where they live, work, and
attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of
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comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous care. These nurses may be
generalists or specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric, adult, or psychiatric
mental health nursing. Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and
chronic care to individuals and families, rather than focusing on groups,
aggregates, or systems.
2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
a.Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families
b.Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
of
c.Giving direct care to ill individuaIs within their family setting
d.Having the goal of health U promotion
S N and disease prevention
ANS: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving,
protecting, or maintaining health and preventing disease to promote the
quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families, give direct care
to ill persons within their family setting, and help manage acute or chronic
conditions. These definitions are not specific to community-oriented nursing.
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
a. Families and groups
b. Illness-oriented care
c. Individuals within the family unit
d. Health care of communities and populations
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,ANS: D
In public health nursing the primary focus is on the health care of communities
and populations rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to
prevent disease and preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the
community and the population within it. Community-based nurses deal
primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals and families acorss the life
span. The aim is to amanage acute and chronic health conditions in the
community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-centered illness
care.
wis
epr
of
wiseprof
, 4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life
expectancy during the 20th century?
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANS: C
Improvements in control of infectious diseases through immunizations,
sanitation, and other population-based prevention programs led to the
increase in life expectancy from less than 50 years in 1900 to more than 78
years in 2013. Although people are excited when a new drug is discovered that
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cures a disease or when a new way to transplant organs is perfected, it is
important to know about the significant gains in the health of populations that
have come largely from public health accomplishments.
5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in
the community. Which of the following interventions would most likely be
implemented by the nurse?
a. Increase the community’s knowledge about hospice care.
b. Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.
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c. Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial site.
d. Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment
for community members.
ANS: B
Public health approaches could help prevent premature deaths by influencing
the way people eat, drink, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the
environment. Increasing knowledge of hospice care, encouraging on-site
wellness centers, and ensuring timely treatment of medical
of
conditions do not address the focus of improving overall health through health
promotion strategies. This is the major method that is suggested to decrease
the incidence of premature
death.
6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts?
a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the
community.
d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
ANS: C
Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of
the community’s health status (resources) on the health of individuals,
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