Stanhopeand Lancaster's Community Health Nursingin
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Canada
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Sandra A. MacDonald, and Sonya L. Jakubec
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4th Edition
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Chapter 01 Community Health Nursing
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Chapter 02 The Evolution of Community Health Nursing in Canada
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Chapter 03 Community Health Nursing in Canada-Settings, Functions, and Roles
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Chapter 04 Health Promotion
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Chapter 05 Evidence-Informed Practice in Community Health Nursing
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Chapter 06 Ethics in Community Health Nursing Practice
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Chapter 07 Diversity and Relational Practice in Community Health Nursing
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Chapter 08 Epidemiological Applications
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Chapter 09 Working With the Community
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Chapter 10 Health Program Planning and Evaluation
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Chapter 11 Working with the Individual as Client-Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan
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Chapter 12 Working with Families
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Chapter 13 Working with Groups, Teams, and Partners
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Chapter 14 Indigenous Health-Working with First Nations People, Inuit, and Métis
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Chapter 15 Working With People Who Experience Structural Vulnerabilities
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Chapter 16 Communicable and Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
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Chapter 17 Environmental Health
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Chapter 18 Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness
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, Chapter 01: Community Health Nursing
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1. Which of the following best describes community health nursing?
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a. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate‘s needs
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c. Focusing on the health care of individual clients in the community
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By definition, community health nursing is the health care of individual clients in the
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community.
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2. Which of the following best describes primary health care?
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a. A comprehensive way to address issues of social justice
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b. Giving care to manage acute or chronic conditions
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c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
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d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
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ANS: A ss
By definition, primary health care is comprehensive and addresses issues of social justice
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and equity. Social justice in the context of health refers to ensuring fairness and equality
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in health services so that vulnerable individuals in society have easy access to health
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care.
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3. The health of which of the following is the primary focus of public health nurses (PHNs)?
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a. Families
b. Groups
c. Individuals
d. Populations
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PHNs use knowledge of nursing, social sciences, and public health sciences for the
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promotion and protection of health and for the prevention of disease among populations.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level:
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1.5 TOP: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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4. Which change is the primary explanation for life expectancy increasing so
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notably since the early 1900s?
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a. An increase in findings from medical laboratory research
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d. Increased use of antibiotics to fight infections ss ss ss ss ss ss
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Improvement in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and
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other public health activities led to the increase in life expectancy since the early 1900s.
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1.5 TOP: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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5. Which community health nursing practice area receives funding from the private sector?
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a. Telenurses
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The nurse entrepreneur receives private funding, whereas all of the other community
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health nurse (CHN) roles are with provincially or federally funded positions.
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6. A public health nurse (PHN) strives to prevent disease and disability, often in
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partnership with other community groups. Which statement is an appropriate
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summary of the PHN‘s role?
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a. The PHN asks the political leaders what interventions should be chosen.
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b. The PHN assesses the community and decides on appropriate interventions.
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c. The PHN uses data from the main health care institutions in the community to
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It is crucial that the PHN work with members of the community to carry out core public health
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functions.
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7. Which of the following is used as a measurement of population health?
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c. The number of memberships at the local fitness centre
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d. Reported provincial alcohol and tobacco sales in any given month
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Population health refers to the health outcomes of a population as measured by
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determinants of health and health outcomes.
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