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Chapter 1: The Journey Begins: Introduction
Community and Public Health Nursing 10th Edition Rector Test Bank
After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and differences between
public health and community health, which ofthe following statements by a nursing student
would indicate knowledge of the similarities and differences between public health and
1. community health?
“Community health nursing is defined as
A) nursing care that is provided in a communitysetting, rather than an institutional setting.”
“Public health nursing is defined as nursingcare that is provided in an institutional
B) setting.”
“Public health nursing is focused on the
C)
health of individuals.”
“Community health nursing can shape thequality of community health services and
D) 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.
Which of the following statements would best
2. describe the difference between public healthnursing and community health nursing?
Public health nursing is focused on the privateaspects of health, and community health
nursing is focused on the public aspects of
A)
health.
In our textbook, the term community healthpractice refers to a focus on specific, designated
communities and is a part of the
B)
larger public health effort.
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Public health nursing and community healthnursing relate to the very same types of
C) services and perspectives.
Both public health nursing and communityhealth nursing are practiced exclusively
D) 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 aspectsof 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 exclusively within
institutions.
Which of the following is most accurate about
3.
the concept of community?
A community is a collection of people who
A)
share some important features of their lives.
Community members live in the same
B)
geographic location.
C) Community members are biologically related.
A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another and
do not necessarily share a sense of belonging
D)
to that group.
Ans: A
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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 geographiclocation
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.
A group of students are reviewing material fora test on populations, communities, and
aggregates. Which of the following indicates
4.
that the students understand these concepts?
Members of a population share a sense of
A)
belonging.
Communities and populations are types of
B)
aggregates.
Individuals of a community are loosely
C)
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 madeup of people who do not necessarily
interact with one another and do not necessarily sharea 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.
Which of the following would a communityhealth nurse identify as a community of
5. common interest?
A) The global community
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Chapter 1: The Journey Begins: Introduction
Community and Public Health Nursing 10th Edition Rector Test Bank
After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and differences between
public health and community health, which ofthe following statements by a nursing student
would indicate knowledge of the similarities and differences between public health and
1. community health?
“Community health nursing is defined as
A) nursing care that is provided in a communitysetting, rather than an institutional setting.”
“Public health nursing is defined as nursingcare that is provided in an institutional
B) setting.”
“Public health nursing is focused on the
C)
health of individuals.”
“Community health nursing can shape thequality of community health services and
D) 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.
Which of the following statements would best
2. describe the difference between public healthnursing and community health nursing?
Public health nursing is focused on the privateaspects of health, and community health
nursing is focused on the public aspects of
A)
health.
In our textbook, the term community healthpractice refers to a focus on specific, designated
communities and is a part of the
B)
larger public health effort.
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Public health nursing and community healthnursing relate to the very same types of
C) services and perspectives.
Both public health nursing and communityhealth nursing are practiced exclusively
D) 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 aspectsof 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 exclusively within
institutions.
Which of the following is most accurate about
3.
the concept of community?
A community is a collection of people who
A)
share some important features of their lives.
Community members live in the same
B)
geographic location.
C) Community members are biologically related.
A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another and
do not necessarily share a sense of belonging
D)
to that group.
Ans: A
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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 geographiclocation
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.
A group of students are reviewing material fora test on populations, communities, and
aggregates. Which of the following indicates
4.
that the students understand these concepts?
Members of a population share a sense of
A)
belonging.
Communities and populations are types of
B)
aggregates.
Individuals of a community are loosely
C)
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 madeup of people who do not necessarily
interact with one another and do not necessarily sharea 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.
Which of the following would a communityhealth nurse identify as a community of
5. common interest?
A) The global community
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