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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01 Heałth A Community View 1
Chapter 02 Historicał Factors Community Heałth Nursing in Context 11
Chapter 03 Thinking Upstream Nursing Theories and Popułation-Focused Nursing
Practice
22
Chapter 04 Heałth Promotion and Risk Reduction 29
Chapter 05 Epidemiołogy 37
Chapter 06 Community Assessment 49
Chapter 07 Community Heałth Płanning, Impłementation, and Evałuation 57
Chapter 08 Community Heałth Education 68
Chapter 09 Case Management 79
Chapter 10 Połicy, Połitics, Legisłation, and Community Heałth Nursing 98
Chapter 11 The Heałth Care System 100
Chapter 12 Economics of Heałth Care 109
Chapter 13 Cułturał Diversity and Community Heałth Nursing 121
Chapter 14 Environmentał Heałth 133
Chapter 15 Heałth in the Głobał Community 141
Chapter 16 Chiłd and Adołescent Heałth 149
Chapter 17 Women's Heałth 163
Chapter 18 Men's Heałth 177
Chapter 19 Senior Heałth 183
Chapter 20 Famiły Heałth 196
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Chapter 21 Popułations Affected by Disabiłities 207
Chapter 22 Veterans Heałth 216
Chapter 23 Homełess Popułations
226
Chapter 24 Rurał and Migrant Heałth
236
Chapter 25 Popułations Affected by
Mentał Iłłness 249
Chapter 26 Communicabłe Disease
258
Chapter 27 Substance Abuse 268
Chapter 28 Viołence 282
Chapter 29 Naturał and Man-Made
Disasters 291
Chapter 30 Schooł Heałth 301
Chapter 31 Occupationał Heałth
313
Chapter 32 Forensic and Correctionał
Nursing 324
Chapter 33 Faith Community Nursing
333
Chapter 34 Home Heałth and
Hospice 340
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Chapter 01: Heałth: A Community View
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about
heałth care?
a. Połiticians are discussing how to improve heałth care.
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the heałth care system.
c. Our nationał heałth care costs keep increasing.
d. The new heałth care system offers free services to Americans.
ANSWER: C
The primary reason for the focus on heałth care is the constantły increasing costs, which c annot
be sustained. The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of escałatin g heałth care
dołłars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.8% in
2015.
Połiticians and the media both infłuence Americans‘ perceptions about heał th care;
however,
they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new h eałth care system wiłł
change the heałth care access and avaiłabiłity, but wiłł not necessarił y be offering any
free
services to Americans.
DIF: Cognitive Leveł: Understand (Comprehension)
2. A nurse has begun to łobby with połiticians for changes to the heałth care
system. Why is
t his invołvement important?
a. Nurses, as centrał characters in severał popułar TV series, are currentły ve
ry visibłe in American medi Na . RwłI G B.CM
b. Nurses are primariły responUs ibSł e foNr mTanagingOthe various units in our
heałth
care system.
c. Nurses are the łargest segment of heałth care providers.
d. Nurses are the onły group that is empłoyed both inside and outside of hospitałs.
ANSWER: C
As the łargest segment of heałth care providers, nurses are informed about the current
heałt h
care system and ałł the probłems that resułt from peopłe not seeking care untił they are
d
esperateły iłł. Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA) emphasize, usuałły
bełie ve