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FOUNDATIONS FOR
POPULATION HEALTH IN
COMMUNITY/ PUBLIC HEALTH
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NURSING, 5 EDITION BY
MARCIA STANHOPE
,Stanhope: Foundations of Population Health for Community/Public Health Nursing, 5th Edition
Contents:
Part I: Perspectives in Health Care Delivery and Nursing
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Chapter 1. Community and Prevention Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health
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Chapter 2. The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing
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Chapter 3. The Changing U.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems
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Part II: Influences on Health Care Delivery and Nursing
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Chapter 4. Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice
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Chapter 5. Cultural Influences in Nursing in Community Health
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Chapter 6. Environmental Health
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Chapter 7. Government, the Law, and Policy Activism
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Chapter 8. Economic Influences
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Part III: Conceptual Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice in the Community
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Chapter 9. Epidemiological Applications
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Chapter 10. Evidence-Based Practice
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Chapter 11. Using Health Education and Groups in the Community
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Part IV: Issues and Approaches in Health Care of Populations
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Chapter 12. Community Assessment and Evaluation
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Chapter 13. Case Management
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Chapter 14. Disaster Management
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Chapter 15. Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
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Chapter 16. Program Management
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Chapter 17. Managing Quality and Safety
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Part V: Issues and Approaches in Family and Individual Health Care
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Chapter 18. Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment
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Chapter 19. Family Health Risks
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Chapter 20. Health Risks Across the Life Span
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Part VI: Vulnerability: Predisposing Factors
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Chapter 21. Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations: An Overview
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Chapter 22. Rural Health and Migrant Health
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Chapter 23. Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness
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Chapter 24. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community
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Chapter 25. Violence and Human Abuse
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Chapter 26. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
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Chapter 27. HIV Infection, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Part VII: Nursing Practice in the Community: Roles and Functions
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Chapter 28. Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health
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Chapter 29. The Faith Community Nurse
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Chapter 30. The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice
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Chapter 31. The Nurse in the Schools
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Chapter 32. The Nurse in Occupational Health
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Chapter 01: Community and Prevention Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health
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MULTIPLE CHOICE ci
1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
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a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families
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b. Providing care with a focus on the group’s needs ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate’s needs ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care
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ANS: A c i
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specific practice in which care is provided for ―sick‖ individuals and families where they liv
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omprehensive, coordinated, andcontinuous care. These nurses may be generalists or speciali
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sts in maternal–infant, pediatric,adult, or psychiatric mental health nursing. Community-
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based nursing emphasizes acute andchronic care to individuals and families, rather than focu
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sing on groups, aggregates, or systems.
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2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
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a. Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
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 ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
ANS: D c i
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isease to promote the quality of life. All nurses may focuson individuals and families, give dir
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ect care to ill persons within their family setting, and helpmanage acute or chronic conditions.
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3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
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a. Families and groups ci ci
b. Illness-oriented care ci
c. Individuals within the family unit ci ci ci ci
d. Health care of communities and populations ci ci ci ci ci
ANS: D ci
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romote, restore, and protect health for the community and the population within it. Communit
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oriented care of individuals and families acorss the life span. The aim is to amanage acute and
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chronic health conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or famil
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y-centered illness care. ci ci
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20th century? ci
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b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures ci ci ci ci ci
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs ci ci ci ci ci
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections ci ci ci ci ci
ANS: C ci
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population-
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hat cures a disease or when a new way to transplant organs is perfected, it is important to kno
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w about the significant gains in the health of populations that have come largely from public
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health accomplishments. ci
5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the community.
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Which of the following interventions would most likely be implemented by the nurse?
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a. Increase the community’s knowledge about hospice care. ci ci ci ci ci ci
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c. Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial site. ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
d. Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment for community
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members.
ANS: B ci
Public health approaches could help prevent premature deaths by influencing the way people
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eat, drink, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the environment. Increasing knowledge of hos
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pice care, encouraging on-
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ocus of improving overall health through health promotion strategies. This is the major meth
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od that is suggested to decrease the incidence of premature death.
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6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts?
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a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
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b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
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c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
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d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
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ANS: C ci
Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of the community’
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s health status (resources) on the health of individuals, families, and groups. The goal is to pre
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vent disease and disability and promote and protect the health of the community as a whole. P
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ublic health can be described as what society collectively does to ensure that conditions exist i
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n which people can be healthy. The basic assumptions of public health do notjudge the moralit
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y of health disparities. The focus is on prevention of illness not on spending more on illness ca
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re. Additionally, individual responsibility for making healthy choices is the directive for lengt
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hening life span not the role of the government.
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7. Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
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c. Using data from the main health care institutions in the community to determine
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FOUNDATIONS FOR
POPULATION HEALTH IN
COMMUNITY/ PUBLIC HEALTH
TH
NURSING, 5 EDITION BY
MARCIA STANHOPE
,Stanhope: Foundations of Population Health for Community/Public Health Nursing, 5th Edition
Contents:
Part I: Perspectives in Health Care Delivery and Nursing
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Chapter 1. Community and Prevention Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health
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Chapter 2. The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing
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Chapter 3. The Changing U.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems
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Part II: Influences on Health Care Delivery and Nursing
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Chapter 4. Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice
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Chapter 5. Cultural Influences in Nursing in Community Health
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Chapter 6. Environmental Health
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Chapter 7. Government, the Law, and Policy Activism
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Chapter 8. Economic Influences
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Part III: Conceptual Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice in the Community
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Chapter 9. Epidemiological Applications
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Chapter 10. Evidence-Based Practice
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Chapter 11. Using Health Education and Groups in the Community
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Part IV: Issues and Approaches in Health Care of Populations
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Chapter 12. Community Assessment and Evaluation
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Chapter 13. Case Management
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Chapter 14. Disaster Management
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Chapter 15. Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
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Chapter 16. Program Management
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Chapter 17. Managing Quality and Safety
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Part V: Issues and Approaches in Family and Individual Health Care
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Chapter 18. Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment
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Chapter 19. Family Health Risks
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Chapter 20. Health Risks Across the Life Span
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Part VI: Vulnerability: Predisposing Factors
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Chapter 21. Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations: An Overview
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Chapter 22. Rural Health and Migrant Health
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Chapter 23. Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness
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Chapter 24. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community
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Chapter 25. Violence and Human Abuse
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Chapter 26. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
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Chapter 27. HIV Infection, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Part VII: Nursing Practice in the Community: Roles and Functions
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Chapter 28. Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health
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Chapter 29. The Faith Community Nurse
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Chapter 30. The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice
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Chapter 31. The Nurse in the Schools
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Chapter 32. The Nurse in Occupational Health
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Chapter 01: Community and Prevention Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health
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MULTIPLE CHOICE ci
1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
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a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families
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b. Providing care with a focus on the group’s needs ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate’s needs ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care
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ANS: A c i
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-
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specific practice in which care is provided for ―sick‖ individuals and families where they liv
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e, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of c
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omprehensive, coordinated, andcontinuous care. These nurses may be generalists or speciali
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sts in maternal–infant, pediatric,adult, or psychiatric mental health nursing. Community-
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based nursing emphasizes acute andchronic care to individuals and families, rather than focu
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sing on groups, aggregates, or systems.
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2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
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a. Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
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 ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
ANS: D c i
By definition, community-
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oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health and preventing d
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isease to promote the quality of life. All nurses may focuson individuals and families, give dir
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ect care to ill persons within their family setting, and helpmanage acute or chronic conditions.
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These definitions are not specific to community-orientednursing.
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3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
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a. Families and groups ci ci
b. Illness-oriented care ci
c. Individuals within the family unit ci ci ci ci
d. Health care of communities and populations ci ci ci ci ci
ANS: D ci
In public health nursing the primary focus is on the health care of communities and population
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s rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease andpreserve, p
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romote, restore, and protect health for the community and the population within it. Communit
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y-based nurses deal primarily with illness-
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oriented care of individuals and families acorss the life span. The aim is to amanage acute and
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chronic health conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or famil
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y-centered illness care. ci ci
, 4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the
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20th century? ci
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures ci ci ci ci ci
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs ci ci ci ci ci
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections ci ci ci ci ci
ANS: C ci
Improvements in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and other
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population-
based prevention programs led to the increase in life expectancy from less than 50years in 190
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0 to more than 78 years in 2013. Although people are excited when a new drug isdiscovered t
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hat cures a disease or when a new way to transplant organs is perfected, it is important to kno
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w about the significant gains in the health of populations that have come largely from public
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health accomplishments. ci
5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the community.
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Which of the following interventions would most likely be implemented by the nurse?
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a. Increase the community’s knowledge about hospice care. ci ci ci ci ci ci
b. Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
c. Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial site. ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
d. Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment for community
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members.
ANS: B ci
Public health approaches could help prevent premature deaths by influencing the way people
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eat, drink, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the environment. Increasing knowledge of hos
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pice care, encouraging on-
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site wellness centers, and ensuring timely treatment of medicalconditions do not address the f
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ocus of improving overall health through health promotion strategies. This is the major meth
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od that is suggested to decrease the incidence of premature death.
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6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts?
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a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
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b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
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c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
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d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
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ANS: C ci
Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of the community’
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s health status (resources) on the health of individuals, families, and groups. The goal is to pre
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vent disease and disability and promote and protect the health of the community as a whole. P
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ublic health can be described as what society collectively does to ensure that conditions exist i
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n which people can be healthy. The basic assumptions of public health do notjudge the moralit
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y of health disparities. The focus is on prevention of illness not on spending more on illness ca
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re. Additionally, individual responsibility for making healthy choices is the directive for lengt
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hening life span not the role of the government.
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7. Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
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a. Asking community leaders what interventions should be chosen ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
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c. Using data from the main health care institutions in the community to determine
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