Test Bank For Community and Public Health Nursing, 10th Edition, By Cherie Rector, Mary Jo Stanley, All Chapters 1-30

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Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
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After teaching a group of nursing students abo
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ut the similarities and differences betweenpub
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lic health and community health, which ofthe
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ld indicate knowledge of the similarities and d
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A) nursing care that is provided in a communitys
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etting, rather than an institutional setting.‖
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―Public health nursing is defined as nursingca
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B) re that is provided in an institutional
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―Public health nursing is focused on the
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―Community health nursing can shape thequal fi fi fi fi fi if


D) ity of community health services and
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Ans: D
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nge and increasingly complex challenges, this
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nursing specialty holds the potential to shape
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the quality of community health services and
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improve the health of the general fi fi fi fi fi


public.


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2. describe the difference between public health
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nursing and community health nursing?fi fi fi fi


Public health nursing is focused on the private
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aspects of health, and community health nursin
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health.
In our textbook, the term community healthpr
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actice refers to a focus on specific, designated
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larger public health effort.
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, Public health nursing and community healt
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C) hnursing relate to the very same types of
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Both public health nursing and communityhea
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D) lth nursing are practiced exclusively
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Ans: B
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In this textbook, community health practice ref
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ers to a focus on specific, designated communit
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ies. It is a part of the larger public health effort
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and recognizes the fundamental concepts and
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ifoundation for practice. Public health nursing fi fi fi fi fi fi


is focused on the public aspectsof health. Publ
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ic health nursing and community health nursin
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g have distinctive types of services and perspe
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ctives. Neither public health nursing nor com
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munity health nursing is practiced exclusively
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within
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Which of the following is most accurate about
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3.
the concept of community?
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A community is a collection of people who
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share some important features of their lives.
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Ans: A
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, The broad definition of a community is a colle
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ction of people who share some important fea
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tures of their lives. Community members may
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not live in the same geographiclocation as in
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n. A population is made up of people who do n
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not necessarily share a sense of belonging to t
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A group of students are reviewing material for
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a test on populations, communities, and aggreg
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ates. Which of the following indicates
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that the students understand these concepts?
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Ans: B
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An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping of
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hole and who are loosely associated with one
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pes of aggregates. A population is madeup of
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people who do not necessarily interact with o
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ne another and do not necessarily sharea sens
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e of belonging to the group. A community is a
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h one another because of common interests, c
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or a sense of unity or
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belonging.


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5. alth nurse identify as a community of
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A) The global community fi fi