Chapter 12: Healthcare in the
Community and Home
1. The home care nurse is providing care and education to a woman who is
pregnant with her first child. The patie nt states, I have no money or food.
I dont know what I should do. I want to provide for m y unborn child. The
nurse refers the woman to the WIC program and a local food bank. This is
an example of what aspect of communit ybased nursing?
a. Assessment
b. Planning
c. Restoration
d. Evaluation
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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Planning and intervention focus on using individual, famil y, and
communit y resources to assist in restoring a patients health to
maximum possible functioning, while continuing to monitor for
possible side effects or complications to treatment.
2. A communit y health nursing student is assessing the birth rates and death
rates of his local municipalit y and comparing these rates to the nation and
the world. This is an example of what t ype of nursing?
a. Communit y-based nursing
b. Epidemiologic nursing
c. Communit y health nursing
d. Statistical nursing
, CORRECT ANSWER: C
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Examining birth rates and death rates of a communit y is the focus of
communit y health nursing. Communit y health nursing focuses on
patients and populations of the community.
3. Care of women in the home prior to delivery is considered
a. Communit y-based nursing
b. Postpartum nursing
c. Antepartum nursing
d. Residential-based nursing
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Feedback:
Communit y-based nursing focuses on individuals and families within
the communit y.
4. When educating patients in the community on health promotion and
prevention of disease, it is important to stress which of the following
factors?
a. Strenuous exercise is necessary for health
b. Education should emphasize societ ys needs
c. Education should take place onl y in healthcare settings
d. Dietary needs should be covered in depth
CORRECT ANSWER: B
, Feedback:
Common to all programs will be the need for greater individual
authorit y, accountabilit y, and responsibility with less reliability on
institutional authority and policies. Nursing education is evolving and
redirecting its emphasis to meet so ciet ys changing needs.
5. Occupational health nursing is classified as
a. Communit y-based healthcare
b. Institutional healthcare
c. Residential healthcare
d. Tertiary healthcare
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Feedback:
Communit y-based healthcare is developed within the context of a
communit y. Care of employees in an occupational setting is considered
to be communit y-based healthcare.
6. Communit y-based healthcare is best defined as
a. Home care in a communit y setting
b. Healthcare developed in partnership with communities
c. Patient-centered care in a senior citizen complex
d. Healthcare directed to the communit y at large
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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Community and Home
1. The home care nurse is providing care and education to a woman who is
pregnant with her first child. The patie nt states, I have no money or food.
I dont know what I should do. I want to provide for m y unborn child. The
nurse refers the woman to the WIC program and a local food bank. This is
an example of what aspect of communit ybased nursing?
a. Assessment
b. Planning
c. Restoration
d. Evaluation
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Feedback:
Planning and intervention focus on using individual, famil y, and
communit y resources to assist in restoring a patients health to
maximum possible functioning, while continuing to monitor for
possible side effects or complications to treatment.
2. A communit y health nursing student is assessing the birth rates and death
rates of his local municipalit y and comparing these rates to the nation and
the world. This is an example of what t ype of nursing?
a. Communit y-based nursing
b. Epidemiologic nursing
c. Communit y health nursing
d. Statistical nursing
, CORRECT ANSWER: C
Feedback:
Examining birth rates and death rates of a communit y is the focus of
communit y health nursing. Communit y health nursing focuses on
patients and populations of the community.
3. Care of women in the home prior to delivery is considered
a. Communit y-based nursing
b. Postpartum nursing
c. Antepartum nursing
d. Residential-based nursing
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Feedback:
Communit y-based nursing focuses on individuals and families within
the communit y.
4. When educating patients in the community on health promotion and
prevention of disease, it is important to stress which of the following
factors?
a. Strenuous exercise is necessary for health
b. Education should emphasize societ ys needs
c. Education should take place onl y in healthcare settings
d. Dietary needs should be covered in depth
CORRECT ANSWER: B
, Feedback:
Common to all programs will be the need for greater individual
authorit y, accountabilit y, and responsibility with less reliability on
institutional authority and policies. Nursing education is evolving and
redirecting its emphasis to meet so ciet ys changing needs.
5. Occupational health nursing is classified as
a. Communit y-based healthcare
b. Institutional healthcare
c. Residential healthcare
d. Tertiary healthcare
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Feedback:
Communit y-based healthcare is developed within the context of a
communit y. Care of employees in an occupational setting is considered
to be communit y-based healthcare.
6. Communit y-based healthcare is best defined as
a. Home care in a communit y setting
b. Healthcare developed in partnership with communities
c. Patient-centered care in a senior citizen complex
d. Healthcare directed to the communit y at large
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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