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1. A nurse is striving to practice patient-centered care at a hospital. Which
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action bestexemplifies providing patient-centered care?
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A) Having a client complete a self-reported functional status indicator and
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thenreviewing it with the client
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B) Explaining to a client the benefits of computer-assisted robotic uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
surgicaltechniques, which the hospital recently implemented
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C) Recording a client's signs and symptoms in an electronic health record uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
D) Performing continuous glucose monitoring of a client while the client is uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
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Feedback:
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families, and lifestyles. Clients become active participants in their own care, and
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monitoring health becomes the client's responsibility. To help clients and their
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healthcare providers make better decisions, the Agency for Healthcare Research
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and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a series of tools that empower clients and
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assist providers in achieving desired outcomes, including client-reported functional
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status indicators. Computer-assisted robotic surgical techniques, electronic health
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records, andcontinuous glucose monitoring in the hospital are all technological
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advances in healthcare, but they do not help the client become a more active
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participant in his or hercare, and thus are not good examples of patient-centered
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care.
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Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 2
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2. A nurse is caring for an older client who is struggling to manage her type 2
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diabetes mellitus. The nurse should recognize which social determinants of this
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client's health?(Select all that apply.)
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A) Household income of $23,000 per year uk uk uk uk uk
B) Reading level of a third grader uk uk uk uk uk
C) Medication ineffective due to error in prescription uk uk uk uk uk uk
D) Originally from Sudan uk uk
E) No family in the uk uk uk
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Feedback:
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The social conditions in which people live, their income, social status, education,
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literacy, home and work environment, support networks, gender, culture, and
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availability of health services are the social determinants of health. These
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conditions have an impact on the extent to which a person or community
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possesses the physical, social, and personal resources necessary to attain and
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maintain health. A medical erroron the part of the client's primary care provider
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or nurse would not constitute a social determinant of the client's health.
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,3. A nurse successfully persuades an obese client to perform a weekly weigh-in at
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homeusing a digital scale and record the weight in a log. This strategy is an
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example of:
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A) Telehealth
B) Health information technology uk uk
C) Personal responsibility for health uk uk uk
D) Evidence-based
nursingAns: C
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Feedback:
Personal responsibility for health involves active participation in one's own health
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through education and lifestyle changes. In this case, the client makes a positive
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changein lifestyle by monitoring body weight weekly. Telehealth is the use of
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electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-
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distance clinical healthcare, client and professional health-related education, public
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health, and health administration. Health information technology (HIT) is defined
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as the comprehensive management of health information and its exchange
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between consumers, providers, government, and insurers in a secure manner.
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Evidence-based nursing is the integrationof the best evidence available with
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clinical expertise and the values of the client to increase the quality of care.
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Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 4
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4. A nurse performs a variety of tasks as part of the nurse's position at a hospital.
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Whichtask best exemplifies public health?
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A) Reading current nursing journals and integrating the latest research into
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dailypractice
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B) Instructing a client on how to best care for a suture site at home uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
C) Participating in a videoconference call with a client who lives in a remote area uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
D) Facilitating a community-wide smoking cessation program one month out of uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
theyear uk uk
Ans: D uk
Feedback:
Public health is what society does collectively to ensure the conditions exist in
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which people can be healthy. A community-wide smoking cessation program is a
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great example of a public health intervention, in that it involves the collective
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effort of societyto improve the health of its members. Reading and applying the
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
latest nursing research is an example of evidence-based nursing. Instructing a
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
client on how to best care for a suture site at home is an example of personal
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responsibility for health, but it is not focused on the health of the greater
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community. Participating in a videoconference call with a client who lives in a
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remote area is an example of patient-centered care and of an effective
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implementation of technology, but it is not particularly related to public health.
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, Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health
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5. Public
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5 nursing is distinguished from other specialties by adherence to
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ukeightprinciples. Which is one of the eight domains of public health nursing
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ukpractice?
A) Analytic assessment skills uk uk
B) Investigation of disease uk uk
C) Referral and follow-up uk uk
D) Case
ukmanagementAns: A uk uk
Feedback:
The eight domains of public health nursing practice are as follows: Analytic
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ukassessment skills, policy development and program planning skills, communication
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ukskills, cultural competency skills, community dimensions of practice skills, public
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ukhealth science skills,financial planning and management skills, and leadership and
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uksystems thinking skills.
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Investigation of disease, referral and follow-up, and case management are all
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ukpublichealth nursing interventions but are not domains of public health nursing
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Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 6
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6. Public health nursing is distinguished from other specialties by adherence to
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ukeightprinciples. Which is one of the eight domains of public health nursing
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ukpractice?
A) Policy development and individual planning skills
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B) Individual dimensions of practice skills uk uk uk uk
C) Financial planning and management skills uk uk uk uk
D) Leadership and individual critical thinking uk uk uk uk
ukskillsAns: C
uk uk
Feedback:
The eight domains of public health nursing practice are as follows: Analytic
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukassessment skills, policy development and program planning skills, communication
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukskills, cultural competency skills, community dimensions of practice skills, public
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukhealth science skills,financial planning and management skills, and leadership and
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uksystems thinking skills.
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u k uk uk uk uk uk
1. A nurse is striving to practice patient-centered care at a hospital. Which
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
action bestexemplifies providing patient-centered care?
uk uk uk uk uk uk
A) Having a client complete a self-reported functional status indicator and
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
thenreviewing it with the client
uk uk uk uk uk uk
B) Explaining to a client the benefits of computer-assisted robotic uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
surgicaltechniques, which the hospital recently implemented
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
C) Recording a client's signs and symptoms in an electronic health record uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
D) Performing continuous glucose monitoring of a client while the client is uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
in thehospital uk uk uk
Ans: A uk
Feedback:
Patient-centered care considers cultural traditions, personal preferences, values,uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
families, and lifestyles. Clients become active participants in their own care, and
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
monitoring health becomes the client's responsibility. To help clients and their
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
healthcare providers make better decisions, the Agency for Healthcare Research
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a series of tools that empower clients and
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
assist providers in achieving desired outcomes, including client-reported functional
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
status indicators. Computer-assisted robotic surgical techniques, electronic health
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
records, andcontinuous glucose monitoring in the hospital are all technological
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
advances in healthcare, but they do not help the client become a more active
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
participant in his or hercare, and thus are not good examples of patient-centered
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
care.
uk
Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 2
u k uk uk uk uk uk
2. A nurse is caring for an older client who is struggling to manage her type 2
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
diabetes mellitus. The nurse should recognize which social determinants of this
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
client's health?(Select all that apply.)
uk uk uk uk uk uk
A) Household income of $23,000 per year uk uk uk uk uk
B) Reading level of a third grader uk uk uk uk uk
C) Medication ineffective due to error in prescription uk uk uk uk uk uk
D) Originally from Sudan uk uk
E) No family in the uk uk uk
areaAns: A, B, D, E
uk uk u k uk uk uk
Feedback:
uk
The social conditions in which people live, their income, social status, education,
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
literacy, home and work environment, support networks, gender, culture, and
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
availability of health services are the social determinants of health. These
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
conditions have an impact on the extent to which a person or community
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
possesses the physical, social, and personal resources necessary to attain and
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
maintain health. A medical erroron the part of the client's primary care provider
uk uk uk uk uk k
u uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
or nurse would not constitute a social determinant of the client's health.
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
,3. A nurse successfully persuades an obese client to perform a weekly weigh-in at
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
homeusing a digital scale and record the weight in a log. This strategy is an
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
example of:
uk uk
A) Telehealth
B) Health information technology uk uk
C) Personal responsibility for health uk uk uk
D) Evidence-based
nursingAns: C
uk uk uk
Feedback:
Personal responsibility for health involves active participation in one's own health
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
through education and lifestyle changes. In this case, the client makes a positive
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
changein lifestyle by monitoring body weight weekly. Telehealth is the use of
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
distance clinical healthcare, client and professional health-related education, public
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
health, and health administration. Health information technology (HIT) is defined
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
as the comprehensive management of health information and its exchange
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
between consumers, providers, government, and insurers in a secure manner.
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
Evidence-based nursing is the integrationof the best evidence available with
uk uk uk uk uk k
u uk uk uk uk uk
clinical expertise and the values of the client to increase the quality of care.
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 4
u k uk uk uk uk uk
4. A nurse performs a variety of tasks as part of the nurse's position at a hospital.
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
Whichtask best exemplifies public health?
uk uk uk uk uk uk
A) Reading current nursing journals and integrating the latest research into
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
dailypractice
uk uk
B) Instructing a client on how to best care for a suture site at home uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
C) Participating in a videoconference call with a client who lives in a remote area uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
D) Facilitating a community-wide smoking cessation program one month out of uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
theyear uk uk
Ans: D uk
Feedback:
Public health is what society does collectively to ensure the conditions exist in
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
which people can be healthy. A community-wide smoking cessation program is a
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
great example of a public health intervention, in that it involves the collective
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
effort of societyto improve the health of its members. Reading and applying the
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
latest nursing research is an example of evidence-based nursing. Instructing a
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
client on how to best care for a suture site at home is an example of personal
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
responsibility for health, but it is not focused on the health of the greater
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
community. Participating in a videoconference call with a client who lives in a
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
remote area is an example of patient-centered care and of an effective
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
implementation of technology, but it is not particularly related to public health.
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
, Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health
u k uk uk uk
5. Public
ukNursing,health
5 nursing is distinguished from other specialties by adherence to
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukeightprinciples. Which is one of the eight domains of public health nursing
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukpractice?
A) Analytic assessment skills uk uk
B) Investigation of disease uk uk
C) Referral and follow-up uk uk
D) Case
ukmanagementAns: A uk uk
Feedback:
The eight domains of public health nursing practice are as follows: Analytic
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukassessment skills, policy development and program planning skills, communication
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukskills, cultural competency skills, community dimensions of practice skills, public
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukhealth science skills,financial planning and management skills, and leadership and
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
uksystems thinking skills.
uk uk
Investigation of disease, referral and follow-up, and case management are all
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukpublichealth nursing interventions but are not domains of public health nursing
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukpractice.
Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 6
u k uk uk uk uk uk
6. Public health nursing is distinguished from other specialties by adherence to
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukeightprinciples. Which is one of the eight domains of public health nursing
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukpractice?
A) Policy development and individual planning skills
uk uk uk uk uk
B) Individual dimensions of practice skills uk uk uk uk
C) Financial planning and management skills uk uk uk uk
D) Leadership and individual critical thinking uk uk uk uk
ukskillsAns: C
uk uk
Feedback:
The eight domains of public health nursing practice are as follows: Analytic
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukassessment skills, policy development and program planning skills, communication
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukskills, cultural competency skills, community dimensions of practice skills, public
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
ukhealth science skills,financial planning and management skills, and leadership and
uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk uk
uksystems thinking skills.
uk uk
