TEST BANK FOR FOUNDATIONS FOR
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POPULATIONHEALTH IN COMMUNITY
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PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 6TH EDITION
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BY STANHOPE. !|
TEST BANK
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, TEST BANK FOR FOUNDATIONS FOR
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POPULATION HEALTH IN !|
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 6TH !| !| ! |
EDITION BY STANHOPE !| !|
Test Bank for Foundations for
!| !| !| !|
Population Health inCommunity
!| !| !|
Public Health Nursing 6th Edition by
!| !| !| !| !| !|
!| Stanhope
, lOMoARcPSD|12827373
Chapter 01: Public Health Nursing and Population Health
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Stanhope: Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 6th Edition
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MULTIPLE !|CHOICE
1. Which !|statement !|best !|describes !|community-based !|nursing?
a. A !|practice !|in !|which !|care !|is !|provided !|for !|individuals !|and !|families.
b. Providing !|care !|with !|a !|focus !|on !|the !|group’s !|needs.
c. Giving !|care !|with !|a !|focus !|on !|the !|aggregate’s !|needs.
d. A !|value !|system !|in !|which !|all !|clients !|receive !|optimal !|care.
ANS: ! | A
By !|definition, !|community-based !|nursing !|is !|a !|setting-specific !|practice !|in !|which !|care !|is !|provided !|for !|“s
!|families !|where !|they !|live, !|work, !|and !|attend !|school. !|The !|emphasis !|is !|on !|acute !|and !|chronic !|care !|and !|th
!|comprehensive, !|coordinated, !|and !|continuous !|care. !|These !|nurses !|may !|be !|generalists !|or !|specialists !|in !|m
!|adult, !|or !|psychiatric !|mental !|health !|nursing. !|Community-based !|nursing !|emphasizes !|acute !|and !|chronic
!|families, !|rather !|than !|focusing !|on !|groups, !|aggregates, !|or !|systems.
2. Which !|statement !|best !|describes !|the !|goal !|of !|community-oriented !|nursing?
a. Providing !|care !|to !|individuals !|and !|families
b. Providing !|care !|to !|manage !|acute !|or !|chronic !|conditions
c. Giving !|direct !|care !|to !|ill !|individuals !|within !|their !|family !|setting
d. To !|preserve, !|protect, !|promote, !|or !|maintain !|health !|and !|prevent !|disease
ANS: ! | D
By !|definition, !|community-oriented !|nursing !|has !|the !|goal !|of !|preserving, !|protecting, !|or !|maintaining !|heal
!|promote !|the !|quality !|of !|life. !|All !|nurses !|may !|focus !|on !|individuals !|and !|families, !|give !|direct !|care !|to !|ill
!|setting, !|and !|help !|manage !|acute !|or !|chronic !|conditions. !|These !|definitions !|are !|not !|specific !|to !|communi
3. Which !|of !|the !|following !|is !|the !|primary !|focus !|of !|public !|health !|nursing?
a. Families !|and !|groups
b. Illness-oriented !|care
c. Individuals !|within !|the !|family !|unit
d. Health !|care !|of !|communities !|and !|populations
ANS: ! | D
In !|public !|health !|nursing, !|the !|primary !|focus !|is !|on !|the !|health !|care !|of !|communities !|and !|populations !|rath
!|groups, !|and !|families. !|The !|goal !|is !|to !|prevent !|disease !|and !|preserve, !|promote, !|restore, !|and !|protect !|healt
!|population !|within !|it. !|Community-based !|nurses !|deal !|primarily !|with !|illness-oriented !|care !|of !|individual
!|life ! | span. !|The !|aim !|is !|to !|manage !|acute !|and !|chronic !|health !|conditions !|in !|the !|community, !|and !|the !|focu
!|individual !|or
family-centered !|illness !|care.
4. Which !|of !|the !|following !|is !|responsible !|for !|the !|dramatic !|increase !|in !|life !|expectancy !|during !|the !|20th !|ce
a. Technology !|increases !|in !|the !|field !|of !|medical !|laboratory !|research
b. Advances !|in !|surgical !|techniques !|and !|procedures
c. Sanitation !|and !|other !|population-based !|prevention !|programs
d. Use !|of !|antibiotics !|to !|fight !|infections
ANS: ! | C
There !|has !|to !|be !|indisputable !|evidence !|collected !|over !|time !|that !|public !|health !|policies !|and !|programs !|w
!|increasing !|the !|average !|life !|span !|from !|47 !|in !|1900 !|to !|78.6 !|years !|in !|2017, !|an !|increase !|of !|approximately
!|plus !|through !|improvements !|in !|(1) !|sanitation, !|(2) !|clean !|water !|supplies, !|(3) !|making !|workplaces !|safer,
!|safety,
(5) !|immunizing !|children, !|and !|(6) !|improving !|nutrition, !|hygiene, !|and !|housing. !|Although !|people !|are !|ex
!|discovered !|that !|cures !|a !|disease !|or !|when !|a !|new !|way !|to !|transplant !|organs !|is !|perfected, !|it !|is !|important !|t
!|significant !|gains !|in !|the !|health !|of !|populations !|that !|have !|come !|largely !|from !|public !|health !|accomplishm
5. A !|nurse !|is !|developing !|a !|plan !|to !|decrease !|the !|number !|of !|premature !|deaths !|in !|the !|community. !|Which !|o
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6. What !|is !|the !|basic !|assumption !|stated !|by !|Healthy !|People !|2010 !|as !|it !|relates !|to !|public !|health !|efforts?
a. Health !|disparities !|among !|any !|groups !|are !|morally !|and !|legally !|wrong.
b. Health !|care !|is !|the !|most !|important !|priority !|in !|government !|planning !|and !|funding.
c. The !|health !|of !|individuals !|cannot !|be !|separated !|from !|the !|health !|of !|the !|community.
d. The !|government !|is !|responsible !|for !|lengthening !|the !|life !|span !|of !|Americans.
ANS: ! | C
The !|major !|premise !|of !|Healthy !|People !|2010 !|was !|that !|the !|health !|of !|the !|individual !|cannot !|be !|entirely !|s
!|the !|larger !|community. !|Public !|health !|practice !|focuses !|on !|the !|community !|as !|a !|whole, !|and !|the !|effect !|o
!|status !|(resources) !|on !|the !|health !|of !|individuals, !|families, !|and !|groups. !|The !|goal !|is !|to !|prevent !|disease !|an
!|and !|protect !|the !|health !|of !|the !|community !|as !|a !|whole. !|Public !|health !|can !|be !|described !|as !|what !|society
!|that !|conditions !|exist !|in !|which !|people !|can !|be !|healthy. !|The !|basic !|assumptions !|of !|public !|health !|do !|not
!|health !|disparities. !|The !|focus !|is !|on !|prevention !|of !|illness !|not !|on !|spending !|more !|on !|illness !|care. !|Additi
!|responsibility !|for !|making !|healthy !|choices !|is !|the !|directive !|for !|lengthening !|life !|span !|not !|the !|role !|of !|th
7. Which !|of !|the !|following !|actions !|would !|most !|likely !|be !|performed !|by !|a !|public !|health !|nurse?
a. Asking !|community !|leaders !|what !|interventions !|should !|be !|chosen
b. Assessing !|the !|community !|and !|deciding !|on !|appropriate !|interventions
c. Using !|data !|from !|the !|main !|health !|care !|institutions !|in !|the !|community !|to
determine !|needed !|health !|services
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d. Working !|with !|community !|groups !|to !|create !|policies !|to !|improve !|the !|environment
ANS: ! | D
Although !|the !|public !|health !|nurse !|might !|engage !|in !|any !|of !|the !|tasks !|listed, !|he !|or !|she !|works !|primarily !|w
!|community !|to !|carry !|out !|core !|public !|health !|functions, !|including !|assessment !|of !|the !|population !|as !|a !|wh
!|promoting !|health !|and !|improving !|the !|environment. !|The !|interventions !|of !|asking !|community !|leaders !|w
!|chosen, !|assessing !|the !|community !|and !|deciding !|on !|appropriate !|interventions, !|and !|using !|data !|from !|he
!|demonstrate !|the !|engagement !|of !|the !|community !|when !|making !|decisions !|about !|what !|the !|community !|a
8. Which !|public !|health !|nurse !|most !|clearly !|fulfills !|the !|responsibilities !|of !|this !|role?
a. The !|nurse !|who !|met !|with !|several !|groups !|to !|discuss !|community !|recreation !|issues
b. The !|nurse !|who !|spent !|the !|day !|attending !|meetings !|of !|various !|health !|agencies
c. The !|nurse !|who !|talked !|to !|several !|people !|about !|their !|particular !|health !|concerns
d. The !|nurse !|who !|watched !|the !|city !|council !|meeting !|on !|local !|cable !|television
ANS: ! | B
Any !|of !|these !|descriptions !|might !|represent !|a !|nurse !|communicating, !|cooperating, !|or !|collaborating !|with
!|groups !|about !|health !|concerns. !|A !|major !|challenge !|for !|the !|future !|is !|the !|need !|for !|public !|health !|nursing
!|aggressive !|in !|working !|collaboratively !|with !|various !|groups !|in !|the !|community !|as !|well !|as !|professional
!|settings !|to !|deal !|with !|barriers !|to !|health. !|However, !|the !|nurse !|who !|spent !|the !|day !|attending !|meetings !|of
!|the !|most !|representative, !|because !|in !|public !|health, !|concerns !|are !|addressed !|from !|a !|broader !|perspective
!|concerns !|of !|the !|community !|should !|be !|addressed. !|Concerns !|are !|broader !|than !|recreation, !|individual !|con
!|as !|aggregate !|priorities, !|and !|watching !|television !|(a !|one-way !|form !|of !|communication) !|is !|less !|effective
!|others.
9. Which !|question !|asked !|by !|a !|novice !|nurse !|would !|be !|the !|most !|reflective !|of !|an !|understanding !|of !|the !|rol
a. “Which !|groups !|are !|at !|the !|greatest !|risk !|for !|problems?”
b. “Which !|patients !|should !|I !|see !|first !|as !|I !|begin !|my !|day?”
c. “With !|which !|physicians !|will !|I !|be !|most !|closely !|collaborating?”
d. “With !|which !|nursing !|assistants !|will !|I !|partner !|the !|most?”
ANS: ! | A
Asking !|which !|groups !|are !|at !|greatest !|risk !|reflects !|a !|community-oriented !|perspective. !|The !|incorrect !|res
!|individuals !|rather !|than !|a !|community-oriented !|perspective.
10. Which !|of !|the !|following !|best !|defines !|aggregate?
a. A !|large !|group !|of !|persons
b. A !|collection !|of !|individuals !|and !|families
c. A !|collection !|of !|people !|who !|share !|one !|or !|more !|characteristics
d. Another !|name !|for !|demographic !|group
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POPULATIONHEALTH IN COMMUNITY
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PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 6TH EDITION
!| !| !| !| !|
BY STANHOPE. !|
TEST BANK
!|
, TEST BANK FOR FOUNDATIONS FOR
!| !| !| !|
POPULATION HEALTH IN !|
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 6TH !| !| ! |
EDITION BY STANHOPE !| !|
Test Bank for Foundations for
!| !| !| !|
Population Health inCommunity
!| !| !|
Public Health Nursing 6th Edition by
!| !| !| !| !| !|
!| Stanhope
, lOMoARcPSD|12827373
Chapter 01: Public Health Nursing and Population Health
!| !| !| !| !| !| !|
Stanhope: Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 6th Edition
!| !| !| !| !| !| !| !| !| !|
MULTIPLE !|CHOICE
1. Which !|statement !|best !|describes !|community-based !|nursing?
a. A !|practice !|in !|which !|care !|is !|provided !|for !|individuals !|and !|families.
b. Providing !|care !|with !|a !|focus !|on !|the !|group’s !|needs.
c. Giving !|care !|with !|a !|focus !|on !|the !|aggregate’s !|needs.
d. A !|value !|system !|in !|which !|all !|clients !|receive !|optimal !|care.
ANS: ! | A
By !|definition, !|community-based !|nursing !|is !|a !|setting-specific !|practice !|in !|which !|care !|is !|provided !|for !|“s
!|families !|where !|they !|live, !|work, !|and !|attend !|school. !|The !|emphasis !|is !|on !|acute !|and !|chronic !|care !|and !|th
!|comprehensive, !|coordinated, !|and !|continuous !|care. !|These !|nurses !|may !|be !|generalists !|or !|specialists !|in !|m
!|adult, !|or !|psychiatric !|mental !|health !|nursing. !|Community-based !|nursing !|emphasizes !|acute !|and !|chronic
!|families, !|rather !|than !|focusing !|on !|groups, !|aggregates, !|or !|systems.
2. Which !|statement !|best !|describes !|the !|goal !|of !|community-oriented !|nursing?
a. Providing !|care !|to !|individuals !|and !|families
b. Providing !|care !|to !|manage !|acute !|or !|chronic !|conditions
c. Giving !|direct !|care !|to !|ill !|individuals !|within !|their !|family !|setting
d. To !|preserve, !|protect, !|promote, !|or !|maintain !|health !|and !|prevent !|disease
ANS: ! | D
By !|definition, !|community-oriented !|nursing !|has !|the !|goal !|of !|preserving, !|protecting, !|or !|maintaining !|heal
!|promote !|the !|quality !|of !|life. !|All !|nurses !|may !|focus !|on !|individuals !|and !|families, !|give !|direct !|care !|to !|ill
!|setting, !|and !|help !|manage !|acute !|or !|chronic !|conditions. !|These !|definitions !|are !|not !|specific !|to !|communi
3. Which !|of !|the !|following !|is !|the !|primary !|focus !|of !|public !|health !|nursing?
a. Families !|and !|groups
b. Illness-oriented !|care
c. Individuals !|within !|the !|family !|unit
d. Health !|care !|of !|communities !|and !|populations
ANS: ! | D
In !|public !|health !|nursing, !|the !|primary !|focus !|is !|on !|the !|health !|care !|of !|communities !|and !|populations !|rath
!|groups, !|and !|families. !|The !|goal !|is !|to !|prevent !|disease !|and !|preserve, !|promote, !|restore, !|and !|protect !|healt
!|population !|within !|it. !|Community-based !|nurses !|deal !|primarily !|with !|illness-oriented !|care !|of !|individual
!|life ! | span. !|The !|aim !|is !|to !|manage !|acute !|and !|chronic !|health !|conditions !|in !|the !|community, !|and !|the !|focu
!|individual !|or
family-centered !|illness !|care.
4. Which !|of !|the !|following !|is !|responsible !|for !|the !|dramatic !|increase !|in !|life !|expectancy !|during !|the !|20th !|ce
a. Technology !|increases !|in !|the !|field !|of !|medical !|laboratory !|research
b. Advances !|in !|surgical !|techniques !|and !|procedures
c. Sanitation !|and !|other !|population-based !|prevention !|programs
d. Use !|of !|antibiotics !|to !|fight !|infections
ANS: ! | C
There !|has !|to !|be !|indisputable !|evidence !|collected !|over !|time !|that !|public !|health !|policies !|and !|programs !|w
!|increasing !|the !|average !|life !|span !|from !|47 !|in !|1900 !|to !|78.6 !|years !|in !|2017, !|an !|increase !|of !|approximately
!|plus !|through !|improvements !|in !|(1) !|sanitation, !|(2) !|clean !|water !|supplies, !|(3) !|making !|workplaces !|safer,
!|safety,
(5) !|immunizing !|children, !|and !|(6) !|improving !|nutrition, !|hygiene, !|and !|housing. !|Although !|people !|are !|ex
!|discovered !|that !|cures !|a !|disease !|or !|when !|a !|new !|way !|to !|transplant !|organs !|is !|perfected, !|it !|is !|important !|t
!|significant !|gains !|in !|the !|health !|of !|populations !|that !|have !|come !|largely !|from !|public !|health !|accomplishm
5. A !|nurse !|is !|developing !|a !|plan !|to !|decrease !|the !|number !|of !|premature !|deaths !|in !|the !|community. !|Which !|o
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6. What !|is !|the !|basic !|assumption !|stated !|by !|Healthy !|People !|2010 !|as !|it !|relates !|to !|public !|health !|efforts?
a. Health !|disparities !|among !|any !|groups !|are !|morally !|and !|legally !|wrong.
b. Health !|care !|is !|the !|most !|important !|priority !|in !|government !|planning !|and !|funding.
c. The !|health !|of !|individuals !|cannot !|be !|separated !|from !|the !|health !|of !|the !|community.
d. The !|government !|is !|responsible !|for !|lengthening !|the !|life !|span !|of !|Americans.
ANS: ! | C
The !|major !|premise !|of !|Healthy !|People !|2010 !|was !|that !|the !|health !|of !|the !|individual !|cannot !|be !|entirely !|s
!|the !|larger !|community. !|Public !|health !|practice !|focuses !|on !|the !|community !|as !|a !|whole, !|and !|the !|effect !|o
!|status !|(resources) !|on !|the !|health !|of !|individuals, !|families, !|and !|groups. !|The !|goal !|is !|to !|prevent !|disease !|an
!|and !|protect !|the !|health !|of !|the !|community !|as !|a !|whole. !|Public !|health !|can !|be !|described !|as !|what !|society
!|that !|conditions !|exist !|in !|which !|people !|can !|be !|healthy. !|The !|basic !|assumptions !|of !|public !|health !|do !|not
!|health !|disparities. !|The !|focus !|is !|on !|prevention !|of !|illness !|not !|on !|spending !|more !|on !|illness !|care. !|Additi
!|responsibility !|for !|making !|healthy !|choices !|is !|the !|directive !|for !|lengthening !|life !|span !|not !|the !|role !|of !|th
7. Which !|of !|the !|following !|actions !|would !|most !|likely !|be !|performed !|by !|a !|public !|health !|nurse?
a. Asking !|community !|leaders !|what !|interventions !|should !|be !|chosen
b. Assessing !|the !|community !|and !|deciding !|on !|appropriate !|interventions
c. Using !|data !|from !|the !|main !|health !|care !|institutions !|in !|the !|community !|to
determine !|needed !|health !|services
!|
d. Working !|with !|community !|groups !|to !|create !|policies !|to !|improve !|the !|environment
ANS: ! | D
Although !|the !|public !|health !|nurse !|might !|engage !|in !|any !|of !|the !|tasks !|listed, !|he !|or !|she !|works !|primarily !|w
!|community !|to !|carry !|out !|core !|public !|health !|functions, !|including !|assessment !|of !|the !|population !|as !|a !|wh
!|promoting !|health !|and !|improving !|the !|environment. !|The !|interventions !|of !|asking !|community !|leaders !|w
!|chosen, !|assessing !|the !|community !|and !|deciding !|on !|appropriate !|interventions, !|and !|using !|data !|from !|he
!|demonstrate !|the !|engagement !|of !|the !|community !|when !|making !|decisions !|about !|what !|the !|community !|a
8. Which !|public !|health !|nurse !|most !|clearly !|fulfills !|the !|responsibilities !|of !|this !|role?
a. The !|nurse !|who !|met !|with !|several !|groups !|to !|discuss !|community !|recreation !|issues
b. The !|nurse !|who !|spent !|the !|day !|attending !|meetings !|of !|various !|health !|agencies
c. The !|nurse !|who !|talked !|to !|several !|people !|about !|their !|particular !|health !|concerns
d. The !|nurse !|who !|watched !|the !|city !|council !|meeting !|on !|local !|cable !|television
ANS: ! | B
Any !|of !|these !|descriptions !|might !|represent !|a !|nurse !|communicating, !|cooperating, !|or !|collaborating !|with
!|groups !|about !|health !|concerns. !|A !|major !|challenge !|for !|the !|future !|is !|the !|need !|for !|public !|health !|nursing
!|aggressive !|in !|working !|collaboratively !|with !|various !|groups !|in !|the !|community !|as !|well !|as !|professional
!|settings !|to !|deal !|with !|barriers !|to !|health. !|However, !|the !|nurse !|who !|spent !|the !|day !|attending !|meetings !|of
!|the !|most !|representative, !|because !|in !|public !|health, !|concerns !|are !|addressed !|from !|a !|broader !|perspective
!|concerns !|of !|the !|community !|should !|be !|addressed. !|Concerns !|are !|broader !|than !|recreation, !|individual !|con
!|as !|aggregate !|priorities, !|and !|watching !|television !|(a !|one-way !|form !|of !|communication) !|is !|less !|effective
!|others.
9. Which !|question !|asked !|by !|a !|novice !|nurse !|would !|be !|the !|most !|reflective !|of !|an !|understanding !|of !|the !|rol
a. “Which !|groups !|are !|at !|the !|greatest !|risk !|for !|problems?”
b. “Which !|patients !|should !|I !|see !|first !|as !|I !|begin !|my !|day?”
c. “With !|which !|physicians !|will !|I !|be !|most !|closely !|collaborating?”
d. “With !|which !|nursing !|assistants !|will !|I !|partner !|the !|most?”
ANS: ! | A
Asking !|which !|groups !|are !|at !|greatest !|risk !|reflects !|a !|community-oriented !|perspective. !|The !|incorrect !|res
!|individuals !|rather !|than !|a !|community-oriented !|perspective.
10. Which !|of !|the !|following !|best !|defines !|aggregate?
a. A !|large !|group !|of !|persons
b. A !|collection !|of !|individuals !|and !|families
c. A !|collection !|of !|people !|who !|share !|one !|or !|more !|characteristics
d. Another !|name !|for !|demographic !|group
