TEST BANK for community and public health nursing 10th edition

, Community and Public Health Nursing 10th Edition Rector Test Bank
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Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
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After teaching a group of nursing students about t
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he similarities and differences betweenpublic he
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alth and community health, which ofthe followin
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1. g statements by a nursing student would indicate
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knowledge of the similarities and differences bet r r r r r r



ween public health and r r r



community health? r




“Community health nursing is defined as r r r r r



A) nursing care that is provided in a communitysetti r r r r r r r r



ng, rather than an institutional setting.”
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“Public health nursing is defined as nursingcare t r r r r r r r r



B) hat is provided in an institutional
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setting.”
“Public health nursing is focused on the r r r r r r

C)
health of individuals.” r r




“Community health nursing can shape thequalit r r r r r r



D) y of community health services and
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improve the health of the general public.” r r r r r r




Ans: D
Feedback:
Operating within an environment of rapid chang r r r r r r



e and increasingly complex challenges, this nurs
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ing specialty holds the potential to shape the qual
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ity of community health services and improve th
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e health of the general
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public.


Which of the following statements would best r r r r r r



2. describe the difference between public healthnur r r r r r r



sing and community health nursing?
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Public health nursing is focused on the privateas r r r r r r r r



pects of health, and community health nursing is f
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A)
ocused on the public aspects of r r r r r



health.
In our textbook, the term community healthpract
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ice refers to a focus on specific, designated comm
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B)
unities and is a part of the r r r r r r



larger public health effort. r r r

, Public health nursing and community healthn r r r r r r



C) ursing relate to the very same types of r r r r r r r



services and perspectives. r r




Both public health nursing and communityhealt
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D) h nursing are practiced exclusively
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within institutions. r




Ans: B
Feedback:
In this textbook, community health practice refer
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s to a focus on specific, designated communities.
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It is a part of the larger public health effort and rec
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ognizes the fundamental concepts and principles r r r r r r



of public health as its birthright and foundation fo
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r practice. Public health nursing is focused on the
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public aspectsof health. Public health nursing an r r r r r r r



d community health nursing have distinctive type
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s of services and perspectives. Neither public hea
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lth nursing nor community health nursing is pract
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iced exclusively within r r



institutions.




Which of the following is most accurate about r r r r r r r

3.
the concept of community?r r r




A community is a collection of people who
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A)
share some important features of their lives.r r r r r r




Community members live in the same r r r r r

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C) Community members are biologically related. r r r r




A community is made up of people who do not n
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ecessarily interact with one another anddo not n r r r r r r r r

D)
ecessarily share a sense of belonging r r r r r



to that group.
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Ans: A
Feedback:

, The broad definition of a community is a collecti
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on of people who share some important features
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of their lives. Community members may not live
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in the same geographiclocation as in a common-
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interest community or a community of solution. r r r r r r r



A population is made up of people who do not nec
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essarily interact with one another and do not nece r r r r r r r r



ssarily share a sense of belonging to that r r r r r r r



group.




A group of students are reviewing material fora t
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est on populations, communities, and aggregates.
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4.
Which of the following indicates
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that the students understand these concepts?
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Members of a population share a sense of r r r r r r r

A)
belonging.
Communities and populations are types of r r r r r

B)
aggregates.
Individuals of a community are loosely r r r r r

C)
connected.
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Ans: B
Feedback:
An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping of dist
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inct individuals who are considered as a whole a
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nd who are loosely associated with one another.
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Communities and populations are types of aggr r r r r r r



egates. A population is madeup of people who d r r r r r r r r r



o not necessarily interact with one another and d
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o not necessarily sharea sense of belonging to th
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e group. A community is a collection of people w
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ho chose to interact with one another because of
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common interests, characteristics, or goals, whi r r r r r



ch form the basis for a sense of unity or
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belonging.




Which of the following would a communityhealtr r r r r r r



5. h nurse identify as a community of
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common interest? r




A) The global community r r