,Stanhope: Foundations of q q Population Health for Community/Public
q q Health Nursing, 6th Edition
Contents:
Part I: Perspectives in Health Care Delivery and Nursing
Chapter 1. Community and Prevention Oriented Practice to Improve
Population Health
Chapter 2. The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health
Nursing
q
Chapter 3. The Changing U.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems
Part II: Influences on Health Care Delivery and Nursing
Chapter 4. Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice
q
Chapter 5. Cultural Influences in Nursing in Community Health
q
Chapter 6. Environmental Health
q
Chapter 7. Government, the Law, and Policy Activism
Chapter 8. Economic Influences
q
Part III: Conceptual Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice in the
Community
q
Chapter 9. Epidemiological Applications
Chapter 10. Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 11. Using Health Education and Groups in the Community
Part IV: Issues and Approaches in Health Care of Populations
Chapter 12. Community Assessment and Evaluation
Chapter 13. Case Management
q
Chapter 14. Disaster Management
Chapter 15. Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
Chapter 16. Program Management
q
Chapter 17. Managing Quality and Safety
Part V: Issues and Approaches in Family and Individual Health Care
Chapter 18. Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment
Chapter 19. Family Health Risks
q q q q
Chapter 20. Health Risks Across the Life Span
Part VI: Vulnerability: Predisposing Factors
Chapter 21. Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations: An Overview
Chapter 22. Rural Health and Migrant Health
q
Chapter 23. Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness
Chapter 24. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community
q
Chapter 25. Violence and Human Abuse
q
Chapter 26. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Chapter 27. HIV Infection, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and Sexually Transmitted q q
Diseases
Part VII: Nursing Practice in the Community: Roles and Functions
Chapter 28. Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in
q q
Public Health
q
Chapter 29. The Faith Community Nurse q q
Chapter 30. The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice
Chapter 31. The Nurse in the Schools
q q q q q q
Chapter 32. The Nurse in Occupational Health
,Stanhope: Foundations for
q Population Health in Community/Public HealthNursing, 6th q
qEdition
Chapter 01: Community and Prevention
q q Oriented Practice to Improve Population
Health
q
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following 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 needsq q q q q q
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care
ANS: A
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in
qwhich care is provided for ―sick‖ individuals and families where they q
live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic
q q
care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous care.
q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qThese nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric,
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qadult, or psychiatric mental health nursing. Community-based nursing
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qemphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qrather
than focusing on groups, aggregates, or systems.
2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
q q q q
a. Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families q q
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
q q q
d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
q q
ANS: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving,
protecting, or maintaining health and preventing disease to promote the
q q q q q q q
quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families, give
q q q
direct care to ill persons within their family setting, and help manage
q q q
acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
community-oriented nursing.
q q
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of q q public health nursing?
a. Families and groups q q
b. Illness-oriented care
c. Individuals within the family unit q
d. Health care of communities and populations q q
ANS: D
In public health nursing the primary focus is on the health care of q
communities and populations rather than
q on individuals, groups, and families. q
The goal is to prevent disease and preserve, promote, restore, and protect
q q q
health for the
q community and the population within it. Community- q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qand families acorss the life span. The aim is to amanage acute
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qand chronic health conditions in the community, and the focus of
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qpractice is on individual or family-centered illness care.
q q q q q q q q q q q q q
, 4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life
expectancy during the 20th century?
q q
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research q q q
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs q q
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infectionsq
ANS: C
Improvements in control of infectious diseases through immunizations,
sanitation, and other population-based prevention
q programs led to the
increase in life expectancy from less than 50 years in 1900 to more
q q q q
qthan 78 years in 2013. Although people are excited when a new q q q q q q q q q q q
qdrug is discovered that cures a disease or when a new way
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qto transplant organs is perfected, it is important to know about
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qthe significant gains in the health of populations that have come
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
q largely from public
q q q q q
health accomplishments.
5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature q
deaths in the community. Which of the following interventions would
q q
most likely be implemented by the nurse?
q
a. Increase the community’s knowledge about hospice care. q q q q
b. Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.
q q q q q
c. Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial site. q q q
d. Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment q
for community members.
q
ANS: B
Public health approaches could help prevent premature deaths by influencing
q q q
the way people eat, drink, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the
q q
environment. Increasing knowledge of hospice care, encouraging on-site
q q
wellness centers, and ensuring timely treatment of medical conditions do
q q q q
not address the focus of
q improving overall health through health q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
promotion strategies. This is the major method that is
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qsuggested to decrease the incidence of premature death.
q q q q q q q q q q q q q
6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts? q q
a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong. q q q q
b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and q
q funding.
c. The health q of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the
community.
q
d. The government q q is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
ANS: C
Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the
effect
q of the community’s health status (resources) on the health of q q
individuals, families, and groups. The goal is to prevent disease and
q
disability and promote and protect the health of the community
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qas a whole. Public health can be described as what society
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qcollectively does to ensure that conditions exist in which people can q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qbe healthy. The basic assumptions of public health do not judge the
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
q morality of health disparities. The focus is on prevention of
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qillness not on spending more on illness care.
q q Additionally, q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qindividual responsibility for making healthy choices is the directive
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qfor lengthening life span not the role of the government.
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
q q Health Nursing, 6th Edition
Contents:
Part I: Perspectives in Health Care Delivery and Nursing
Chapter 1. Community and Prevention Oriented Practice to Improve
Population Health
Chapter 2. The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health
Nursing
q
Chapter 3. The Changing U.S. Health and Public Health Care Systems
Part II: Influences on Health Care Delivery and Nursing
Chapter 4. Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice
q
Chapter 5. Cultural Influences in Nursing in Community Health
q
Chapter 6. Environmental Health
q
Chapter 7. Government, the Law, and Policy Activism
Chapter 8. Economic Influences
q
Part III: Conceptual Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice in the
Community
q
Chapter 9. Epidemiological Applications
Chapter 10. Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 11. Using Health Education and Groups in the Community
Part IV: Issues and Approaches in Health Care of Populations
Chapter 12. Community Assessment and Evaluation
Chapter 13. Case Management
q
Chapter 14. Disaster Management
Chapter 15. Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
Chapter 16. Program Management
q
Chapter 17. Managing Quality and Safety
Part V: Issues and Approaches in Family and Individual Health Care
Chapter 18. Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment
Chapter 19. Family Health Risks
q q q q
Chapter 20. Health Risks Across the Life Span
Part VI: Vulnerability: Predisposing Factors
Chapter 21. Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations: An Overview
Chapter 22. Rural Health and Migrant Health
q
Chapter 23. Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness
Chapter 24. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community
q
Chapter 25. Violence and Human Abuse
q
Chapter 26. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Chapter 27. HIV Infection, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and Sexually Transmitted q q
Diseases
Part VII: Nursing Practice in the Community: Roles and Functions
Chapter 28. Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in
q q
Public Health
q
Chapter 29. The Faith Community Nurse q q
Chapter 30. The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice
Chapter 31. The Nurse in the Schools
q q q q q q
Chapter 32. The Nurse in Occupational Health
,Stanhope: Foundations for
q Population Health in Community/Public HealthNursing, 6th q
qEdition
Chapter 01: Community and Prevention
q q Oriented Practice to Improve Population
Health
q
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following 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 needsq q q q q q
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care
ANS: A
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in
qwhich care is provided for ―sick‖ individuals and families where they q
live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic
q q
care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous care.
q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qThese nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric,
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qadult, or psychiatric mental health nursing. Community-based nursing
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qemphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qrather
than focusing on groups, aggregates, or systems.
2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
q q q q
a. Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families q q
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
q q q
d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
q q
ANS: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving,
protecting, or maintaining health and preventing disease to promote the
q q q q q q q
quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families, give
q q q
direct care to ill persons within their family setting, and help manage
q q q
acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
community-oriented nursing.
q q
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of q q public health nursing?
a. Families and groups q q
b. Illness-oriented care
c. Individuals within the family unit q
d. Health care of communities and populations q q
ANS: D
In public health nursing the primary focus is on the health care of q
communities and populations rather than
q on individuals, groups, and families. q
The goal is to prevent disease and preserve, promote, restore, and protect
q q q
health for the
q community and the population within it. Community- q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qand families acorss the life span. The aim is to amanage acute
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qand chronic health conditions in the community, and the focus of
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qpractice is on individual or family-centered illness care.
q q q q q q q q q q q q q
, 4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life
expectancy during the 20th century?
q q
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research q q q
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs q q
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infectionsq
ANS: C
Improvements in control of infectious diseases through immunizations,
sanitation, and other population-based prevention
q programs led to the
increase in life expectancy from less than 50 years in 1900 to more
q q q q
qthan 78 years in 2013. Although people are excited when a new q q q q q q q q q q q
qdrug is discovered that cures a disease or when a new way
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qto transplant organs is perfected, it is important to know about
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qthe significant gains in the health of populations that have come
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
q largely from public
q q q q q
health accomplishments.
5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature q
deaths in the community. Which of the following interventions would
q q
most likely be implemented by the nurse?
q
a. Increase the community’s knowledge about hospice care. q q q q
b. Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.
q q q q q
c. Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial site. q q q
d. Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment q
for community members.
q
ANS: B
Public health approaches could help prevent premature deaths by influencing
q q q
the way people eat, drink, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the
q q
environment. Increasing knowledge of hospice care, encouraging on-site
q q
wellness centers, and ensuring timely treatment of medical conditions do
q q q q
not address the focus of
q improving overall health through health q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
promotion strategies. This is the major method that is
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qsuggested to decrease the incidence of premature death.
q q q q q q q q q q q q q
6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts? q q
a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong. q q q q
b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and q
q funding.
c. The health q of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the
community.
q
d. The government q q is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
ANS: C
Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the
effect
q of the community’s health status (resources) on the health of q q
individuals, families, and groups. The goal is to prevent disease and
q
disability and promote and protect the health of the community
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qas a whole. Public health can be described as what society
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qcollectively does to ensure that conditions exist in which people can q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qbe healthy. The basic assumptions of public health do not judge the
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
q morality of health disparities. The focus is on prevention of
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qillness not on spending more on illness care.
q q Additionally, q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qindividual responsibility for making healthy choices is the directive
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
qfor lengthening life span not the role of the government.
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
