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Chapter 01: Public Health Nursing and Population Health
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03: US and Global Health Care
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hapter 05: Economics of US Health Care Delivery
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Chapter 06: Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice C
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hapter 07: Culture of Populations in Communities
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Chapter 11: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control C
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Chapter 19: Healthcare Improvement in the Community
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Chapter 20: Family Development, Family Nursing Assessment, and Genomics Cha
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Chapter 23: Health Equity and Care of Vulnerable Populations Chapter
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24: Rural Health and Migrant Health
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Chapter 25: Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness Chapter
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26: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community Chapter 27: Vi
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Chapter 28: Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health Chapte
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Chapter 30: The Nurse in Public Health, Home Health, Palliative Care, and Hospice Chapter
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1. WHICH statement best describes community-based nursing?
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d. A value system in WHICH all clients receive optimal care.
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d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease
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hronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to community-oriented nursing.
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3. WHICH of the Following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
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nd families. The goal is to prevent disease and preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the comm
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hin it. Community-based Nurses deal primarily with illness-
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There has to be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and programs were
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sing the average life span from 47 in 1900 to 78.6 years in 2017, an increase of approximately 60% in just
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ovements in (1) sanitation, (2) clean water supplies, (3) making workplaces safer, (4) improving food an
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(5) immunizing children, and (6) improving nutrition, hygiene, and housing. Although people are excite
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vered that cures a disease or when a new way to transplant organs is perfected, it is important to know abo
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e health of populations that have come largely from public health accomplishments.
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, 6. What is the basic assumption stated by Healthy People 2010 as it relates to public health efforts?
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a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
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b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
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c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
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d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
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ANS C a q
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rger community. Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of the com
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h of the community as a whole. Public health can be described as what society collectively does to ensu
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HICH people can be healthy. The basic assumptions of public health do not judge the morality of health
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prevention of illness not on spending more on illness care. Additionally, individual responsibility for m
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directive for lengthening life span not the role of the government.
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7. WHICH of the Following actions would most likely be performed by a public health Nurse?
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y to carry out core public health functions, including assessment of the population as a whole and engag
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improving the environment. The interventions of asking community leaders WHICH interventions shou
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t of the community when making decisions about what the community actually wants and needs.
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8. WHICH public health Nurse most clearly fulfills the responsibilities of this role?
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a. The Nurse who met with several groups to discuss community recreation issues
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b. The Nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies
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c. The Nurse who talked to several people about their particular health concerns
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d. The Nurse who watched the city council meeting on local cable television
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ANS B a q
Any of these descriptions might represent a Nurse communicating, cooperating, or collaborating with c
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ps about health concerns. A major challenge for the future is the need for public health nursing specialis
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working collaboratively with various groups in the community as well as professional colleagues in ins
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h barriers to health. However, the Nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencie
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because in public health, concerns are addressed from a broader perspective. In public health, broad con
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uld be addressed. Concerns are broader than recreation, individual concerns are not as important as aggre
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television (a one-way form of communication) is less effective than interacting with others.
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c. A collection of people who share one or more characteristics
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Chapter 01: Public Health Nursing and Population Health
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Chapter 02: The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing Stanhope: Chapte
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03: US and Global Health Care
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hapter 05: Economics of US Health Care Delivery
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Chapter 06: Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice C
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hapter 07: Culture of Populations in Communities
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Chapter 20: Family Development, Family Nursing Assessment, and Genomics Cha
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Chapter 23: Health Equity and Care of Vulnerable Populations Chapter
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24: Rural Health and Migrant Health
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Chapter 25: Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness Chapter
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26: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community Chapter 27: Vi
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Chapter 28: Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health Chapte
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Chapter 30: The Nurse in Public Health, Home Health, Palliative Care, and Hospice Chapter
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31: The Nurse in the Schools
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1. WHICH statement best describes community-based nursing?
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d. A value system in WHICH all clients receive optimal care.
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d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease
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3. WHICH of the Following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
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In public health nursing, the primary focus is on the health care of communities and populations rather th
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nd families. The goal is to prevent disease and preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the comm
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There has to be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and programs were
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, 6. What is the basic assumption stated by Healthy People 2010 as it relates to public health efforts?
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a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
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b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
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c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
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d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
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ANS C a q
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7. WHICH of the Following actions would most likely be performed by a public health Nurse?
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Although the public health Nurse might engage in any of the tasks listed, he or she works primarily wit
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y to carry out core public health functions, including assessment of the population as a whole and engag
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improving the environment. The interventions of asking community leaders WHICH interventions shou
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ommunity and deciding on appropriate interventions, and using data from health care institutions do not
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t of the community when making decisions about what the community actually wants and needs.
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8. WHICH public health Nurse most clearly fulfills the responsibilities of this role?
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a. The Nurse who met with several groups to discuss community recreation issues
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b. The Nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies
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c. The Nurse who talked to several people about their particular health concerns
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d. The Nurse who watched the city council meeting on local cable television
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ANS B a q
Any of these descriptions might represent a Nurse communicating, cooperating, or collaborating with c
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ps about health concerns. A major challenge for the future is the need for public health nursing specialis
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working collaboratively with various groups in the community as well as professional colleagues in ins
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h barriers to health. However, the Nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencie
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because in public health, concerns are addressed from a broader perspective. In public health, broad con
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uld be addressed. Concerns are broader than recreation, individual concerns are not as important as aggre
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television (a one-way form of communication) is less effective than interacting with others.
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9. WHICH of the Following best defines aggregate?aq aq aq aq aq aq
a. A large group of persons aq aq aq aq
b. A collection of individuals and families
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c. A collection of people who share one or more characteristics
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d. Another name for demographic group aq aq aq aq
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An aggregate is defined a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental charac
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munity can be defined in terms of either geography (e.g., a county, a group of counties, or a state) or a s
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attending a particular school). These members make up a population. The term population may be used in
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aggregate. A large group of persons, a collection of individuals and families, and another name for dem
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rate definitions of the term aggregate.
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10. WHICH question asked by a novice Nurse would be the most reflective of an understanding of the role o
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a. ―WHICH groups are at the greatest risk for problems?‖ aq aq aq aq aq aq aq aq
b. ―WHICH patients should I see first as I begin my day?‖ aq aq aq aq aq aq aq aq aq aq
