FoundationsBforBPopulationBHealthBinBCommunityBPubl
icBHealthBNursing’6thBEdition
Authors:BAuthors:BMarciaBStanhope,BJeanetteBLancaster
TableBofBContents
ChapterB1.BCommunityBandBPreventionBOrientedBPracticeBtoBImproveBPopulationBHealt
hBChapterB2.BTheBHistoryBofBPublicBHealthBand’PublicBandBCommunityBHealthBNursin
gBChapterB3.BTheBChangingBU.S.BHealthBandBPublicBHealthBCareBSystems
ChapterB4.BEthicsBinBPublicBand’CommunityBHealthBNursingBPractic
eBChapterB5.BCulturalBInfluencesBinBNursing’inBCommunityBHealthB
ChapterB6.BEnvironmentalBHealth
ChapterB7.BGovernment,Bthe’Law,BandBPolicyBActivismB
ChapterB8.BEconomicBInfluences
ChapterB9.BEpidemiologicalBApplicationsBCha
pterB10.BEvidence-BasedBPractice
ChapterB11.BUsingBHealthBEducationBandBGroupsBinBtheBCommunit
yBChapterB12.BCommunityBAssessmentBandBEvaluation
ChapterB13.BCaseBManagementBCha
pterB14.BDisasterBManagement
ChapterB15.BSurveillanceBandBOutbreakBInvestigationBCh
apterB16.BProgramBManagement
ChapterB17.BManagingBQualityBandBSafety
ChapterB18.BFamilyBDevelopmentBandBFamilyBNursingBAssessmentB
ChapterB19.BFamilyBHealthBRisks
ChapterB20.BHealthBRisksBAcrossBtheBLifeBSpan
ChapterB21.BVulnerabilityBandBVulnerableBPopulations:BAnBOverview’B C
hapterB22.BRuralBHealthBandBMigrantBHealth
ChapterB23.BPoverty,BHomelessness,BTeenBPregnancy,BandBMentalBIllne
ssBChapterB24.BAlcohol,BTobacco,BandBOtherBDrugBProblemsBinBtheBCo
mmunityBChapterB25.BViolenceBandBHumanBAbuse
ChapterB26.BInfectiousBDiseaseBPreventionBandBControl
ChapterB27.BHIVBInfection,BHepatitis,BTuberculosis,BandBSexuallyBTransmittedBDiseases
BChapterB28.BNursingBPracticeBatBtheBLocal,BState,BandBNationalBLevelsBinBPublicBHe
althBChapterB29.BTheBFaithBCommunityBNurse
ChapterB30.BTheBNurseBinBHomeBHealthBandBHospiceBC
hapterB31.BTheBNurseBinBtheBSchools
ChapterB32.BTheBNurseBinBOccupationalBHealth
,ChapterB01:BCommunity-BandBPrevention-
BOrientedBPracticeBtoBImproveBPopulationBHealth
MULTIPLEBCHOICE
1. WhichBofBtheBfollowingBbestBdescribesBcommunity-basedBnursing?
a. ABpracticeBinBwhichBcareBisBprovidedBforBindividualsBandBfamilies
b. ProvidingBcareBwithBaBfocusBonBtheBgroup’sBneeds
c. GivingBcareBwithBaBfocusBonBtheBaggregate’sBneeds
d. ABvalueBsystemBinBwhichBallBclientsBreceiveBoptimalBcare
ANS:B A
ByBdefinition,Bcommunity-basedBnursingBisBaBsetting-
specificBpractice’inBwhichBcareBisBprovidedBforB“sick”BindividualsBandBfamiliesBwhereBthey
Blive,Bwork,BandBattendBschool.BTheBemphasisBisBonBacuteBandBchronicBcareBandBtheBprovis
ionBofBcomprBehensive,Bcoordinated,BandBcontinuousBcare.BTheseBnursesBmayBbeBgeneralist
sBorBspecialistsBinBmBaternal–
infant,Bpediatric,Badult,BorBpsychiatricBmentalBhealthBnursing.BCommunity-
basedBnursingBemphasizesBacuteBandBchronicBcareBtoBindividualsBandBfamilies,Brather’thanBf
ocusiBngBonBgroups,Baggregates,Bor’systems.
2. WhichBofBtheBfollowingBbestBdescribesBcommunity-oriented’nursing?
a. FocusingBonBtheBprovisionBofBcareBtoBindividualsBandBfamilies
b. ProvidingBcare’toBmanageBacuteBorBchronicBconditions
c. GivingBdirectBcareBtoBillBIndividualsBwithinBtheirBfamily’setting
d. HavingBtheBgoalBofBhealthBpromotionBandBdiseaseBprevention
ANS:B D
ByBdefinition,Bcommunity-
orientedBnursing’hasBtheBgoalBofBpreserving,Bprotecting,BorBmaintainingBhealthBandBpreventi
ngBdiBseaseBtoBpromoteBtheBqualityBofBlife.BAllBnursesBmay’focusBonBindividualsBandBfamili
es,BgiveBdireBctBcareBtoBillBpersonsBwithinBtheirBfamilyBsetting,BandBhelpBmanageBacuteBor
BchronicBconditions.BTheseBdefinitionsBareBnotBspecificBtoBcommunity-orientedBnursing.
3. WhichBofBtheBfollowingBisBtheBprimary’focusBofBpublicBhealthBnursing?
a. FamiliesBandBgroups
b. Illness-orientedB care
c. IndividualsBwithinBtheBfamilyBunit
d. HealthBcareBofBcommunitiesBandBpopulations
ANS:B D
InBpublicBhealthBnursingBtheBprimaryBfocusBisBonBtheBhealthBcareBof’communitiesBandBpopu
lationsBratherBthanBonBindividuals,Bgroups,BandBfamilies.BTheBgoalBisBtoBpreventBdiseaseBan
dBpreserve,BprBomote,Brestore,BandBprotectBhealthBforBtheBcommunity’andBtheBpopulationBw
ithinBit.BCommunity-BbasedBnursesBdealBprimarilyBwithBillness-
orientedBcareBofBindividualsBandBfamiliesBacorssBthe’lifeBspan.BTheBaimBisBtoBamanageBac
uteBandBchronicBhealthBconditionsBinBtheBcommunity,BandBtheBfocusBofBpracticeBisBonBindi
vidualBor’family
-centeredBillnessBcare.
4. WhichBofBtheBfollowingBisBresponsibleBfor’theBdramaticBincreaseBinBlifeBexpectancyBduri
ngBtheB20thBcentury?
a. TechnologyBincreasesBinBtheBfieldBofBmedicalBlaboratory’research
b. AdvancesBinBsurgicalBtechniquesBandBprocedures
c. SanitationBandBother’population-based’preventionBprograms
, d. UseBofBantibioticsBtoBfightBinfections
ANS:BC