Foundations for Population Health in
Community/Public Health Nursing (Stanhope)
Questions And Verified Answers
A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the middle
school. The next step in a population-focused practice is to make information
available about the health of the middle school students. This describes the
core public health function of:
a) assessment
b) assurance
c) policy development
d) research -Answer:-A
Assessment is a core function of public health and refers to systematically
collecting data concerning the population, monitoring the population's health
status, and making information available on the health of the community.
The state public health agency has received multiple complaints regarding the
availability of elder transportation services to a specific county senior center.
The state agency assigns a public health nurse to work with the community to
evaluate its program for elder transportation services to publicly sponsored
eldercare programs. The public health core function applied is:
a) assurance
,b) policy development
c) primary prevention
d) public transportation -Answer:-A
The public health core function of assurance focuses on the responsibility of
public health agencies to be sure that activities are appropriately carried out
to meet public health goals and plans. This involves making sure that essential
community-oriented health services are available and accessible, especially to
vulnerable populations who would otherwise not receive necessary services.
A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle
schools and high schools is providing:
a) community-oriented care
b) community-based care
c) secondary care
d) tertiary care -Answer:-A
Community-oriented nurses emphasize health promotion, health
maintenance, and disease prevention, as well as self-reliance on the part of
, clients. Regardless of whether the client is a person, family, or group, the goal
is to promote health through education about prevailing health problems,
proper nutrition, beneficial forms of exercise, and environmental factors such
as the safety of food, water, air, and buildings.
A community-oriented nurse conducts home visits to new parents to assess
the health status of the infant, the parent-child relationship, the parents'
knowledge regarding the care of the infant, and the need for health
department and social services referrals to support the needs of the new
parents and the infant. This can best be described as an example of:
a) clinical community health practice
b) community-based practice
c) population-focused practice
d) public health nursing -Answer:-A
Community-oriented nurses who provide direct care services to individuals,
families, or groups are engaging in a clinically oriented practice even when
they apply concepts of population-focused, community-oriented strategies
along with their direct care clinical strategies.
Nurses should consider opportunities for population-focused practice that
result from the rapid transformation of health care delivery from a medical
model to a health promotion/disease prevention model. An example of such
opportunity is:
Community/Public Health Nursing (Stanhope)
Questions And Verified Answers
A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the middle
school. The next step in a population-focused practice is to make information
available about the health of the middle school students. This describes the
core public health function of:
a) assessment
b) assurance
c) policy development
d) research -Answer:-A
Assessment is a core function of public health and refers to systematically
collecting data concerning the population, monitoring the population's health
status, and making information available on the health of the community.
The state public health agency has received multiple complaints regarding the
availability of elder transportation services to a specific county senior center.
The state agency assigns a public health nurse to work with the community to
evaluate its program for elder transportation services to publicly sponsored
eldercare programs. The public health core function applied is:
a) assurance
,b) policy development
c) primary prevention
d) public transportation -Answer:-A
The public health core function of assurance focuses on the responsibility of
public health agencies to be sure that activities are appropriately carried out
to meet public health goals and plans. This involves making sure that essential
community-oriented health services are available and accessible, especially to
vulnerable populations who would otherwise not receive necessary services.
A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle
schools and high schools is providing:
a) community-oriented care
b) community-based care
c) secondary care
d) tertiary care -Answer:-A
Community-oriented nurses emphasize health promotion, health
maintenance, and disease prevention, as well as self-reliance on the part of
, clients. Regardless of whether the client is a person, family, or group, the goal
is to promote health through education about prevailing health problems,
proper nutrition, beneficial forms of exercise, and environmental factors such
as the safety of food, water, air, and buildings.
A community-oriented nurse conducts home visits to new parents to assess
the health status of the infant, the parent-child relationship, the parents'
knowledge regarding the care of the infant, and the need for health
department and social services referrals to support the needs of the new
parents and the infant. This can best be described as an example of:
a) clinical community health practice
b) community-based practice
c) population-focused practice
d) public health nursing -Answer:-A
Community-oriented nurses who provide direct care services to individuals,
families, or groups are engaging in a clinically oriented practice even when
they apply concepts of population-focused, community-oriented strategies
along with their direct care clinical strategies.
Nurses should consider opportunities for population-focused practice that
result from the rapid transformation of health care delivery from a medical
model to a health promotion/disease prevention model. An example of such
opportunity is:
