Public Health Nursing 10th Edition Stanhope Test Bank
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, Public Health Nursing 10th Edition Stanhope Test Bank
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Chapter 01: Public Health Foundations and Population Health
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Stanhope: Public Health Nursing: Population-
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Centered Health Care in the Community, 10th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE yi
1. What is the primary focus to be addressed concerning the improvement of the health of the
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American people in the twenty-first century?
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a. Bioterrorism and global health threats yi yi yi yi
b. Delivery of individual care and hygiene yi yi yi yi yi
c. The need for increased hospital and acute care
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d. Chronic disease and disability management yi yi yi yi
ANS: A yiyi
There are new concerns, and of the most serious are bioterrorism and globally induced infe
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ctions, such as the avian flu. These threats will divert health care funds and resources from
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other health care programs to be spent for public safety. The others are not related to public
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health or are concerns that have been present for many years.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: yi yi
Nursing process: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Ma yi yi yi y i yi yi yi yi
intenance
2. A community is concerned about the threat of bioterrorism. Which of the following best
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describes the basis for this concern?
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a. Bioterrorism has the potential to dissolve community-based programs. yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
b. This threat could causeN thUeReaI
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c. The threat may divert funds from other public safety health care programs.
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d. Fear of bioterrorism will increase the need for shelters.
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ANS: C yiyi
Bioterrorism may have an impact on the availability of resources for public safety health ca
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re programs. Because funds are diverted it is possible that community-
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based programs would be eliminated, the health care system could experience changes, and t
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hat there would be an increase in the need for shelter. However, all the remaining options w
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ould happen because of the diversion of funds.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing TOP: yi yi
Nursing process: Diagnosis MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
yi yi yi y i yi yi
3. Which statement describes the consequence of the successful implementation of the
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Affordable Care Act? yi yi
a. Americans will pay closer attention to their health status. yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
b. Most of the population will be covered by health insurance.
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c. Public health departments will need to increase the number of nursing positions.
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d. The prevalence of obesity will decrease.
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ANS: B y i
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One consequence of successful implementation of the Affordable Care Act might be that the
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majority of the population would be covered by insurance and public health agencies will n
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ot need to provide direct clinical services in order to assure that those who need them can re
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ceive them. The Affordable Care Act will not directly cause Americans to pay closer attenti
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on to their health status or decrease the prevalence of obesity.
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: yi yi
Nursing process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Ma yi yi yi y i yi yi yi yi
intenance
4. The public health nurse (PHN) must participate in the essential services of public health.
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What is one of the essential services of public health nursing?
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a. Monitoring health status by completing a community assessment yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
b. Diagnosing and investigating health problems in the world yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
d. Working in law enforcement to regulate health and ensure safety yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
ANS: C yiyi
The PHN monitors health status in several ways, completing a community assessment is onl
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y one way that health status is monitored. The PHN would not diagnose or solve ―world‖ pro
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blems, or work in law enforcement. Rather, the PHN would participate with local regulators
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to protect communities and empower people to address health issues.
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: yi yi
Nursing process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Ma yi yi yi y i yi yi yi yi
intenance
5. A public health department is using the mission of public health as described by the Institute
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of Medicine when planningNU
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N TIlth pGrogBra.m
OCminMg. Which of the following activities will
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most likely be implemented? yi yi yi
a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
b. Providing a flu shot for an elderly person at the health department yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
c. Keeping track of alternative therapies in use in the United States yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
d. Keeping snake antivenom at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in
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Atlanta i
ANS: A yiyi
The Institute of Medicine‘s stated mission on public health is ―to generate organized
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community and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health.‖ Tracking avian
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
flu outbreaks and doing surveillance applies this concept at a population level. Providing a f
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
lu shot for an elderly person only addresses individual care. Keeping track of the use of alter
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
native therapies does nothing to prevent disease or promote health of the population.
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
Keeping snake antivenom is aimed at disease care for an individual, not health promotion or di
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
sease prevention. yi
DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing TOP: yi yi
Nursing process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Ma yi yi yi y i yi yi yi yi
intenance
6. A public health department makes sure that the essential community-
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oriented health services are available in the community. Which of the following core public
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health functions is being implemented?
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a. Policy development yi
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b. Assessment
c. Assurance
d. Scientific knowledge-based care yi yi
ANS: C yiyi
Assurance focuses on the responsibility of public health agencies to ensure certain activities
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have been appropriately carried out to meet public health goals and plans. Policy developm
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ent seeks to build constituencies that can help bring about change in public policy. Assessm
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ent includes activities that involve collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information on b
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
oth the health status and the health-
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related aspects of a community or a specific population. Public health is based on scientific
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knowledge but is not a core function. yi yi yi yi yi yi
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP: yi yi
Nursing process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Ma yi yi yi y i yi yi yi yi
intenance
7. What is the purpose of public health core functions?
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a. Clarifying the role of the government in fulfilling the mission of public health
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b. Ensuring the safety of populations in receiving quality health care
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c. Providing community- yi
based individualized care to every person in the United States
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d. Uniting public and private providers of care in a comprehensive approach to
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providing health care yi yi
ANS: A yiyi
As defined by the Institute of Medicine in its 1988 report The Future of Public Health, assess
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ment, policy development, and assurance are core functions at all levels of
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government for the purpose of clarifyi ng t he g ove rnment‘s role.
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N R I G B .C M yi yi
USNT O yi yi yi
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: yi yi
Nursing process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Ma yi yi yi y i yi yi yi yi
intenance
8. Which of the following statements about public health is accurate?
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a. Prevention of early deaths can be more effectively accomplished by medical yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi y
treatment than by public health approaches.
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b. Expenditures and resources for public health have increased in recent years. yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
c. Historically, gains in the health of populations have been related largely to changes yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
in safety, sanitation, and food safety.
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d. Reform of the medical insurance system is the single change needed to improve
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the health of Americans. yi yi yi
ANS: C yiyi
Fielding and Tilson have asserted that most of the increase in life span has been made thro
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ugh improvements in sanitation, clean water supplies, making workplaces safer, improving
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food and drug safety, immunizing children, and improving nutrition, hygiene, and housing
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. Medical treatment has not made as significant of an impact on the life span as public healt
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h measures. Funding for public health in recent years has been on a gradual decline. Altho
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ugh reform of the medical insurance system may help improve the health of Americans, th
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ere are many other factors that will need to be addressed.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding yi yi TOP: Nursing process: Assessment yi yi
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yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
Chapter 01: Public Health Foundations and Population Health
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
Stanhope: Public Health Nursing: Population-
yi yi yi yi
Centered Health Care in the Community, 10th Edition
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
MULTIPLE CHOICE yi
1. What is the primary focus to be addressed concerning the improvement of the health of the
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi y
American people in the twenty-first century?
i yi yi yi yi yi
a. Bioterrorism and global health threats yi yi yi yi
b. Delivery of individual care and hygiene yi yi yi yi yi
c. The need for increased hospital and acute care
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
d. Chronic disease and disability management yi yi yi yi
ANS: A yiyi
There are new concerns, and of the most serious are bioterrorism and globally induced infe
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
ctions, such as the avian flu. These threats will divert health care funds and resources from
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi y
other health care programs to be spent for public safety. The others are not related to public
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health or are concerns that have been present for many years.
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: yi yi
Nursing process: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Ma yi yi yi y i yi yi yi yi
intenance
2. A community is concerned about the threat of bioterrorism. Which of the following best
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi y
describes the basis for this concern?
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a. Bioterrorism has the potential to dissolve community-based programs. yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
b. This threat could causeN thUeReaI
hS lthNcGaT
reBsy.sC
yi mMto collapse.
teO yi yi yi
c. The threat may divert funds from other public safety health care programs.
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
d. Fear of bioterrorism will increase the need for shelters.
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
ANS: C yiyi
Bioterrorism may have an impact on the availability of resources for public safety health ca
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re programs. Because funds are diverted it is possible that community-
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
based programs would be eliminated, the health care system could experience changes, and t
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hat there would be an increase in the need for shelter. However, all the remaining options w
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ould happen because of the diversion of funds.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing TOP: yi yi
Nursing process: Diagnosis MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
yi yi yi y i yi yi
3. Which statement describes the consequence of the successful implementation of the
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
Affordable Care Act? yi yi
a. Americans will pay closer attention to their health status. yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
b. Most of the population will be covered by health insurance.
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c. Public health departments will need to increase the number of nursing positions.
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
d. The prevalence of obesity will decrease.
yi yi yi yi yi yi
ANS: B y i
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yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
One consequence of successful implementation of the Affordable Care Act might be that the
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majority of the population would be covered by insurance and public health agencies will n
i yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
ot need to provide direct clinical services in order to assure that those who need them can re
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
ceive them. The Affordable Care Act will not directly cause Americans to pay closer attenti
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
on to their health status or decrease the prevalence of obesity.
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: yi yi
Nursing process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Ma yi yi yi y i yi yi yi yi
intenance
4. The public health nurse (PHN) must participate in the essential services of public health.
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What is one of the essential services of public health nursing?
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a. Monitoring health status by completing a community assessment yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
b. Diagnosing and investigating health problems in the world yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
d. Working in law enforcement to regulate health and ensure safety yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
ANS: C yiyi
The PHN monitors health status in several ways, completing a community assessment is onl
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y one way that health status is monitored. The PHN would not diagnose or solve ―world‖ pro
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
blems, or work in law enforcement. Rather, the PHN would participate with local regulators
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
to protect communities and empower people to address health issues.
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: yi yi
Nursing process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Ma yi yi yi y i yi yi yi yi
intenance
5. A public health department is using the mission of public health as described by the Institute
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
of Medicine when planningNU
yi itsSRhea
N TIlth pGrogBra.m
OCminMg. Which of the following activities will
yi yi
yi yi yi
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most likely be implemented? yi yi yi
a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
b. Providing a flu shot for an elderly person at the health department yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
c. Keeping track of alternative therapies in use in the United States yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
d. Keeping snake antivenom at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi y
Atlanta i
ANS: A yiyi
The Institute of Medicine‘s stated mission on public health is ―to generate organized
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
community and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health.‖ Tracking avian
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
flu outbreaks and doing surveillance applies this concept at a population level. Providing a f
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
lu shot for an elderly person only addresses individual care. Keeping track of the use of alter
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
native therapies does nothing to prevent disease or promote health of the population.
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
Keeping snake antivenom is aimed at disease care for an individual, not health promotion or di
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
sease prevention. yi
DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing TOP: yi yi
Nursing process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Ma yi yi yi y i yi yi yi yi
intenance
6. A public health department makes sure that the essential community-
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
oriented health services are available in the community. Which of the following core public
yi y i yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
health functions is being implemented?
yi yi yi yi
a. Policy development yi
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yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
b. Assessment
c. Assurance
d. Scientific knowledge-based care yi yi
ANS: C yiyi
Assurance focuses on the responsibility of public health agencies to ensure certain activities
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi y
have been appropriately carried out to meet public health goals and plans. Policy developm
i yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
ent seeks to build constituencies that can help bring about change in public policy. Assessm
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
ent includes activities that involve collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information on b
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
oth the health status and the health-
yi yi yi yi yi yi
related aspects of a community or a specific population. Public health is based on scientific
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
knowledge but is not a core function. yi yi yi yi yi yi
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP: yi yi
Nursing process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Ma yi yi yi y i yi yi yi yi
intenance
7. What is the purpose of public health core functions?
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
a. Clarifying the role of the government in fulfilling the mission of public health
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
b. Ensuring the safety of populations in receiving quality health care
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
c. Providing community- yi
based individualized care to every person in the United States
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
d. Uniting public and private providers of care in a comprehensive approach to
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
providing health care yi yi
ANS: A yiyi
As defined by the Institute of Medicine in its 1988 report The Future of Public Health, assess
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
ment, policy development, and assurance are core functions at all levels of
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
government for the purpose of clarifyi ng t he g ove rnment‘s role.
yi yi yi
N R I G B .C M yi yi
USNT O yi yi yi
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: yi yi
Nursing process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Ma yi yi yi y i yi yi yi yi
intenance
8. Which of the following statements about public health is accurate?
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a. Prevention of early deaths can be more effectively accomplished by medical yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi y
treatment than by public health approaches.
i yi yi yi yi yi
b. Expenditures and resources for public health have increased in recent years. yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
c. Historically, gains in the health of populations have been related largely to changes yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
in safety, sanitation, and food safety.
yi yi yi yi yi
d. Reform of the medical insurance system is the single change needed to improve
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
the health of Americans. yi yi yi
ANS: C yiyi
Fielding and Tilson have asserted that most of the increase in life span has been made thro
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
ugh improvements in sanitation, clean water supplies, making workplaces safer, improving
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
food and drug safety, immunizing children, and improving nutrition, hygiene, and housing
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
. Medical treatment has not made as significant of an impact on the life span as public healt
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
h measures. Funding for public health in recent years has been on a gradual decline. Altho
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
ugh reform of the medical insurance system may help improve the health of Americans, th
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
ere are many other factors that will need to be addressed.
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding yi yi TOP: Nursing process: Assessment yi yi
