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TEST BANK FOR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING:
POPULATION-CENTERED HEALTH CARE IN
THE COMMUNITY 10TH EDITION LATEST
VERSION 2024- 2025 GRADED A+
,Table of Content
PART 1. Influencing Factors in Public Health Nursing and Population Health
1. Public health foundations and population health
2. History of public health and public and community health nursing
3. Public health, primary care, and primary health care systems
4. Perspectives in global health care
5. Economics of health care delivery
PART 2. Forces Affecting Nurses in the Delivery of Public and Population Health Care
Delivery
6. Environmental health
7. Application of ethics in the community
8. Achieving cultural competence in community health nursing
9. Public health policy
10. Evidence-based practice
PART 3. Conceptual and Scientific Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice
11. Population-based public health nursing practice: The intervention wheel
12. Genomics in public health nursing
13. Epidemiology
14. Infectious disease prevention and control
15. Communicable and infectious disease risks
PART 4. Community Level Interventions
16. Promoting healthy communities
17. Community as client: Assessment and analysis
18. Building a culture of health to influence health equity within communities
19. Health education principles applied in communities, groups, families, and individuals for
healthy change
PART 5. Issues and Approaches in Population-Centered Nursing
20. The nurse-led health center: A model for community nursing practice
21. Public health nursing practice and the disaster management cycle
22. Public health surveillance and outbreak investigation
23. Program management
24. Quality management
25. Case management
PART 6. Promoting the Health of Target Populations Across the Life Span
26. Working with families in the community for healthy outcomes
27. Family health risks
28. Child and adolescent health
,29. Major Health Issues and Chronic Disease Management of Adults Across the Life Span
30. Disability health care across the life span
PART 7. Promoting and Protecting the Health of Vulnerable Populations
31. Health equity and care of vulnerable populations
32. Population-centered nursing in rural and urban environments
33. Poverty and homelessness
34. Migrant health issues
35. Teen pregnancy
36. Mental health issues
37. Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug problems
38. Violence and human abuse
PART 8. Nurses’ Roles and Functions in the Community
39. Advanced nursing practice in the community
40. The nurse leader in the community
41. The nurse in public health, home health, hospice, and palliative care
42. The nurse in the schools
43. The nurse in occupational health
44. Forensic nursing in the community
45. The nurse in the faith community
46. Public health nursing at local, state, and national levels
,Chapter 01: Public Health Foundations and Population Health
Stanhope: Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the
Community, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What is the primary focus to be addressed concerning the improvement of the health of the
American people in the twenty-first century?
a. Bioterrorism and global health threats
b. Delivery of individual care and hygiene
c. The need for increased hospital and acute care
d. Chronic disease and disability management
ANS: A
There are new concerns, and of the most serious are bioterrorism and globally induced
infections, such as the avian flu. These threats will divert health care funds and resources
from other health care programs to be spent for public safety. The others are not related to
public health or are concerns that have been present for many years.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: Nursing process: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. A community is concerned about the threat of bioterrorism. Which of the following best
describes the basis for this concern?
a. Bioterrorism has the potential to dissolve community-based programs.
b. This threat could causeN thUeReaIlthNcGaT
hS reBs.ysC mMto collapse.
teO
c. The threat may divert funds from other public safety health care programs.
d. Fear of bioterrorism will increase the need for shelters.
ANS: C
Bioterrorism may have an impact on the availability of resources for public safety health
care programs. Because funds are diverted it is possible that community-based programs
would be eliminated, the health care system could experience changes, and that there would
be an increase in the need for shelter. However, all the remaining options would happen
because of the diversion of funds.
DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing TOP: Nursing process: Diagnosis
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
3. Which statement describes the consequence of the successful implementation of the
Affordable Care Act?
a. Americans will pay closer attention to their health status.
b. Most of the population will be covered by health insurance.
c. Public health departments will need to increase the number of nursing positions.
d. The prevalence of obesity will decrease.
ANS: B
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, One consequence of successful implementation of the Affordable Care Act might be that the
majority of the population would be covered by insurance and public health agencies will
not need to provide direct clinical services in order to assure that those who need them can
receive them. The Affordable Care Act will not directly cause Americans to pay closer
attention to their health status or decrease the prevalence of obesity.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
4. The public health nurse (PHN) must participate in the essential services of public health.
What is one of the essential services of public health nursing?
a. Monitoring health status by completing a community assessment
b. Diagnosing and investigating health problems in the world
c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues
d. Working in law enforcement to regulate health and ensure safety
ANS: C
The PHN monitors health status in several ways, completing a community assessment is
only one way that health status is monitored. The PHN would not diagnose or solve “world”
problems, or work in law enforcement. Rather, the PHN would participate with local
regulators to protect communities and empower people to address health issues.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: Nursing process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. A public health department is using the mission of public health as described by the Institute
of Medicine when plannin gNit s RhealIth pGrogBram
. CminMg. Which of the following activities will
most likely be implemented?
U S N T
a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States
b. Providing a flu shot for an elderly person at the health department
c. Keeping track of alternative therapies in use in the United States
d. Keeping snake antivenom at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in
Atlanta
ANS: A
The Institute of Medicine’s stated mission on public health is “to generate organized
community and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health.” Tracking avian
flu outbreaks and doing surveillance applies this concept at a population level. Providing a
flu shot for an elderly person only addresses individual care. Keeping track of the use of
alternative therapies does nothing to prevent disease or promote health of the population.
Keeping snake antivenom is aimed at disease care for an individual, not health promotion or
disease prevention.
DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. A public health department makes sure that the essential community-oriented health
services are available in the community. Which of the following core public health functions
is being implemented?
a. Policy development
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, b. Assessment
c. Assurance
d. Scientific knowledge-based care
ANS: C
Assurance focuses on the responsibility of public health agencies to ensure certain activities
have been appropriately carried out to meet public health goals and plans. Policy
development seeks to build constituencies that can help bring about change in public policy.
Assessment includes activities that involve collecting, analyzing, and disseminating
information on both the health status and the health-related aspects of a community or a
specific population. Public health is based on scientific knowledge but is not a core function.
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
7. What is the purpose of public health core functions?
a. Clarifying the role of the government in fulfilling the mission of public health
b. Ensuring the safety of populations in receiving quality health care
c. Providing community-based individualized care to every person in the United
States
d. Uniting public and private providers of care in a comprehensive approach to
providing health care
ANS: A
As defined by the Institute of Medicine in its 1988 report The Future of Public Health,
assessment, policy development, and assurance are core functions at all levels of
government for the purposeNof Rclarifyi
I Gng tBhe.gCoveMrnment’s role.
U S N T O
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
8. Which of the following statements about public health is accurate?
a. Prevention of early deaths can be more effectively accomplished by medical
treatment than by public health approaches.
b. Expenditures and resources for public health have increased in recent years.
c. Historically, gains in the health of populations have been related largely to changes
in safety, sanitation, and food safety.
d. Reform of the medical insurance system is the single change needed to improve
the health of Americans.
ANS: C
Fielding and Tilson have asserted that most of the increase in life span has been made
through improvements in sanitation, clean water supplies, making workplaces safer,
improving food and drug safety, immunizing children, and improving nutrition, hygiene,
and housing. Medical treatment has not made as significant of an impact on the life span as
public health measures. Funding for public health in recent years has been on a gradual
decline. Although reform of the medical insurance system may help improve the health of
Americans, there are many other factors that will need to be addressed.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
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, MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
9. A public health nurse (PHN) collects data and monitors the health status of the population.
Which of the following core public health functions is the nurse addressing?
a. Assessment
b. Prevention
c. Assurance
d. Policy development
ANS: A
Assessment consists of systematic data collection and monitoring health status.
Prevention is not a core function, assurance is making sure essential services are available,
and policy development is needed to provide leadership in developing policies.
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
10. The public health nurse (PHN) compares the rate of teenage pregnancy in various areas of
the city. Which of the core functions of public health is the nurse addressing?
a. Assurance
b. Assessment
c. Prevention
d. Policy development
ANS: B
Assessment refers to systematic data collection, which this nurse is doing for teenage
pregnancy. Prevention is not a core function, assurance is making sure essential services are
available, and policy developN RStIisNGneeB.C
Umen Tded to Oprovide leadership in developing policies.
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
11. A public health nurse (PHN) develops and implements local public health policies through
partnerships with agencies, organizations, and consumers within the community. Which of
the following core public health functions is the nurse addressing?
a. Assessment
b. Prevention
c. Assurance
d. Policy development
ANS: D
Policy development deals with developing and implementing health policies. Prevention is
not a core function, assurance is making sure essential services are available, and
assessment refers to systematic data collection.
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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, 12. A nurse provides for the availability of essential personal health services for people who
would otherwise not receive health care. Which of the public health core functions is the
nurse addressing
a. Assessment
b. Prevention
c. Assurance
d. Policy development
ANS: C
Assurance deals with the availability of health services. Prevention is not a core function,
assessment refers to systematic data collection, and policy development refers to the need to
provide leadership in developing health policies.
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
13. The nurse manager makes sure that the staff members who work in a local clinic are
competent in their job responsibilities. Which of the public health core functions is being
demonstrated?
a. Assurance
b. Assessment
c. Prevention
d. Policy development
ANS: A
Assurance refers to making sure a competent health care workforce is available. Prevention
is not a core function, assessment refers to systematic data collection, and policy
Nd tRoSpIr oNGvi dB.C
development refers to the n eeU Te leadeO
rship in developing health policies.
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
14. Which intervention is the nurse most likely to implement when addressing one of the
primary goals of public health?
a. Ensuring that a newly diagnosed 40-year-old hypertensive man takes his
medication
b. Finding home care for a 70-year-old client recuperating from a hip replacement
c. Conducting an infant car seat safety check
d. Contacting a local hospice to admit a terminally ill 60-year-old woman
ANS: C
The correct answer is concerned with the health of many people, while the other answers
address individual interventions. According to the Core Functions Project, all levels of
health care, including population-based public health care, must be funded or the goal of
health of populations may never be reached.
DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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TEST BANK FOR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING:
POPULATION-CENTERED HEALTH CARE IN
THE COMMUNITY 10TH EDITION LATEST
VERSION 2024- 2025 GRADED A+
,Table of Content
PART 1. Influencing Factors in Public Health Nursing and Population Health
1. Public health foundations and population health
2. History of public health and public and community health nursing
3. Public health, primary care, and primary health care systems
4. Perspectives in global health care
5. Economics of health care delivery
PART 2. Forces Affecting Nurses in the Delivery of Public and Population Health Care
Delivery
6. Environmental health
7. Application of ethics in the community
8. Achieving cultural competence in community health nursing
9. Public health policy
10. Evidence-based practice
PART 3. Conceptual and Scientific Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice
11. Population-based public health nursing practice: The intervention wheel
12. Genomics in public health nursing
13. Epidemiology
14. Infectious disease prevention and control
15. Communicable and infectious disease risks
PART 4. Community Level Interventions
16. Promoting healthy communities
17. Community as client: Assessment and analysis
18. Building a culture of health to influence health equity within communities
19. Health education principles applied in communities, groups, families, and individuals for
healthy change
PART 5. Issues and Approaches in Population-Centered Nursing
20. The nurse-led health center: A model for community nursing practice
21. Public health nursing practice and the disaster management cycle
22. Public health surveillance and outbreak investigation
23. Program management
24. Quality management
25. Case management
PART 6. Promoting the Health of Target Populations Across the Life Span
26. Working with families in the community for healthy outcomes
27. Family health risks
28. Child and adolescent health
,29. Major Health Issues and Chronic Disease Management of Adults Across the Life Span
30. Disability health care across the life span
PART 7. Promoting and Protecting the Health of Vulnerable Populations
31. Health equity and care of vulnerable populations
32. Population-centered nursing in rural and urban environments
33. Poverty and homelessness
34. Migrant health issues
35. Teen pregnancy
36. Mental health issues
37. Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug problems
38. Violence and human abuse
PART 8. Nurses’ Roles and Functions in the Community
39. Advanced nursing practice in the community
40. The nurse leader in the community
41. The nurse in public health, home health, hospice, and palliative care
42. The nurse in the schools
43. The nurse in occupational health
44. Forensic nursing in the community
45. The nurse in the faith community
46. Public health nursing at local, state, and national levels
,Chapter 01: Public Health Foundations and Population Health
Stanhope: Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the
Community, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What is the primary focus to be addressed concerning the improvement of the health of the
American people in the twenty-first century?
a. Bioterrorism and global health threats
b. Delivery of individual care and hygiene
c. The need for increased hospital and acute care
d. Chronic disease and disability management
ANS: A
There are new concerns, and of the most serious are bioterrorism and globally induced
infections, such as the avian flu. These threats will divert health care funds and resources
from other health care programs to be spent for public safety. The others are not related to
public health or are concerns that have been present for many years.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: Nursing process: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. A community is concerned about the threat of bioterrorism. Which of the following best
describes the basis for this concern?
a. Bioterrorism has the potential to dissolve community-based programs.
b. This threat could causeN thUeReaIlthNcGaT
hS reBs.ysC mMto collapse.
teO
c. The threat may divert funds from other public safety health care programs.
d. Fear of bioterrorism will increase the need for shelters.
ANS: C
Bioterrorism may have an impact on the availability of resources for public safety health
care programs. Because funds are diverted it is possible that community-based programs
would be eliminated, the health care system could experience changes, and that there would
be an increase in the need for shelter. However, all the remaining options would happen
because of the diversion of funds.
DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing TOP: Nursing process: Diagnosis
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
3. Which statement describes the consequence of the successful implementation of the
Affordable Care Act?
a. Americans will pay closer attention to their health status.
b. Most of the population will be covered by health insurance.
c. Public health departments will need to increase the number of nursing positions.
d. The prevalence of obesity will decrease.
ANS: B
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, One consequence of successful implementation of the Affordable Care Act might be that the
majority of the population would be covered by insurance and public health agencies will
not need to provide direct clinical services in order to assure that those who need them can
receive them. The Affordable Care Act will not directly cause Americans to pay closer
attention to their health status or decrease the prevalence of obesity.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
4. The public health nurse (PHN) must participate in the essential services of public health.
What is one of the essential services of public health nursing?
a. Monitoring health status by completing a community assessment
b. Diagnosing and investigating health problems in the world
c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues
d. Working in law enforcement to regulate health and ensure safety
ANS: C
The PHN monitors health status in several ways, completing a community assessment is
only one way that health status is monitored. The PHN would not diagnose or solve “world”
problems, or work in law enforcement. Rather, the PHN would participate with local
regulators to protect communities and empower people to address health issues.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: Nursing process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. A public health department is using the mission of public health as described by the Institute
of Medicine when plannin gNit s RhealIth pGrogBram
. CminMg. Which of the following activities will
most likely be implemented?
U S N T
a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States
b. Providing a flu shot for an elderly person at the health department
c. Keeping track of alternative therapies in use in the United States
d. Keeping snake antivenom at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in
Atlanta
ANS: A
The Institute of Medicine’s stated mission on public health is “to generate organized
community and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health.” Tracking avian
flu outbreaks and doing surveillance applies this concept at a population level. Providing a
flu shot for an elderly person only addresses individual care. Keeping track of the use of
alternative therapies does nothing to prevent disease or promote health of the population.
Keeping snake antivenom is aimed at disease care for an individual, not health promotion or
disease prevention.
DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. A public health department makes sure that the essential community-oriented health
services are available in the community. Which of the following core public health functions
is being implemented?
a. Policy development
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, b. Assessment
c. Assurance
d. Scientific knowledge-based care
ANS: C
Assurance focuses on the responsibility of public health agencies to ensure certain activities
have been appropriately carried out to meet public health goals and plans. Policy
development seeks to build constituencies that can help bring about change in public policy.
Assessment includes activities that involve collecting, analyzing, and disseminating
information on both the health status and the health-related aspects of a community or a
specific population. Public health is based on scientific knowledge but is not a core function.
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
7. What is the purpose of public health core functions?
a. Clarifying the role of the government in fulfilling the mission of public health
b. Ensuring the safety of populations in receiving quality health care
c. Providing community-based individualized care to every person in the United
States
d. Uniting public and private providers of care in a comprehensive approach to
providing health care
ANS: A
As defined by the Institute of Medicine in its 1988 report The Future of Public Health,
assessment, policy development, and assurance are core functions at all levels of
government for the purposeNof Rclarifyi
I Gng tBhe.gCoveMrnment’s role.
U S N T O
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
8. Which of the following statements about public health is accurate?
a. Prevention of early deaths can be more effectively accomplished by medical
treatment than by public health approaches.
b. Expenditures and resources for public health have increased in recent years.
c. Historically, gains in the health of populations have been related largely to changes
in safety, sanitation, and food safety.
d. Reform of the medical insurance system is the single change needed to improve
the health of Americans.
ANS: C
Fielding and Tilson have asserted that most of the increase in life span has been made
through improvements in sanitation, clean water supplies, making workplaces safer,
improving food and drug safety, immunizing children, and improving nutrition, hygiene,
and housing. Medical treatment has not made as significant of an impact on the life span as
public health measures. Funding for public health in recent years has been on a gradual
decline. Although reform of the medical insurance system may help improve the health of
Americans, there are many other factors that will need to be addressed.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
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, MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
9. A public health nurse (PHN) collects data and monitors the health status of the population.
Which of the following core public health functions is the nurse addressing?
a. Assessment
b. Prevention
c. Assurance
d. Policy development
ANS: A
Assessment consists of systematic data collection and monitoring health status.
Prevention is not a core function, assurance is making sure essential services are available,
and policy development is needed to provide leadership in developing policies.
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
10. The public health nurse (PHN) compares the rate of teenage pregnancy in various areas of
the city. Which of the core functions of public health is the nurse addressing?
a. Assurance
b. Assessment
c. Prevention
d. Policy development
ANS: B
Assessment refers to systematic data collection, which this nurse is doing for teenage
pregnancy. Prevention is not a core function, assurance is making sure essential services are
available, and policy developN RStIisNGneeB.C
Umen Tded to Oprovide leadership in developing policies.
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
11. A public health nurse (PHN) develops and implements local public health policies through
partnerships with agencies, organizations, and consumers within the community. Which of
the following core public health functions is the nurse addressing?
a. Assessment
b. Prevention
c. Assurance
d. Policy development
ANS: D
Policy development deals with developing and implementing health policies. Prevention is
not a core function, assurance is making sure essential services are available, and
assessment refers to systematic data collection.
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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, 12. A nurse provides for the availability of essential personal health services for people who
would otherwise not receive health care. Which of the public health core functions is the
nurse addressing
a. Assessment
b. Prevention
c. Assurance
d. Policy development
ANS: C
Assurance deals with the availability of health services. Prevention is not a core function,
assessment refers to systematic data collection, and policy development refers to the need to
provide leadership in developing health policies.
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
13. The nurse manager makes sure that the staff members who work in a local clinic are
competent in their job responsibilities. Which of the public health core functions is being
demonstrated?
a. Assurance
b. Assessment
c. Prevention
d. Policy development
ANS: A
Assurance refers to making sure a competent health care workforce is available. Prevention
is not a core function, assessment refers to systematic data collection, and policy
Nd tRoSpIr oNGvi dB.C
development refers to the n eeU Te leadeO
rship in developing health policies.
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
14. Which intervention is the nurse most likely to implement when addressing one of the
primary goals of public health?
a. Ensuring that a newly diagnosed 40-year-old hypertensive man takes his
medication
b. Finding home care for a 70-year-old client recuperating from a hip replacement
c. Conducting an infant car seat safety check
d. Contacting a local hospice to admit a terminally ill 60-year-old woman
ANS: C
The correct answer is concerned with the health of many people, while the other answers
address individual interventions. According to the Core Functions Project, all levels of
health care, including population-based public health care, must be funded or the goal of
health of populations may never be reached.
DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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