NUR 471 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS WELL ELABORATED
Q: What are examples of evidence-based community health programs?
A: Programs that use scientific research and proven outcomes to improve
population health—such as smoking cessation initiatives, diabetes prevention
programs, and immunization outreach efforts.
Q: How do ethical principles influence public health nursing practice?
A: Ethics guide decision-making in care delivery, such as maintaining patient
autonomy, promoting justice, protecting confidentiality, and ensuring informed
consent in community interventions.
Q: What is an ethical dilemma in public health nursing?
A: A situation where two or more moral principles are in conflict.
Example: Deciding whether to hide medication in food for a dementia patient who
refuses treatment.
Q: What is considered an act of ethical wrongdoing in health care?
A: Clear violations of moral and professional standards.
Examples:
Inappropriate or excessive use of restraints
Racial or socioeconomic disparities in access or treatment
Q: What does 'enacting our values' mean in the context of community health?
A: It means actively finding and applying strategies to live out core ethical and
professional values in public health practice—like improving patient dignity,
equity, and autonomy through better systems or policies.
- ie. should palliative care be offered earlier in the cancer trajectory?
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS WELL ELABORATED
Q: What are examples of evidence-based community health programs?
A: Programs that use scientific research and proven outcomes to improve
population health—such as smoking cessation initiatives, diabetes prevention
programs, and immunization outreach efforts.
Q: How do ethical principles influence public health nursing practice?
A: Ethics guide decision-making in care delivery, such as maintaining patient
autonomy, promoting justice, protecting confidentiality, and ensuring informed
consent in community interventions.
Q: What is an ethical dilemma in public health nursing?
A: A situation where two or more moral principles are in conflict.
Example: Deciding whether to hide medication in food for a dementia patient who
refuses treatment.
Q: What is considered an act of ethical wrongdoing in health care?
A: Clear violations of moral and professional standards.
Examples:
Inappropriate or excessive use of restraints
Racial or socioeconomic disparities in access or treatment
Q: What does 'enacting our values' mean in the context of community health?
A: It means actively finding and applying strategies to live out core ethical and
professional values in public health practice—like improving patient dignity,
equity, and autonomy through better systems or policies.
- ie. should palliative care be offered earlier in the cancer trajectory?
