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, Community and Public Health Nursing 11th Edition Rector Test Ban
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Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
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After teaching a group of nursing students ab
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out the similarities and differences betweenp
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ublic health and community health, which of
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1. the following statements by a nursing student
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would indicate knowledge of the similarities
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and differences between public health and
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community health? xr


―Community health nursing is defined as xr xr xr xr xr


A) nursing care that is provided in a community
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setting, rather than an institutional setting.‖
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―Public health nursing is defined as nursingc
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B) are that is provided in an institutional
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setting.‖
―Public health nursing is focused on the
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C)
health of individuals.‖ xr xr


―Community health nursing can shape thequ xr xr xr xr xr r
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D) ality of community health services and
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improve the health of the general public.‖xr xr xr xr xr xr


Ans: D
Feedback:
Operating within an environment of rapid ch xr xr xr xr xr xr


ange and increasingly complex challenges, t
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his nursing specialty holds the potential to sh
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ape the quality of community health services
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and improve the health of the general
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public.


Which of the following statements would best
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2. describe the difference between public health
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nursing and community health nursing?xr xr xr xr


Public health nursing is focused on the priva
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teaspects of health, and community health nur
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A)
sing is focused on the public aspects of
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health.
In our textbook, the term community healthp
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ractice refers to a focus on specific, designate
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B)
d communities and is a part of the
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larger public health effort.
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, Public health nursing and community healt
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C) hnursing relate to the very same types of
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services and perspectives. xr xr


Both public health nursing and communityhe
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D) alth nursing are practiced exclusively
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within institutions. xr


Ans: B
Feedback:
In this textbook, community health practice r
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efers to a focus on specific, designated comm
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unities. It is a part of the larger public health
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effort and recognizes the fundamental concep
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ts and principles of public health as its birthr
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ight and foundation for practice. Public healt
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h nursing is focused on the public aspectsof
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health. Public health nursing and community
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health nursing have distinctive types of servic
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es and perspectives. Neither public health nur
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sing nor community health nursing is practice
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d exclusively within
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institutions.


Which of the following is most accurate abou
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the concept of community?
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A community is a collection of people who
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A)
share some important features of their lives.
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Community members live in the same xr xr xr xr xr
B)
geographic location. xr


C) Community members are biologically related. xr xr xr xr


A community is made up of people who do
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not necessarily interact with one another an
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D)
ddo not necessarily share a sense of belong
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ing
to that group.
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Ans: A
Feedback:

, The broad definition of a community is a col
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lection of people who share some important
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features of their lives. Community members
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may not live in the same geographiclocation
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x x


ras in a common-
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interest community or a community of soluti
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on. A population is made up of people who d
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o not necessarily interact with one another an
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d do not necessarily share a sense of belongi
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ng to that xr xr


group.


A group of students are reviewing material f
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ora test on populations, communities, and agg
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4.
regates. Which of the following indicates
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that the students understand these concepts?
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Members of a population share a sense of xr xr xr xr xr xr xr
A)
belonging.
Communities and populations are types of xr xr xr xr xr
B)
aggregates.
Individuals of a community are loosely xr xr xr xr xr
C)
connected.
D) Members of an aggregate share a strong bond. xr xr xr xr xr xr xr


Ans: B
Feedback:
An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping o
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f distinct individuals who are considered as
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a whole and who are loosely associated with
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one another. Communities and populations
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are types of aggregates. A population is mad
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eup of people who do not necessarily intera
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ct with one another and do not necessarily s
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harea sense of belonging to the group. A com
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munity is a collection of people who chose t
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o interact with one another because of com
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mon interests, characteristics, or goals, whic
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h form the basis for a sense of unity or
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belonging.


Which of the following would a communityh
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5. ealth nurse identify as a community of
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common interest? xr


A) The global communityxr xr

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Judith Allender, RN C Msn Edd, Judith Ann Allender, Cherie L. Rector, Cherie Rector, PhD Rn-C, Kristine D. Warner, Kristine Warner, PhD MS MPH RN Community & Public Health Nursing
Publisher: 2013 ISBN: 9781451189759 Edition: Unknown

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