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Test Bank - Stanhope and Lancasters Community Health Nursing in Canada, 4th Edition (MacDonald, 2022), Chapter 1-18 | All Chapters

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StanhopeandLancaster'sCommunityHealth Nursingin Canada
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Sandra A. MacDonald, and Sonya L. Jakubec
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4th Edition
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Table of Contents
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Chapter 01 Community Health Nursing
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Chapter 02 The Evolution of Community Health Nursing in Canada
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Chapter 03 Community Health Nursing in Canada-Settings, Functions, and Roles
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Chapter 04 Health Promotion
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Chapter 05 Evidence-Informed Practice in Community Health Nursing
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Chapter 06 Ethics in Community Health Nursing Practice
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Chapter 07 Diversity and Relational Practice in Community Health Nursing
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Chapter 08 Epidemiological Applications
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Chapter 09 Working With the Community
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Chapter 10 Health Program Planning and Evaluation
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Chapter 11 Working with the Individual as Client-Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan
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Chapter 12 Working with Families
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Chapter 13 Working with Groups, Teams, and Partners
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Chapter 14 Indigenous Health-Working with First Nations People, Inuit, and Métis
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Chapter 15 Working With People Who Experience Structural Vulnerabilities
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Chapter 16 Communicable and Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
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Chapter 17 Environmental Health
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Chapter 18 Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness
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Chapter 01: Community Health Nursing
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Canada, 4th Edition
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1. Which of the following best describes community health nursing?
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c. Focusing on the health care of individual clients in the communitypl pl pl pl pl pl pl pl pl pl


d. Working with an approach of unique client care pl pl pl pl pl pl pl




ANS: C
By definition, community health nursing is the health care of individual clients in the
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community.
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2. Which of the following best describes primary health care?
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a. A comprehensive way to address issues of social justice
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b. Giving care to manage acute or chronic conditions pl pl pl pl pl pl pl


c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
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d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
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ANS: A
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and equity. Social justice in the context of health refers to ensuring fairness and equality
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in health services so that vulnerable individuals in society have easy access to health
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care.
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3. The health of which of the following is the primary focus of public health nurses (PHNs)?
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a. Families
b. Groups
c. Individuals
d. Populations
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PHNs use knowledge of nursing, social sciences, and public health sciences for the
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promotion and protection of health and for the prevention of disease among populations.
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the early 1900s?
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public health activities led to the increase in life expectancy since the early 1900s.
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5. Which community health nursing practice area receives funding from the private sector?
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a. Telenurses
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ANS: C
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nurse (CHN) roles are with provincially or federally funded positions.
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6. A public health nurse (PHN) strives to prevent disease and disability, often in partnership
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with other community groups. Which statement is an appropriate summary of the PHN‘s
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role?
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b. The PHN assesses the community and decides on appropriate interventions.
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It is crucial that the PHN work with members of the community to carry out core public
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health functions.
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7. Which of the following is used as a measurement of population health?
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c. The number of memberships at the local fitness centre
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