Community and Public Health Nursing 11th Edition Rector Test Bank
,Community and Public Health Nursing 10th Edition Rector Test Bank
Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
1. After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and
differences between public health and community health, which of the following
statements by a nursing student would indicate knowledge of the similarities and
differences between public health and
community health?
A) “Community health nursing is defined as
nursing care that is provided in a community setting, rather than an institutional
setting.”
B) “Public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in an
institutional
setting.”
C) “Public health nursing is focused on the
health of individuals.”
D) “Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health
services and
improve the health of the general public.”
ANSWER: D
Feedback:
Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly complex
challenges, this nursing specialty holds the potential to shape the quality of
community health services and improve the health of the general
public.
2. Which of the following statements would best
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describe the difference between public health nursing and community health
nursing?
A) Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and
community health nursing is focused on the public aspects of
health.
B) In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus on
specific, designated communities and is a part of the
larger public health effort.
C) Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the very same
types of
services and perspectives.
D) Both public health nursing and community health nursing are practiced
exclusively
within institutions.
ANSWER: B
Feedback:
In this textbook, community health practice refers to a focus on specific,
designated communities. It is a part of the larger public health effort and
recognizes the fundamental concepts and principles of public health as its
birthright and foundation for practice. Public health nursing is focused on the
public aspects of health. Public health nursing and community health nursing have
distinctive types of services and perspectives. Neither public health nursing nor
community health nursing is practiced exclusively within
institutions.
3. Which of the following is most accurate about
the concept of community?
A) A community is a collection of people who
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share some important features of their lives.
B) Community members live in the same
geographic location.
C) Community members are biologically related.
D) A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one
another and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging
to that group.
ANSWER: A
Feedback:
The broad definition of a community is a collection of people who share
some important features of their lives. Community members may not live in the
same geographic location as in a common-interest community or a community of
solution. A population is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with
one another and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging to that
group.
4. A group of students are reviewing material for a test on populations,
communities, and aggregates. Which of the following indicates
that the students understand these concepts?
A) Members of a population share a sense of
belonging.
B) Communities and populations are types of
aggregates.
C) Individuals of a community are loosely
connected.
D) Members of an aggregate share a strong bond.
ANSWER: B
Feedback:
An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping of distinct individuals who are
considered as a whole and who are loosely associated with one another.
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,Community and Public Health Nursing 10th Edition Rector Test Bank
Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
1. After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and
differences between public health and community health, which of the following
statements by a nursing student would indicate knowledge of the similarities and
differences between public health and
community health?
A) “Community health nursing is defined as
nursing care that is provided in a community setting, rather than an institutional
setting.”
B) “Public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in an
institutional
setting.”
C) “Public health nursing is focused on the
health of individuals.”
D) “Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health
services and
improve the health of the general public.”
ANSWER: D
Feedback:
Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly complex
challenges, this nursing specialty holds the potential to shape the quality of
community health services and improve the health of the general
public.
2. Which of the following statements would best
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describe the difference between public health nursing and community health
nursing?
A) Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and
community health nursing is focused on the public aspects of
health.
B) In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus on
specific, designated communities and is a part of the
larger public health effort.
C) Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the very same
types of
services and perspectives.
D) Both public health nursing and community health nursing are practiced
exclusively
within institutions.
ANSWER: B
Feedback:
In this textbook, community health practice refers to a focus on specific,
designated communities. It is a part of the larger public health effort and
recognizes the fundamental concepts and principles of public health as its
birthright and foundation for practice. Public health nursing is focused on the
public aspects of health. Public health nursing and community health nursing have
distinctive types of services and perspectives. Neither public health nursing nor
community health nursing is practiced exclusively within
institutions.
3. Which of the following is most accurate about
the concept of community?
A) A community is a collection of people who
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share some important features of their lives.
B) Community members live in the same
geographic location.
C) Community members are biologically related.
D) A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one
another and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging
to that group.
ANSWER: A
Feedback:
The broad definition of a community is a collection of people who share
some important features of their lives. Community members may not live in the
same geographic location as in a common-interest community or a community of
solution. A population is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with
one another and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging to that
group.
4. A group of students are reviewing material for a test on populations,
communities, and aggregates. Which of the following indicates
that the students understand these concepts?
A) Members of a population share a sense of
belonging.
B) Communities and populations are types of
aggregates.
C) Individuals of a community are loosely
connected.
D) Members of an aggregate share a strong bond.
ANSWER: B
Feedback:
An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping of distinct individuals who are
considered as a whole and who are loosely associated with one another.
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