TEST BANK FOUNDATIONS FOR POPULATION
HEALTH IN COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING 6TH EDITION
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01: Public Health Nursing and Population Health
Chapter 02: The History of Public Health and Public and Community
Health Nursing Stanhope:
Chapter 03: US and Global Health Care
Chapter 04: Government, the Law, and Policy Activism
Chapter 05: Economics of US Health Care Delivery
Chapter 06: Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice
Chapter 07: Culture of Populations in Communities
Chapter 08: Environmental Health
Chapter 09: Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 10: Epidemiological Applications
Chapter 11: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Chapter 12: Communicable and Infection Disease Risks
Chapter 13: Community Assessment and Evaluation
Chapter 14: Health Education in the Community
Chapter 15: Case Management
Chapter 16: Disaster Management
Chapter 17: Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
Chapter 18: Program Management
Chapter 19: Healthcare Improvement in the Community
Chapter 20: Family Development, Family Nursing Assessment, and
Genomics
Chapter 21: Family Health Risks
Chapter 22: Health Risks Across the Life Span
Chapter 23: Health Equity and Care of Vulnerable Populations
Chapter 24: Rural Health and Migrant Health
Chapter 25: Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness
Chapter 26: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the
Community
Chapter 27: Violence and Human Abuse
Chapter 28: Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in
Public Health
Chapter 29: The Faith Community NuRse
Chapter 30: The NuRse in Public Health, Home Health, Palliative Care,
and Hospice
Chapter 31: The Nurse in the Schools
Chapter 32: The Nurse in Occupational Health
,Chapter 01: Community and Prevention Oriented Practice
B B B B B B B
to Improve Population Health
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MULTIPLE CHOICE B
1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
B B B B B B B
a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families
B B B B B B B B B B
b. Providing care with a focus on the group’s needs B B B B B B B B
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate’s needs
B B B B B B B B
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care
B B B B B B B B B
ANS: A B B
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is
B B B B B B B B B B B
Bprovided for “sick” individuals and families where they live, work, and attend
B B B B B B B B B B B
school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of
B B B B B B B B B B B B B
comprehensive, coordinated, andcontinuous care. These nurses may be generalists
B B B B B B B B B
or specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric,adult, or psychiatric mental health
B B B B B B B B B
nursing. Community- based nursing emphasizes acute andchronic care to
B B B B B B B B B
individuals and families, rather than focusing on groups, aggregates, or systems.
B B B B B B B B B B B
2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
B B B B B B B
a. Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families
B B B B B B B B B
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditionsB B B B B B B
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
B B B B B B B B B
d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
B B B B B B B B
ANS: D B B
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or
B B B B B B B B B B
Bmaintaining health and preventing disease to promote the quality of life. All nurses
B B B B B B B B B B B B
may focuson individuals and families, give direct care to ill persons within their
B B B B B B B B B B B B B
family setting, and helpmanage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are
B B B B B B B B B B B
not specific to community-orientednursing.
B B B B
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
B B B B B B B B B B B
a. Families and groups B B
b. Illness-oriented care B
c. Individuals within the family unit B B B B
d. Health care of communities and populations
B B B B B
ANS: D B
In public health nursing the primary focus is on the health care of communities and
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
B populations rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent
B B B B B B B B B B B B
B disease andpreserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the community and the
B B B B B B B B B B B
B population within it. Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented
B B B B B B B B
Bcare of individuals and families acorss the life span. The aim is to amanage acute and
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bchronic health conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on
B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bindividual or family- centered illness care.
B B B B B
, 4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy
B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bduring the20th century? B B
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research B B B B B B B B
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures B B B B B
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs B B B B B
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
B B B B B
ANS: C B
Improvements in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and
B B B B B B B B B
B other population-based prevention programs led to the increase in life expectancy
B B B B B B B B B B
Bfrom less than 50years in 1900 to more than 78 years in 2013. Although people are
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bexcited when a new drug isdiscovered that cures a disease or when a new way to
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Btransplant organs is perfected, it is important to know about the significant gains in
B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bthe health of populations that have come largely from public health accomplishments.
B B B B B B B B B B B
5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bcommunity.Which of the following interventions would most likely be B B B B B B B B
implemented by the nurse?
B B B B
a. Increase the community’s knowledge about hospice care.
B B B B B B
b. Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.
B B B B B B B B
c. Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial site.B B B B B B B B B
d. Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment
B B B B B B B
for communitymembers.
B B
ANS: B B
Public health approaches could help prevent premature deaths by influencing the way
B B B B B B B B B B B
Bpeopleeat, drink, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the environment. Increasing
B B B B B B B B B B
Bknowledge of hospice care, encouraging on-site wellness centers, and ensuring timely
B B B B B B B B B B
Btreatment of medicalconditions do not address the focus of improving overall health
B B B B B B B B B B B
Bthrough health promotion strategies. This is the major method that is suggested to
B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bdecrease the incidence of premature death. B B B B B
6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts?
B B B B B B B B B B B
a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
B B B B B B B B B
b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
B B B B B B B B B B B
c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
B B B B B B B B B B B B
d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
B B B B B B B B B B
ANS: C B
Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of the
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bcommunity’s health status (resources) on the health of individuals, families, and
B B B B B B B B B B
groups. The goal is to prevent disease and disability and promote and protect the
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
health of the community as a whole. Public health can be described as what society
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
collectively does to ensure that conditions exist in which people can be healthy. The
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
basic assumptions of public health do notjudge the morality of health disparities. The
B B B B B B B B B B B B B
focus is on prevention of illness not on spending more on illness care. Additionally,
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
individual responsibility for making healthy choices is the directive for lengthening
B B B B B B B B B B B
life span not the role of the government.
B B B B B B B B
7. Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
a. Asking community leaders what interventions should be chosen
B B B B B B B
b. Assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventionsB B B B B B B
c. Using data from the main health care institutions in the community to determine
B B B B B B B B B B B B
HEALTH IN COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING 6TH EDITION
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01: Public Health Nursing and Population Health
Chapter 02: The History of Public Health and Public and Community
Health Nursing Stanhope:
Chapter 03: US and Global Health Care
Chapter 04: Government, the Law, and Policy Activism
Chapter 05: Economics of US Health Care Delivery
Chapter 06: Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice
Chapter 07: Culture of Populations in Communities
Chapter 08: Environmental Health
Chapter 09: Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 10: Epidemiological Applications
Chapter 11: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Chapter 12: Communicable and Infection Disease Risks
Chapter 13: Community Assessment and Evaluation
Chapter 14: Health Education in the Community
Chapter 15: Case Management
Chapter 16: Disaster Management
Chapter 17: Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
Chapter 18: Program Management
Chapter 19: Healthcare Improvement in the Community
Chapter 20: Family Development, Family Nursing Assessment, and
Genomics
Chapter 21: Family Health Risks
Chapter 22: Health Risks Across the Life Span
Chapter 23: Health Equity and Care of Vulnerable Populations
Chapter 24: Rural Health and Migrant Health
Chapter 25: Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness
Chapter 26: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the
Community
Chapter 27: Violence and Human Abuse
Chapter 28: Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in
Public Health
Chapter 29: The Faith Community NuRse
Chapter 30: The NuRse in Public Health, Home Health, Palliative Care,
and Hospice
Chapter 31: The Nurse in the Schools
Chapter 32: The Nurse in Occupational Health
,Chapter 01: Community and Prevention Oriented Practice
B B B B B B B
to Improve Population Health
B B B B
MULTIPLE CHOICE B
1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
B B B B B B B
a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families
B B B B B B B B B B
b. Providing care with a focus on the group’s needs B B B B B B B B
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate’s needs
B B B B B B B B
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care
B B B B B B B B B
ANS: A B B
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is
B B B B B B B B B B B
Bprovided for “sick” individuals and families where they live, work, and attend
B B B B B B B B B B B
school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of
B B B B B B B B B B B B B
comprehensive, coordinated, andcontinuous care. These nurses may be generalists
B B B B B B B B B
or specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric,adult, or psychiatric mental health
B B B B B B B B B
nursing. Community- based nursing emphasizes acute andchronic care to
B B B B B B B B B
individuals and families, rather than focusing on groups, aggregates, or systems.
B B B B B B B B B B B
2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
B B B B B B B
a. Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families
B B B B B B B B B
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditionsB B B B B B B
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
B B B B B B B B B
d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
B B B B B B B B
ANS: D B B
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or
B B B B B B B B B B
Bmaintaining health and preventing disease to promote the quality of life. All nurses
B B B B B B B B B B B B
may focuson individuals and families, give direct care to ill persons within their
B B B B B B B B B B B B B
family setting, and helpmanage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are
B B B B B B B B B B B
not specific to community-orientednursing.
B B B B
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
B B B B B B B B B B B
a. Families and groups B B
b. Illness-oriented care B
c. Individuals within the family unit B B B B
d. Health care of communities and populations
B B B B B
ANS: D B
In public health nursing the primary focus is on the health care of communities and
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
B populations rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent
B B B B B B B B B B B B
B disease andpreserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the community and the
B B B B B B B B B B B
B population within it. Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented
B B B B B B B B
Bcare of individuals and families acorss the life span. The aim is to amanage acute and
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bchronic health conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on
B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bindividual or family- centered illness care.
B B B B B
, 4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy
B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bduring the20th century? B B
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research B B B B B B B B
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures B B B B B
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs B B B B B
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
B B B B B
ANS: C B
Improvements in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and
B B B B B B B B B
B other population-based prevention programs led to the increase in life expectancy
B B B B B B B B B B
Bfrom less than 50years in 1900 to more than 78 years in 2013. Although people are
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bexcited when a new drug isdiscovered that cures a disease or when a new way to
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Btransplant organs is perfected, it is important to know about the significant gains in
B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bthe health of populations that have come largely from public health accomplishments.
B B B B B B B B B B B
5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bcommunity.Which of the following interventions would most likely be B B B B B B B B
implemented by the nurse?
B B B B
a. Increase the community’s knowledge about hospice care.
B B B B B B
b. Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.
B B B B B B B B
c. Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial site.B B B B B B B B B
d. Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment
B B B B B B B
for communitymembers.
B B
ANS: B B
Public health approaches could help prevent premature deaths by influencing the way
B B B B B B B B B B B
Bpeopleeat, drink, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the environment. Increasing
B B B B B B B B B B
Bknowledge of hospice care, encouraging on-site wellness centers, and ensuring timely
B B B B B B B B B B
Btreatment of medicalconditions do not address the focus of improving overall health
B B B B B B B B B B B
Bthrough health promotion strategies. This is the major method that is suggested to
B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bdecrease the incidence of premature death. B B B B B
6. Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts?
B B B B B B B B B B B
a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
B B B B B B B B B
b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
B B B B B B B B B B B
c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
B B B B B B B B B B B B
d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
B B B B B B B B B B
ANS: C B
Public health practice focuses on the community as a whole, and the effect of the
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bcommunity’s health status (resources) on the health of individuals, families, and
B B B B B B B B B B
groups. The goal is to prevent disease and disability and promote and protect the
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
health of the community as a whole. Public health can be described as what society
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
collectively does to ensure that conditions exist in which people can be healthy. The
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
basic assumptions of public health do notjudge the morality of health disparities. The
B B B B B B B B B B B B B
focus is on prevention of illness not on spending more on illness care. Additionally,
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
individual responsibility for making healthy choices is the directive for lengthening
B B B B B B B B B B B
life span not the role of the government.
B B B B B B B B
7. Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
a. Asking community leaders what interventions should be chosen
B B B B B B B
b. Assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventionsB B B B B B B
c. Using data from the main health care institutions in the community to determine
B B B B B B B B B B B B
