TEST BANK - Community and Public Health Nursing -
Evidence for Practice 4th Edition by DeMarco & Wals
| 2024 | All Chapters
1. 3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
a. Families and groups
b. Illness-oriented care
c. Individuals within the family unit
d. Promotion of quality of life
ANS: D
The key ditterence between community-based and community-oriented nursing is that community-based nurses deal
primarily with illness-oriented care, whereas community-oriented nursesor public health nursesprovide health care to
promote quality of life.
,2. 1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
a. A philosophy that guides family-centered illness care
b. Providing care with a focus on the groups needs
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregates needs
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care:
ANS: A
By definition, community-based nursing is nursing that focuses on family-centered illness care to individuals and
families in the community.
3. 2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
a. Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
ANS: D
,By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health to promote the
quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill persons within their family setting,
and help manage acute or chronic conditions.
4. 4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life
expectancy during the twentieth century?
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Sanitation and other public health activities
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANS: C
Improvement in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and other public health activities led
to the increase in life expectancy from less than 50 years in 1900 to more than 77 years in 2002.
5. 5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths
in the community. Which of the following interventions would most likely be
implemented by the nurse?
a. Increase the communitys knowledge about hospice care.
b. Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community mem-
bers.
c. Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial site.
d. Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment for commu-
nity members.
, ANS: B
Public health approaches could help prevent about 70% of early deaths by influencing the way people eat, drink, drive,
engage in exercise, and treat the environment.
Evidence for Practice 4th Edition by DeMarco & Wals
| 2024 | All Chapters
1. 3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
a. Families and groups
b. Illness-oriented care
c. Individuals within the family unit
d. Promotion of quality of life
ANS: D
The key ditterence between community-based and community-oriented nursing is that community-based nurses deal
primarily with illness-oriented care, whereas community-oriented nursesor public health nursesprovide health care to
promote quality of life.
,2. 1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
a. A philosophy that guides family-centered illness care
b. Providing care with a focus on the groups needs
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregates needs
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care:
ANS: A
By definition, community-based nursing is nursing that focuses on family-centered illness care to individuals and
families in the community.
3. 2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
a. Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
ANS: D
,By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health to promote the
quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill persons within their family setting,
and help manage acute or chronic conditions.
4. 4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life
expectancy during the twentieth century?
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Sanitation and other public health activities
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANS: C
Improvement in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and other public health activities led
to the increase in life expectancy from less than 50 years in 1900 to more than 77 years in 2002.
5. 5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths
in the community. Which of the following interventions would most likely be
implemented by the nurse?
a. Increase the communitys knowledge about hospice care.
b. Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community mem-
bers.
c. Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial site.
d. Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment for commu-
nity members.
, ANS: B
Public health approaches could help prevent about 70% of early deaths by influencing the way people eat, drink, drive,
engage in exercise, and treat the environment.
