Test Bank For Community and Public Health Nursing, 10th Edition, By Cherie Rector, Mary Jo Stanley, All Chapters 1-30

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Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
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After teaching a group of nursing students a
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bout the similarities and differences betwee
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npublic health and community health, which
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1. ofthe following statements by a nursing stu
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dent would indicate knowledge of the simila
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rities and differences between public health
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and
community health? Xt


―Community health nursing is defined as Xt Xt Xt Xt Xt


A) nursing care that is provided in a communit
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ysetting, rather than an institutional setting.‖
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―Public health nursing is defined as nursing
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B) care 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.‖ Xt Xt


―Community health nursing can shape thequ Xt Xt Xt Xt Xt tX


D) ality of community health services and
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improve the health of the general public.‖
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Ans: D
Feedback:
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ange and increasingly complex challenges, t
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his nursing specialty holds the potential to s
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hape the quality of community health servic
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es and improve the health of the general
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public.


Which of the following statements would bes
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2. t
describe the difference between public healt
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hnursing and community health nursing?
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Public health nursing is focused on the priv
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ateaspects of health, and community health n
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A)
ursing is focused on the public aspects of
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health.
In our textbook, the term community health
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practice refers to a focus on specific, designa
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B)
ted communities and is a part of the
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larger public health effort.
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, Public health nursing and community heal
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C) thnursing relate to the very same types of
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services and perspectives. Xt Xt


Both public health nursing and communityh
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D) ealth nursing are practiced exclusively
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within institutions. Xt


Ans: B
Feedback:
In this textbook, community health practice
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refers to a focus on specific, designated com
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munities. It is a part of the larger public hea
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lth effort and recognizes the fundamental co
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ncepts and principles of public health as its
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birthright and foundation for practice. Public
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health nursing is focused on the public asp
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ectsof health. Public health nursing and com
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munity health nursing have distinctive types
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of services and perspectives. Neither public
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health nursing nor community health nursing
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is practiced exclusively within
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institutions.


Which of the following is most accurate abo
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3.
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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 Xt Xt Xt Xt Xt
B)
geographic location. Xt


C) Community members are biologically related Xt Xt Xt Xt


.
A community is made up of people who d
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o not necessarily interact with one another
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D)
tanddo not necessarily share a sense of bel
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onging
to that group.
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Ans: A
Feedback:

, The broad definition of a community is a co
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llection of people who share some importan
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t features of their lives. Community membe
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rs may not live in the same geographiclocat
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ion as in a common-
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interest community or a community of solut
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ion. A population is made up of people who
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do not necessarily interact with one another
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and do not necessarily share a sense of belo
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nging to that Xt Xt


group.


A group of students are reviewing material
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fora test on populations, communities, and a
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4.
ggregates. Which of the following indicates Xt Xt Xt Xt Xt


that the students understand these concepts?
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Members of a population share a sense of Xt Xt Xt Xt Xt Xt Xt
A)
belonging.
Communities and populations are types of Xt Xt Xt Xt Xt
B)
aggregates.
Individuals of a community are loosely Xt Xt Xt Xt Xt
C)
connected.
D) Members of an aggregate share a strong bon Xt Xt Xt Xt Xt Xt Xt


d.
Ans: B
Feedback:
An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping
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of distinct individuals who are considered a
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s a whole and who are loosely associated w
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ith one another. Communities and populatio
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ns are types of aggregates. A population is
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madeup of people who do not necessarily i
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nteract with one another and do not necess
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arily sharea sense of belonging to the group
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. A community is a collection of people wh
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o chose to interact with one another becaus
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e of common interests, characteristics, or g
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oals, which form the basis for a sense of u
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nity or Xt


belonging.


Which of the following would a community
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5. health nurse identify as a community of
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common interest? Xt


A) The global community
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