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Ch 1 and 2 Community/Public Health Nursing (Nies/McEwen)
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Jennifer is a community health nurse in a large metropolitan
area. According to the American Nurses Association's Code of
Ethics (2001), community health nurses must align themselves
with public health programs that promote and preserve the
health of populations by influencing:
socioeconomic issues.
psychosocial issues.
sociocultural issues.
developmental issues. - ANSWER sociocultural issues.
Community health nurses must align themselves with public
health programs that promote and preserve the health of
populations by influencing sociocultural issues, such as human
rights, homelessness, violence, and stigma of illness. Directing
care toward socioeconomic issues, psychosocial issues, or
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developmental issues focuses on individuals, families, or
groups, which in turn contributes to the health of the total
population.
Disease prevention activities protect people from disease and
the effects of disease. An example of primary disease
prevention is:
teaching people with diabetes how to prevent complications.
administering vaccines to children before kindergarten.
checking the skin of farm workers for signs of skin cancer.
identifying and testing individuals exposed to someone with
tuberculosis. - ANSWER administering vaccines to children
before kindergarten.
Primary prevention activities prevent a problem before it
occurs; an immunization is given to prevent a disease before it
occurs.
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A variety of health indicators are used by health providers,
policy makers, and community health nurses to measure the
health of the community. Indicators that illustrate the health
status of a community and may be useful in analyzing health
patterns over time include:
Select all that apply.
morbidity.
mortality.
birth rates.
life expectancy.
cancer incidence rates. - ANSWER morbidity
mortality
life expectancy
cancer incidence rates
Some of the more commonly reported health indicators used by
health providers, policy makers, and community health nurses
to measure the health of the community are life expectancy,
infant mortality, age-adjusted death rates, and cancer incidence
Ch 1 and 2 Community/Public Health Nursing (Nies/McEwen)
Questions with 100% VERIFIED Answers UPDATED!!!
Jennifer is a community health nurse in a large metropolitan
area. According to the American Nurses Association's Code of
Ethics (2001), community health nurses must align themselves
with public health programs that promote and preserve the
health of populations by influencing:
socioeconomic issues.
psychosocial issues.
sociocultural issues.
developmental issues. - ANSWER sociocultural issues.
Community health nurses must align themselves with public
health programs that promote and preserve the health of
populations by influencing sociocultural issues, such as human
rights, homelessness, violence, and stigma of illness. Directing
care toward socioeconomic issues, psychosocial issues, or
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developmental issues focuses on individuals, families, or
groups, which in turn contributes to the health of the total
population.
Disease prevention activities protect people from disease and
the effects of disease. An example of primary disease
prevention is:
teaching people with diabetes how to prevent complications.
administering vaccines to children before kindergarten.
checking the skin of farm workers for signs of skin cancer.
identifying and testing individuals exposed to someone with
tuberculosis. - ANSWER administering vaccines to children
before kindergarten.
Primary prevention activities prevent a problem before it
occurs; an immunization is given to prevent a disease before it
occurs.
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A variety of health indicators are used by health providers,
policy makers, and community health nurses to measure the
health of the community. Indicators that illustrate the health
status of a community and may be useful in analyzing health
patterns over time include:
Select all that apply.
morbidity.
mortality.
birth rates.
life expectancy.
cancer incidence rates. - ANSWER morbidity
mortality
life expectancy
cancer incidence rates
Some of the more commonly reported health indicators used by
health providers, policy makers, and community health nurses
to measure the health of the community are life expectancy,
infant mortality, age-adjusted death rates, and cancer incidence
