EDITION!!
Public health nurses (PHNs) know they must approach a public health issue with an
understanding of the related underlying risk factors to develop effec ve nursing interven ons.
They evaluate these risk factors from two perspec ves: - Ans 4. Individual; popula on
If the interna onal medical community was working to contain several worldwide pandemics,
they would look to the World Health Organiza on (WHO), which is: - Ans 4. All of the above
The Ins tute of Medicine (IOM), now known as the Health and Medicine Division (HMD) of the
Na onal Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, stated in their report, The Future of
the Public's Health, that there are three core func ons that society carries out to collec vely
support the op mum condi ons for public health. Which one of the following is not one of
these func ons? - Ans 1. Preven on
With aging, there is an increased prevalence of both noncommunicable (chronic) and
communicable disease (NCD). The most pressing issue from a public health perspec ve based
on this increase is: - Ans 1. An increased demand for long-term care
The PHN completed a community assessment and found that the obesity rate in one of the
neighborhoods was higher than the other neighborhoods in the county. She suspects that this is
par ally due to limited access to full-service grocery stores and a lack of dedicated safe venues
for exercise. Assuming her conclusion is correct, what category or categories of determinants of
health would these issues within the community fall into? - Ans 1. Upstream determinants of
health
Diversity refers to all of but which of these concepts? - Ans 4.
Environment