2026 ACTUAL EXAM
◉ populations. Answer: Community/Public Health Nursing has the
major goal to preserve the health of the community and surrounding
___
◉ maintence. Answer: Community/Public Health Nursing focuses on
health promotion, prevention, and health ___
◉ risk. Answer: Community/Public Health Nursing is associated
with health and identification of populations at ___ rather than an
episodic response to patient demand
◉ -preventing disease
-prolonging life
-promoting health through organized community efforts to benefit
each citizen. Answer: public health is described as the art and
science of what 3 things
◉ Health Care Reform. Answer: ___ is defined as the costs of caring
for the sick which account for the majority of escalating health care
dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in
1965 to 17.8% in 2015
,◉ health-oriented. Answer: Community/public health nurses are in
a position to assist the U.S. health care system to transition from
being disease-oriented to a ___ system
◉ public health. Answer: the mission of ___ is social justice, which
entitles all people to basic necessities such as adequate income and
health protection and accepts collective burdens to make this
possible.
◉ Health Expenditures. Answer: ___ is the total amount spent on
healthcare by a country.
◉ below. Answer: despite high hospital and physician expenditures,
U.S. health indicators such as life expectancy and infant mortality
rate remain considerably ___ the health indicators of many other
countries
◉ poorer. Answer: the health status of the population within the US
varies markedly across the areas of the country and among groups.
For example, the economically disadvantaged and many cultural and
ethnic groups have ___ overall health status compared with middle-
class caucasians
◉ -health promotion
, -preventive. Answer: the decline in the percentage of nurses
employed in hospitals and the subsequent increase in nurses
employed community setting suggest a shift in focus from illness
and institutional based care to ____ and ____ care
◉ Individual, families, and groups. Answer: the major goal of
community/public health nursing is to preserve the health of the
community and surrounding populations by focusing on health
promotion and health maintenance of ___, ___, and ___ within a
community
◉ social justic. Answer: the mission of public health is ___, which
entitles all people the basic necessities such as adequate income and
health protection and accepts collective burdens to make it possible
◉ Societies. Answer: public health assumes that it is ___
responsibility to meet the basic need of the people. thus there is a
greater need for public funding of prevention efforts to enhance the
health of our population
◉ health. Answer: ___ is a state of complete physical, mental, and
social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
◉ Social Health. Answer: ___ is positive interaction among groups
within the community, with an emphasis on health promotion and
illness prevention