NUR 388 Midterm Exam - Modules 1-3 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which statement best describes community-based nursing?
a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families.
b. Providing care with a focus on the group's needs.
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate's needs.
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care. - CORRECT ANSWER a.
A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families.
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is
provided for "sick" individuals and families where they live, work, and attend school. The
emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and
continuous care. These nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal-infant, pediatric,
adult, or psychiatric mental health nursing. Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and
chronic care to individuals and families, rather than focusing on groups, aggregates, or
systems.
Which statement best describes the goal of community-oriented nursing?
a. Providing 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. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease - CORRECT
ANSWER d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or
maintaining health and preventing disease 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.
,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. Health care of communities and populations - CORRECT ANSWER d. Health care
of communities and populations
In public health nursing, the primary focus is on the health care of communities and
populations rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease
and preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the community and the population
within it. Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals
and families across the life span. The aim is to manage acute and chronic health conditions in
the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-centered illness care.
Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the
20th century?
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections - CORRECT ANSWER c. Sanitation and other
population-based prevention programs
There has to be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and
programs were primarily responsible for increasing the average life span from 47 in 1900 to
78.6 years in 2017, an increase of approximately 60% in just over a century plus through
improvements in (1) sanitation, (2) clean water supplies, (3) making workplaces safer, (4)
improving food and drug safety, (5) immunizing children, and (6) improving nutrition,
hygiene, and housing. Although people are excited when a new drug is discovered that cures
a disease or when a new way to transplant organs is perfected, it is important to know about
the significant gains in the health of populations that have come largely from public health
accomplishments.
,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. Provide free healthcare to all citizens
b. To increase the number of individuals with access to effective health care benefits
c. Lower the cost of health care to the American population
d. To lessen the governmental burden of providing health care to Americans - CORRECT
ANSWER b. To increase the number of individuals with access to effective health care
benefits
The central feature in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 are the
mechanisms to increase the number of people with health insurance. The care provided is not
necessarily free. While the cost of health care and the burden it places on the American
government are serious concerns, they are not the primary focus of ACA.
What is the basic assumption stated by Healthy People 2010 as it relates to public health
efforts?
a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans. - CORRECT
ANSWER c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the
community.
The major premise of Healthy People 2010 was that the health of the individual cannot be
entirely separate from the health of the larger community. Public health practice focuses on
the community as a whole, and the effect of the community's health status (resources) on the
health of individuals, families, and groups. The goal is to prevent disease and disability and
promote and protect the health of the community as a whole. Public health can be described
as what society collectively does to ensure that conditions exist in which people can be
healthy. The basic assumptions of public health do not judge the morality of health
disparities. The focus is on prevention of illness not on spending more on illness care.
Additionally, individual responsibility for making healthy choices is the directive for
lengthening life span not the role of the government.
, Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
a. Asking community leaders what interventions should be chosen
b. Assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventions
c. Using data from the main health care institutions in the community to determine
needed health services
d. Working with community groups to create policies to improve the environment -
CORRECT ANSWER d. Working with community groups to create policies to
improve the environment
Although the public health nurse might engage in any of the tasks listed, he or she works
primarily with members of the community to carry out core public health functions, including
assessment of the population as a whole and engaging in promoting health and improving the
environment. The interventions of asking community leaders which interventions should be
chosen, assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventions, and using data
from health care institutions do not demonstrate the engagement of the community when
making decisions about what the community actually wants and needs.
Which public health nurse most clearly fulfills the responsibilities of this role?
a. The nurse who met with several groups to discuss community recreation issues
b. The nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies
c. The nurse who talked to several people about their particular health concerns
d. The nurse who watched the city council meeting on local cable television - CORRECT
ANSWER b. The nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health
agencies
Any of these descriptions might represent a nurse communicating, cooperating, or
collaborating with community residents or groups about health concerns. A major challenge
for the future is the need for public health nursing specialists to be more aggressive in
working collaboratively with various groups in the community as well as professional
colleagues in institutional settings to deal with barriers to health. However, the nurse who
spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies is the most representative,
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which statement best describes community-based nursing?
a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families.
b. Providing care with a focus on the group's needs.
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate's needs.
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care. - CORRECT ANSWER a.
A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families.
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is
provided for "sick" individuals and families where they live, work, and attend school. The
emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and
continuous care. These nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal-infant, pediatric,
adult, or psychiatric mental health nursing. Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and
chronic care to individuals and families, rather than focusing on groups, aggregates, or
systems.
Which statement best describes the goal of community-oriented nursing?
a. Providing 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. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease - CORRECT
ANSWER d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or
maintaining health and preventing disease 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.
,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. Health care of communities and populations - CORRECT ANSWER d. Health care
of communities and populations
In public health nursing, the primary focus is on the health care of communities and
populations rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease
and preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the community and the population
within it. Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals
and families across the life span. The aim is to manage acute and chronic health conditions in
the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-centered illness care.
Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the
20th century?
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections - CORRECT ANSWER c. Sanitation and other
population-based prevention programs
There has to be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and
programs were primarily responsible for increasing the average life span from 47 in 1900 to
78.6 years in 2017, an increase of approximately 60% in just over a century plus through
improvements in (1) sanitation, (2) clean water supplies, (3) making workplaces safer, (4)
improving food and drug safety, (5) immunizing children, and (6) improving nutrition,
hygiene, and housing. Although people are excited when a new drug is discovered that cures
a disease or when a new way to transplant organs is perfected, it is important to know about
the significant gains in the health of populations that have come largely from public health
accomplishments.
,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. Provide free healthcare to all citizens
b. To increase the number of individuals with access to effective health care benefits
c. Lower the cost of health care to the American population
d. To lessen the governmental burden of providing health care to Americans - CORRECT
ANSWER b. To increase the number of individuals with access to effective health care
benefits
The central feature in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 are the
mechanisms to increase the number of people with health insurance. The care provided is not
necessarily free. While the cost of health care and the burden it places on the American
government are serious concerns, they are not the primary focus of ACA.
What is the basic assumption stated by Healthy People 2010 as it relates to public health
efforts?
a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans. - CORRECT
ANSWER c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the
community.
The major premise of Healthy People 2010 was that the health of the individual cannot be
entirely separate from the health of the larger community. Public health practice focuses on
the community as a whole, and the effect of the community's health status (resources) on the
health of individuals, families, and groups. The goal is to prevent disease and disability and
promote and protect the health of the community as a whole. Public health can be described
as what society collectively does to ensure that conditions exist in which people can be
healthy. The basic assumptions of public health do not judge the morality of health
disparities. The focus is on prevention of illness not on spending more on illness care.
Additionally, individual responsibility for making healthy choices is the directive for
lengthening life span not the role of the government.
, Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
a. Asking community leaders what interventions should be chosen
b. Assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventions
c. Using data from the main health care institutions in the community to determine
needed health services
d. Working with community groups to create policies to improve the environment -
CORRECT ANSWER d. Working with community groups to create policies to
improve the environment
Although the public health nurse might engage in any of the tasks listed, he or she works
primarily with members of the community to carry out core public health functions, including
assessment of the population as a whole and engaging in promoting health and improving the
environment. The interventions of asking community leaders which interventions should be
chosen, assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventions, and using data
from health care institutions do not demonstrate the engagement of the community when
making decisions about what the community actually wants and needs.
Which public health nurse most clearly fulfills the responsibilities of this role?
a. The nurse who met with several groups to discuss community recreation issues
b. The nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies
c. The nurse who talked to several people about their particular health concerns
d. The nurse who watched the city council meeting on local cable television - CORRECT
ANSWER b. The nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health
agencies
Any of these descriptions might represent a nurse communicating, cooperating, or
collaborating with community residents or groups about health concerns. A major challenge
for the future is the need for public health nursing specialists to be more aggressive in
working collaboratively with various groups in the community as well as professional
colleagues in institutional settings to deal with barriers to health. However, the nurse who
spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies is the most representative,
