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FOUNDATIONSFORPOPULATIONHEALTHIN
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COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
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byMarcia Stanhope, Jeanette Lancaster
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, TableofContents
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Chapter01:PublicHealthNursingandPopulationHealth ij ij




Chapter02:TheHistoryofPublicHealthandPublicandCommunityHealthNursing Stanhope: Chapter ij w e we




03: US and Global Health Care
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Chapter04:Government,theLaw,andPolicyActivism ij e
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Chapter05: Economics ofUS Health CareDelivery
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Chapter06:EthicsinPublicandCommunityHealthNursingPractice ij




Chapter 07: Culture of Populations in Communities
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Chapter 08: Environmental Health Chapter
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09: Evidence-Based Practice
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Chapter10:EpidemiologicalApplications
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Chapter 11: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
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Chapter12:CommunicableandInfectionDiseaseRisks
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Chapter 13: Community Assessment and Evaluation
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we Chapter14:HealthEducationintheCommunityChapter 15:
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Case Management
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Chapter16:DisasterManagement
Chapter17:PublicHealthSurveillanceandOutbreakInvestigation
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Chapter 18: Program Management
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Chapter19:HealthcareImprovement intheCommunity ij




Chapter20:FamilyDevelopment,FamilyNursingAssessment,andGenomics
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Chapter 21: Family Health Risks
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Chapter22:HealthRisksAcrosstheLifeSpan
Chapter23:HealthEquityandCareofVulnerablePopulationsChapter
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24: Rural Health and Migrant Health
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Chapter25:Poverty,Homelessness,TeenPregnancy,andMentalIllnessChapter
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we 26:Alcohol,Tobacco,andOtherDrug ProblemsintheCommunity Chapter 27: ij ij we we




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Chapter28:NursingPracticeattheLocal,State,andNationalLevelsinPublicHealth Chapter e
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29: The Faith Community Nurse
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The Nurse in the Schools
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theylive, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic careand the provision of comprehens
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continuouscare.TheseNursesmaybegeneralistsorspecialistsinmaternal–infant,pediatric,adult,orpsychiat
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Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, rather than focusi
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systems.
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2. WHICHstatement bestdescribesthegoal ofcommunity-oriented nursing?
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d. Topreserve,protect,promote,ormaintainhealthandprevent disease e
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and help manage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to community-oriented nurs
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3. WHICHoftheFollowingistheprimaryfocusofpublichealthnursing?
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Thegoalis topreventdiseaseand preserve, promote,restore, andprotecthealthforthe communityandthepopu
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based Nursesdeal primarilywith illness-oriented care of individuals and families across thelife span.The a
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chronic health conditions in the community, and the focusof practice is on individual or
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family-centeredillnesscare.

4. WHICHoftheFollowingisresponsibleforthedramaticincreaseinlifeexpectancyduringthe20th century?
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averagelifespanfrom47in1900to78.6yearsin2017, anincreaseofapproximately60% injustoveracenturyplu
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thatcuresadiseaseorwhen anewway totransplantorgansisperfected,itisimportanttoknowaboutthesignifica
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populations that have come largely from public health accomplishments.
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interventions would most likely be implemented by the Nurse?
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a. Providefreehealthcaretoall citizens e
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community. Publichealth practice focuses on the communityas awhole, and the effect ofthe community‘s he
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when making decisions about what the community actually wants and needs.
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concerns areaddressed from a broader perspective. In publichealth, broad concerns ofthecommunity should
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communication) is less effective than interacting with others.
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a. ―WHICHgroupsareat the greatest risk forproblems?‖ e
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b. ―WHICHpatientsshouldIseefirst as Ibeginmyday?‖ e
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