Stanhope community public health nursing EXAM A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

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Stanhope Ch 1 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE S zm zm zm zm zm zm zm zm




OLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (1D28A) zm zm zm zm




QUESTION 1 zm




Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
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a) A philosophy that guides family-centered illness care
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b) Providing care with a focus on the group's needs
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c) Giving care with a focus on the aggregate's needs
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d) A value system in which all clients receive optimal care
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ANSWER

A By definition, community-based nursing is nursing that focuses on family-
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centered illness care to individuals and families in the community.
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QUESTION 2 zm




Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
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a) Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families
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b) Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
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c) Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
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d) Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
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ANSWER

D By definition, community-
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oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health to promote the quality
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of life.
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QUESTION 3 zm




Which is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the twentieth
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century?
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a) Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
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b) Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
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, c) Sanitation and other public health activities
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d) Use of antibiotics to fight infections
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ANSWER

C Improvement in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and other public
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health activities led to the increase in left expectancy from less than 50 years in 1900 to more than
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77 years in 2002.
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QUESTION 4 zm




Which of the following is a basic assumption of public health efforts?
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a) Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong
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b) Healthcare is the most important in government planning and funding
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c) The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community
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d) The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans
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ANSWER

C Public health can be described as what society collectively does to ensure that conditions exist in
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which people can be healthy.
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QUESTION 5 zm




Which of the following best defines aggregate?
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a) A large group of persons
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b) A collection of individuals and families
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c) A group of persons who share one or more characteristics
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d) Another name for demographic group
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ANSWER

C An aggregate is defined as a collection of people who share one or more personal or environment
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al characteristics, such as geography or special interest.
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QUESTION 6 zm




A registered nurse was employed as a public health nurse. Which question would be
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most relevant for the nurse to ask?
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a) "Which groups are at the greatest risk for problems?"
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b) "Which patients should I see first as I begin my day?"
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c) "With which physicians will I be most closely collaborating?"
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d) "With which nursing assistants will I partner the most?"
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ANSWER

A Asking which groups are at greatest risk reflects a community-
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oriented perspective. The other possible responses reflect a focus on individuals.
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