NURS 8004 MIDTERM 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
GRADUATE NURSING REVIEW SET TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ What are the original and proposed definitions of population
health?
Answer: Original definition: the health outcomes of a group of
individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes with the
group
Proposed definition: Population Health is the health status of a
defined population of individuals, including the distribution of
health status within the group
-May help describe the type of population whose health is being
considered:
•Geographic (i.e. country, state, county, city, or specific community)
•Clinical population of a hospital or health care system
•Population Health Management
◉ What is public health nursing?
,Answer: the practice of promoting and protecting the health of
populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health
sciences
•Focuses on improving population health by emphasizing
prevention and attending to multiple determinants of health.
•Includes advocacy, policy development, and planning, which
addresses issues of social justice
◉ Which of the following is the primary focus of public health
nursing?
Answer: Health care of communities and populations
◉ What are some characteristics that distinguish public health
nursing as a specialty?
Answer: •Population-focused
•Community-oriented
•Health and prevention focused
•Interventions at the community and/or population level
•Concern for the health of all members of the population or
community, particularly vulnerable populations
◉ What is the definition of public health practice according to the
1988 Institute of Medicine?
,Answer: what we, as a society, do collectively to assure the
conditions in which people can be healthy
◉ what is the mission of public health according to the 1988
Institute of Medicine?
Answer: to generate organized community efforts to address the
public interest in health by applying scientific and technical
knowledge to prevent disease and promote health
◉ what are the benefits of public health practice?
Answer: •Safer and cleaner environments and food/water
•Dramatic increase in life expectancy
•Decreased number of deaths from heart disease and stroke
•Declines in death rates of adults and children
◉ What are some gains made due to public health programs?
Answer: •Safety and adequacy of food supplies
•Provision of safe water
•Sewage disposal
•Public safety from biological threats, including immunizations
•Personal behavior changes, including reproductive behavior
, ◉ What are the CDCs Ten Great Public Health Achievements in the
20th century?
Answer: •Immunizations,
•Motor Vehicle Safety,
•Workplace safety
•Control of Infectious Diseases,
•Safer and Healthier Foods,
•Healthier Mothers and Babies,
•Family Planning,
•Fluoridation of Drinking Water,
•Tobacco as a Health Hazard, and
•Declines in Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke
◉ The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimated in
2017 only ____% (up from 1.5% in 1960) of all national health
expenditures support population-focused public health functions,
yet the impact was enormous.
Answer: 3
◉ What are 3 public health core functions?
Answer: •Assessment
•Policy development
•Assurance
GRADUATE NURSING REVIEW SET TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ What are the original and proposed definitions of population
health?
Answer: Original definition: the health outcomes of a group of
individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes with the
group
Proposed definition: Population Health is the health status of a
defined population of individuals, including the distribution of
health status within the group
-May help describe the type of population whose health is being
considered:
•Geographic (i.e. country, state, county, city, or specific community)
•Clinical population of a hospital or health care system
•Population Health Management
◉ What is public health nursing?
,Answer: the practice of promoting and protecting the health of
populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health
sciences
•Focuses on improving population health by emphasizing
prevention and attending to multiple determinants of health.
•Includes advocacy, policy development, and planning, which
addresses issues of social justice
◉ Which of the following is the primary focus of public health
nursing?
Answer: Health care of communities and populations
◉ What are some characteristics that distinguish public health
nursing as a specialty?
Answer: •Population-focused
•Community-oriented
•Health and prevention focused
•Interventions at the community and/or population level
•Concern for the health of all members of the population or
community, particularly vulnerable populations
◉ What is the definition of public health practice according to the
1988 Institute of Medicine?
,Answer: what we, as a society, do collectively to assure the
conditions in which people can be healthy
◉ what is the mission of public health according to the 1988
Institute of Medicine?
Answer: to generate organized community efforts to address the
public interest in health by applying scientific and technical
knowledge to prevent disease and promote health
◉ what are the benefits of public health practice?
Answer: •Safer and cleaner environments and food/water
•Dramatic increase in life expectancy
•Decreased number of deaths from heart disease and stroke
•Declines in death rates of adults and children
◉ What are some gains made due to public health programs?
Answer: •Safety and adequacy of food supplies
•Provision of safe water
•Sewage disposal
•Public safety from biological threats, including immunizations
•Personal behavior changes, including reproductive behavior
, ◉ What are the CDCs Ten Great Public Health Achievements in the
20th century?
Answer: •Immunizations,
•Motor Vehicle Safety,
•Workplace safety
•Control of Infectious Diseases,
•Safer and Healthier Foods,
•Healthier Mothers and Babies,
•Family Planning,
•Fluoridation of Drinking Water,
•Tobacco as a Health Hazard, and
•Declines in Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke
◉ The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimated in
2017 only ____% (up from 1.5% in 1960) of all national health
expenditures support population-focused public health functions,
yet the impact was enormous.
Answer: 3
◉ What are 3 public health core functions?
Answer: •Assessment
•Policy development
•Assurance
