TEST BANK
STANHOPE AND LANCASTER'S COMMUNITY
HEALTH NURSING IN CANADA
SANDRA A. MACDONALD, AND SONYA L. JAKUBEC
4TH EDITION
,Table of contents
CHAPTER 01 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
CHAPTER 02 THE EVOLUTION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN CANADA
CHAPTER 03 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN CANADA-SETTINGS, FUNCTIONS, AND ROLES
CHAPTER 04 HEALTH PROMOTION
CHAPTER 05 EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE IN COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
CHAPTER 06 ETHICS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE
CHAPTER 07 DIVERSITY AND RELATIONAL PRACTICE IN COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
CHAPTER 08 EPIDEMIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 09 WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY
CHAPTER 10 HEALTH PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION
CHAPTER 11 WORKING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AS CLIENT-HEALTH AND WELLNESS ACROSS THE
LIFESPAN
CHAPTER 12 WORKING WITH FAMILIES
CHAPTER 13 WORKING WITH GROUPS, TEAMS, AND PARTNERS
CHAPTER 14 INDIGENOUS HEALTH-WORKING WITH FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE, INUIT, AND MÉTIS
CHAPTER 15 WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE STRUCTURAL VULNERABILITIES
CHAPTER 16 COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
CHAPTER 17 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
CHAPTER 18 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
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,CHAPTER 01: COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
MACDONALD/JAKUBEC: STANHOPE AND LANCASTER'S COMMUNITY HEALTH
NURSING IN CANADA, 4TH EDITION
Multiple choice
1. Which of the following best describes community health nursing?
a. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate‘s needs
b. Giving care with a focus on the group‘s needs
c. Focusing on the health care of individual clients in the community
d. Working with an approach of unique client care
Ans: c
By definition, community health nursing is the health care of individual clients in
the community.
Points: 1 difference cognitive level: knowledge/remember
Reference: introduction objective: 1.6 top: safe and effective care
environment
2. Which of the following best describes primary health care?
a. A comprehensive way to address issues of social justice
b. Giving care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
Ans: a
By definition, primary health care is comprehensive and addresses issues of social
justice and equity. Social justice in the context of health refers to ensuring fairness
and equality in health services so that vulnerable individuals in society have easy
access to health care.
Pts: 1 difference cognitive level:
knowledge/remember ref: primary health care obj: 1.4
Top: health promotion and maintenance
3. The health of which of the following is the primary focus of public health nurses (phns)?
a. Families
b. Groups
c. Individuals
d. Populations
Ans: d
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, Phns use knowledge of nursing, social sciences, and public health sciences for the
promotion and protection of health and for the prevention of disease among
populations.
Pts: 1 difference cognitive level:
knowledge/remember ref: public health practice obj: 1.5
Top: health promotion and maintenance
4. Which change is the primary explanation for life expectancy increasing so
notably since the early 1900s?
a. An increase in findings from medical laboratory research
b. incredible advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Improved sanitation and other public health activities
d. Increased use of antibiotics to fight infections
Ans: c
Improvement in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and
other public health activities led to the increase in life expectancy since the early
1900s.
Pts: 1 difference cognitive level: knowledge/remember ref: public
health practice obj: 1.5
Top: health promotion and maintenance
5. Which community health nursing practice area receives funding from the private sector?
a. Telenurses
b. Corrections nurses
c. Nurse entrepreneurs
d. Street or outreach nurses
Ans: c
The nurse entrepreneur receives private funding, whereas all of the other community
health nurse (chn) roles are with provincially or federally funded positions.
Points: 1 difference cognitive level:
knowledge/remember ref: community health nursing roles and
functions obj: 1.1 | 1.6 top: safe and effective care
environment
6. A public health nurse (phn) strives to prevent disease and disability, often in
partnership with other community groups. Which statement is an appropriate
summary of the phn‘s role?
a. The phn asks the political leaders what interventions should be chosen.
b. The phn assesses the community and decides on appropriate interventions.
c. the phn uses data from the main health care institutions in the
Community to determine needed health services.
d. The phn works with community members to carry out public health functions.
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STANHOPE AND LANCASTER'S COMMUNITY
HEALTH NURSING IN CANADA
SANDRA A. MACDONALD, AND SONYA L. JAKUBEC
4TH EDITION
,Table of contents
CHAPTER 01 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
CHAPTER 02 THE EVOLUTION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN CANADA
CHAPTER 03 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN CANADA-SETTINGS, FUNCTIONS, AND ROLES
CHAPTER 04 HEALTH PROMOTION
CHAPTER 05 EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE IN COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
CHAPTER 06 ETHICS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE
CHAPTER 07 DIVERSITY AND RELATIONAL PRACTICE IN COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
CHAPTER 08 EPIDEMIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 09 WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY
CHAPTER 10 HEALTH PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION
CHAPTER 11 WORKING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AS CLIENT-HEALTH AND WELLNESS ACROSS THE
LIFESPAN
CHAPTER 12 WORKING WITH FAMILIES
CHAPTER 13 WORKING WITH GROUPS, TEAMS, AND PARTNERS
CHAPTER 14 INDIGENOUS HEALTH-WORKING WITH FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE, INUIT, AND MÉTIS
CHAPTER 15 WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE STRUCTURAL VULNERABILITIES
CHAPTER 16 COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
CHAPTER 17 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
CHAPTER 18 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
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,CHAPTER 01: COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
MACDONALD/JAKUBEC: STANHOPE AND LANCASTER'S COMMUNITY HEALTH
NURSING IN CANADA, 4TH EDITION
Multiple choice
1. Which of the following best describes community health nursing?
a. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate‘s needs
b. Giving care with a focus on the group‘s needs
c. Focusing on the health care of individual clients in the community
d. Working with an approach of unique client care
Ans: c
By definition, community health nursing is the health care of individual clients in
the community.
Points: 1 difference cognitive level: knowledge/remember
Reference: introduction objective: 1.6 top: safe and effective care
environment
2. Which of the following best describes primary health care?
a. A comprehensive way to address issues of social justice
b. Giving care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
Ans: a
By definition, primary health care is comprehensive and addresses issues of social
justice and equity. Social justice in the context of health refers to ensuring fairness
and equality in health services so that vulnerable individuals in society have easy
access to health care.
Pts: 1 difference cognitive level:
knowledge/remember ref: primary health care obj: 1.4
Top: health promotion and maintenance
3. The health of which of the following is the primary focus of public health nurses (phns)?
a. Families
b. Groups
c. Individuals
d. Populations
Ans: d
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, Phns use knowledge of nursing, social sciences, and public health sciences for the
promotion and protection of health and for the prevention of disease among
populations.
Pts: 1 difference cognitive level:
knowledge/remember ref: public health practice obj: 1.5
Top: health promotion and maintenance
4. Which change is the primary explanation for life expectancy increasing so
notably since the early 1900s?
a. An increase in findings from medical laboratory research
b. incredible advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Improved sanitation and other public health activities
d. Increased use of antibiotics to fight infections
Ans: c
Improvement in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and
other public health activities led to the increase in life expectancy since the early
1900s.
Pts: 1 difference cognitive level: knowledge/remember ref: public
health practice obj: 1.5
Top: health promotion and maintenance
5. Which community health nursing practice area receives funding from the private sector?
a. Telenurses
b. Corrections nurses
c. Nurse entrepreneurs
d. Street or outreach nurses
Ans: c
The nurse entrepreneur receives private funding, whereas all of the other community
health nurse (chn) roles are with provincially or federally funded positions.
Points: 1 difference cognitive level:
knowledge/remember ref: community health nursing roles and
functions obj: 1.1 | 1.6 top: safe and effective care
environment
6. A public health nurse (phn) strives to prevent disease and disability, often in
partnership with other community groups. Which statement is an appropriate
summary of the phn‘s role?
a. The phn asks the political leaders what interventions should be chosen.
b. The phn assesses the community and decides on appropriate interventions.
c. the phn uses data from the main health care institutions in the
Community to determine needed health services.
d. The phn works with community members to carry out public health functions.
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