TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
,TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
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,TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
COMMUNITY AND
PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING 10TH EDITION
BY CHERIE RECTOR,
MARY JO STANLEY
COMMUNITY ANDPUBLIC HEALTH NURSING10TH EDITIONRECTOR TESTBANK
Chapter1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
1. After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and differences between public
health and community health, which of the following statements by a nursing student would
indicate knowledge of the similarities and differencesbetweenpublichealth andcommunity health?
A) “Community health nursing is defined as
nursing care that is provided in a community setting, rather than an institutionalsetting.”
B) “Publichealth nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in an institutional setting.”
C) “Public health nursing is focused on the
healthof individuals.”
D) “Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health services and
improve the healthofthe general public.” Ans: D Feedback:
,TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly complex challenges, this
nursing specialtyholdsthe potential toshape the quality of community healthservicesand
improve the health of the general public.
2. Which of the following statements would best describe the difference between
public health nursing and community health nursing?
A) Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and community health nursing
is focusedonthe publicaspects of
health.
B) In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated
communitiesandisapart of the larger public health effort.
C) Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the very same types of services
and perspectives.
D) Both public health nursing and community health nursing are practiced exclusively within
institutions.
Ans: B Feedback:
In this textbook, community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated communities. It
is a part of the larger public health effort and recognizes the fundamental concepts and principles
of public health as its birthright and foundation for practice. Public health nursing is focused on the
public aspects of health. Public health nursing and community health nursing have distinctive types
of services and perspectives. Neither public health nursing nor community health nursing is
practiced excl usively within institutions.
3. Which of the following is most accurate about the concept of community?
A) A community is a collection of people who share some important features of their lives.
B) Community members live in the same geographic location.
C) Community members are biologically related.
D) A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another and do
not necessarilyshare asenseof belonging to that group. Ans: A Feedback:
,TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
The broad definition of a community is a collection of people who share some important features
of their lives. Community members may not live in the same geographic location as in a common-
interest communityora communityof solution. Apopulationismade up of people who do not
necessarily interact with one another and do not necessarily share a sense of
belongingtothatgroup.
4. A group of students are reviewing material for a test on populations, communities, and
aggregates.Whichofthe followingindicates that the students understand theseconcepts?
A) Members of a population share a sense of belonging.
B) Communities and populations are types of aggregates.
C) Individuals of a community are loosely connected.
D) Members of an aggregate share a strong bond. Ans: B Feedback:
An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping of distinct individuals who are considered as a whole and
who are loosely associated with one another. Communities and populations are types of aggregates.
A population is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another and do not
necessarilyshare asense of belongingtothe group.A communityisa
collection of people who chose to interact with one another because of common
interests, characteristics,orgoals,whichformthe basisfor a sense ofunity or belonging.
5. Which of the following would a community health nurse identify as a community of common
interest?
A) The global community
B) Small rural town in a northern state C) National professional organization D) Counties
addressingwaterpollutionAns: C
Feedback:
A common-interest community shares a common interest or goal that binds the members together.
Membership in a national professional organization is one example. The global communityand a
small rural town in a northern state would be examples of a geographic community. Counties
addressingawaterpollutionproblemwouldbe anexample of a community of solution.
6. The nurse is working with a community of solution. Which of the following would the nurse
expecttofind?
A) A health problem affecting the group
B) Common goal binding members together
C) Sharing of a similargoal
D) Locational boundaries
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Ans: A
Feedback:
A community of solution involves a group of people coming together to solve a problem that
affects them. A common-interest community involves a collection of people widely scattered
geographically who have an interest or goal that binds the members together. A geographical
communityisone definedby itsgeographicalorlocational boundaries.
7. Which one of the following statements made by a student would the nurse educator recognize as
evidence thatastudent understands the health continuum?
A) The distinction between health and illness is well demarcated.
B) Illness refers to a state of being relatively unhealthy.
C) The term health is limited to reflect an individual's state. D) Treatment of acute conditions
reflects the currentfocus ofhealthcare. Ans: B
Feedback:
Although society typically depicts an absolute line of difference between being either well or ill,
health is considered a relative term. Thus, illness is viewed as a state of being relatively unhealthy.
Health is typically described as a continuum that involves a range of degrees from optimal health
at one end to total disabilityor death at the other. The line of demarcation is not clear. Health
applies to individuals, families, and communities. Traditionally, most health care has focused on
the treatment of acute and chronic conditions at the illness end of the continuum, but this
emphasis is shiftingtofocusonthe wellness end.
8. After discussing the leading health indicators with a class, which condition if stated by the class
as oneof these indicatorssuggeststhat
the class has understood the information? A) Cardiacdisease
B) Mental health
C) Sedentary lifestyle
D) Maternal health care
Ans: B
Feedback:
Mental health is a leading health indicator. Otherleading health indicators include physical
activity, overweight and obesity, tobacco use, substance use, responsible sexual behavior,
injuryandviolence, environmental quality,immunization, andaccesstohealthcare.
9. When discussing the concept of the health continuum with a class, the nurse educator would be
certainto include whichstatement in the description?
,TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
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A) Wellness is a relative concept, not an absolute, and illness is a state of being relatively
unhealthy.
B) A client's placement on the health continuum is staticthroughout time.
C) Health is best described as cyclic.
D) The health continuum can only be applied to
individuals.Ans: A
Feedback:
Wellness is a relative concept, not an absolute, and illness is a state of being relatively unhealthy.
The continuum can change. Because health involves a range of degrees from optimal health at one
end to total disability or death at the other, it is often described as a continuum. The health
continuum applies not onlytoindividualsbut also to families and communities.
10. Which of the following statements about health
promotion and disease prevention is the most accurate?
A) Health promotion and disease prevention include all efforts that seek to move people closer
to optimal well-beingorhigherlevels of wellness.
B) Disease prevention differs from health promotion in that disease prevention is targeted
toward a specificdiseaseordiseases.
C) Health promotion can be described in terms of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.
D) The goal of disease prevention is to raise levels of wellness for individuals, families,
populations, and communities.
Ans: B Feedback:
Health promotion includes all efforts that seek to move people closer to optimal well- being or
higher levelsofwellness.The goal of healthpromotionisto raise levelsof wellnessfor individuals,
families, populations, and communities. Disease prevention is targeted toward a specific disease
ordiseasesandconsistsof primary,secondary,andtertiary prevention.
11. A group of community health nursing students design a health education program for a group
of pregnant teens that includes teaching nutrition during pregnancy, demonstrating helpful
exercises, and discussingtheirconcerns.Thisisanexample of which of the following?
A) Health promotion
B) Treatment of disorders
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C) Rehabilitation D) Evaluation Ans: A
Feedback:
The student nurses are engaging in health promotion activities. Health promotion incorporates all
efforts that seek to move people closer to optimal well-being or to higher levels of wellness.
Treatment of disorders would include direct care for issues involving the group, such as
complications that might arise inthispopulation.
Rehabilitation would involve activities to minimize disability or restore or preserve function.
Evaluation wouldinvolveananalysisof the effectivenessofthese activities.
12. plan of primary prevention activities. Which of the following might the nurse include? Select all
that apply.
A) Teaching about safe-sex practices to high
school students
B) Encouraging older adults to install safety
devicesinthe bathroom
C) Providing regular immunization programs for
communicable diseases
D) Participating in cholesterol screening programsat
healthfairs
E) Providing skin testing for tuberculosis for
childrenover1 yearof age
F) Working with a group testing water samples for
contamination
Ans: A, B, C
Feedback:
Primary prevention activities are those taken to keep illness or injuries from occurring.
These include teaching about safe-sex practices, encouraging older adults to use safety devices in
the bathroom, and providing regular immunization programs for communicable diseases.
Cholesterol screening programs, skin tests for tuberculosis, and working with a group testing
water samples for contaminationare examplesof secondarypreventionactivities.
13. A community health nurse is preparing a presentation for a group of nursing students about
community health nursing. Which of the following descriptions about community health nursing
would the nursemost likely include in the presentation?
A) Focusing on addressing continuous needs
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B) Working with the client as an equal partner
C) Engaging in tertiary prevention as the priority
D) Encouraging clients to reach out to the nurse
Ans: B
Feedback:
The community health nurse works with the client as an equal partner, encouraging autonomy. At
any time, the nurse deals with continuous and episodic needs simultaneously. Primary prevention
is the priority for community health nurses. The community health nurse engages in primary
prevention as the priority, having the obligation to actively reach out to all who might benefit from
a specific activity or service.
14. A community health nurse is working with other members of a team that will be implementing
a citywide immunization program. The nurse is coordinating the services and addressing the needs
of the populationgroupstoensure whichofthe following?
A) Involvement of the community
B) Client participation
C) Continuity of service D) Plan for follow-up Ans: C Feedback:
Working in cooperation with other team members and coordinating services and addressing the
needs of population groups are essential to interprofessionalcollaboration. In doing so, the
community heal th nurse is preventing fragmentation and gaps thereby ensuring continuity of
service. Involvement of the communityandclientparticipationare importantbut these help to
ensure that the clients are viewed as equal partners of the health care team. A plan for follow-up
may or may not be appropriate. In addition, it is the only aspect that may be addressed with the
program.
15. A community health nurse works to ensure the greatest good for the greatest number of people
by applyingwhichofthe following?
A) Secondary prevention activities
B) Autonomy
C) Justice D) Utilitarianism Ans: D Feedback:
The ethical theory of utilitarianism promotes the greatest good for the greatest number.
Primary prevention activities, not secondary prevention, are the priority. Autonomy refers
to the freedomof choice.Justice involvestreatingpeople fairly.
, TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
16. When working in the community, the community health nurse adopts the teaching plan
to ensure thatthe populationunderstands the basicinformationprovidedtoaddress which of
the following? A) Self-care
B) Health disparities
C) Health literacy D) Episodicneeds Ans: C Feedback:
Consumers are often intimated by health professionals and are uninformed about health and health
care affectingthe qualityofcare.
Adopting a teaching plan to ensure that the population understands the basicinformation addresses
health literacy, the ability to read, understand, and use health care information appropriately. Doing
so helps to ensure that the teaching plan will be effective. Self-care refers to the process of taking
responsibility for developing one's own health potential by actively parti cipating in promoting one's
own health. Health disparities reflect differences in all aspects of health care related to vulnerable
populations.Episodicneedsare one-time specificnegativehealth events that arise and are not an
expected part of life.
17. Which of the following would be crucial forthe community health nurse to address as the priority
whendealingwithpolicymakersaboutthe developmentof community health programs?
A) Research-based best practices
B) Population's make up
C) Amount of services to be provided D) Scarcity of the available resources Ans: A
Feedback:
Decisions for programs or services are often made on the basis of cost -effectiveness or cost–
benefit. Therefore, community health nurses must provide policy makers with information about
best practices, grounded in research. Although population make up, amount of services to be
provided, and scarcity of resourcesare factors thatmay needto be considered,the
communityhealthnurse must demonstrate evidence-based practice.
18. After a class that described the differences between acute care nursing and community health
nursing, which statement by the class about community health nurses indicates successful
teaching? A) Use a reactive approach.
B) Seek out potential health problems.
C) Concentrate on the illness end of the continuum.
D) Emphasize curative care. Ans: B Feedback:
Community health nurses, in contrast to acute care nurses, seek out potentialhealth problems,
identifying high-risk groups and instituting preventive programs; use a proactive approach;
concentrateonthe wellnessendof the healthcontinuum;andput less emphasis on curative care.
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
,TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
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,TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
COMMUNITY AND
PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING 10TH EDITION
BY CHERIE RECTOR,
MARY JO STANLEY
COMMUNITY ANDPUBLIC HEALTH NURSING10TH EDITIONRECTOR TESTBANK
Chapter1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
1. After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and differences between public
health and community health, which of the following statements by a nursing student would
indicate knowledge of the similarities and differencesbetweenpublichealth andcommunity health?
A) “Community health nursing is defined as
nursing care that is provided in a community setting, rather than an institutionalsetting.”
B) “Publichealth nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in an institutional setting.”
C) “Public health nursing is focused on the
healthof individuals.”
D) “Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health services and
improve the healthofthe general public.” Ans: D Feedback:
,TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly complex challenges, this
nursing specialtyholdsthe potential toshape the quality of community healthservicesand
improve the health of the general public.
2. Which of the following statements would best describe the difference between
public health nursing and community health nursing?
A) Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and community health nursing
is focusedonthe publicaspects of
health.
B) In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated
communitiesandisapart of the larger public health effort.
C) Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the very same types of services
and perspectives.
D) Both public health nursing and community health nursing are practiced exclusively within
institutions.
Ans: B Feedback:
In this textbook, community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated communities. It
is a part of the larger public health effort and recognizes the fundamental concepts and principles
of public health as its birthright and foundation for practice. Public health nursing is focused on the
public aspects of health. Public health nursing and community health nursing have distinctive types
of services and perspectives. Neither public health nursing nor community health nursing is
practiced excl usively within institutions.
3. Which of the following is most accurate about the concept of community?
A) A community is a collection of people who share some important features of their lives.
B) Community members live in the same geographic location.
C) Community members are biologically related.
D) A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another and do
not necessarilyshare asenseof belonging to that group. Ans: A Feedback:
,TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
The broad definition of a community is a collection of people who share some important features
of their lives. Community members may not live in the same geographic location as in a common-
interest communityora communityof solution. Apopulationismade up of people who do not
necessarily interact with one another and do not necessarily share a sense of
belongingtothatgroup.
4. A group of students are reviewing material for a test on populations, communities, and
aggregates.Whichofthe followingindicates that the students understand theseconcepts?
A) Members of a population share a sense of belonging.
B) Communities and populations are types of aggregates.
C) Individuals of a community are loosely connected.
D) Members of an aggregate share a strong bond. Ans: B Feedback:
An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping of distinct individuals who are considered as a whole and
who are loosely associated with one another. Communities and populations are types of aggregates.
A population is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another and do not
necessarilyshare asense of belongingtothe group.A communityisa
collection of people who chose to interact with one another because of common
interests, characteristics,orgoals,whichformthe basisfor a sense ofunity or belonging.
5. Which of the following would a community health nurse identify as a community of common
interest?
A) The global community
B) Small rural town in a northern state C) National professional organization D) Counties
addressingwaterpollutionAns: C
Feedback:
A common-interest community shares a common interest or goal that binds the members together.
Membership in a national professional organization is one example. The global communityand a
small rural town in a northern state would be examples of a geographic community. Counties
addressingawaterpollutionproblemwouldbe anexample of a community of solution.
6. The nurse is working with a community of solution. Which of the following would the nurse
expecttofind?
A) A health problem affecting the group
B) Common goal binding members together
C) Sharing of a similargoal
D) Locational boundaries
,TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
Ans: A
Feedback:
A community of solution involves a group of people coming together to solve a problem that
affects them. A common-interest community involves a collection of people widely scattered
geographically who have an interest or goal that binds the members together. A geographical
communityisone definedby itsgeographicalorlocational boundaries.
7. Which one of the following statements made by a student would the nurse educator recognize as
evidence thatastudent understands the health continuum?
A) The distinction between health and illness is well demarcated.
B) Illness refers to a state of being relatively unhealthy.
C) The term health is limited to reflect an individual's state. D) Treatment of acute conditions
reflects the currentfocus ofhealthcare. Ans: B
Feedback:
Although society typically depicts an absolute line of difference between being either well or ill,
health is considered a relative term. Thus, illness is viewed as a state of being relatively unhealthy.
Health is typically described as a continuum that involves a range of degrees from optimal health
at one end to total disabilityor death at the other. The line of demarcation is not clear. Health
applies to individuals, families, and communities. Traditionally, most health care has focused on
the treatment of acute and chronic conditions at the illness end of the continuum, but this
emphasis is shiftingtofocusonthe wellness end.
8. After discussing the leading health indicators with a class, which condition if stated by the class
as oneof these indicatorssuggeststhat
the class has understood the information? A) Cardiacdisease
B) Mental health
C) Sedentary lifestyle
D) Maternal health care
Ans: B
Feedback:
Mental health is a leading health indicator. Otherleading health indicators include physical
activity, overweight and obesity, tobacco use, substance use, responsible sexual behavior,
injuryandviolence, environmental quality,immunization, andaccesstohealthcare.
9. When discussing the concept of the health continuum with a class, the nurse educator would be
certainto include whichstatement in the description?
,TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
A) Wellness is a relative concept, not an absolute, and illness is a state of being relatively
unhealthy.
B) A client's placement on the health continuum is staticthroughout time.
C) Health is best described as cyclic.
D) The health continuum can only be applied to
individuals.Ans: A
Feedback:
Wellness is a relative concept, not an absolute, and illness is a state of being relatively unhealthy.
The continuum can change. Because health involves a range of degrees from optimal health at one
end to total disability or death at the other, it is often described as a continuum. The health
continuum applies not onlytoindividualsbut also to families and communities.
10. Which of the following statements about health
promotion and disease prevention is the most accurate?
A) Health promotion and disease prevention include all efforts that seek to move people closer
to optimal well-beingorhigherlevels of wellness.
B) Disease prevention differs from health promotion in that disease prevention is targeted
toward a specificdiseaseordiseases.
C) Health promotion can be described in terms of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.
D) The goal of disease prevention is to raise levels of wellness for individuals, families,
populations, and communities.
Ans: B Feedback:
Health promotion includes all efforts that seek to move people closer to optimal well- being or
higher levelsofwellness.The goal of healthpromotionisto raise levelsof wellnessfor individuals,
families, populations, and communities. Disease prevention is targeted toward a specific disease
ordiseasesandconsistsof primary,secondary,andtertiary prevention.
11. A group of community health nursing students design a health education program for a group
of pregnant teens that includes teaching nutrition during pregnancy, demonstrating helpful
exercises, and discussingtheirconcerns.Thisisanexample of which of the following?
A) Health promotion
B) Treatment of disorders
,TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
C) Rehabilitation D) Evaluation Ans: A
Feedback:
The student nurses are engaging in health promotion activities. Health promotion incorporates all
efforts that seek to move people closer to optimal well-being or to higher levels of wellness.
Treatment of disorders would include direct care for issues involving the group, such as
complications that might arise inthispopulation.
Rehabilitation would involve activities to minimize disability or restore or preserve function.
Evaluation wouldinvolveananalysisof the effectivenessofthese activities.
12. plan of primary prevention activities. Which of the following might the nurse include? Select all
that apply.
A) Teaching about safe-sex practices to high
school students
B) Encouraging older adults to install safety
devicesinthe bathroom
C) Providing regular immunization programs for
communicable diseases
D) Participating in cholesterol screening programsat
healthfairs
E) Providing skin testing for tuberculosis for
childrenover1 yearof age
F) Working with a group testing water samples for
contamination
Ans: A, B, C
Feedback:
Primary prevention activities are those taken to keep illness or injuries from occurring.
These include teaching about safe-sex practices, encouraging older adults to use safety devices in
the bathroom, and providing regular immunization programs for communicable diseases.
Cholesterol screening programs, skin tests for tuberculosis, and working with a group testing
water samples for contaminationare examplesof secondarypreventionactivities.
13. A community health nurse is preparing a presentation for a group of nursing students about
community health nursing. Which of the following descriptions about community health nursing
would the nursemost likely include in the presentation?
A) Focusing on addressing continuous needs
,TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
B) Working with the client as an equal partner
C) Engaging in tertiary prevention as the priority
D) Encouraging clients to reach out to the nurse
Ans: B
Feedback:
The community health nurse works with the client as an equal partner, encouraging autonomy. At
any time, the nurse deals with continuous and episodic needs simultaneously. Primary prevention
is the priority for community health nurses. The community health nurse engages in primary
prevention as the priority, having the obligation to actively reach out to all who might benefit from
a specific activity or service.
14. A community health nurse is working with other members of a team that will be implementing
a citywide immunization program. The nurse is coordinating the services and addressing the needs
of the populationgroupstoensure whichofthe following?
A) Involvement of the community
B) Client participation
C) Continuity of service D) Plan for follow-up Ans: C Feedback:
Working in cooperation with other team members and coordinating services and addressing the
needs of population groups are essential to interprofessionalcollaboration. In doing so, the
community heal th nurse is preventing fragmentation and gaps thereby ensuring continuity of
service. Involvement of the communityandclientparticipationare importantbut these help to
ensure that the clients are viewed as equal partners of the health care team. A plan for follow-up
may or may not be appropriate. In addition, it is the only aspect that may be addressed with the
program.
15. A community health nurse works to ensure the greatest good for the greatest number of people
by applyingwhichofthe following?
A) Secondary prevention activities
B) Autonomy
C) Justice D) Utilitarianism Ans: D Feedback:
The ethical theory of utilitarianism promotes the greatest good for the greatest number.
Primary prevention activities, not secondary prevention, are the priority. Autonomy refers
to the freedomof choice.Justice involvestreatingpeople fairly.
, TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY
16. When working in the community, the community health nurse adopts the teaching plan
to ensure thatthe populationunderstands the basicinformationprovidedtoaddress which of
the following? A) Self-care
B) Health disparities
C) Health literacy D) Episodicneeds Ans: C Feedback:
Consumers are often intimated by health professionals and are uninformed about health and health
care affectingthe qualityofcare.
Adopting a teaching plan to ensure that the population understands the basicinformation addresses
health literacy, the ability to read, understand, and use health care information appropriately. Doing
so helps to ensure that the teaching plan will be effective. Self-care refers to the process of taking
responsibility for developing one's own health potential by actively parti cipating in promoting one's
own health. Health disparities reflect differences in all aspects of health care related to vulnerable
populations.Episodicneedsare one-time specificnegativehealth events that arise and are not an
expected part of life.
17. Which of the following would be crucial forthe community health nurse to address as the priority
whendealingwithpolicymakersaboutthe developmentof community health programs?
A) Research-based best practices
B) Population's make up
C) Amount of services to be provided D) Scarcity of the available resources Ans: A
Feedback:
Decisions for programs or services are often made on the basis of cost -effectiveness or cost–
benefit. Therefore, community health nurses must provide policy makers with information about
best practices, grounded in research. Although population make up, amount of services to be
provided, and scarcity of resourcesare factors thatmay needto be considered,the
communityhealthnurse must demonstrate evidence-based practice.
18. After a class that described the differences between acute care nursing and community health
nursing, which statement by the class about community health nurses indicates successful
teaching? A) Use a reactive approach.
B) Seek out potential health problems.
C) Concentrate on the illness end of the continuum.
D) Emphasize curative care. Ans: B Feedback:
Community health nurses, in contrast to acute care nurses, seek out potentialhealth problems,
identifying high-risk groups and instituting preventive programs; use a proactive approach;
concentrateonthe wellnessendof the healthcontinuum;andput less emphasis on curative care.
