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byMarciaStanhopeandJeanette Lancaster
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11thEdition
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Stanhope: PublicHealth Nursing: Population-CenteredHealth Care inthe Community,
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11thEdition
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Public Health Nursing
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: Population-Centered Health Care in
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the Community
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byMarciaStanhopeandJeanette Lancaster
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11thEdition
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,Chapter01: Public Health FoundationsandPopulation Health
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Stanhope: PublicHealth Nursing: Population-CenteredHealth Care inthe Community,
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11thEdition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE z
1. What is the primary focus to be addressed concerning the improvement of the health of the
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American people in the twenty-first century?
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a. Bioterrorism and global health threats z z z z
b. Delivery of individual care and hygiene z z z z z
c. The need for increased hospital and acute care
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d. Chronic disease and disability management z z z z
CORRECT ANSWER: A z z
There are new concerns, and of the most serious are bioterrorism and globally induced
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infections, such as the avian flu. These threats will divert health care funds and resources from
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other health care programs to be spent for public safety. The others are not related to public
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health or are concerns that have been present for many years.
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MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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2. A community is concerned about the threat of bioterrorism. Which of the following best
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c. The threat may divert funds from other public safety health care programs.
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d. Fear of bioterrorism will increase the need for shelters.
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CORRECT ANSWER: C z z
Bioterrorism may have an impact on the availability of resources for public safety health care
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programs. Because funds are diverted it is possible that community-based programs would be
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eliminated, the health care system could experience changes, and that there woul be an
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increase in the need for shelter. However, all the remaining options would happen becauseof
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thediversionoffunds.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing z z TOP: Nursing process: Diagnosis
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3. Which statement describes the consequence of the successful implementation of the
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AffordableCare Act?
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a. Americans will pay closer attention to their health status. z z z z z z z z
b. Most of the population will be covered by health insurance.
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c. Public health departments will need to increase the number of nursing positions.
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d. The prevalence of obesity will decrease.
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ANS: B
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majority of the population would be covered by insurance and public health agencies will not
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need to provide direct clinical services in order to assure that those who need them can receive
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them. The Affordable Care Act will not directly cause Americans to pay closer attention to their
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health status or decrease the prevalence of obesity.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP: Nursing process: Assessment z z z z z
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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d. Working in law enforcement to regulate health and ensure safety
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a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States
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b. Providing a flu shot for an elderly person at the health department
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c. Keeping track of alternative therapies in use in the United States
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d. Keeping snake antivenom at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in
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Atlanta z
CORRECT ANSWER: A z z
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community and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health.” Tracking avia flu
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outbreaks and doing surveillance applies this concept at a population level. Providing a flu shot
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for an elderly person only addresses individual care. Keeping track of the use of alternative
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therapies does nothing to prevent disease or promote health of the population. Keeping snake
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information on both the health status and the health-related aspects of a community or a
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specific population. Public health is based on scientific knowledge but is not a core function
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b. Ensuring the safety of populations in receiving quality health care
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c. Providing community-based individualized care to every person in the United
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States
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treatment than by public health approaches.
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b. Expenditures and resources for public health have increased in recent years. z z z z z z z z z z
c. Historically, gains in the health of populations have been related largely to changes in
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safety, sanitation, and food safety.
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d. Reform of the medical insurance system is the single change needed to improve the
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healthofAmericans.
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CORRECT ANSWER: C z z
Fielding and Tilson have asserted that most of the increase in life span has been made through
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improvements in sanitation, clean water supplies, making workplaces safer, improving food
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and drug safety, immunizing children, and improving nutrition, hygiene,
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and housing. Medical treatment has not made as significant of an impact on the life span as
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public health measures. Funding for public health in recent years has been on a gradual
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