TEST BANK - FOUNDATIONS FOR POPULATION HEALTH
IN COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING, 6TH EDITION
(STANHOPE, 2025), CHAPTER 1-32 | ALL
CHAPTERS TEST BANK
, foundations for population health in community/public health
nursing
marcia stanhope phd rn faan, & jeanette lancaster phd rn faan
th edition
, 6th edition (stanhope, 2025)
Chapter 01: public health nursing and population health table of contents
Chapter 01 public health nursing and population health 1
,Chapter 02 the history of public health and public and community health nursing 7
Chapter 03 us and global health care 14
Chapter 04 government, the law, and policy activism 20
Chapter 05 economics of us health care delivery 28
Chapter 06 ethics in public and community health nursing practice 38
Chapter 07 culture of populations in communities 47
Chapter 08 environmental health 56
Chapter 09 evidence-based practice 64
Chapter 10 epidemiological applications 71
Chapter 11 infectious disease prevention and control 84
Chapter 12 communicable and infection disease risks 94
Chapter 13 community assessment and evaluation 104
Chapter 14 health education in the community 113
Chapter 15 case management 121
Chapter 16 disaster management 128
Chapter 17 public health surveillance and outbreak investigation 136
Chapter 18 program management 142
Chapter 19 healthcare improvement in the community 149
Chapter 20 family development, family nursing assessment, and genomics 159
Chapter 21 family health risks 168
Chapter 22 health risks across the life span 179
Chapter 23 health equity and care of vulnerable populations 191
Chapter 24 rural health and migrant health 198
Chapter 25 poverty, homelessness, teen pregnancy, and mental illness 205
Chapter 26 alcohol, tobacco, and other drug problems in the community 214
Chapter 27 violence and human abuse 223
Chapter 28 nursing practice at the local, state, and national levels in public health 230
Chapter 29 the faith community nurse 238
Chapter 30 the nurse in public health, home health, palliative care, and hospice 245
Chapter 31 the nurse in the schools 255
Chapter 32 the nurse in occupational health 267
Test bank - foundations for population health in community/public health nursing
Stanhope: foundations for population health in community/public health nursing, 6th
edition
Multiple choice
1. Which statement best describes community-based nursing?
a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families.
b. Providing care with a focus on the group‘s needs.
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate‘s needs.
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care.
, Ans: a
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is
provided for “sick” individuals and families where they live, work, and attend school. The
emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and
continuous care. These nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric,
adult, or psychiatric mental health nursing. Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and
chronic care to individuals and families, rather than focusing on groups, aggregates, or
systems.
2. Which statement best describes the goal of community-oriented nursing?
a. Providing care to individuals and families
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease
Ans: d
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or
maintaining health and preventing disease to promote the quality of life. All nurses may
focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill persons within their family
setting, and help manage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to
community-oriented nursing.
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
a. Families and groups
b. Illness-oriented care
c. Individuals within the family unit
d. Health care of communities and populations
Ans: d
In public health nursing, the primary focus is on the health care of communities and
populations rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease
and preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the community and the population
within it. Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals
and families across the life span. The aim is to manage acute and chronic health conditions
in the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-centered illness care.
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IN COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING, 6TH EDITION
(STANHOPE, 2025), CHAPTER 1-32 | ALL
CHAPTERS TEST BANK
, foundations for population health in community/public health
nursing
marcia stanhope phd rn faan, & jeanette lancaster phd rn faan
th edition
, 6th edition (stanhope, 2025)
Chapter 01: public health nursing and population health table of contents
Chapter 01 public health nursing and population health 1
,Chapter 02 the history of public health and public and community health nursing 7
Chapter 03 us and global health care 14
Chapter 04 government, the law, and policy activism 20
Chapter 05 economics of us health care delivery 28
Chapter 06 ethics in public and community health nursing practice 38
Chapter 07 culture of populations in communities 47
Chapter 08 environmental health 56
Chapter 09 evidence-based practice 64
Chapter 10 epidemiological applications 71
Chapter 11 infectious disease prevention and control 84
Chapter 12 communicable and infection disease risks 94
Chapter 13 community assessment and evaluation 104
Chapter 14 health education in the community 113
Chapter 15 case management 121
Chapter 16 disaster management 128
Chapter 17 public health surveillance and outbreak investigation 136
Chapter 18 program management 142
Chapter 19 healthcare improvement in the community 149
Chapter 20 family development, family nursing assessment, and genomics 159
Chapter 21 family health risks 168
Chapter 22 health risks across the life span 179
Chapter 23 health equity and care of vulnerable populations 191
Chapter 24 rural health and migrant health 198
Chapter 25 poverty, homelessness, teen pregnancy, and mental illness 205
Chapter 26 alcohol, tobacco, and other drug problems in the community 214
Chapter 27 violence and human abuse 223
Chapter 28 nursing practice at the local, state, and national levels in public health 230
Chapter 29 the faith community nurse 238
Chapter 30 the nurse in public health, home health, palliative care, and hospice 245
Chapter 31 the nurse in the schools 255
Chapter 32 the nurse in occupational health 267
Test bank - foundations for population health in community/public health nursing
Stanhope: foundations for population health in community/public health nursing, 6th
edition
Multiple choice
1. Which statement best describes community-based nursing?
a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families.
b. Providing care with a focus on the group‘s needs.
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate‘s needs.
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care.
, Ans: a
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is
provided for “sick” individuals and families where they live, work, and attend school. The
emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and
continuous care. These nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal–infant, pediatric,
adult, or psychiatric mental health nursing. Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and
chronic care to individuals and families, rather than focusing on groups, aggregates, or
systems.
2. Which statement best describes the goal of community-oriented nursing?
a. Providing care to individuals and families
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease
Ans: d
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or
maintaining health and preventing disease to promote the quality of life. All nurses may
focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill persons within their family
setting, and help manage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to
community-oriented nursing.
3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
a. Families and groups
b. Illness-oriented care
c. Individuals within the family unit
d. Health care of communities and populations
Ans: d
In public health nursing, the primary focus is on the health care of communities and
populations rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease
and preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the community and the population
within it. Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals
and families across the life span. The aim is to manage acute and chronic health conditions
in the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-centered illness care.
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