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PublicHealthNursing
:Population-CenteredHealthCarein
theCommunity
byMarciaStanhopeandJeanetteLancaster
11thEdition
,Chapter01:PublicHealthFoundationsandPopulationHealth
Stanhope:Public HealthNursing:Population-CenteredHealthCareinthe
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HCommunity, 11thEdition H
MULTIPLECHOICE b
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1. Whatistheprimaryfocus to beaddressedconcerningtheimprovementofthehealthofthe
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American people in the twenty-first century?
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a. Bioterrorism and global health threats H H H H
b. Delivery of individual care and hygiene
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c. Theneedforincreasedhospitaland acute care H bv
d. Chronicdiseaseanddisability management H H
CORRECT ANSWER: A v
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infections,suchastheavianflu.These threats willdiverthealthcarefundsandresources from
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otherhealthcareprogramstobespentforpublicsafety.Theothersarenot relatedto
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public healthorareconcernst hat havebeenpresentformanyyears.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP:Nursingprocess:Planning H H H
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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2. A community is concernedabout thethreat ofbioterrorism. Whichofthefollowingbest
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describes thebasis forthisconcern?
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a. Bioterrorismhasthepotentialtodissolvecommunity-basedprograms.
b. This threat could causeNthUeRhSeaIlthNcGaTreBs.ysCteOmMto c
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c. The threat may divert funds from other public safety health care programs.
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d. Fearofbioterrorismwillincreasethe needforshelters. H H
CORRECT ANSWER: C v
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Bioterrorismmayhaveanimpactontheavailabilityofresourcesforpublicsafetyhealth care v
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programs.Becausefundsarediverteditispossiblethat community-basedprograms would
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beeliminated,thehealthcaresystemcouldexperiencechanges,andthattherewoul be an
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increaseintheneedforshelter.However,alltheremainingoptionswouldhappen becauseof
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thediversionoffunds.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing H H TOP:Nursingprocess:Diagnosis
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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3. Whichstatementdescribestheconsequence ofthesuccessfulimplementationofthe H H
AffordableCareAct?
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a. Americans willpaycloser attentiontotheirhealth status. H H H
b. Mostofthepopulationwillbecoveredbyhealthinsurance.
c. Publichealthdepartments willneedtoincreasethe numberofnursingpositions. bv bv bv
d. Theprevalenceofobesitywilldecrease.
ANS:B H
, OneconsequenceofsuccessfulimplementationoftheAffordableCareActmightbethatthe v
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majority of the population would becovered byinsurance and public health agencies will
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needtoprovidedirect clinicalservicesinordertoassurethatthosewhoneedthemcan receive
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Hthem.TheAffordableCareActwillnot directlycauseAmericanstopaycloser attention
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totheirhealthstatusordecreasetheprevalenceofobesity.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP:Nursingprocess:Assessment H H H
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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4. Thepublichealth NURSE(PHN)mustparticipateintheessential servicesofpublic H H
health.Whati soneoftheessentialservicesofpublichealthnursing?
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a. Monitoring healthstatus byc ompleting acommunity assessment bv H H H H
b. Diagnosing and investigating health problems in the world H H H H H H H
c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues H H H H H H H
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onewaythathealthstatusismonitored.ThePHNwouldnotdiagnoseorsolve―world‖
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problems,orworkinlawenforcement.Rather,thePHNwouldparticipatewithlocal H H
regulators toprotectcommunitiesandempowerpeopletoaddresshealth issues.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding H H
TOP:Nursingprocess:Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion
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and Maintenance
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5. A publichealthdepartmentis u singthe missionofpublichealthas describedbytheInstitute
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b. Providingaflushotforanelderlypersonatthehealth department
c. KeepingtrackofalternativetherapiesinuseintheUnited States bv H H
d. Keepingsnakeantivenomat theCentersforDiseaseControlandPreventionin H vb
Atlanta H
CORRECT ANSWER: A v
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shotforanelderlypersononlyaddressesindividualcare.Keepingtrackoftheuseof
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diseaseprevention.
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DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing TOP:Nursingprocess:Assessment H H
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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6. Apublichealthdepartmentmakes surethatthee ssentialcommunity-orientedhealth services
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a. Policy development H
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d. Scientific knowledge-based care H H
CORRECT ANSWER:C
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havebeenappropriatelycarriedouttomeetp ublic healthgoalsandplans.Policy development
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seekstobuildconstituenciesthat canhelpbringaboutchangeinpublicpolicy
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Assessmentincludesactivities that involvecollecting,analyzing,anddisseminating
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informationonboththehealthstatus andthehealth-relatedaspectsofacommunityora
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specificpopulation.Public h ealth is basedonscientific knowledgeb utis not acorefunction
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DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP:Nursingprocess:Assessment H H
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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7. Whatisthe p urpose ofpublichealthcore functions?
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a. Clarifyingthe roleofthegovernment infulfillingthe missionofpublic health bv bv bv v
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b. Ensuring the safety of populations in receiving quality health care
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c. Providingcommunity-basedindividualizedcaretoeverypersonintheUnited bv bv H
States H
d. Unitingpublic and private providers ofcare inacomprehensiveapproachto H H bv bv H
providinghealthcare
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CORRECT ANSWER: A v
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As definedby the Institute ofMedicine in its1988 report The Future of Public Health,
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DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP:Nursingprocess:Assessment H H H
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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8. Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutpublic health is accurate? H H bv
a. Prevention of early deaths can be more effectively accomplished by medical
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treatment than by public health approaches.
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b. Expenditures andresources for p ublic h ealth h aveincreased inrecentyears. H b H H H H
c. Historically,gainsinthehealthofpopulationshavebeenrelatedlargelytochanges in H H
safety, sanitation, and food safety.
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d. Reform ofthe medicalinsurance systemis the singlechangeneededtoimprove
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thehealthofAmericans.
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CORRECT ANSWER: C v
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Fielding andTilson have assertedthat mostoftheincrease in life span has been made through
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improvements in sanitation, clean watersupplies, makingworkplacessafer,
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food and drug safety, immunizing children, and improving nutrition, hygiene,
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and h ousing. M edicaltreatment has notmade as significanto f animpactonthelifespan as
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publichealthmeasures.Fundingforpublichealthinrecent yearshasbeenonagradual decline.
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Althoughreformofthe medicalinsurancesystemmayhelpimprovethehealthof
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Americans,therearemanyotherfactorsthat willneedtobeaddressed.
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DIF: Cognitivelevel:Understanding TOP: Nursing process: Assessment H H H
PublicHealthNursing
:Population-CenteredHealthCarein
theCommunity
byMarciaStanhopeandJeanetteLancaster
11thEdition
,Chapter01:PublicHealthFoundationsandPopulationHealth
Stanhope:Public HealthNursing:Population-CenteredHealthCareinthe
H b H
HCommunity, 11thEdition H
MULTIPLECHOICE b
v
1. Whatistheprimaryfocus to beaddressedconcerningtheimprovementofthehealthofthe
vb H H bv
American people in the twenty-first century?
H H H H H H
a. Bioterrorism and global health threats H H H H
b. Delivery of individual care and hygiene
H H H H H
c. Theneedforincreasedhospitaland acute care H bv
d. Chronicdiseaseanddisability management H H
CORRECT ANSWER: A v
bg bvbg
Thereare newconcerns,andofthem ostseriousarebioterrorismandgloballyinduced
v
b v
b H v
b
infections,suchastheavianflu.These threats willdiverthealthcarefundsandresources from
H v
b bv bv H
otherhealthcareprogramstobespentforpublicsafety.Theothersarenot relatedto
H v
b v
b H bg
public healthorareconcernst hat havebeenpresentformanyyears.
H v
b v
b bg v
b
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP:Nursingprocess:Planning H H H
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
H H H H H H
2. A community is concernedabout thethreat ofbioterrorism. Whichofthefollowingbest
bv H H H H H bv H H
describes thebasis forthisconcern?
H bg bg
a. Bioterrorismhasthepotentialtodissolvecommunity-basedprograms.
b. This threat could causeNthUeRhSeaIlthNcGaTreBs.ysCteOmMto c
H H H H
c. The threat may divert funds from other public safety health care programs.
H H H H H H H H H H H
d. Fearofbioterrorismwillincreasethe needforshelters. H H
CORRECT ANSWER: C v
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Bioterrorismmayhaveanimpactontheavailabilityofresourcesforpublicsafetyhealth care v
b v
b v
b H
programs.Becausefundsarediverteditispossiblethat community-basedprograms would
H bv bv vb bv H H
beeliminated,thehealthcaresystemcouldexperiencechanges,andthattherewoul be an
H v
b H bv
increaseintheneedforshelter.However,alltheremainingoptionswouldhappen becauseof
H vb bv H
thediversionoffunds.
H
DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing H H TOP:Nursingprocess:Diagnosis
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
H H H H
3. Whichstatementdescribestheconsequence ofthesuccessfulimplementationofthe H H
AffordableCareAct?
H
a. Americans willpaycloser attentiontotheirhealth status. H H H
b. Mostofthepopulationwillbecoveredbyhealthinsurance.
c. Publichealthdepartments willneedtoincreasethe numberofnursingpositions. bv bv bv
d. Theprevalenceofobesitywilldecrease.
ANS:B H
, OneconsequenceofsuccessfulimplementationoftheAffordableCareActmightbethatthe v
b v
b
majority of the population would becovered byinsurance and public health agencies will
H H H H not H H H H H H H H H H
needtoprovidedirect clinicalservicesinordertoassurethatthosewhoneedthemcan receive
H H bv H
Hthem.TheAffordableCareActwillnot directlycauseAmericanstopaycloser attention
v
b v
b v
b H
totheirhealthstatusordecreasetheprevalenceofobesity.
H v
b v
b v
b
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP:Nursingprocess:Assessment H H H
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
H H H H H H
4. Thepublichealth NURSE(PHN)mustparticipateintheessential servicesofpublic H H
health.Whati soneoftheessentialservicesofpublichealthnursing?
H H v
b
a. Monitoring healthstatus byc ompleting acommunity assessment bv H H H H
b. Diagnosing and investigating health problems in the world H H H H H H H
c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues H H H H H H H
d. Workinginlawenforcementtoregulatehealthandensuresafety
bgCORRECT ANSWER:C bg
The PHN monitors health statusinseveral ways, completing acommunity assessment is
H H H H H H H H H H H H only
onewaythathealthstatusismonitored.ThePHNwouldnotdiagnoseorsolve―world‖
H b vb
problems,orworkinlawenforcement.Rather,thePHNwouldparticipatewithlocal H H
regulators toprotectcommunitiesandempowerpeopletoaddresshealth issues.
H bv H H
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding H H
TOP:Nursingprocess:Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion
H H H H H
and Maintenance
H H
5. A publichealthdepartmentis u singthe missionofpublichealthas describedbytheInstitute
bg vb bv bv vb H
ofMedicinewhenplUaintnsiR
nSgN
h eaNIlthTpGrogBra.mOCminMg.Which
mostlikelybeimplemented? v
b
a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States
H H H H H H H H H H
b. Providingaflushotforanelderlypersonatthehealth department
c. KeepingtrackofalternativetherapiesinuseintheUnited States bv H H
d. Keepingsnakeantivenomat theCentersforDiseaseControlandPreventionin H vb
Atlanta H
CORRECT ANSWER: A v
bg bvbg
The Institute of Medicine‘s stated mission on public health is ―to generate organized community
H H H H H H H H H H H H H
and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health.‖ Tracking avia fluoutbreaks
H H H H H H H H H H H H H
anddoingsurveillance appliesthis concept at apopulationlevel.Providinga
H H H flu H H H H H H H H H
shotforanelderlypersononlyaddressesindividualcare.Keepingtrackoftheuseof
H v
b
alternativetherapiesdoesnothingtopreventdiseaseorpromotehealthofthepopulation.
H v
b v
b v
b v
b
Keepingsnakeantivenomisaimedat diseasecareforanindividual,nothealthpromotionor H H bv
diseaseprevention.
H
DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing TOP:Nursingprocess:Assessment H H
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
H H H H H H
6. Apublichealthdepartmentmakes surethatthee ssentialcommunity-orientedhealth services
vb vb bv bv vb H
Hareavailableinthecommunity. Whichofthefollowingcorepublic healthfunctions is
H H H H H H H H H bv H H
Hbeingimplemented?
a. Policy development H
, b. Assessment
c. Assurance
d. Scientific knowledge-based care H H
CORRECT ANSWER:C
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Assurancefocusesontheresponsibilityofpublichealthagenciestoensure certainactivities v
b H H bv
havebeenappropriatelycarriedouttomeetp ublic healthgoalsandplans.Policy development
H vb bv bv H bv H
seekstobuildconstituenciesthat canhelpbringaboutchangeinpublicpolicy
H v
b b
Assessmentincludesactivities that involvecollecting,analyzing,anddisseminating
vb H H
informationonboththehealthstatus andthehealth-relatedaspectsofacommunityora
H H bv bv
specificpopulation.Public h ealth is basedonscientific knowledgeb utis not acorefunction
H H H bv bg H H H H
DIF: Cognitive level: Applying TOP:Nursingprocess:Assessment H H
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
H H H H H H
7. Whatisthe p urpose ofpublichealthcore functions?
bv H v
b bv
a. Clarifyingthe roleofthegovernment infulfillingthe missionofpublic health bv bv bv v
b bv
b. Ensuring the safety of populations in receiving quality health care
H H H H H H H H H
c. Providingcommunity-basedindividualizedcaretoeverypersonintheUnited bv bv H
States H
d. Unitingpublic and private providers ofcare inacomprehensiveapproachto H H bv bv H
providinghealthcare
H
CORRECT ANSWER: A v
bg bvbg
As definedby the Institute ofMedicine in its1988 report The Future of Public Health,
H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
assessment,policydevelopment,andassurancearecorefunctionsatalllevelsof government
forthe p uNr poofsRe clarIifyiGngtBhe.gCoveMrnment‘srole.
H bv H
bv H
H
v
b
USNT
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding TOP:Nursingprocess:Assessment H H H
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
H H H H H
8. Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutpublic health is accurate? H H bv
a. Prevention of early deaths can be more effectively accomplished by medical
H H H H H H H H H H
treatment than by public health approaches.
H H H H H H
b. Expenditures andresources for p ublic h ealth h aveincreased inrecentyears. H b H H H H
c. Historically,gainsinthehealthofpopulationshavebeenrelatedlargelytochanges in H H
safety, sanitation, and food safety.
H H H H H
d. Reform ofthe medicalinsurance systemis the singlechangeneededtoimprove
H bv H bv H bv bv
thehealthofAmericans.
H
CORRECT ANSWER: C v
bg bvbg
Fielding andTilson have assertedthat mostoftheincrease in life span has been made through
H H H H H H H H H H
improvements in sanitation, clean watersupplies, makingworkplacessafer,
H improving H H H H H
food and drug safety, immunizing children, and improving nutrition, hygiene,
H H H H H H H H H
and h ousing. M edicaltreatment has notmade as significanto f animpactonthelifespan as
H H H b H H H H H
publichealthmeasures.Fundingforpublichealthinrecent yearshasbeenonagradual decline.
H bv H bv H
Althoughreformofthe medicalinsurancesystemmayhelpimprovethehealthof
H H bv H H H H H
Americans,therearemanyotherfactorsthat willneedtobeaddressed.
H v
b v
b v
b bv
DIF: Cognitivelevel:Understanding TOP: Nursing process: Assessment H H H
