TEST BANK
Stanhope and Lancaster's Community Health
Nursing in Canada - Binder Ready 4th Edition
by Sandra A. MacDonald BN MN PhD (Author)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT I: Background and Roles for Community Health Nursing
1. Community Health Nursing
2. The Evolution of Community Health Nursing in Canada
3. Community Health Nursing in Canada: Settings, Functions, and Roles
UNIT II: Community Health Foundations and Principles
4. Health Promotion
5. Evidence-Informed Practice in Community Health Nursing
6. Ethics in Community Health Nursing Practice
7. Diversity and Relational Practice in Community Health Nursing
8. Epidemiological Applications
9. Working With the Community
10. Health Program Planning and Evaluation
UNIT III: Stakeholders and Populations of Community Health Nursing
Practice
11. Working With the Individual as Client: Health and Wellness Across the
Lifespan
12. Working With Families
13. Working with Groups, Teams, and Partners
14. Indigenous Health: Working with First Nations People, Inuit, and Métis
15. Working with Working with People Who Experience Structural
Vulnerabilities
UNIT IV: Specific Domains of Community Health Practice
16. Communicable and Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
17. Environmental Health
18. Disaster Management
,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
ANSWER; C
By definition, community health nursing is the health care of individual clients in the
community.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Introduction OBJ: 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
ANSWER; 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 DIF: 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
ANSWER; D
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 DIF: 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
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b. Incredible advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Improved sanitation and other public health activities
d. Increased use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANSWER; C
Stanhope and Lancaster's Community Health
Nursing in Canada - Binder Ready 4th Edition
by Sandra A. MacDonald BN MN PhD (Author)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT I: Background and Roles for Community Health Nursing
1. Community Health Nursing
2. The Evolution of Community Health Nursing in Canada
3. Community Health Nursing in Canada: Settings, Functions, and Roles
UNIT II: Community Health Foundations and Principles
4. Health Promotion
5. Evidence-Informed Practice in Community Health Nursing
6. Ethics in Community Health Nursing Practice
7. Diversity and Relational Practice in Community Health Nursing
8. Epidemiological Applications
9. Working With the Community
10. Health Program Planning and Evaluation
UNIT III: Stakeholders and Populations of Community Health Nursing
Practice
11. Working With the Individual as Client: Health and Wellness Across the
Lifespan
12. Working With Families
13. Working with Groups, Teams, and Partners
14. Indigenous Health: Working with First Nations People, Inuit, and Métis
15. Working with Working with People Who Experience Structural
Vulnerabilities
UNIT IV: Specific Domains of Community Health Practice
16. Communicable and Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
17. Environmental Health
18. Disaster Management
,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
ANSWER; C
By definition, community health nursing is the health care of individual clients in the
community.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Introduction OBJ: 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
ANSWER; 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 DIF: 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
ANSWER; D
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 DIF: 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
1|Page
b. Incredible advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Improved sanitation and other public health activities
d. Increased use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANSWER; C
