Test Bank Community and Public Health Nursing 10th Edition 2025/2026 by Cherie Rector and Mary Jo Stanley Questions and Answers Complete Study Material with Solution

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COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
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NURSING:
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Promoting The Public’s Health
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10TH EDITION b




By: Cherie Rector; Mary Jo Stanley
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,Community and Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public’s Health, 10th Edition Rector Test Bank
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Table of Contents:
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Unit 1—Foundations of Community/Public Health Nursing
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Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
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Chapter 2 Public Health Nursing in the Community
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Chapter 3 History and Evolution of Public Health Nursing
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Chapter 4 Evidence-Based Practice and Ethics in Community/Public Health
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Chapter 5 Transcultural Nursing
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Unit 2—Public Health Essentials
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Chapter 6 Structure and Economics of Community/Public Health Services
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Chapter 7 Epidemiology in the Community
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Chapter 8 Communicable Disease
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Chapter 9 Environmental Health & Safety
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Unit 3—Community /Public Health Nursing Toolbox
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Chapter 10 Communication, Collaboration, and Technology
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Chapter 11 Health Promotion Through Education
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Chapter 12 Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Community/Public Health Programs
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Chapter 13 Policy Making and Advocacy
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Unit 4 — The Health of Our Population
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Chapter 14 Family as Client
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Chapter 15 Community as Client
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Chapter 16 Global Health Nursing
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Chapter 17 Disasters and Their Impact
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Chapter 18 Violence & Abuse
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Unit 5—Aggregate Populations
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Chapter 19 Maternal-Child Health
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Chapter 20 School-Age Children and Adolescents
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Chapter 21 Adult Health
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Chapter 22 Older Adults
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Unit 6—Vulnerable Populations
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Chapter 23 Working with Vulnerable Populations
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Chapter 24 Clients with Disabilities
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Chapter 25 Behavioral Health in the Community
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Chapter 26 Homeless Populations
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Chapter 27 Rural, Migrant, and Urban Health Care
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Unit 7—Settings for Community/Public Health Nursing
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Chapter 28 Public Settings
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Chapter 29 Private Settings
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Chapter 30 Home Health and Hospice Care
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,Chapter 1: The Journey Begins: Introduction
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Community and Public Health Nursing 10th Edition Rector Test Bank
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After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and differences between
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public health and community health, which ofthe following statements by a nursing student
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would indicate knowledge of the similarities and differences between public health and
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1. community health?
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―Community health nursing is defined as b b b b b


A) nursing care that is provided in a communitysetting, rather than an institutional setting.‖
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―Public health nursing is defined as nursingcare that is provided in an institutional
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B) setting.‖
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―Public health nursing is focused on the
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health of individuals.‖
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―Community health nursing can shape thequality of community health services and
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D) improve the health of the general public.‖
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Ans: D
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Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly complex challenges, this
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nursing specialty holds the potential to shape the quality of community health services and
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improve the health of the general
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public.




Which of the following statements would best
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2. describe the difference between public healthnursing and community health nursing?
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Public health nursing is focused on the privateaspects of health, and community health
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nursing is focused on the public aspects of
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health.

In our textbook, the term community healthpractice refers to a focus on specific, designated
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bcommunities and is a part of the b b b b b b
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larger public health effort.
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, Public health nursing and community healthnursing relate to the very same types of
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C) services and perspectives.
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Both public health nursing and communityhealth nursing are practiced exclusively
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D) within institutions.
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Ans: B
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In this textbook, community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated
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bcommunities. It is a part of the larger public health effort and recognizes the fundamental
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bconcepts and principles of public health as its birthright and foundation for practice. Public
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bhealth nursing is focused on the public aspectsof health. Public health nursing and
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bcommunity health nursing have distinctive types of services and perspectives. Neither
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bpublic health nursing nor community health nursing is practiced exclusively within
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institutions.




Which of the following is most accurate about
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the concept of community?
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A community is a collection of people who
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share some important features of their lives.
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Community members live in the same b b b b b
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geographic location. b


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A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another and
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bdo not necessarily share a sense of belonging
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to that group.
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Ans: A
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