,TABLEOFCONTENTS
I. Basis for Public Health Nursing Knowledge and Skills
1. Public Health and Nursing Practice
2. Optimizing Population Health
3. Epidemiology and Nursing Practice
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4. Introduction to Community Assessment
5. Health Program Planning
6. Environmental Health
II. Community Health Across Populations: Public Health Issues
7. Health Disparitiesandthe Social Determinants of Health
8. Healthand Vulnerable Populations
9. Communicable Diseases
10. Noncommunicable Diseases
11. Mental Health
12. Substance Use andthe Healthof Communities
13. Injury and Violence
III. Public Health Planning
14. Health Planning for Local Public Health Departments
15. Health Planning for Acute Care Settings
16. Health Planning for Primary Care Settings
17. Health Planning with Ruraland Urban Communities
18. Health Planning for Maternal-Infantand Child Health Settings
19. Health Planning for School Settings
20. Health Planning for Occupational and Environmental Health
21. Health Planning, Public Health Policy, and Finance
22. Health Planning for Emergency Preparednessand Disaster Management
,Chapter1:PublicHealthandNursingPractice
MultipleChoice
Answers are at the end of Each chapter
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Identifythechoice thatbestcompletes the statement or answers thequestion.
1. Publichealthnurses(PHNs) know theymustapproachapublichealthis
suewithanunderstandingofthe related underlying riskfactors to develop
effective nursing interventions. Theyevaluate theserisk factors from two
perspectives:
1. Disease; individual
2. Intervention;government
3. Epidemic;population
4. Individual; population
2. A nursingstudentis studying publichealth.She learnsthat,according to
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C.E.A. Winslow’sdefinition, some ofthegoalsofpublic healthincludedise
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aseprevention,promotinghealth, controlofcommunicable infections,an
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1. Risk assessment fordisease
2. Promotionofprimary care
, 3. Organizationofmedicalandnursing services fortheearly
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diagnosisandpreventive treatment ofdisease
4. Governmentalsafetyregulations
3. If theinternational medical communitywasworking to containsevera
lworldwide pandemics, theywouldlook to the World Health Organizatio
n(WHO), which is:
1. The publichealtharmof the United Nations.
2. Working to improve healthandwell-
being fortheglobalpopulation.
3. Working withnursesto promote public healthinterventions.
4. Allofthe above.
4. The Institute of Medicine (IOM), nowknownasthe Healthand Medicine
Division(HMD) ofthe National Academiesof Sciences, Engineering, and Me
dicine, stated intheir report, The Future ofthe Public’s Health, that there ar
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ethree core functionsthat society carries out to collectively support theopti
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mumconditionsforpublichealth. Which oneofthefollowing isnot one of th
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ese functions?
1. Prevention
2. Assessment
I. Basis for Public Health Nursing Knowledge and Skills
1. Public Health and Nursing Practice
2. Optimizing Population Health
3. Epidemiology and Nursing Practice
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4. Introduction to Community Assessment
5. Health Program Planning
6. Environmental Health
II. Community Health Across Populations: Public Health Issues
7. Health Disparitiesandthe Social Determinants of Health
8. Healthand Vulnerable Populations
9. Communicable Diseases
10. Noncommunicable Diseases
11. Mental Health
12. Substance Use andthe Healthof Communities
13. Injury and Violence
III. Public Health Planning
14. Health Planning for Local Public Health Departments
15. Health Planning for Acute Care Settings
16. Health Planning for Primary Care Settings
17. Health Planning with Ruraland Urban Communities
18. Health Planning for Maternal-Infantand Child Health Settings
19. Health Planning for School Settings
20. Health Planning for Occupational and Environmental Health
21. Health Planning, Public Health Policy, and Finance
22. Health Planning for Emergency Preparednessand Disaster Management
,Chapter1:PublicHealthandNursingPractice
MultipleChoice
Answers are at the end of Each chapter
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Identifythechoice thatbestcompletes the statement or answers thequestion.
1. Publichealthnurses(PHNs) know theymustapproachapublichealthis
suewithanunderstandingofthe related underlying riskfactors to develop
effective nursing interventions. Theyevaluate theserisk factors from two
perspectives:
1. Disease; individual
2. Intervention;government
3. Epidemic;population
4. Individual; population
2. A nursingstudentis studying publichealth.She learnsthat,according to
J
C.E.A. Winslow’sdefinition, some ofthegoalsofpublic healthincludedise
J
aseprevention,promotinghealth, controlofcommunicable infections,an
d _.
1. Risk assessment fordisease
2. Promotionofprimary care
, 3. Organizationofmedicalandnursing services fortheearly
J
diagnosisandpreventive treatment ofdisease
4. Governmentalsafetyregulations
3. If theinternational medical communitywasworking to containsevera
lworldwide pandemics, theywouldlook to the World Health Organizatio
n(WHO), which is:
1. The publichealtharmof the United Nations.
2. Working to improve healthandwell-
being fortheglobalpopulation.
3. Working withnursesto promote public healthinterventions.
4. Allofthe above.
4. The Institute of Medicine (IOM), nowknownasthe Healthand Medicine
Division(HMD) ofthe National Academiesof Sciences, Engineering, and Me
dicine, stated intheir report, The Future ofthe Public’s Health, that there ar
J
ethree core functionsthat society carries out to collectively support theopti
J J
mumconditionsforpublichealth. Which oneofthefollowing isnot one of th
J
ese functions?
1. Prevention
2. Assessment
