Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting
the Health of Populations 8th Edition – Test
Bank
by Mary A. Nies PhD RN FAAN FAAHB (Author), Melanie McEwen PhD RN CNE ANEF
FAAN (Author)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unit 1: Introduction to Community Health Nursing
1. Health: A Community View
2. Historical Factors: Public Health Nursing in Context
3. Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing
Practice
4. Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
Unit 2: The Art and Science of Community Health Nursing
5. Epidemiology
6. Community Assessment
7. Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
8. Community Health Education and Engagement
9. Case Management
Unit 3: Factors that Influence the Health of the Community
10. Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
11. The Healthcare System
12. Economics of Health Care
13. Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
14. Environmental Health
15. Health in the Global Community
Unit 4: Aggregates in the Community
16. Child and Adolescent Health
17. Women’s Health
18. Men’s Health
19. Senior Health
20. Family Health
Unit 5: Vulnerable Populations
21. Populations Affected by Disabilities
22. Veterans’ Health
23. Homeless Populations
24. Rural and Migrant Health
,25. Populations Affected by Mental Illness
Unit 6: Population Health Problems
26. Communicable Disease
27. Substance Abuse
28. Violence
29. Natural and Man-Made Disasters
Unit 7: Community Health Settings
30. School Health
31. Occupational Health
32. Forensic and Correctional Nursing
33. Faith Community Nursing
34. Home Health and Hospice
, Chapter 01: Health: A Community View
Nies: Community/Public Health Nursing, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health
care?
a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care.
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system.
c. Our national health care costs keep increasing.
d. The new health care system offers free services to Americans.
ANSWER; C
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing costs, which c
annot be sustained. The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of escalatin g
health care dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.8%
in 2015. Politicians and the media both influence Americans‘ perceptions about heal th care;
however, they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new h ealth care
system will change the health care access and availability, but will not necessaril y be offering
any free services to Americans.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why
is t his involvement important?
a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are currently ve
ry visible in American medi Na . RwlI G B.CM
b. Nurses are primarily responUs ibSl e foNr mTanagingOthe various units in our health
care system.
c. Nurses are the largest segment of health care providers.
d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of hospitals.
ANSWER; C
the Health of Populations 8th Edition – Test
Bank
by Mary A. Nies PhD RN FAAN FAAHB (Author), Melanie McEwen PhD RN CNE ANEF
FAAN (Author)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unit 1: Introduction to Community Health Nursing
1. Health: A Community View
2. Historical Factors: Public Health Nursing in Context
3. Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing
Practice
4. Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
Unit 2: The Art and Science of Community Health Nursing
5. Epidemiology
6. Community Assessment
7. Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
8. Community Health Education and Engagement
9. Case Management
Unit 3: Factors that Influence the Health of the Community
10. Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
11. The Healthcare System
12. Economics of Health Care
13. Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
14. Environmental Health
15. Health in the Global Community
Unit 4: Aggregates in the Community
16. Child and Adolescent Health
17. Women’s Health
18. Men’s Health
19. Senior Health
20. Family Health
Unit 5: Vulnerable Populations
21. Populations Affected by Disabilities
22. Veterans’ Health
23. Homeless Populations
24. Rural and Migrant Health
,25. Populations Affected by Mental Illness
Unit 6: Population Health Problems
26. Communicable Disease
27. Substance Abuse
28. Violence
29. Natural and Man-Made Disasters
Unit 7: Community Health Settings
30. School Health
31. Occupational Health
32. Forensic and Correctional Nursing
33. Faith Community Nursing
34. Home Health and Hospice
, Chapter 01: Health: A Community View
Nies: Community/Public Health Nursing, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health
care?
a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care.
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system.
c. Our national health care costs keep increasing.
d. The new health care system offers free services to Americans.
ANSWER; C
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing costs, which c
annot be sustained. The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of escalatin g
health care dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.8%
in 2015. Politicians and the media both influence Americans‘ perceptions about heal th care;
however, they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new h ealth care
system will change the health care access and availability, but will not necessaril y be offering
any free services to Americans.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why
is t his involvement important?
a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are currently ve
ry visible in American medi Na . RwlI G B.CM
b. Nurses are primarily responUs ibSl e foNr mTanagingOthe various units in our health
care system.
c. Nurses are the largest segment of health care providers.
d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of hospitals.
ANSWER; C
