TEST BANK: PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING POPULATION CENTERED HEALTH CARE IN THE COMMUNITY, 7TH EDITION, STANHOPE

Stanhope: Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community, 7th Edition Test Bank Chapter 1: Population-Focused Practice: The Foundation of Specialization in Public Health Nursing MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The twenty-first century has brought new concerns for nurses about ways to improve the health of the American people. They include: 1. Bioterrorism and global health threats 2. Delivery of individual care and hygiene 3. The need for increased hospital and acute care 4. The same problems that existed before with many added ANS: 1 There are new concerns, and one of the most serious is bioterrorism. The others are not related to public health or are concerns that have been present for many years. DIF: COG: Knowledge REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1 2. The threat of bioterrorism highlighted by the events of September 11, 2001, and the anthrax scare have the potential to: 1. Dissolve community-based programs 2. Cause the health care systems to collapse 3. Divert health care funds and resources from other public safety health care programs 4. Increase the need for shelters ANS: 3 Bioterrorism may have a big impact on the availability of resources for health care. DIF: COG: Application REF: p. 4 OBJ: 1 3. Population-based preventive programs launched in the 1970s are responsible for all of the following except: 1. Changes in tobacco use 2. Automobile safety restraints 3. Dietary patterns and blood pressure control 4. Decrease in obesity rates ANS: 4 Obesity is on the rise. The others listed in the text are outcomes of preventive programs launched in the 1970s.