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Test Bank For Population-Based Nursing: Concepts and Competencies for Advanced Practice 3rd Edition By Ann L. Curley, PhD, RN 6732, 7 . 6749, 5
1. Introduction to Population-Based Nursing
2. Identifying Outcomes in Population-Based Nursing
3. Epidemiological Methods and Measurements in Pop...
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Chapter 1. Introduction to Population-Based Nursing
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. One of the primary focuses of improving the health of the American
people in the twenty-first century is to address:
a. Bioterrorism and global health threats
b. Delivery of individual care and hygiene
c. The need for increased hospital and acute care
d. Chronic disease and disability management
ANS: A
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.
2. The threat of bioterrorism has the potential to:
a. Dissolve community-based programs.
b. Cause the health care system to collapse.
c. Divert funds from other public safety health care programs.
d. Increase the need for shelters.
ANS: C
Bioterrorism may have an impact on the availability of resources for
public safety health care programs.
3. Population-based preventive programs launched in the 1970s are
responsible for increased:
a. Use of tobacco
b. Use of automobile safety restraints
c. Incidence of hypertension
d. Incidence of obesity
ANS: B WWW.NURSYLAB.COM One outcome of preventive programs launched in the 1970s is the increased use of automobile safety restraints. These programs also are responsible for the decreased use of tobacco and improved blood pressure control. None of these programs addressed the incidence of obesity.
14. The public health nurse must participate in the essential services of public health. These include:
a. Monitoring health status by completing a community assessment
b. Diagnosing and investigating health problems in the world
c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues
d. Working in law enforcement to regulate health and ensure safety
ANS: C
The public health nurse monitors health status in several ways, completing a community assessment is only one way that health status is monitored. The public health nurse would not diagnose or solve world problems, or work in law enforcement. Rather, the public health care nurse would participate with local regulators to protect communities and empower people to address health issues.
5. Which of the following is an example of the mission of public health according to the Institute of Medicine?
a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States
b. Providing a flu shot for an elderly person at the health department
c. Keeping track of alternative therapies in use in the United States
d. Keeping snake antivenom at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta
ANS: A
The Institute of Medicines stated mission on public health is to generate organized community and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health.
6. Making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available defines which of the core public health functions?
a. Policy development WWW.NURSYLAB.COM b. Assessment
c. Assurance
d. Scientific knowledge-based care
ANS: C
Public health is based on scientific knowledge, but is not a core function. The definition does not fit the terms assessment or policy development.
7. The number and proportion of persons aged 25 or older with less than a high school education is an example of:
a. Sociodemographic characteristics
b. Health status
c. Health risk factors
d. Health care resource consumption
ANS: A
The number and proportion of people is a demographical characteristic.
8. The purpose of public health core functions is to:
a. Clarify the role of the government in fulfilling the mission of public health.
b. Ensure the safety of populations in receiving quality health care.
c. Provide community-based individualized care to every person in the United States.
d. Unite public and private providers of care in a comprehensive approach to providing health care.
ANS: A
As defined by the Institute of Medicine in its 1988 report The Future of Public Health, assessment, policy development, and assurance are core functions at all levels of government for the purpose of clarifying the governments role.
9. Which of the following statements about public health is accurate?
a. Prevention of early deaths can be more effectively accomplished by medical treatment than by public health approaches. WWW.NURSYLAB.COM
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