Foundations for Population Health in Community Public Health Nursing 5th Edition Stanhope Test Bank
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Foundations for Population Health in Community
Public Health Nursing 5th Edition Stanhope Test
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Chapter 01: Community- and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health
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MULTIPLE CHOICE !
1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
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a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families
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b. Providing care with a focus on the group’s needs ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate’s needs
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d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care
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ANS: A !
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-
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specific practice in which care is provided for ―sick‖ individuals and families where they live, wor
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k, and attend school. The emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive,
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coordinated, and continuous care. These nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal–
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infant, pediatric, adult, or psychiatric mental health nursing. Community-
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based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, rather than focusing o
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n groups, aggregates, or systems.
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2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
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a. Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
ANS: D !
By definition, community-
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oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health and preventing diseas
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e to promote the qualityof life. All nurses may focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill
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persons within their family setting, and help manage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions a
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re not specific to community-oriented nursing.
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3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
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a. Families and groups ! !
b. Illness-oriented care !
c. Individuals within the family unit ! ! ! !
d. Health care of communities and populations ! ! ! ! !
ANS: D !
In public health nursing the primary focus is on the health care of communities and populations rathe
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r than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease and preserve, promote, rest
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ore, and protect health for the community and the population within it. Community-
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based nurses deal primarily with illness-
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oriented care of individuals and families acorss the life span. The aim is to amanage acute and chroni
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c health conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-
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centered illness care. ! !
4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the 20th c
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entury?
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a. Technologyincreases in the field of medical laboratory research ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures ! ! ! ! !
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs ! ! ! ! !
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
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ANS: C !
Improvements in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and other popu
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based prevention programs led to the increase in life expectancy from less than 50 years in 1900 to m
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ore than 78 years in 2013. Although people are excited when a new drug is discovered that cures a dis
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ease or when a new way to transplant organs is perfected, it is important to know about the significa
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nt gains in the health of populations that have come largely from public health accomplishments.
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5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the community.
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Which of the following interventions would most likely be implemented by the nurse?
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a. Increase the community’s knowledge about hospice care. ! ! ! ! ! !
b. Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
c. Encourage employers to have wellness centers at each industrial site. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
d. Ensure timely and effective medical intervention and treatment for community me
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mbers.
ANS: B !
Public health approaches could help prevent premature deaths byinfluencing the way people eat, dri
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nk, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the environment. Increasing knowledge of hospice care, enc
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