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FOUNDATIONSFOR POPULATIONHEALTH
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INCOMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
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by Marcia Stanhope, Jeanette Lancaster
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, Table r of r Contents
Chapter r 01: r Public rHealth rNursing r and r Population r Health
Chapter r02: rThe rHistory rof rPublic rHealth rand rPublic rand rCommunity rHealth rNursing r Stanhope:
r Chapter r03: rUS rand rGlobal rHealth rCare
Chapter r04: rGovernment, rthe rLaw, rand rPolicy
rActivismChapter r05: rEconomics rof rUS rHealth rCare
rDelivery
Chapter r06: rEthics rin rPublic rand rCommunity rHealth
rNursing rPracticeChapter r07: rCulture rof rPopulations rin
Communities rChapter r 08: r Environmental r Health
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Chapter r 09: r Evidence-Based r Practice
rChapter r10: rEpidemiological
rApplications
Chapter r 11: r Infectious r Disease r Prevention r and
rControl r Chapter r12: rCommunicable rand rInfection
rDisease rRisksChapter r 13: r Community r Assessment
rand r Evaluation r Chapter r 14: r Health r Education r in
the rCommunity r Chapter r15: rCase rManagement
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Chapter r 16: rDisaster rManagement
Chapter r17: rPublic rHealth rSurveillance rand rOutbreak rInvestigation
rChapter r18: rProgram rManagement
Chapter r19: r Healthcare r Improvement r in r the r Community
Chapter r20: rFamily rDevelopment, rFamily rNursing rAssessment, rand rGenomics
Chapter r21: rFamily rHealth rRisks
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Chapter r 22: r Health r Risks r Across r the r Life r Span
Chapter r23: rHealth rEquity rand rCare rof rVulnerable rPopulations
rChapter r24: rRural rHealth rand rMigrant rHealth
Chapter r 25: r Poverty, r Homelessness, r Teen r Pregnancy, r and r Mental r Illness
rChapter r26: rAlcohol, rTobacco, rand rOther rDrug rProblems rin rthe rCommunity
rChapter r27: rViolence rand rHuman rAbuse
Chapter r28: rNursing rPractice rat rthe rLocal, rState, rand rNational rLevels rin rPublic rHealth
r Chapter r29: rThe rFaith rCommunity rNurse
Chapter r30: rThe rNurse rin rPublic rHealth, rHome rHealth, rPalliative rCare, rand rHospice
r Chapter r31: rThe rNurse rin rthe rSchools
Chapter r 32: r The r Nurse r in r Occupational r Health
, Chapter r 01: r Public r Health r Nursing and r Population r Hea
Stanhope: r Foundations r for r Population r Health r in r Community/Public r Hea
MULTIPLE r CHOICE
1. WHICH r statement r best r describes r community-based r nursing?
a. A r practice r in r WHICH r care r is r provided r for r individuals r and r families.
b. Providing r care r with r a r focus r on r the r group‘s r needs.
c. Giving r care r with r a r focus r on r the r aggregate‘s r needs.
d. A r value r system r in r WHICH r all r clients r receive r optimal r care.
ANS r A
By r definition, r community-based r nursing r is r a r setting-specific r practice r in r WHICH r care r is r pr
r individuals r and rfamilieswhere r they r live, r work, r and r attend r school. r The r emphasis r is r on r a
r and r the r provision r of rcomprehensive, r coordinated, r and r continuous r care. r These r Nurses r may
r specialists r in r maternal–infant, rpediatric, r adult, r or r psychiatric r mental r health r nursing. r Comm
r emphasizes r acute r and r chronic r care r to rindividuals r and r families, r rather r than r focusing r on r
r systems.
2. WHICH r statement r best r describes r the r goal r of r community-oriented r nursing?
a. Providing r care r to r individuals r and r families
b. Providing r care r to r manage r acute r or r chronic r conditions
c. Giving r direct r care r to r ill r individuals r within r their r family r setting
d. To r preserve, r protect, r promote, r or r maintain r health r and r prevent r disease
ANS r D
By r definition, r community-oriented r nursing r has r the r goal r of r preserving, r protecting, r or r main
r preventing rdisease r topromote r the r quality r of r life. r All r Nurses r may r focus r on r individuals r an
r care r to r ill r persons r within r their r family r setting, r and r help r manage r acute r or r chronic r condi
r are r not r specific r to r community- roriented r nursing.
3. WHICH r of r the r Following r is r the r primary r focus r of r public r health r nursing?
a. Families r and r groups
b. Illness-oriented r care
c. Individuals r within r the r family r unit
d. Health r care r of r communities r and r populations
ANS r D
In r public r health r nursing, r the r primary r focus r is r on r the r health r care r of r communities r and r p
r on rindividuals, r groups,and r families. r The r goal r is r to r prevent r disease r and r preserve, r promot
r health r for r the rcommunity r and r the r populationwithin r it. r Community-based r Nurses r deal r prim
oriented r care r of r individuals rand r families r across r the r life r span. r The r aim r is r to r manage r ac
r health r conditions r in r the r community, r and r the rfocus r of r practice r is r on r individual r or
family-centered r illness r care.
4. WHICH r of r the r Following r is r responsible r for r the r dramatic r increase r in r life r expectancy r du
a. Technology r increases r in r the r field r of r medical r laboratory r research
b. Advances r in r surgical r techniques r and r procedures
c. Sanitation r and r other r population-based r prevention r programs
d. Use r of r antibiotics r to r fight r infections
ANS r C
There r has r to r be r indisputable r evidence r collected r over r time r that r public r health r policies r and
r responsible rfor r increasing r the r average r life r span r from r 47 r in r 1900 r to r 78.6 r years r in r 201
r approximately r 60% r in r just r over r a rcentury r plusthrough r improvements r in r (1) r sanitation, r (2
r making r workplaces r safer, r (4) r improving r food rand r drug r safety,
(5) r immunizing r children, r and r (6) r improving r nutrition, r hygiene, r and r housing. r Although r peo
r a r new rdrug r is r discovered r that r cures r a r disease r or r when r a r new r way r to r transplant r orga
r important r to r know rabout r the r significantgains r in r the r health r of r populations r that r have r com
, 6. What r is r the r basic r assumption r stated r by r Healthy r People r 2010 r as r it r relates r to r public r he
a. Health r disparities r among r any r groups r are r morally r and r legally r wrong.
b. Health r care r is r the r most r important r priority r in r government r planning r and r funding.
c. The r health r of r individuals r cannot r be r separated r from r the r health r of r the r community.
d. The r government r is r responsible r for r lengthening r the r life r span r of r Americans.
ANS r C
The r major r premise r of r Healthy r People r 2010 r was r that r the r health r of r the r individual r canno
r from r the rhealth r of r the r larger r community. r Public r health r practice r focuses r on r the r commun
r the r effect r of r the rcommunity‘s r health r status r (resources) r on r the r health r of r individuals, r fam
r goal r is r to r prevent r disease rand r disability r and r promote r and r protectthe r health r of r the r com
r Public r health r can r be r described r as r what rsociety r collectively r does r to r ensure r that r conditio
r people r can r be r healthy. r The r basic r assumptions r of rpublic r health r do r not r judge r the r mora
r disparities. r Thefocus r is r on r prevention r of r illness r not r on r spending r more ron r illness r care. r
r individual r responsibility r for r making r healthy r choices r is r the r directive r for r lengthening r life
r the r government.
7. WHICH r of r the r Following r actions r would r most r likely r be r performed r by r a r public r health r
a. Asking r community r leaders r what r interventions r should r be r chosen
b. Assessing r the r community r and r deciding r on r appropriate r interventions
c. Using r data r from r the r main r health r care r institutions r in r the
r community r to rdetermineneeded r health r services
d. Working r with r community r groups r to r create r policies r to r improve r the r environment
ANS r D
Although r the r public r health r Nurse r might r engage r in r any r of r the r tasks r listed, r he r or r she
r members r of
the r community r to r carry r out r core r public r health r functions, r including r assessment r of r the r po
r and r engaging rin r promotinghealth r and r improving r the r environment. r The r interventions r of r as
r WHICH r interventions rshould r be r chosen, r assessing r the r community r and r deciding r on r appro
r using r data r from r health r care rinstitutions r do r not r demonstratethe r engagement r of r the r comm
r decisions r about r what r the r community r actually r wants r and r needs.
8. WHICH r public r health r Nurse r most r clearly r fulfills r the r responsibilities r of r this r role?
a. The r Nurse r who r met r with r several r groups r to r discuss r community r recreation r issues
b. The r Nurse r who r spent r the r day r attending r meetings r of r various r health r agencies
c. The r Nurse r who r talked r to r several r people r about r their r particular r health r concerns
d. The r Nurse r who r watched r the r city r council r meeting r on r local r cable r television
ANS r B
Any r of r these r descriptions r might r represent r a r Nurse r communicating, r cooperating, r or r collabo
r residents ror r groups r about r health r concerns. r A r major r challenge r for r the r future r is r the r need
r nursing r specialists r to r be rmore r aggressive r in r working r collaboratively r with r various r groups
r well r as r professional r colleagues r in rinstitutional r settings r to r deal r with r barriers r to r health. r H
r spent r the r day r attending r meetings r of r various rhealth r agencies r is r themost r representative, r be
r concerns r are r addressed r from r a r broader r perspective. r In rpublic r health, r broad r concernsof r th
r addressed. r Concerns r are r broader r than r recreation, r individual rconcerns r are r not r as r importan
r and r watching r television r (a r one-way r form r of r communication) r is r less reffective r than r intera
9. WHICH r of r the r Following r best r defines r aggregate?
a. A r large r group r of r persons
b. A r collection r of r individuals r and r families
c. A r collection r of r people r who r share r one r or r more r characteristics
d. Another r name r for r demographic r group
ANS r C
An r aggregate r is r defined r a r collection r of r people r who r share r one r or r more r personal r or r env
r characteristics. r Members r of r a r community r can r be r defined r in r terms r of r either r geography r
r group r of r counties, r or r a r state) r or r a r special r interest r (e.g.,children r attending r a r particular
r make r up r a r population. r The r term r population r may r be rused r interchangeablywith r the r term r
