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Test Bank for Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 6th Edition (Stanhope, 2024), Chapter 1-32 | All Chapters$16.99
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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
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b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
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d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
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wmaintaining health and preventing disease to promote the quality of life. All nurses may
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focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill persons within their family setting,
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and help manage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to
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community-oriented nursing.
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3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
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d. Health care of communities and populations
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In public health nursing the primary focus is on the health care of communities and
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populations rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease
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and preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the community and the population
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within it. Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals
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and families acorss the life span. The aim is to amanage acute and chronic health
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conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-centered
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4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during
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