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TEST BANK For COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING

10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO STANLEY




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, TEST BANK For

COMMUNITY AND

PUBLIC HEALTH

NURSING 10TH EDITION

BY CHERIE RECTOR,

MARY JO STANLEY
COMMUNITY ANDPUBLIC HEALTH NURSING10TH EDITIONRECTOR TESTBANK

Chapter1 The Journey Begins: Introduction

1. After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and differences between public health and
community health, which of the following statements by a nursing student would indicate knowledge of the similarities
and differencesbetweenpublichealth andcommunity health?




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,A) “Community health nursing is defined as
nursing care that is provided in a community setting, rather than an institutionalsetting.”

B) “Publichealth nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in an institutional setting.” C) “Public health
nursing is focused on the
healthof individuals.”

D) “Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health services and improve the
healthofthe general public.” Ans: D Feedback:
Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly complex challenges, this nursing
specialtyholdsthe potential toshape the quality of community healthservicesand improve the health of the general
public.

2. Which of the following statements would best describe the difference between public health
nursing and community health nursing?

A) Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and community health nursing is focusedonthe
publicaspects of

health.

B) In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated
communitiesandisapart of the larger public health effort.




C) Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the very same types of services and perspectives.

D) Both public health nursing and community health nursing are practiced exclusively within institutions.
Ans: B Feedback:
In this textbook, community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated communities. It is a part of the
larger public health effort and recognizes the fundamental concepts and principles of public health as its birthright
and foundation for practice. Public health nursing is focused on the public aspects of health. Public health nursing
and community health nursing have distinctive types of services and perspectives. Neither public health nursing nor
community health nursing is practiced excl usively within institutions.

3. Which of the following is most accurate about the concept of community?
A) A community is a collection of people who share some important features of their lives.
B) Community members live in the same geographic location.
C) Community members are biologically related.

D) A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another and do not
necessarilyshare asenseof belonging to that group. Ans: A Feedback:




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, The broad definition of a community is a collection of people who share some important features of their lives.
Community members may not live in the same geographic location as in a common-interest communityora
communityof solution. Apopulationismade up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another and do not
necessarily share a sense of belongingtothatgroup.

4. A group of students are reviewing material for a test on populations, communities, and
aggregates.Whichofthe followingindicates that the students understand theseconcepts?
A) Members of a population share a sense of belonging.
B) Communities and populations are types of aggregates.
C) Individuals of a community are loosely connected.
D) Members of an aggregate share a strong bond. Ans: B Feedback:
An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping of distinct individuals who are considered as a whole and who are loosely
associated with one another. Communities and populations are types of aggregates. A population is made up of people
who do not necessarily interact with one another and do not necessarilyshare asense of belongingtothe group.A
communityisa

collection of people who chose to interact with one another because of common interests,
characteristics,orgoals,whichformthe basisfor a sense ofunity or belonging.

5. Which of the following would a community health nurse identify as a community of common interest?
A) The global community

B) Small rural town in a northern state C) National professional organization D) Counties
addressingwaterpollutionAns: C
Feedback:
A common-interest community shares a common interest or goal that binds the members together. Membership in a
national professional organization is one example. The global communityand a small rural town in a northern state
would be examples of a geographic community. Counties addressingawaterpollutionproblemwouldbe anexample of a
community of solution.

6. The nurse is working with a community of solution. Which of the following would the nurse expecttofind?
A) A health problem affecting the group
B) Common goal binding members together
C) Sharing of a similargoal
D) Locational boundaries
Ans: A
Feedback:
A community of solution involves a group of people coming together to solve a problem that affects them. A
common-interest community involves a collection of people widely scattered geographically who have an
interest or goal that binds the members together. A geographical communityisone definedby
itsgeographicalorlocational boundaries.




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