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Test Bank for Population-Based Nursing: Concepts and Competencies for Advanced Practice 3rd Edition Curley All Chapter Included | ISBN: 9780826136732 |Complete Guide A+
Population-Based Nursing: Concepts and Competencies for Advanced Practice 3rd Edition Curley ISBN-10:7 ISBN-13:6732 Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction to Population-based Nursing for Advanced Practice
Chapter 2 Identifying Population Health Outcomes
Chapter 3 Measuring Disease in Populatio...
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, Population-Based Nursing Concepts and
Competencies for Advanced Practice 3rd Edition
Curley Vitale Test Bank
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
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, 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
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