Community Test 1 - Test Bank Isa Terms in this set (157) 3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing? a. Families and groups b. Illness-oriented care c. Individuals within the family unit d. Promotion of quality of (2025)

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Community Test 1 - Test Bank

Jeremiah Isa

Terms in this set (157)

3. Which of the following is the primary focus ANS: D
of public health nursing?
The key difference between community-based and community-oriented nursing is that
a. Families and groups community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care, whereas community-
oriented nursesor public health nursesprovide health care to promote quality of life.
b. Illness-oriented care

c. Individuals within the family unit

d. Promotion of quality of life

1. Which of the following best describes ANS: A
community-based nursing?
By definition, community-based nursing is nursing that focuses on family-centered
a. A philosophy that guides family-centered illness care to individuals and families in the community.
illness care

b. Providing care with a focus on the groups
needs

c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregates
needs

d. A value system in which all clients receive
optimal care

2. Which of the following best describes ANS: D
community-oriented nursing?
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or
a. Focusing on the provision of care to maintaining health to promote the quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals and
individuals and families families, give direct care to ill persons within their family setting, and help manage
acute or chronic conditions.
b. Providing care to manage acute or
chronic conditions

c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within
their family setting

d. Having the goal of health promotion and
disease prevention

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4. Which of the following is responsible for ANS: C
the dramatic increase in life expectancy
during the twentieth century? Improvement in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and
other public health activities led to the increase in life expectancy from less than 50
a. Technology increases in the field of years in 1900 to more than 77 years in 2002.
medical laboratory research

b. Advances in surgical techniques and
procedures

c. Sanitation and other public health
activities

d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections

5. A nurse is developing a plan to decrease ANS: B
the number of premature deaths in the
community. Which of the following Public health approaches could help prevent about 70% of early deaths by influencing
interventions would most likely be the way people eat, drink, drive, engage in exercise, and treat the environment.
implemented by the nurse?

a. Increase the communitys 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
members.

6. Which of the following is a basic ANS: C
assumption of public health efforts?
Public health can be described as what society collectively does to ensure that
a. Health disparities among any groups are conditions exist in which people can be healthy.
morally and legally wrong.

b. Health care is the most important priority
in government planning and funding.

c. The health of individuals cannot be
separated from the health of the community.

d. The government is responsible for
lengthening the life span of Americans.

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7. Which of the following actions would most ANS: D
likely be performed by a public health
nurse? Although the public health nurse might engage in any of the tasks listed, he or she
works primarily with members of the community to carry out core public health
a. Asking community leaders what functions, including assessment of the population as a whole and engaging in
interventions should be chosen promoting health and improving the environment.

b. Assessing the community and deciding on
appropriate interventions

c. Using data from the main health care
institutions in the community to determine
needed health services

d. Working with community groups to create
policies to improve the environment

8. Which of the following public health ANS: B
nurses most clearly fulfills the responsibilities
of this role? Any of these descriptions might represent a nurse communicating, cooperating, or
collaborating with community residents or groups about health concerns. However, the
a. The nurse who met with several groups to nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies is the most
discuss community recreation issues representative, because in public health, concerns are broader than recreation,
individual concerns are not as important as aggregate priorities, and watching
b. The nurse who spent the day attending television (a one-way form of communication) is less effective than interacting with
meetings of various health agencies others.

c. The nurse who talked to several people
about their particular health concerns

d. The nurse who watched the city council
meeting on local cable television

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9. Which of the following best defines ANS: C
aggregate?
An aggregate is defined as a collection of people who share one or more personal or
a. A large group of persons environmental characteristics, such as geography or special interest.

b. A collection of individuals and families

c. A group of persons who share one or
more characteristics

d. Another name for demographic group

10. A registered nurse was just employed as a ANS: A
public health nurse. Which question would
be the most relevant for the nurse to ask? Asking which groups are at greatest risk reflects a community-oriented perspective. The
other possible responses reflect a focus on individuals.
a. Which groups are at the greatest risk for
problems?

b. Which patients should I see first as I begin
my day?

c. With which physicians will I be most
closely collaborating?

d. With which nursing assistants will I partner
the most?

11. Making sure that essential community- ANS: C
oriented health services are available
defines which of the core public health Public health is based on scientific knowledge but is not a core function. The definition
functions? does not fit the terms assessment or policy development.

a. Policy development

b. Assessment

c. Assurance

d. Scientific knowledge-based care

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