Population Health Exam 1 (2024) Evolve Book Questions & Answers (100% Correct)
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Population Health Exam 1 (2024) Evolve Book Questions & Answers (100% Correct)
Population Health Exam 1 (2024) Evolve Book Questions & Answers (100% Correct)
A state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability of elder transportation services to a specific county senior c...
Population Health Exam 1 (2024) Evolve
Book Questions & Answers (100%
Correct)
A state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability of elder transportation services to a specific county senior center. The state agency assigns a public health nurse to work with the community to evaluate its program for elder transportation services to publicly sponsored elder care programs. The public health core function applied is:
- assurance.
- policy development.
- primary prevention.
- public transportation. - ANSWER - -assurance
A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle schools and high schools is providing:
- community-oriented care.
- community-based care.
- secondary care.
- tertiary care. - ANSWER - community-oriented care
In a community clinic that screens and treats individuals for cardiovascular disorders, the nurse practicing public health/population-focused nursing would most likely ascertain:
- a holistic treatment plan.
- a specific clinical diagnosis.
- individual dietary interventions for cardiovascular disorders.
- the prevalence rate of cardiovascular disorders among various groups. - ANSWER - the prevalence rate of cardiovascular disorders among various groups
A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the middle school. The next step in a population-focused practice is to make information available about the health of the middle school students. This describes the public health core function of:
- assessment.
- assurance.
- policy development.
- research. - ANSWER - assessment
A nurse in a clinic that provides direct care services to clients with tuberculosis would be
classified as practicing:
- community-based nursing
-community-oriented nursing -institutional nursing
-public health nursing - ANSWER - community-based nursing
Public health nursing is a specialty with a distinct focus and scope of practice and requires a special knowledge base different from other specialty areas of nursing. A public health nurse would first be interested in:
-populations with the highest rate of diabetes
-educational materials for individuals with diabetes
-new technology for diabetic care
- drug treatments for diabetes - ANSWER - populations with the highest rate of diabetes
Jennifer is a nurse in a family medicine clinic. Today she is assessing Jose, a 4-year-old
who is being seen for an earache. The type of nursing Jennifer practices is:
-community-oriented nursing.
-community-based nursing
-tertiary health nursing
-public health nursing - ANSWER - community-based nursing
A school nurse teaches three middle school students with asthma conditions techniques
to minimize their incidence of bronchial spasms. This is an application of:
- community-based nursing
-community-oriented nursing
-institutional nursing
-public health nursing - ANSWER - community-oriented nursing
The public health nurse deals with the examination of a community setting to determine the community's health status. Which of the following activities should be considered in the assessment phase?(SATA)
-Assisting communities to implement and evaluate plans and projects
-Building constituencies to work with the community
-Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information
-Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the population
-Questioning the availability of health services to the community - ANSWER - -
Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information
-Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the population
-Questioning the availability of health services to the community
In a federally funded preschool program such as Head Start, nursing services that include conducting developmental-level screening for cognitive and psychomotor development of individual children would most likely be considered community-oriented nursing care when:
-individual results are compared with established standards for children of the same age
group.
-program characteristics are assessed for their effectiveness in making the school population healthier.
-referral is provided for a child identified with delayed psychomotor development -treatment is initiated for a child with an identified learning disability - ANSWER - individual results are compared with established standards for children of the same age group.
What was the initial impact of African American nurses working in the public health setting? (SATA)
-African American nurses in the South were paid less than their white counterparts.
-African American nurses held supervisory roles.
-Public health nursing certificate and graduate education programs were segregated in the South.
-Nursing education for Southern nurses was provided through free educational grants.
-Study outside the South for Southern nurses was difficult to afford and study leaves from the workplace were rarely granted. - ANSWER - -African American nurses in the South were paid less than their white counterparts.
-Public health nursing certificate and graduate education programs were segregated in the South.
-Study outside the South for Southern nurses was difficult to afford and study leaves from the workplace were rarely granted.
In the United States, the current system of the local government's responsibility for providing care for the disenfranchised emerged from:
-Elizabethan Poor Law.
-Florence Nightingale.
-Public Health Service (PHS).
-Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). - ANSWER - -Elizabethan Poor Law.
The term "instructive district nursing" was coined in the 19th century to describe the relationship of nursing to:
-health education.
-home health care.
-settlement houses.
-visiting nurse services. - ANSWER - -health education.
The historical nursing figure who contributed to establishing the foundation for current community health and nursing in community health by working in military field hospitals using a population-based approach that improved nursing care and environmental conditions was:
-Florence Nightingale.
-Frances Root.
-Lillian Wald.
-Mary Breckinridge. - ANSWER - -Florence Nightingale.
Which of the following statements accurately reflects the current status of nursing in community health?
-Each type of nurse is needed in today's communities.
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