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Chapter 01: Public Health Nursing and Population Health
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Stanhope: Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 6th Ed
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1. Which statement best describes community-based nursing?
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a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and
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b. Providing care with a focus on the group‘s needs. to livn livn livn l i v n livn to livn l i v n l i v n
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate‘s needs. to livn livn livn to livn to livn livn livn to livn livn livn livn
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care.
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By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-
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specific practice in which care is provided for ―sick‖ individuals and familieswhere the
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school. The empha sis is on acute and
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continuous care. These nurses may be gener alists or specialists in
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psychiatricmental health nursing. Community-
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based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, rather tha
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aggregates, or syste ms.
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2. Which statement best describes the goal of community-oriented nursing?
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a. Providing care to individuals and families to livn livn livn livn livn livn
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions to livn livn livn livn livn livn livn
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
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d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain
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ANS: l i v n D
By definition, community-
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oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining health and preventin
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quality of lif
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e. All nurses may focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill persons withi
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and help manage a cute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to comm
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3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
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a. Families and groups to livn livn
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d. Health care of communities and populations to livn livn to livn livn livn
ANS: l i v n D
In public health nursing, the primary focus is on the health care of communities and po
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individuals, group s, and families. The goal
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health for the community and the popula
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tionw ithin it. Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-
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oriented care of individuals and families across the life span. The aim is to manage acute
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conditions in the co mmunity, and the focus of practice is on individual or
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4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during
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c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs to livn livn livn livn to livn
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ANS: l i v n C
There has to be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and
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responsible for i ncreasing the average life span from 47 in 1900 to 78.6 years
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approximately 60% in just over a century plu sthrough improvements in (1) sanitatio
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(3) making workplaces safer, (4) improving food and drug safety
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6. What is the basic assumption stated by Healthy People 2010 as it relates to public health
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a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
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b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
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c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
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d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans.
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ANS: l i v n C
The major premise of Healthy People 2010 was that the health of the individual cannot be
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the health of the larger community. Public health practice focuses on the community as a
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of the community‘s health status (re sources) on the health of individuals, families, and
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prevent disease and disability and promote and protectt
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can be described as what society collectively does to ensure that conditions ex ist in which
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The basic assumptions of public health do not judge the morality of health disparities.
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prevention of illness not on spending more on illness care. Additionally, individual res
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healthy choi ces is the directive for lengthening life span not the role of the government.
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7. Which of the following actions would most
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a. Asking community leaders what interventions should be chosen to livn livn livn to livn livn livn livn livn
b. Assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventions to livn livn livn livn to livn livn to livn livn
c. Using data from the main health care institutions in the community
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to determin eneeded health services
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d. Working with community groups to create policies to improve the environment
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ANS: l i v n D
Although the public health nurse might engage in any of the tasks listed, he or she works
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of the communi tyto carry out core public health functions, including assessment of the
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and engaging in promoting health an d improving the environment. The interventions o
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leaders which interventions should be chosen, assessing
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and using data from health care institutions do not demonstrate the engage ment of the
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decisions about what the community actually wants and needs.
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8. Which public to livn livn health nurse most clearly fulfills the responsibilities of this role?
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a. The nurse livn livn who met with several groups to discuss community recreation issues
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b. The nurse livn livn who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies
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c. The nurse livn livn who talked to several people about their particular health concerns
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d. The nurse livn livn who watched the city council meeting on local cable television
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ANS: l i v n B
Any of these descriptions might represent a nurse communicating, cooperating, or coll
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residents or gro ups about health concerns. A major challenge for the future is the
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nursing specialists to be more aggressive in working collaboratively with various grou
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well as professional colleagues in institutional settings to dea l with barriers to health. H
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spent the day attending
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health, concerns are addressed from a broader perspective. In public health, broad co
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should be addressed. Concerns are broader than recreation, individual
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aggregatep riorities, a nd watching television (a
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interacting with others.
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9. Which of the following best defines aggregate?
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a. A large group of persons livn livn livn to livn livn
b. A collection of individuals and families
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c. A collection of people who share one or more characteristics
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ANS: l i v n C
An aggregate is defined a collection of people who share one or more personal or enviro
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Members of a community can be defined in terms of either geography (e.g., a county,
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or a state) or a special interest (e.g.
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, children attending a particular school). These members make up a population. The ter
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used interchangea blywith the term aggregate. A large group of persons, a collecti
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