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Test Bank For Community and Public Health Nursing, 10th Edition, By Cherie Rector, Mary Jo Stanley 2024
Test Bank For Community and Public Health Nursing, th Edition10, By Cherie Rector, Mary Jo Stanley 2024
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TEST BANK FOR COMMUNITYq q q
ANDPUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
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10TH EDITION BY RECTOR
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, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING V V V V
10TH EDITION RECTOR TEST BANK V V V V V
Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
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1. After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and
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qdifferences betweenpublic health and community health, which of the following
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q statements by a nursing student would indicate knowledge of the similarities and
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q differences between public health and community health?
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A) ―Community health nursing is defined as q q q q q
nursing care that is provided in a community setting, rather than an institutional setting.‖
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B) ―Public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in
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qan institutionalsetting.‖
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C) ―Public health nursing is focused q q q q
qon thehealth of individuals.‖
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D) ―Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health q q q q q q q q q
qservices andimprove the health of the general public.‖
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Ans: D
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Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly complex
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qchallenges, this nursing specialty holds the potential to shape the quality of
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qcommunity health services andimprove the health of the general
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public.
2. Which of the following statements would best
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describe the difference between public health nursing and community health nursing?
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A) Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and
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qcommunity healthnursing is focused on the public aspects of
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health.
B) In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus
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q on specific,designated communities and is a part of the
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larger public health effort.
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C) Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the very
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qsame types ofservices and perspectives.
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D) Both public health nursing and community health nursing are practiced
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qexclusivelywithin institutions. q
Ans: B
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, In this textbook, community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated
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communities. It is a part of the larger public health effort and recognizes the fundamental
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concepts and principles of public health as its birthright and foundation for practice.
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Public health nursing is focused on the public aspects of health. Public health nursing
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q and community health nursing have distinctive types of services and perspectives.
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q Neither public health nursingnor community health nursing is practiced exclusively
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q within institutions. q
3. Which of the following is most q q q q q
accurate aboutthe concept of community?
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A) A community is a collection of people q q q q q q
whoshare some important features of their
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lives.
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B) Community members live in the q q q q
samegeographic location.
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C) Community members are biologically related. q q q q
D) A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with
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one another anddo not necessarily share a sense of belonging
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to that group.
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The broad definition of a community is a collection of people who share
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some importantfeatures of their lives. Community members may not live in the same
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geographic location as in acommon-interest community or a community of solution.
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A population is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another
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and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging to that
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group.
4. A group of students are reviewing material for a test on populations,
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communities, andaggregates. Which of the following indicates
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that the students understand these concepts?
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A) Members of a population share a q q q q q
sense ofbelonging.
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B) Communities and populations are q q q
types ofaggregates.
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C) Individuals of a community are q q q q
looselyconnected.
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D) Members of an aggregate share a q q q q q
strong bond.Ans: B
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An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping of distinct individuals who are
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considered as awhole and who are loosely associated with one another. Communities
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and populations are typesof aggregates. A population is made up of people who do
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not necessarily interact with one another and do not necessarily share a sense of
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belonging to the group. A community is a
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, collection of people who chose to interact with one another because of common
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interests,characteristics, or goals, which form the basis for a sense of unity or
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belonging.
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5. Which of the following would a community health nurse identify q q q q q q q q q
as a community ofcommon interest?
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A) The global community q q
B) Small rural town in a northern state q q q q q q
C) National professional organization q q
D) Counties addressing water q q
pollutionAns: C
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A common-interest community shares a common interest or goal that binds the
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memberstogether. Membership in a national professional organization is one example.
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qThe global community and a small rural town in a northern state would be examples
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qof a geographic community. Counties addressing a water pollution problem would be
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qan example of a community of solution.
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6. The nurse is working with a community of solution. Which of the
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following would thenurse expect to find?
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A) A health problem affecting the groupq q q q q
B) Common goal binding members together q q q q
C) Sharing of a similar goal q q q q
D) Locational
boundariesAns:
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A community of solution involves a group of people coming together to solve
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qa problemthat affects them. A common-interest community involves a collection of
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qpeople widely scattered geographically who have an interest or goal that binds the
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qmembers together. A geographical community is one defined by its geographical or
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qlocational boundaries. q
7. Which one of the following statements made by a student would the
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nurse educatorrecognize as evidence that a student
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understands the health continuum? q q q
A) The distinction between health and illness q q q q q
iswell demarcated.
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B) Illness refers to a state of being q q q q q q
relativelyunhealthy.
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C) The term health is limited to q q q q q
reflect anindividual's state.
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D) Treatment of acute conditions q q q
reflects thecurrent focus of health care.
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Ans: B
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