, Community and Public Health Nursing 10th Edition Rector Test Bank
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Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
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After teaching a group of nursing students abo
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A) nursing care that is provided in a communitys
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etting, rather than an institutional setting.‖
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―Public health nursing is defined as nursingca
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B) re that is provided in an institutional
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―Public health nursing is focused on the
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―Community health nursing can shape thequal fi fi fi fi fi if
D) ity of community health services and
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improve the health of the general public.‖fi fi fi fi fi fi
Ans: D
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nge and increasingly complex challenges, this
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nursing specialty holds the potential to shape
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the quality of community health services and
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public.
Which of the following statements would best
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2. describe the difference between public health
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nursing and community health nursing?fi fi fi fi
Public health nursing is focused on the private
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aspects of health, and community health nursin
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A)
g is focused on the public aspects of
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health.
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actice refers to a focus on specific, designated
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B)
communities and is a part of the fi fi fi fi fi fi
larger public health effort.
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C) hnursing relate to the very same types of
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Both public health nursing and communityhea
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D) lth nursing are practiced exclusively
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within institutions. fi
Ans: B
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In this textbook, community health practice ref
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ers to a focus on specific, designated communit
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ies. It is a part of the larger public health effort
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and recognizes the fundamental concepts and
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is focused on the public aspectsof health. Publ
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ic health nursing and community health nursin
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g have distinctive types of services and perspe
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ctives. Neither public health nursing nor com
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munity health nursing is practiced exclusively
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within
institutions.
Which of the following is most accurate about
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3.
the concept of community?
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A community is a collection of people who
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Ans: A
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, The broad definition of a community is a colle
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ction of people who share some important fea
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tures of their lives. Community members may
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A group of students are reviewing material for
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a test on populations, communities, and aggreg
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ates. Which of the following indicates
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that the students understand these concepts?
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or a sense of unity or
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