TEST BANK FOR Community and Public Health Nursing. 10th Edition

, CommunityaandaPublicxHealthaNursinga10thaEdition TestaBank

Chaptera1aTheaJourneyaBegins:aIntroduction
Afterateachingaaagroupaofanursingastudentsaaboa
utatheasimilaritiesaandadifferencesabetweenapublai
cahealthaandacommunityahealth,awhichaofatheafao
1. llowingastatementsabyaaanursingastudentawoulada
indicateaknowledgeaofatheasimilaritiesaandadifafe
rencesabetweenapublicahealthaand
communitya health?
―Communityahealthanursingxaisadefineda as
A) nursingacareathataisaprovidedainaaacommunityaseat
ting,aratherathanaanxinstitutionalasetting.‖
―Publicahealthanursingaisadefinedaasanursingacarae
B) athataisaprovidedainxanainstitutional

setting.‖
―Publicahealthanursingaisxfocusedaonathe
C)
healthaofaindividuals.‖
―Communityahealthanursingacanashapeatheaqualai
D) tyaofacommunityahealthaservicesaand
improveatheahealthaofatheageneralapublic.‖
Ans: D
Feedback:
Operatingxwithinaanaenvironmentaofarapidachaa
ngeaandaincreasinglyacomplexachallenges,athisa
nursingaspecialtyaholdsatheapotentialatoashapeata
heaqualityaofacommunityahealtha servicesaandaia
mproveatheahealthaofatheageneral
public.


Whichaofatheafollowingastatementsawouldabest
2. describeatheadifferenceabetweenapublicahealthana
ursingaandacommunityahealthanursing?
Publicahealthanursingxisafocusedaonatheaprivateaa
spectsaofahealth,aandxcommunityahealthanursinaga
A)
isafocusedaonatheapublicaaspectsaof
health.
Inaouratextbook,atheatermacommunityahealthapra
acticearefersatoaaafocusaonxspecific,adesignateda
B)
communitiesaandaisaaapartaofathe
largerapublicahealthaeffort.

, Publicahealthanursingaandacommunityahealthanuar
C) singarelateatoatheaveryasameatypesaof
servicesaandaperspectives.
Bothapublicahealthanursingaandacommunityaheaal
D) thanursingaareapracticedaexclusively
withinainstitutions.
Ans: B
Feedback:
Inathisatextbook,acommunityahealthapracticearefa
ersatoaaafocusaonaspecific,adesignatedacommuniat
ies.aItaisaaapartaofathealargerapublicahealthaeffortaa
ndarecognizesatheafundamentalaconceptsaandapri
nciplesaofapublicahealthaasaitsabirthrightaandafou
ndationaforapractice.aPublicahealthanursingxiasafo
cusedaonatheapublicaaspectsaofahealth.aPubliacahe
althanursingaandxa communityahealthanursinagaha
veadistinctiveatypesxofaservicesaandxperspecative
s.aNeitherapublicahealthanursinganoracommuanitya
healthanursingaisapracticedaexclusivelyawitahin
institutions.




Whichaofatheafollowingxisamostaaccurateaabout
3.
theaconceptaofacommunity?
Aacommunityaisaaacollectionaofapeopleawho
A)
shareasomeaimportantafeaturesaofatheiralives.
Communityamembersaliveainatheasame
B)
geographica location.
C) Communityamembersaareabiologicallyarelated.
Aacommunityaisamadeaupaofapeopleawhoadoanoata
necessarilyainteractawithaoneaanotheraandxdoan
D)
otanecessarilyashareaaxsenseaofabelonging
toathatagroup.
Ans: A
Feedback:

, Theabroadadefinitionaofaaacommunityaisaaacolleac
tionxofapeopleawhoashareasomea importantafeaatu
resaofatheiralives.aCommunityamembersamayano
taliveainatheasameageographicalocationaasainaaaco
mmon-
interestacommunitya oraaacommunityaofasolutio
n.aAapopulationaisamadeaupaofapeopleawhoadoanao
txnecessarilyainteractawithaoneaanotheraandxdoan
otanecessarilyashareaaasenseaofabelongingatoataha
t
group.



Aagroupaofastudentsaareareviewingamaterialaforaa
atestaonapopulations,acommunities,aandaaggregaat
4.
es.aWhichaofatheafollowingaindicates
thatatheastudentsaunderstandatheseaconcepts?
Membersaofaaapopulationashareaaasenseaof
A)
belonging.
Communitiesaandapopulationsaareatypesaof
B)
aggregates.
Individualsaofaaacommunityaarealoosely
C)
connected.
D) Membersaofaanaaggregateashareaaastrongabond.
Ans: B
Feedback:
Anxaggregatearefersatoaaamassaofagroupingaofadai
stinctaindividualsawhoaareaconsideredaasaaawhao
leaandawhoaarealooselyaassociatedawitha oneaaan
other.aCommunitiesaandxpopulationsa areatypae
saofaaggregates.aAapopulationaisamadeaupaofapaeo
plexwhoadoanotanecessarilyainteractawithxoneaan
otheraandadoanotanecessarilyashareaaasenseaoafab
elongingatoatheagroup.aAacommunityaisaaacoallec
tionaofapeopleawhoachoseatoainteractawithaoaneaa
notherabecauseaofacommonainterests,acharaacte
ristics,aoragoals,awhichaformatheabasisaforaaasens
eaofaunityaor
belonging.



Whichaofatheafollowingawouldaaacommunityaheaa
5. lthanurseaidentifyaasaaacommunityaof
commona interest?