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Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
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ublic health and community health, which oft
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1. he following statements by a nursing student
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would indicate knowledge of the similarities
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and differences between public health and
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community health? hi
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A) nursing care that is provided in a community
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setting, rather than an institutional setting.‖
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―Public health nursing is defined as nursingc
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B) are that is provided in an institutional
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setting.‖
―Public health nursing is focused on the
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health of individuals.‖hi hi
―Community health nursing can shape thequa hi hi hi hi hi i
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D) lity of community health services and
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improve the health of the general public.‖
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Ans: D
Feedback:
Operating within an environment of rapid cha hi hi hi hi hi hi
nge and increasingly complex challenges, thi
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s nursing specialty holds the potential to shap
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e the quality of community health services a
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nd improve the health of the general
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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?
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Public health nursing is focused on the privat
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ing is focused on the public aspects of
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health.
In our textbook, the term community healthp
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ractice refers to a focus on specific, designate
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B)
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larger public health effort.
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, Public health nursing and community healt
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D) alth nursing are practiced exclusively
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Ans: B
Feedback:
In this textbook, community health practice re
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fers to a focus on specific, designated commu
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nities. It is a part of the larger public health e
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ffort and recognizes the fundamental concepts
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and principles of public health as its birthrig
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ht and foundation for practice. Public health
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nursing is focused on the public aspectsof he
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alth. Public health nursing and community he
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alth nursing have distinctive types of services
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and perspectives. Neither public health nursin
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g nor community health nursing is practiced e
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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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share some important features of their lives.
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not necessarily interact with one another an
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Ans: A
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, The broad definition of a community is a coll
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ection of people who share some important f
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eatures of their lives. Community members
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may not live in the same geographiclocation
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as in a common-
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interest community or a community of soluti
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on. A population is made up of people who d
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o not necessarily interact with one another an
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d do not necessarily share a sense of belongi
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group.
A group of students are reviewing material f
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ora test on populations, communities, and agg
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regates. Which of the following indicates hi hi hi hi hi
that the students understand these concepts?
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Ans: B
Feedback:
An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping o
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f distinct individuals who are considered as
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a whole and who are loosely associated with
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one another. Communities and populations a
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up of people who do not necessarily interact
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with one another and do not necessarily sha
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rea sense of belonging to the group. A comm
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unity is a collection of people who chose to i
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nteract with one another because of common
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interests, characteristics, or goals, which for
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m the basis for a sense of unity or
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belonging.
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