, 1. What is one of the major changes in health care in the 21st century?
A) Patient/client-centered care
B) Decreased use of technology
C) Decreased personal responsibility for health
D) Social determinants of health
2. What is community-based nursing practice?
A) Use of systematic processes to deliver care to individuals, families, and community
groups with a focus on promoting, preserving, protecting, and maintaining health.
B) Minor acute and chronic care that is comprehensive and coordinated where people
work, live, or attend school; illness care provided outside the acute care setting.
C) Care of a population of individuals, families, and groups, or the community as a
whole.
D) Community and public health nurses in England who provide visiting nurse
services.
3. What is community health nursing?
A) Use of systematic processes to deliver care to individuals, families, and community
groups with a focus on promoting, preserving, protecting, and maintaining health.
B) Minor acute and chronic care that is comprehensive and coordinated where people
work, live, or attend school; illness care provided outside the acute care setting.
C) Care of a population of individuals, families, and groups, or the community as a
whole.
D) Community and public health nurses in England who provide visiting nurse
services.
4. What is public health?
A) What society does collectively to ensure the conditions exist in which people can
be healthy.
B) Minor acute and chronic care that is comprehensive and coordinated where people
work, live, or attend school; illness care provided outside the acute care setting.
C) Care of a population of individuals, families, and groups, or the community as a
whole.
D) Community and public health nurses in England who provide visiting nurse
services.
5. Public health nursing is distinguished from other specialties by the adherence to
eight principles. Which is one of the eight domains of public health nursing
practice?
A) Analytic assessment skills
B) Investigate new referrals as soon as possible
C) Assist physicians with surgery in the home
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,D) Hold family matters in confidence
6. Public health nursing is distinguished from other specialties by the adherence to
eight principles. Which is one of the eight domains of public health nursing
practice?
A) Policy development and individual planning skills
B) Individual dimensions of practice skills
C) Financial planning and management skills
D) Leadership and individual critical thinking skills
7. Public health nursing is distinguished from other specialties by the adherence to
eight principles. Which are domains of public health nursing practice?
1. Promote prevention
2. Encourage community organization
3. Communication skills
4. Cultural competency skills
A) 1, 2
B) 2, 3
C) 1, 4
D) 3, 4
8. There are important historical events that relate to the principles that underline
community and public health nursing today. Which is an example of a duty of a
district nurse in Liverpool, England, in 1865?
A) Use of epidemiologic knowledge and methods
B) Encourage community organization
C) Report facts to and ask questions of physicians
D) Assist physicians with surgery in the newly constructed hospitals
9. There are many challenges for community and public health nurses in the 21st
century. What is one of the Healthy People 2020 goals?
A) Decrease the incidence of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature
death.
B) Achieve health equity, decrease disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
C) Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
D) Promote healthy development and healthy behaviors for the elderly stage of life.
10. Health information technology is a challenge for community and public health
nurses in the 21st century. What is a benefit of health information technology for
public health?
A) Improved coordination of care
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, B) Support for evidence-based care
C) Elimination of paperwork
D) Improved tracking of chronic disease management
11. Health information technology is a challenge for community and public health
nurses in the 21st century. What is a benefit of health information technology for
patient/client care?
A) Expanded access to affordable care
B) Increased prevention of disease and disability
C) Earlier detection of infectious disease
D) Increased availability of health care evaluation measures
12. There are important historical events that relate to the principles that underline
community and public health nursing today. What are great public health
achievements in the United States in the 20th century?
1. Elimination of common infectious diseases
2. Recognition of tobacco as a health hazard
3. Fluoridation of drinking water
4. Healthier mothers and babies
A) 1, 2, 3
B) 2, 3, 4
C) 1, 2, 4
D) 1, 3, 4
13. There are many challenges for community and public health nurses in the 21st
century. Demographic characteristics indicate that people in developed countries
are living longer healthier lives, yet tremendous health and social disparities
exist. What are social determinants of health?
A) What society does collectively to ensure the conditions exist in which people can
be healthy.
B) Social conditions in which people live and work.
C) Context of preventing disease and disability and promoting and protecting the
health of the entire community.
D) Comprehensive management of health information and its secure exchange
between consumers, providers, government and quality entities, and insurers.
14. Home monitoring devices are becoming necessities in today's society. What are
the reasons for the increased use of these devices?
1. Rising number of people with acute conditions
2. Increase need to deliver health care to medically underserved populations
3. Advances in technology to assess clients' conditions in their home
4. Performing assessments in real time using Internet video systems
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