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, TEST BANK FOR COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING 10TH EDITION BY CHERIE RECTOR, MARY JO
STANLEY
COMMUNITY ANDPUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 10TH EDITION RECTOR TEST BANK
Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
• After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and differences between
publichealth and community health, which of the following statements by a nursing student would
indicate knowledge of the similarities and differences between public health and community health?
• “Community health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in a community setting,
rather than an institutional setting.”
• “Public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in an institutional setting.”
• “Public health nursing is focused on thehealth of individuals.”
• “Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health services andimprove
the healthof the general public.”
Ans: D Feedback:
,Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly complex challenges, this nursing
specialty holdsthe potential to shape the quality of community health services and improve the health
of the general public.
• Which of the following statements would best describe the difference between public health
nursing and community health nursing?
• Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and community health
nursing isfocusedonthe publicaspects of
health.
• In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated
communities and is apart of the
larger public health effort.
• Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the very same types of services
andperspectives.
• Both public health nursing and community health nursing are practiced exclusively within
institutions.
Ans: B Feedback:
In this textbook, community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated communities. It is
a part of the larger public health effort and recognizes the fundamental concepts and principles of
public health as its birthright and foundation for practice. Public health nursing is focused on the
public aspectsof health. Public health nursing and community health nursing have distinctive types of
services and perspectives. Neither public health nursing nor community health nursing is practiced
excl usively withininstitutions.
• Which of the following is most accurate about the concept of community?
• A community is a collection of people who share some important features of their lives.
• Community members live in the same geographic location.
• Community members are biologically related.
• A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another and do
notnecessarily share asense of belonging
to that group. Ans: AFeedback:
The broad definition of a community is a collection of people who share some important features of
their lives. Community members may not live in the same geographic location as in a common-interest
, community ora community of solution. A population is made up of people who do not necessarily
interact with one another and do not necessarily share a sense ofbelongingto that group.
• A group of students are reviewing material for a test on populations, communities, and
aggregates. Which of the following indicates that the students understand these concepts?
• Members of a population share a sense of belonging.
• Communities and populations are types of aggregates.
• Individuals of a community are loosely connected.
• Members of an aggregate share a strong bond. Ans: BFeedback:
An aggregate refers to a mass of grouping of distinct individuals who are considered as a
whole and who are loosely associated with one another. Communities and populations are types of
aggregates. A population is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another and
donot necessarily share a sense of belonging to the group. A community is a collection of people who
chose to interact with one another because of common interests,characteristics, orgoals, which form
the basis for a sense of unity or
belonging.
• Which of the following would a community health nurse identify as a community of common
interest?
• The global community
• Small rural town in a northern state
• C) National professional organization
• D) Countiesaddressingwaterpollution Ans: C
Feedback:
A common-interest community shares a common interest or goal that binds the members
together. Membership in a national professional organization is one example. The global
communityanda small rural town in a northern state would be examples of a geographic community.
Counties addressing awaterpollution problem would be an example
of a community of solution.
• The nurse is working with a community of solution. Which of the following would the nurse
expectto find?
• A health problem affecting the group
• Common goal binding members together
• Sharing of a similar goal
• Locational boundariesAns: A
Feedback:
A community of solution involves a group of people coming together to solve a problem
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