Test Bank For Stanhope and Lancaster's Community Health Nursing in Canada 4th Edition by Sandra A. MacDonald 9780323693950 Chapter 1-18 Complete Guide. Contents: UNIT I: Background and Roles for Community Health Nursing 1. Community Health Nursing 2. The Evolution of Community Health Nursing in Can...
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Stanhope and Lancaster's Community
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Health Nursing in Canada 4th Edition
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,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Community Health Nursing 1
Chapter 02 The Evolution of Community Health Nursing in Canada 8
Chapter 03 Community Health Nursing in Canada-Settings, Functions, and Roles 13
Chapter 04 Health Promotion 24
Chapter 05 Evidence-Informed Practice in Community Health Nursing 30
Chapter 06 Ethics in Community Health Nursing Practice 35
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Chapter 07 Diversity and Relational Practice in Community Health Nursing 43
Chapter 08 Epidemiological Applications 49
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Chapter 09 Working With the Community 54
Chapter 10 Health Program Planning and Evaluation 58
Chapter 11 Working with the Individual as Client-Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan 63
Chapter 12 Working with Families 69
Chapter 13 Working with Groups, Teams, and Partners 74
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Chapter 14 Indigenous Health-Working with First Nations People, Inuit, and Métis 82
Chapter 15 Working With People Who Experience Structural Vulnerabilities 86
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Chapter 16 Communicable and Infectious Disease Prevention and Control 98
Chapter 17 Environmental Health 104
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Chapter 18 Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness 109
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, Chapter 01: Community Health Nursing
MacDonald/Jakubec: Stanhope and Lancaster's Community Health Nursing in
Canada, 4th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following best describes community health nursing?
a. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate’s needs
b. Giving care with a focus on the group’s needs
c. Focusing on the health care of individual clients in the community
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d. Working with an approach of unique client care
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By definition, community health nursing is the health care of individual clients in the
community.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Introduction OBJ: 1.6 TOP: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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2. Which of the following best describes primary health care?
a. A comprehensive way to address issues of social justice
b. Giving care to manage acute or chronic conditions
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c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
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By definition, primary health care is comprehensive and addresses issues of social justice and
equity. Social justice in the context of health refers to ensuring fairness and equality in health
services so that vulnerable individuals in society have easy access to health care.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Primary Health Care OBJ: 1.4
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TOP: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. The health of which of the following is the primary focus of public health nurses (PHNs)?
a. Families
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b. Groups
c. Individuals
d. Populations
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ANS: D
PHNs use knowledge of nursing, social sciences, and public health sciences for the promotion
and protection of health and for the prevention of disease among populations.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Public Health Practice OBJ: 1.5
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TOP: Health Promotion and Maintenance
4. Which change is the primary explanation for life expectancy increasing so notably since the
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early 1900s?
a. An increase in findings from medical laboratory research
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, b. Incredible advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Improved sanitation and other public health activities
d. Increased use of antibiotics to fight infections
ANS: C
Improvement in control of infectious diseases through immunizations, sanitation, and other
public health activities led to the increase in life expectancy since the early 1900s.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
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REF: Public Health Practice OBJ: 1.5
TOP: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. Which community health nursing practice area receives funding from the private sector?
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a. Telenurses
b. Corrections nurses
c. Nurse entrepreneurs
d. Street or outreach nurses
ANS: C
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The nurse entrepreneur receives private funding, whereas all of the other community health
nurse (CHN) roles are with provincially or federally funded positions.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remember
REF: Community Health Nursing Roles and Functions OBJ: 1.1 | 1.6
TOP: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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6. A public health nurse (PHN) strives to prevent disease and disability, often in partnership with
other community groups. Which statement is an appropriate summary of the PHN’s role?
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a. The PHN asks the political leaders what interventions should be chosen.
b. The PHN assesses the community and decides on appropriate interventions.
c. The PHN uses data from the main health care institutions in the community to
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determine needed health services.
d. The PHN works with community members to carry out public health functions.
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It is crucial that the PHN work with members of the community to carry out core public health
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application/Apply
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REF: Public Health Practice OBJ: 1.5
TOP: Health Promotion and Maintenance
7. Which of the following is used as a measurement of population health?
a. Health status indicators
b. The levels of prevention
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c. The number of memberships at the local fitness centre
d. Reported provincial alcohol and tobacco sales in any given month
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ANS: A
Population health refers to the health outcomes of a population as measured by determinants
of health and health outcomes.
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