Test Bank - Foundations for Population Health in
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Community Public Health Nursing 6th Edition
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(Stanhope 2024) |Complete Guide
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,Chapter 01: Community- and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve Population
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1. Which of the following best describes community-based nursing?
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a. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families
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b. Providing care with a focus on the group’s needs
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c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate’s needs
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d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care
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ANS: w A
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is
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wprovided for ―sick‖ individuals and families where they live, work, and attend school.
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wThe emphasis is on acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive,
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wcoordinated, and continuous care. These nurses may be generalists or specialists in
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wmaternal–infant, pediatric, adult, or psychiatric mental health nursing. Community-based
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wnursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to individuals and families, rather than focusing
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won groups, aggregates, or systems.
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2. Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
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a. Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families
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b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
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d. Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
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ANS: w D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or
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wmaintaining health and preventing disease to promote the quality of life. All nurses may
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focus on individuals and families, give direct care to ill persons within their family setting,
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and help manage acute or chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to
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community-oriented nursing.
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3. Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
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d. Health care of communities and populations
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In public health nursing the primary focus is on the health care of communities and
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populations rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease
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and preserve, promote, restore, and protect health for the community and the population
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within it. Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals
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and families acorss the life span. The aim is to amanage acute and chronic health
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conditions in the community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-centered
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4. Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during
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the 20th century?
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