NUR 566 STUDY_GUIDE_TEST_1_final ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT FALL-2021 SOLUTION GUARANTEED GRADE A+

Chapter 1 Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health care? The consistently increasing costs of health care (p.1-2). A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why is this involvement important? Because nurses are the largest group of health care providers and are knowledgeable about the effects of not receiving healthcare until it’s too late and they are desperately ill (p. . What conclusion can be drawn from examining where nurses are employed? There is an increased need for community-based healthcare opposed to hospitalized settings. (p.6) Which ethical belief would be most helpful in the current health care crisis? Emphesis should be on social justice and collective responsibility. What responsibility does the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics require of the nurse beyond giving excellent care to patients? The ANA explains that public health nursing is population -focused with the goals of promoting health and preventing disease and disability for all people through the creation of conditions in which people can be healthy (p10) What is the community health nursing definition of health? Community health nursing defines health as families and aggregates choosing actions to ensure safety and well-being (p.3). Why would a public health nurse want to know about morbidity and mortality statistics on the local, state, and national level? To be able to observe the community's statistics over time and compare the community with other communities (p. 11) Chapter 2 Which best describes the first measures used by large communities to ensure community health? Building safe sewage disposal systems. A nurse has determined that there is always a consistent level of people in the population who experience pneumonia. Which best describes the prevalence of this disease? Endemic: diseases that were always present in a population (p.21) A scholar during the Sanitary Revolution created medical topographies. What was the advantage of these surveys? Results demonstrated environmental factors also called “medical topographies”, related to regional disease (p.23) Which disease provided immunity to smallpox? Inoculation with the cowpox virus (p.23) Which best describes how John Snow was able to decrease deaths from cholera? Removed a source of contaminated water and documented the changes and decline in cholera cases (p.23) Which best describes how Nightingale responded to challenges about her suggestions for reform of health care? She stressed the need to see statistics at the administrative and political levels to direct health policy while continuing to develop and apply the statistical procedures (p.24) Which best describes the increase in life expectancy among Americans during the twentieth century? Life expectancy increased by 30 years. The Public Health Service appointed its first public health nurse (p.30) Chapter 3 Which best describes “thinking upstream”? Focus on economic, political, and environmental factors that are the precursors of poor health throughout the world (p.37) Which best describes the primary purpose of nursing theory? To improve nursing practice (p.38) A nurse is using Milio’s framework for prevention to improve the health of clients. Which type of intervention would the nurse most likely implement? Creating and conducting research on appropriate national health policies (p.41) A nurse is using Milio’s approach when caring for a client. What advantage will the nurse experience? It will encourage the assessment of the personal and societal resources of the client (p.41- 42). A nurse is using Milio’s framework to promote healthy eating choices among members of the community. What type of intervention would the nurse most likely implement? root causes of health problems can be addressed (p.42) What is most closely associated with morbidity and mortality outcomes? Insurance status Chapter 4 A nurse reviewed information before meeting with the community residents who were attending a program on healthful living. Which describes the action by the nurse? The nurse is promoting health by promoting ways for the community residents to have a healthful living. It is rumored that there is something in the workplace that is causing persons employed there to feel ill. What action would be most appropriate for the nurse to take? The nurse shouldnt automatically believe the rumors, but they must be investigated by the nurse assessing the potential cause of employees feeling ill. Maybe there are some similarities between all of the illness which allows the nurse to identify the potential hazard. Which risk factors are least subject to modification? Environment because a person cannot control things of their environment such as their neighborhood or workplace setting. Why is risk reduction is of such importance in the United States today? Because 50% of deaths in the United States are due to lifestyle choices that could have been prevented by reducing the risks of the associated diseases (modifiable risk factors). For example, someone that died from hypertension could have made lifestyle choices to better their blood pressure by making lifestyle changes such as reducing stress, eating foods with less salt and exercising. (p.58) What is the cause of most preventable deaths in the United States? The leading cause of most preventable deaths in the United States is smoking (p.58-60). During a health history, the client looked confused and said, “But everybody drinks, like at parties and such. How much drinking do you think is too much?” Which would be an appropriate response by the nurse? The patient should be educated about the alcohol recommendations according to gender. (Male= no more than two drinks, Women= no more than one drink) (p.61) Chapter 6 How can care be appropriately given in a community? The community should be considered as the nurses patient (p.91) What is the most accurate way to explain community health nursing? Community health nursing can be explained as focused care on the community as one unit. An individual lives in a healthy community. What characteristic would this community most likely display? Characteristics of a healthy community include the ability to not only respond to changes but adapt as well. A nurse is helping a community develop its capacity to address future problems. Which type of activity is the nurse most likely implementing? The ability to develop good performance in the community How are the U.S. Census Bureau surveys helpful to a community health nurse? It assures that everyone in the community is counted and provides a breakdown of the community by age, sex, race and ethnic background (p.99). A public health nurse wanted statistics on the disability, illness, and other health-related variables for the state. Which would be the best resource for the nurse to obtain the most extensive data? National center for health statistics (p.99) When would a community health nurse would try to collect data on a health issue? When data that has been previously collected is unavailable The nurse is interviewing community members as part of a community assessment. Which group of people would the community health nurse definitely want to interview? The vulnerable population (p.97)