COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 10TH EDITION RECTOR TEST BANK
Community and Public Health Nursing 10th Edition Rector Test Bank
Chapter 1 The
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1.
After teaching a group of nursing students
about the similarities and differences between
public health 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?
A)
“Community health nursing is defined as
nursing care that is provided in a community
setting, rather than an institutional setting.”
B)
“Public health nursing is defined as nursing
care that is provided in an institutional
setting.”
C) “Public health nursing is focused on the
health of individuals.”
D)
“Community health nursing can shape the
quality of community health services and
improve the health of the general public.”
Ans: D
Feedback:
Operating within an environment of rapid
change and increasingly complex challenges,
this nursing specialty holds the potential to
shape the quality of community health
services and improve the health of the general
public.
2.
Which of the following statements would best
describe the difference between public health
nursing and community health nursing?
A)
Public health nursing is focused on the private
aspects of health, and community health
nursing is focused on the public aspects of
health.
B)
In our textbook, the term community health
practice refers to a focus on specific,
designated communities and is a part of the
larger public health effort.
C)
Public health nursing and community health
nursing relate to the very same types of
services and perspectives.
D)
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 aspects
of 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 exclusively within
institutions.
3. Which of the following is most accurate about
the concept of community?
A)
A community is
a collection of people who
share some important features of their lives.
B) Community members live in the same
geographic location.
C) Community members are biologically related.
D)
A community is made up of people who do
not necessarily interact with one another and
do not necessarily share
a sense of belonging
to that group.
Ans:
A
Feedback:
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
or
a 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 of belonging to that
group.
4.
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?
A) Members of
a population share
a sense of
belonging.
B) Communities and populations are types of
aggregates.
C) Individuals of
a community are loosely
connected.
D) Members of an aggregate share
a strong bond.
Ans:
B
Feedback:
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 do not 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, or goals,
which form the basis for
a sense of unity or
belonging.
5.
Which of the following would
a community
health nurse identify as
a community of
common interest?
A) The global community
B) Small rural town in
a northern state
C) National professional organization
D) Counties addressing water pollution
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 community and
a small rural town in
a
northern state would be examples of
a
geographic community. Counties addressing
a
water pollution problem would be an example
of
a community of solution.
6.
The nurse is working with
a community of
solution. Which of the following would the
nurse expect to find?
A)
A health problem affecting the group
B) Common goal binding members together
C) Sharing of
a similar goal
D) Locational boundaries
Ans:
A
Feedback: A community of solution involves
a group of
people coming together to solve
a problem
that affects them. A common
-interest
community involves
a collection of people
widely scattered geographically who have an
interest or goal that binds the members
together.
A geographical community is one
defined by its geographical or locational
boundaries.
7.
Which one of the following statements made
by
a student would the nurse educator
recognize as evidence that
a student
understands the health continuum?
A) The distinction between health and illness is
well demarcated.
B) Illness refers to
a state of being relatively
unhealthy.
C) The term health is limited to reflect an
individual's state.
D) Treatment of acute conditions reflects the
current focus of health care.
Ans:
B
Feedback:
Although society typically depicts an absolute
line of difference between being either well or
ill, health is considered
a relative term. Thus,
illness is viewed as
a state of being relatively
unhealthy. Health is typically described as
a
continuum that involves
a range of degrees
from optimal health at one end to total
disability or death at the other. The line of
demarcation is not clear. Health applies to
individuals, families, and communities.
Traditionally, most health care has focused on
the treatment of acute and chronic conditions
at the illness end of the continuum, but this
emphasis is shifting to focus on the wellness
end.
8.
When discussing the concept of the health
continuum with
a class, the nurse educator
would be certain to include which statement
in the description?
A)
Wellness is
a relative concept, not an
absolute, and illness is
a state of being
relatively unhealthy.
B)
A client's placement on the health continuum
is static throughout time.
C) Health is best described as cyclic.
D) The health continuum can only be applied to
individuals.
Ans:
A
Feedback:
Wellness is
a relative concept, not an
absolute, and illness is
a state of being
relatively unhealthy. The continuum can
change. Because health involves
a range of
degrees from optimal health at one end to
total disability or death at the other, it is often
described as
a continuum. The health
continuum applies not only to individuals but
also to families and communities.
9.
After discussing the leading health indicators
with a class, which condition if stated by the
class as one of these indicators suggests that
the class has understood the information?
A) Cardiac disease
B) Mental health
C) Sedentary lifestyle
D) Maternal health care
Ans:
B
Feedback:
Mental health is
a leading health indicator.
Other leading health indicators include
physical activity, overweight and obesity,
tobacco use, substance use, responsible sexual
behavior, injury and violence, environmental
quality, immunization, and access to health
care.
10.
Which of the following statements about
health promotion and disease prevention is
the most accurate?
A)
Health promotion and disease prevention
include all efforts that seek to move people
closer to optimal well
-being or higher levels
of wellness.
B)
Disease prevention differs from health
promotion in that disease prevention is
targeted toward
a specific disease or diseases.
C) Health promotion can be described in terms of
primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.
D)
The goal of disease prevention is to raise
levels of wellness for individuals, families,
populations, and communities.
Ans:
B
Feedback:
Health promotion includes all efforts that seek
to move people closer to optimal well
-being
or higher levels of wellness. The goal of
health promotion is to raise levels of wellness
for individuals, families, populations, and
communities. Disease prevention is targeted
toward
a specific disease or diseases and
consists of primary, secondary, and tertiary
prevention.
11.
A group of community health nursing
students design
a health education program
for
a group of pregnant teens that includes
teaching nutrition during pregnancy,
demonstrating helpful exercises, and
discussing their concerns. This is an example
of which of the following?
A) Health promotion
B) Treatment of disorders
C) Rehabilitation
D) Evaluation
Ans:
A
Feedback:
The student nurses are engaging in health
promotion activities. Health promotion
incorporates all efforts that seek to move
people closer to optimal well
-being or to
higher levels of wellness. Treatment of
disorders would include direct care for issues
involving the group, such as complications
that might arise in this population.
Rehabilitation would involve activities to
minimize disability or restore or preserve
function. Evaluation would involve an
analysis of the effectiveness of these
activities.
12. plan of primary prevention activities. Which
of the following might the nurse include?
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