COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION RECTOR TEST BANK G
RADED A+Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction
1. After teaching a group of
... [Show More] 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, ratherthan an institutionalsetting.”
B) “Public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in an institutional setting.”
C) “Public health nursing is focused on the
healthof individuals.”
D) “Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health services and
improve the healthofthe 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.
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
focusedonthe publicaspects of
health.
B) 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.
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 excl usively 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 theirlives.
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 asense 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 ora community ofsolution. A population ismade up of people
who do not necessarily interact with one another and do not necessarily share a sense of
belonging to that group. [Show Less]