A nurse is assessing a community's openness to change. Which of the following variables indicate that the community is ready? correct answers High
... [Show More] socioeconomic status in the community as a whole
Which of the following best describes community-based nursing? correct answers A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families
Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the 20th century? correct answers Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
Why are nurses increasingly providing care in clients' homes rather than hospitals? correct answers Home care is less expensive
Which of the following actions best represents public health nursing? correct answers Assessing the effectiveness of the high school health clinic
During which of the following activities is the nurse in community health acting as a partner in change ? correct answers Teaching anger management skills to a group of teenagers in a halfway house
A registered nurse was just employed as a public health nurse. Which question would be the most relevant for the nurse to ask? correct answers Which groups are the greatest risk for problems?
Which of the following best defines aggregate? correct answers A collection of people who share one or more characteristics
Making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available defines which of the core public health functions? correct answers Assurance
A community health nurse drives through her assigned community before visiting the community groups scheduled for the day. She then drives through the community again that evening before going home. Which of the following best describes the nurse's reason for driving through the community twice in the same day? correct answers Driving through twice allows the nurse to see the community when many residents are at work or school and then again when most are at home
Persons often point out that smokers choose to light their cigarettes, alcoholics life the glass to their mouth and drug addicts inject or ingest their drugs. Which of the following statements best describes why nurses don't simply focus on helping persons who engage in poor health behaviors to behave appropriately? correct answers Society must offer healthy choices, offer support and practice helpful policies. [Show Less]