Community Health Nursing: A Canadian Perspective (4th Edition) By Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler PhD RN FAAN
Community Health Nursing: A Canadian Perspective (4th Edition) By Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler PhD RN FAAN
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Community Health Nursing: A Canadian Perspective
(4th Edition) By Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler PhD RN
FAAN
After teaching a group of nursing students about similarities and differences
between public health and community health, which of the following statements by
a nursing student indicates knowledge of 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." - ANSWER: Ans: D
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.
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. - ANSWER: Ans: B
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. - ANSWER: Ans: A
,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. - ANSWER: Ans: B
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 - ANSWER: Ans: C
.
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 - ANSWER: Ans: A
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. - ANSWER:
Ans: B
,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. - ANSWER: Ans: A
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 - ANSWER: Ans: B
hich 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. - ANSWER: Ans: B
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 - ANSWER: Ans: A
The community health nurse is developing a plan of primary prevention activities.
Which of the following might the nurse include? Select all that apply.
A)
Teaching about safe-sex practices to high school students
B)
Encouraging older adults to install safety devices in the bathroom
C)
Providing regular immunization programs for communicable diseases
D)
Participating in cholesterol screening programs at health fairs
E)
Providing skin testing for tuberculosis for children over 1 year of age
F)
Working with a group testing water samples for contamination - ANSWER: Ans: A,B,C
A community health nurse is preparing a presentation for a group of nursing
students about community health nursing. Which of the following descriptions about
community health nursing would the nurse most likely include in the presentation?
A)
Focusing on addressing continuous needs
B)
Working with the client as an equal partner
C)
Engaging in tertiary prevention as the priority
D)
Encouraging clients to reach out to the nurse - ANSWER: Ans: B
A community health nurse is working with other members of a team that will be
implementing a citywide immunization program. The nurse is coordinating the
services and addressing the needs of the population groups to ensure which of the
following?
A)
Involvement of the community
B)
Client participation
C)
Continuity of service
D)
Plan for follow-up - ANSWER: Ans: C
A community health nurse works to ensure the greatest good for the greatest
number of people by applying which of the following?
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