Public Health Science And Nursing Practice By Christine Savage - Test Bank
Chapter 1: Public Health and Nursing Practice
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The public health nurse (PHN) knows that he must approach a public health problem with an understanding of the related underlying risk factors in order to develop effective nursing interventions. He must also consider that these risk factors can be either ____ based or ____ based.
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A. |
Disease; individual |
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B. |
Intervention; Government |
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C. |
Epidemic; population |
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D. |
Individual; population |
ANS: D
Objective: 6. Identify the key roles and responsibilities of public health nurses (PHNs).
pp. 1-2
Heading: Introduction to Public Health
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
Client Need: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
Cognitive Level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Assessment; Promoting Health; Critical Thinking
Difficulty: Easy
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Feedback |
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A |
His approach cannot be disease based, as diseases can affect populations in multiple locations but the risk factors can be different. |
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B |
Interventions occur after the public health event, and governments can only follow the evidence of public health studies. |
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C |
An epidemic is an occurrence of a disease and has the same limitations as a disease-based approach. |
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D |
Nurses may work with patients to assess risk and intervene on a one-to-one, situational basis or as part of a larger health problem within a population. |
PTS: 1 CON: Assessment | Promoting Health | Critical Thinking
2. A nursing student is studying public health. She learns that, according to C.E.A. Winslow’s definition, some of the goals of public health are disease prevention, promoting health, control of communicable infections, and ____.
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A. |
Risk assessment for disease |
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B. |
Birth control |
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C. |
Education on personal hygiene |
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D. |
Governmental safety regulations |
ANS: C
Objective: 1. Describe public health in terms of current frameworks and organization from a local to a global perspective.
p. 2
Heading: Introduction to Public Health > What Is Public Health?
Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning
Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Cognitive Level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Infection; Nursing Roles; Promoting Health
Difficulty: Easy
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Feedback |
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A |
Risk assessment is considered a part of disease prevention. |
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B |
Birth control is not considered to be one of the goals of public health. |
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C |
Health education and the promotion of healthy lifestyles are essential parts of public health. |
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D |
The goal of public health is to guide governmental policy but not to create regulations. |
PTS: 1 CON: Infection | Nursing Roles | Promoting Health
3. If the international medical community was working to contain several worldwide pandemics, they would look to the World Health Organization (WHO), which is
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A. |
The public health arm of the United Nations |
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B. |
Working to improve health and well-being for the global population |
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C. |
Working with nurses to promote public health interventions |
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D. |
All of the above |
ANS: D
Objective: 1. Describe public health in terms of current frameworks and organization from a local to a global perspective.
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