Chapter 09: Population-Based Public Health Nursing Practice: The Intervention Wheel

Chapter 09: Population-Based Public Health Nursing Practice: The Intervention Wheel

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. Which statement about the Intervention Wheel is true?

a.	It provides a graphic illustration of population-based public health practice.
b.	It describes in detail the components of public health nursing.
c.	It demonstrates the practice of community health nurses for policy and lawmakers.
d.	It is a framework used by all health departments in the United States.

 

 

ANS:   A

The Intervention Wheel provides a graphic illustration that gives public health nurses (PHNs) a means to describe the full scope and breadth of their practice. The Wheel was derived from the practice of PHNs and intended to support their work. It gives PHNs a means to describe the full scope and breadth of their practice. It serves as a model for practice in many state and local health departments, but not all.

 

DIF:    Cognitive level: Understanding         REF:    p. 191

TOP:    Nursing process: Assessment

MSC:   NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

 

2. Since the Intervention Wheel was first published in 1998, it has:

a.	guided national policy.
b.	been used as a tool in deciding licensure issues for State Boards of Nursing.
c.	been incorporated into the public health curricula of many nursing programs.
d.	gained wide acceptance internationally.

 

 

ANS:   C

Since being published, the Intervention Wheel has been incorporated into the public/community health coursework of numerous undergraduate and graduate curricula. The Wheel was derived from the practice of PHNs and intended to support their work. It gives PHNs a means to describe the full scope and breadth of their practice. It serves as a model for practice in many state and local health departments. It has been presented internationally, but is not used widely at the international level.

 

DIF:    Cognitive level: Understanding         REF:    p. 192

TOP:    Nursing process: Assessment

MSC:   NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

 

3. Public health interventions are implemented with:

a.	legislators, policy makers, and community leaders.
b.	individuals and families, communities, and systems.
c.	children, adolescents, and adults.
d.	health departments, public health agencies, and visiting nurses associations.

 

 

ANS:   B

It is important to know that PHNs work with individuals and families, communities, and systems. The other answers may have true parts, but the second option lists the overall groups where PHNs are intervening.

 

DIF:    Cognitive level: Understanding         REF:    p. 192

TOP:    Nursing process: Implementation

MSC:   NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

 

4. Which statement is true about the origins of the Intervention Wheel?

a.	A panel of nurses from Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin developed and refined the Intervention Wheel.
b.	It was conceived by a group of international nurses from Norway, Kazakhstan, and Japan.
c.	It was a result of a qualitative analysis carried out by the State Boards of Nursing.
d.	It resulted from a grounded theory process carried out by public health consultants at the Minnesota Department of Health.

 

 

ANS:   D

Public health consultants with the Minnesota Department of Health carried out a grounded theory process in response to uncertainty about the contributions of public health nursing to population health level improvement, resulting in the identification of the Intervention Wheel components. It was not developed by a panel of nurses in the Midwest or by a group of international nurses. It was not a qualitative analysis process and the State Boards of Nursing were not involved in its development.

 

DIF:    Cognitive level: Understanding         REF:    p. 192

TOP:    Nursing process: Assessment

MSC:   NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care