Chapter 1: Public Health and Nursing Practice

Chapter 1: Public Health and Nursing Practice

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

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.

A.	Disease; individual
B.	Intervention; Government
C.	Epidemic; population
D.	Individual; population

 

 

ANS:  D

Objective: 6. Identify the key roles and responsibilities of public health nurses (PHNs).

1. 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

	Feedback
A	His approach cannot be disease based, as diseases can affect populations in multiple locations but the risk factors can be different.
B	Interventions occur after the public health event, and governments can only follow the evidence of public health studies.
C	An epidemic is an occurrence of a disease and has the same limitations as a disease-based approach.
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 ____.

A.	Risk assessment for disease
B.	Birth control
C.	Education on personal hygiene
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.

1. 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

	Feedback
A	Risk assessment is considered a part of disease prevention.
B	Birth control is not considered to be one of the goals of public health.
C	Health education and the promotion of healthy lifestyles are essential parts of public health.
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

A.	The public health arm of the United Nations
B.	Working to improve health and well-being for the global population
C.	Working with nurses to promote public health interventions
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.

1. 1-2

Heading: Introduction to Public Health

Integrated Processes: Nursing Process

Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance

Cognitive Level: Application [Applying]

Concept: Promoting Health; Health-Care System; Management; Safety

Difficulty: Easy

	Feedback
A	The World Health Organization (WHO) is the “directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system.”
B	The WHO has the capability to monitor global epidemiological situations.
C	The WHO brings resources and knowledge to nurses who are working directly with patients in order for them to make informed decisions.
D	This is correct. The WHO is the public health arm of the United Nations and works toward both of the above mentioned goals.

 

 

PTS:   1                    CON:  Promoting Health | Health-Care System | Management | Safety

 

4. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) stated in their report, The Future of the Public’s Health, that there are three core functions that society carries out to collectively support the optimum conditions for public health. Which one of the following is not one of these functions?

A.	Prevention
B.	Assessment
C.	Policy development
D.	Assurance

 

 

ANS:  A

Objective: 4. Investigate the role of environment and culture in the health of populations.

1. 2

Heading: Introduction to Public Health > What is Public Health?

Integrated Processes: N/A

Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance

Cognitive Level: Comprehension [Understanding]

Concept: Assessment; Promoting Health

Difficulty: Easy

	Feedback
A	Prevention is not considered a core function of public health, as assessment, policy development, and assurance have prevention as an implied goal of each function.
B	Assessment focuses on analysis and collection of data, as well as the monitoring of health problems and needs.
C	Policy development uses the acquired knowledge from assessments to create useful public health policies.
D	Assurance creates trust in health-care agencies to provide necessary services that are in line with public health goals.

 

 

PTS:   1                    CON:  Assessment | Promoting Health