Question 1

What responsibility does the American Nurses Association (ANA)Code of Ethics require of the nurse beyond giving excellent care to patients?

Accepted Answer

A) Accept longer work schedules to ensure that professional care is always available to clients 
B) Recognize the need for experienced nurses to mentor new graduates to help increase and expand the number of professionals available 
C) Support health legislation to improve accessibility and cost of health care 
D) Volunteer to work overtime as needed to ensure maximum quality of care. 
A) Accept longer work schedules to ensure that professional care is always available to clients 
B) Recognize the need for experienced nurses to mentor new graduates to help increase and expand the number of professionals available 
C) Support health legislation to improve accessibility and cost of health care 
D) Volunteer to work overtime as needed to ensure maximum quality of care.

Question 2

What factors are most responsible for the increasing length of life of Americans over the past 100 years?

Accepted Answer

A) Better nutrition and family planning options 
B) Education concerning the need to reduce salt and fat in the diet 
C) Improved medical care,including exciting new technologies 
D) More efficient cancer screenings and early intervention 
A) Better nutrition and family planning options 
B) Education concerning the need to reduce salt and fat in the diet 
C) Improved medical care,including exciting new technologies 
D) More efficient cancer screenings and early intervention

Question 3

How do public health efforts differ from medical efforts in improving the health of our citizens?

Accepted Answer

A) Medical care providers autonomously choose appropriate interventions,whereas public health care providers must engage in whatever actions legislation requires 
B) Medical care providers are self-employed or agency employed,whereas public health care providers are employed by and paid through the government 
C) Medical care providers focus only on individuals,whereas public health care providers focus only on aggregates 
D) Medical care providers focus on disease diagnosis and management,whereas public health care providers focus on health promotion and disease prevention. 
A) Medical care providers autonomously choose appropriate interventions,whereas public health care providers must engage in whatever actions legislation requires 
B) Medical care providers are self-employed or agency employed,whereas public health care providers are employed by and paid through the government 
C) Medical care providers focus only on individuals,whereas public health care providers focus only on aggregates 
D) Medical care providers focus on disease diagnosis and management,whereas public health care providers focus on health promotion and disease prevention.

Question 4

Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health care?

Accepted Answer

A) Politicians are discussing how to improve health care 
B) The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system 
C) Our national health care costs keep increasing 
D) The new health care system offers free services to Americans. 
A) Politicians are discussing how to improve health care 
B) The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system 
C) Our national health care costs keep increasing 
D) The new health care system offers free services to Americans.

Question 5

Which task will be most helpful in meeting the public health agency's goals?

Accepted Answer

A) Complete staff evaluations in preparation for individual meetings to plan their agency and individual goals for the next year 
B) Actively participate in community agencies' collaborative action plan to meet the community's health goals for the year 
C) Meet with the college of nursing faculty to finalize student objectives and schedules for the next semester 
D) Teach a free course in healthful living for community residents. 
A) Complete staff evaluations in preparation for individual meetings to plan their agency and individual goals for the next year 
B) Actively participate in community agencies' collaborative action plan to meet the community's health goals for the year 
C) Meet with the college of nursing faculty to finalize student objectives and schedules for the next semester 
D) Teach a free course in healthful living for community residents.

Question 6

Which task is most crucial for the community health nurse to do well?

Accepted Answer

A) Review the most recent morbidity and mortality data 
B) Create a new clinic to better meet local health needs 
C) Evaluate the results of the recent screening program 
D) Give testimony regarding proposed state health legislation. 
A) Review the most recent morbidity and mortality data 
B) Create a new clinic to better meet local health needs 
C) Evaluate the results of the recent screening program 
D) Give testimony regarding proposed state health legislation.

Question 7

Which variable has a major influence on a community's health?

Accepted Answer

A) Behavior choices made by persons in the community 
B) Number of health care providers and hospitals in the community 
C) Quality of the public safety officers (police officers,firefighters,etc.) 
D) The number and credentials of public health officials in the community 
A) Behavior choices made by persons in the community 
B) Number of health care providers and hospitals in the community 
C) Quality of the public safety officers (police officers,firefighters,etc.) 
D) The number and credentials of public health officials in the community

Question 8

What change could most effectively lead to a longer life span in Americans?

Accepted Answer

A) Parenting and sexual behavior classes in all public school systems 
B) Legislation restricting alcohol and drug use 
C) Notably reducing speed limits on all state and federal highways,and changing the age limit for driving to 21 years of age 
D) The belief that smoking is shameful and disgusting,as well as expensive,becoming the social norm 
A) Parenting and sexual behavior classes in all public school systems 
B) Legislation restricting alcohol and drug use 
C) Notably reducing speed limits on all state and federal highways,and changing the age limit for driving to 21 years of age 
D) The belief that smoking is shameful and disgusting,as well as expensive,becoming the social norm

Question 9

What is the community health nursing definition of health?

Accepted Answer

A) Health is a person's goal-directed purposeful process toward well-being or wholeness 
B) Health is an individual's physical,mental,and social well-being,not merely the absence of disease or infirmity 
C) Health is the mutual adaptation between a person and his or her environment in meeting daily existence 
D) Health is families and aggregates choosing actions to ensure safety and well-being. 
A) Health is a person's goal-directed purposeful process toward well-being or wholeness 
B) Health is an individual's physical,mental,and social well-being,not merely the absence of disease or infirmity 
C) Health is the mutual adaptation between a person and his or her environment in meeting daily existence 
D) Health is families and aggregates choosing actions to ensure safety and well-being.

What responsibility does the American Nurses Association (ANA)Code of Ethics require of the nurse beyond giving excellent care to patients?

What factors are most responsible for the increasing length of life of Americans over the past 100 years?

How do public health efforts differ from medical efforts in improving the health of our citizens?

Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health care?

Which task will be most helpful in meeting the public health agency's goals?

Which task is most crucial for the community health nurse to do well?

Which variable has a major influence on a community's health?

What change could most effectively lead to a longer life span in Americans?

What is the community health nursing definition of health?

Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context

Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice

Policy,politics,legislation,and Community Health Nursing

The Health Care System

Economics of Health Care

Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing

Environmental Health

Health in the Global Community

Child and Adolescent Health

Womens Health

Mens Health

Senior Health

Family Health

Populations Affected by Disabilities

Veterans Health

Homeless Populations

Rural and Migrant Health

Populations Affected by Mental Illness

Communicable Disease

Substance Abuse

Violence

Natural and Man-Made Disasters

School Health

Occupational Health

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Exam 1: Health: a Community View

What responsibility does the American Nurses Association (ANA)Code of Ethics require of the nurse beyond giving excellent care to patients?

What factors are most responsible for the increasing length of life of Americans over the past 100 years?

How do public health efforts differ from medical efforts in improving the health of our citizens?

Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health care?

Which task will be most helpful in meeting the public health agency's goals?

Which task is most crucial for the community health nurse to do well?

Which variable has a major influence on a community's health?

What change could most effectively lead to a longer life span in Americans?

What is the community health nursing definition of health?

Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context

Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice

Policy,politics,legislation,and Community Health Nursing

The Health Care System

Economics of Health Care

Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing

Environmental Health

Health in the Global Community

Child and Adolescent Health

Womens Health

Mens Health

Senior Health

Family Health

Populations Affected by Disabilities

Veterans Health

Homeless Populations

Rural and Migrant Health

Populations Affected by Mental Illness

Communicable Disease

Substance Abuse

Violence

Natural and Man-Made Disasters

School Health

Occupational Health

Filters