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Public health test bank Q & A 2024
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One of the primary focuses of improving the health of the American people in the twenty-first century is to address: a. bioterrorism and global health threats. b. delivery of individual care and hygiene. c. the need for increased hospital and acute care. d. chronic disease and disability management. - ✔a. bioterrorism and global health threats. A community is concerned about the threat of bioterrorism. Which of the following best describes the basis for this concern? a. Bioterrorism has the potential to dissolve community-based programs. b. This threat could cause the health care system to collapse. c. The threat of bioterrorism may divert funds from other public safety health care programs. d. Fear of bioterrorism will increase the need for shelters. - ✔c. The threat of bioterrorism may divert funds from other public safety health care programs. Which of the following describes the consequence of the successful implementation of the Affordable Care Act? a. Americans will pay closer attention to their health status. b. The majority of the population will be covered by insurance. c. Public health departments will need to increase the number of nursing positions. d. The prevalence of obesity will decrease. - ✔b. The majority of the population will be covered by insurance.
The public health nurse (PHN) must participate in the essential services of public health. Which of the following most accurately describes one of the essential services of public health? a. Monitoring health status by completing a community assessment b. Diagnosing and investigating health problems in the world c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues d. Working in law enforcement to regulate health and ensure safety - ✔c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues A public health department is using the mission of public health as described by the Institute of Medicine when planning its health programming. Which of the following activities will most likely be implemented? a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States b. Providing a flu shot for an elderly person at the health department c. Keeping track of alternative therapies in use in the United States d. Keeping snake antivenom at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta - ✔a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States A public health department makes sure that the essential community-oriented health services are available in the community. Which of the following core public health functions is being implemented? a. Policy development b. Assessment c. Assurance d. Scientific knowledge-based care - ✔c. Assurance
A PHN develops and implements local public health policies through partnerships with agencies, organizations, and consumers within the community. Which of the following core public health functions is being used? a. Assessment b. Prevention c. Assurance d. Policy development - ✔d. Policy development A nurse provides for the availability of essential personal health services for people who would otherwise not receive health care. Which of the public health core functions is being used? a. Assessment b. Prevention c. Assurance d. Policy development - ✔c. Assurance The nurse manager makes sure that the staff members who work in a local clinic are competent in their job responsibilities. Which of the public health core functions is being demonstrated? a. Assurance b. Assessment c. Prevention d. Policy development - ✔a. Assurance A nurse performs activities to meet the primary goals of public health. Which of the following is the nurse most likely to complete? a. Ensuring that a newly diagnosed 40-year-old hypertensive man takes his medication b. Finding home care for a 70-year-old client recuperating from a hip replacement c.
Conducting an infant car seat safety check d. Contacting a local hospice to admit a terminally ill 60-year-old woman - ✔c. Conducting an infant car seat safety check A community health nurse collects data about the number and proportion of persons aged 25 or older with less than a high school education. Which of the following best describes this data? a. Sociodemographic characteristics b. Health status data c. Health risk factors d. Health care resource consumption information - ✔a. Sociodemographic characteristics The PHN analyzes data related to the number and type of United States Environmental Protection Agency air quality standards that a community failed to meet. This data is an example of using which community health profile indicator? a. Sociodemographic characteristics b. Health status c. Health risk factor d. Functional status - ✔c. Health risk factor a nurse is implementing quality performance standards in a public health department. Which of the following best describes the importance of this action? a. Quality performance standards are used to guide improvement in the public health system. b. Quality performance standards rigidly control public health. c. Quality performance standards guide administrators to monitor public health at the national level. d. Quality performance standards can be used as hiring guidelines for nurses. - ✔a.
Doctor of Nursing Practice degree - ✔b. baccalaureate degree A PHN has been prepared at the graduate level. Which of the following activities should the practitioner be able to complete? a. Teach public and community health nursing b. Assess and intervene successfully at the aggregate level c. Diagnose and treat disease and have prescriptive authority d. Run for political office as experts in public health policy - ✔b. Assess and intervene successfully at the aggregate level A PHN provides a clinic for HIV-positive citizens in the community. Which of the following best describe this activity? a. Primary prevention b. Health education c. Tertiary prevention d. Policy making - ✔c. Tertiary prevention A nurse is working in the community with an aggregate/population. Who is the nurse most likely to interact with? a. Students in a county school system b. Christians around the world c. A patient in the intensive care unit at the local hospital d. People who drink coffee - ✔a. Students in a county school system
d. geographical location within a community. - ✔c. collection of individuals who share at least one common characteristic. Population-focused practice focuses on defining the problems or needs of and implementing solutions for: a. individuals. b. aggregates. c. communities. d. geographical regions. - ✔b. aggregates. A nurse is using a population focus when providing public health nursing care. Which of the following statements best describes the care that is being provided? a. Priority is given to the highest risk population. b. Direct caregiving is limited to preventive measures, such as administration of immunizations. c. Attention is given to the population or community as a whole, regardless of whether they do or do not access the health care system. d. Only populations outside institutional settings are considered. - ✔c. Attention is given to the population or community as a whole, regardless of whether they do or do not access the health care system. a nurse is working in a community health nursing practice setting. Which of the following is the nurse most likely to implement? a. Administrating a flu shot to a client in a physician's office b. Conducting a flu shot clinic at a community center c. Performing a client assessment in a hospital d. Providing supervision of staff in a rehabilitation center - ✔a. Administrating a flu shot to a client in a physician's office
Volunteering for a local community action coalition b. Able to perform interventions with individuals in the community c. Able to improve the effectiveness of care provided d. Considered a PHN specialist - ✔c. Able to improve the effectiveness of care provided PHNs are looking to improve population-focused care in the community. Which of the following best describes a key opportunity for the nurses to accomplish this goal? a. Assuming traditional nursing roles b. Influencing public health policy c. Conducting community assessments d. Specializing in community-based nursing practice - ✔b. Influencing public health policy A local senator has proposed changes to the health care delivery system in the United States. Based on current trends, which of the following is most likely to occur? a. There will be new opportunities provided for public health specialists. b. It will result in isolated care being provided to individuals. c. There will be an increased emphasis in specialty care. d. It will increase the utilization of acute care services. - ✔a. There will be new opportunities provided for public health specialists. Which of the following are considered barriers to public health nursing? a. The mindset that the only role for the nurse is at the bedside b. The structures within which nurses work and the process of role socialization within those structures c. Few nurses receive graduate-level preparation in the concepts and strategies of the disciplines basic to public health d. The steady decline in the number of job opportunities in the area e. The inability to equally distribute the increasing funds -
✔a, b, c
establishing the Henry Street Settlement. A nurse is providing public health education based on the teachings of Lillian Wald. Which of the following topics will the nurse most likely discuss? a. Taking and recording blood pressures accurately b. Safe and sanitary baby and child care c. Environmental pollutants and their effects on lung disease d. Time management: balancing factory work and the home - ✔b. Safe and sanitary baby and child care
Providing medical treatment to enable children to return to school - ✔a. Investigating causes of absenteeism
The FNS d. The Cadet Nurse Corps - ✔d. The Cadet Nurse Corps Which of the following best describes one of the health trends that occurred in the United States between 1900 and 1955? a. There was a rise in chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer. b. There was a rise in communicable disease. c. The crude mortality rate increased dramatically. d. The life span after diagnosis remained the same. - ✔a. There was a rise in chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer.
d. Compliance with the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards - ✔a. Facilitation of interprofessional care