460 Exam 1 - Questions
What is the primary problem seen in Healthy People 2020's emphasis on choosing healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as daily exercise or healthy food choices?
A. Public policy emphasizes perso
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460 Exam 1 - Questions
What is the primary problem seen in Healthy People 2020's emphasis on choosing healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as daily exercise or healthy food choices?
A. Public policy emphasizes personal responsibility but ignores social and environmental changes needed for well-being.
B. Emphasis on other lifestyle choices, such as not smoking and minimal use of alcohol or drugs, is also needed.
C. It costs more to make healthy choices, such as buying and eating fresh fruits and vegetables as opposed to quick and cheap fast-food choices.
D. All of us must work together to make unhealthy behaviors socially unacceptable. Correct Answer: A. Public policy emphasizes personal responsibility but ignores social and environmental changes needed for well-being.
A nurse who works on the surgical unit at the local hospital was asked by the home health unit to make a home visit to a patient who had been discharged the previous day and to give follow-up care (for overload pay). What kind of nursing would this nurse be doing?
A. community-based nursing
B. acute care hospital nursing
C. public health nursing
D. community health nursing Correct Answer: A. community-based nursing
In general, how do public health efforts differ from medical efforts in improving the health of our citizens?
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 on disease diagnosis and management, whereas public health care providers focus on health promotion and disease prevention.
D. Medical care providers focus only on individuals, whereas public health care providers focus only on aggregates. Correct Answer: C. Medical care providers focus on disease diagnosis and management, whereas public health care providers focus on health promotion and disease prevention.
Which primary prevention would the school nurse choose to address the school's number of unwed pregnancies?
A. Convince the school board to allow sex education classes to include birth control measures.
B. Employ the moms-to-be as 1-hour-a-day employees in the school day care center for children born to school students.
C. Create a class on parenting for both the moms-to-be and the dads-to-be.
D. Establish a class where all the unwed moms-to-be can learn infant care. Correct Answer: A. Convince the school board to allow sex education classes to include birth control measures.
Which of the following is most responsible for differences in an individual's health?
A. culture of the majority of the community's citizens
B. number of physicians and other health care providers in the community
C. quality of the community health agency and hospital in the community
D. individual's education and income Correct Answer: D. individual's education and income
Which variable has a major influence on a community's health?
A. quality of the public safety officers (police officers, firefighters, etc.)
B. behavior choices made by persons in the community
C. the number and credentials of public health officials in the community
D. number of health care providers and hospitals in the community Correct Answer: B. behavior choices made by persons in the community
It has been estimated that individual behaviors and environmental factors are responsible for what percentage of all premature deaths in the United States?
A. 40%
B. 20%
C. 50%
D. 70% Correct Answer: C. 50%
Why are high-risk and vulnerable sub-populations identified by public health nurses before deciding on appropriate interventions?
A. It is easiest to make improvements among these groups.
B. Populations are not homogeneous, and resources are limited.
C. Such groups are most vocal about their needs and wants.
D. These groups are often recipients of special funding. Correct Answer: B. Populations are not homogeneous and resources are limited.
Early public health nurse Lillian Wald and her associates were successful in addressing health and disease in the immigrant community by:
A. administering bedside nursing care to immigrants and their families
B. obtaining and administering medications to the immigrants and their family members
C. supporting political activities to improve social and environmental conditions of immigrant families
D. teaching the immigrant family members to provide health care in the home Correct Answer: C. supporting political activities to improve social and environmental conditions of immigrant families
Disease prevention activities protect people from disease and the effects of disease. An example of primary disease prevention is:
A. checking the skin of farm workers for signs of skin cancer
B. administering vaccines to children before kindergarten
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