Question 1

According to O'Donnell's definition of health promotion, how could a public health nurse advise a company to encourage its employees to work toward good health?

Accepted Answer

O'Donnell's definition of health promotion includes strategies that encourage healthy behaviors, such as incentives for good health habits, exercise opportunities, and healthy eating.

Question 2

The regulatory activities of public health nursing include which of the following? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

These activities are all part of the regulatory role of public health nursing.

Question 3

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 ____.

Accepted Answer

Education on personal hygiene is a key component of public health as defined by C.E.A. Winslow, focusing on preventing disease and promoting health.

Question 4

The obesity rate in a local neighborhood is partially the product of a limited access to full service grocery stores and a lack of dedicated safe venues for exercise. This is an example of issues related to the "upstream" determinants of public health that contribute to the ecology of a community's health "downstream." The PHN understands that upstream determinants include social relations, neighborhoods and communities, institutions, and ____.

Accepted Answer

Upstream determinants of health include social and economic policies, which shape the conditions in which people live and work, influencing health outcomes.

Question 5

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.

Accepted Answer

Risk factors can be based on individual characteristics (such as genetics or personal behavior) or population characteristics (such as environmental or social factors).

Question 6

With aging, there is an increase in noncommunicable (chronic) illness. The PHN recognizes that an example of a noncommunicable illness is:

Accepted Answer

Heart disease is a noncommunicable illness, as it is a chronic condition not caused by infectious agents.

Question 7

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?

Accepted Answer

The three core functions identified by the IOM are Assessment, Policy Development, and Assurance. Prevention is not listed as one of the core functions.

Question 8

As defined by the WHO, an example of a health promotion intervention is ____ whereas a risk reduction/health protection intervention is ____.

Accepted Answer

Health promotion interventions aim to improve overall health and well-being, such as offering free exercise classes. Risk reduction/health protection interventions focus on preventing specific health issues, like conducting a flu vaccine outreach program.

Question 9

Which layer of government is responsible for issuing quarantines during a communicable disease outbreak?

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

A nursing instructor is giving a lecture on community participation in an ecological public health system. She teaches that the benefits of this collaboration for participants in the community's public health are that their efforts increase effectiveness and productivity, empower the participants, strengthen social engagement, and ____.

Accepted Answer

Community participation in public health systems ensures accountability by involving community members in decision-making processes, leading to more transparent and responsible health initiatives.

Question 11

The PHN recognizes that environmental science, epidemiology, biostatistics, biomedical sciences, and ____ form the foundational subjects of public health.

Accepted Answer

Social and behavioral sciences are critical components of public health as they provide an understanding of how individual and societal behaviors affect health outcomes. This understanding helps public health professionals design and implement effective interventions and programs to promote health and prevent disease. While economics and the humanities may have some relevance to public health, they are not considered foundational subjects. Anthropology overlaps with social and behavioral sciences, but it is not as central to public health practice as epidemiology, biostatistics, biomedical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.

Question 12

Globalization, which is a new challenge for public health, includes which of the following problems? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

Globalization can lead to increased economic disparities, environmental issues, wider distribution of harmful products like tobacco and alcohol, and the spread of diseases due to increased travel and trade.

Question 13

The nursing student is taught correctly that local health departments do not oversee which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Local health departments typically do not oversee the licensing of local hospitals; this is usually managed by state health departments or other regulatory bodies.

Question 14

Which one of the following scenarios is not an example of community collaboration?

Accepted Answer

A city council passing an ordinance is an example of government action, not community collaboration. The other scenarios involve various groups and organizations working together to address community needs.

Question 15

A PHN would like to use the Dahlgren-Whitehead model to help herself and other local practitioners understand health in populations. She understands that the Dahlgren-Whitehead ecological model assumes that:

Accepted Answer

The Dahlgren-Whitehead ecological model assumes that there are multiple determinants of health and thus, multiple strategies are needed; a population and environmental approach is essential; and linkages and relationships are crucial. Therefore, all three choices are correct.

Question 16

If the international medical community was working to contain several worldwide pandemics, they would look to the World Health Organization (WHO), which is:

Accepted Answer

The World Health Organization (WHO) is the public health arm of the United Nations and is working to improve health and well-being for the global population. This includes working with healthcare professionals such as nurses to promote public health interventions. Therefore, all of the above choices are correct.

Question 17

According to Issel diversity refers to all but which of these concepts?

Accepted Answer

Diversity typically refers to the variety of human differences, including race, culture, and ethnicity, but not environment.

Question 18

Several nurses who work in the emergency room of an urban hospital notice that a sizable number of children in a certain ethnic population have come in with an illness, all presenting with similar symptoms. The nurses, who are not public health specialists, can intervene in the health of a community through their work with individuals by doing which of the following? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

If a PHN meets the PHN Core Competencies, he or she should be able to do which of the following? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

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Quiz 1: Public Health and Nursing Practice