Question 1

The public health nurse 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?

Accepted Answer

Breathing air of poor quality is a risk to health.

Question 2

The public health nurse must participate in the essential services of public health.These include:

Accepted Answer

The public health nurse monitors health status in several ways,completing a community assessment is only one way that health status is monitored.The public health nurse would not diagnose or solve "world" problems,or work in law enforcement.Rather,the public health care nurse would participate with local regulators to protect communities and empower people to address health issues.

Question 3

Public health nurses who develop and implement local public health policies through partnerships with agencies,organizations,and consumers within the community are using which core public health function?

Accepted Answer

Prevention is not a core function,assurance is making sure essential services are available,and assessment refers to systematic data collection.Policy development deals with developing and implementing health policies.

Question 4

The number and proportion of persons aged 25 or older with less than a high school education is an example of:

Accepted Answer

The number and proportion of people is a demographical characteristic.

Question 5

The nurse who compares the rate of teenage pregnancy in various areas of the city is practicing the public health core function of:

Accepted Answer

Assessment refers to systematic data collection,which this nurse is doing for teenage pregnancy.

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of the mission of public health according to the Institute of Medicine?

Accepted Answer

The Institute of Medicine's stated mission on public health is "to generate organized community and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health."

Question 7

The necessary basic preparation for public health nursing is a(n)_____ in nursing.

Accepted Answer

A BSN is the necessary basic preparation to function as a beginning staff public health nurse.

Question 8

The nurse manager who makes sure that the staff members who work in a local clinic are competent is demonstrating the public health core function of:

Accepted Answer

Assurance refers to making sure a competent health care workforce is available.

Question 9

Which of the following statements about public health is accurate?

Accepted Answer

Changes,such as immunizations,tobacco use,blood pressure control,and automobile safety,have helped increase the health of communities.

Question 10

The purpose of public health core functions is to:

Accepted Answer

As defined by the Institute of Medicine in its 1988 report The Future of Public Health,assessment,policy development,and assurance are core functions at all levels of government for the purpose of clarifying the government's role.

Question 11

The public health workforce should demonstrate competency in which of the following competency categories?

Accepted Answer

Workforce needs assessment,acute care services,and curriculum development are not considered categories of core competencies of public health.Rather there are eight categories of competency,which include: analytic/assessment,policy development/program planning,communication,cultural competence,community dimensions of practice,basic public health sciences,financial planning and management,and leadership and systems thinking.

Question 12

Public health practitioners prepared at the graduate level should be able to:

Accepted Answer

According to the Consensus Conference,specialists should have assessment skills that allow them to intervene at the aggregate level.Public health practitioners have a broad range of practice areas within public health and are not limited to only nursing and medicine.

Question 13

Making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available defines which of the core public health functions?

Accepted Answer

Public health is based on scientific knowledge,but is not a core function.The definition does not fit the terms assessment or policy development.

Question 14

Collecting data and monitoring the health status of the population defines which of the core public health functions?

Accepted Answer

Prevention is not a core function,assurance is making sure essential services are available,and policy development is needed to provide leadership in developing policies.Assessment consists of systematic data collection and monitoring health status.

Question 15

One of the primary focuses of improving the health of the American people in the twenty-first century is to address:

Accepted Answer

There are new concerns,and one of the most serious is bioterrorism.The others are not related to public health or are concerns that have been present for many years.

Question 16

Which is an example of the primary goal of public health?

Accepted Answer

The correct ans is concerned with the health of many people,while the other anss address individual interventions.

Question 17

Providing for the availability of essential personal health services for people who would otherwise not receive health care defines which public health core function?

Accepted Answer

Assurance deals with the availability of health services.Prevention is not a core function,assessment refers to systematic data collection,and policy development refers to the need to provide leadership in developing health policies.

Question 18

The threat of bioterrorism has the potential to:

Accepted Answer

Bioterrorism may have an impact on the availability of resources for public safety health care programs.

Question 19

Population-based preventive programs launched in the 1970s are responsible for increased:

Accepted Answer

One outcome of preventive programs launched in the 1970s is the increased use of automobile safety restraints.These programs also are responsible for the decreased use of tobacco and improved blood pressure control.None of these programs addressed the incidence of obesity.

Question 20

Public health nursing is a specialty because:

Accepted Answer

Public health nursing has a distinct focus and requires a special knowledge base.The other anss are not characteristics of a specialty.

Quiz 1: Population-Focused Practice: The Foundation of Specialization in Public Health Nursing