Chapter 4 Flashcards
A public health nurse (PHN) conducts a community health assessment to identify the needs of a population. For example, the PHN might gather data to provide the rationale for a pediatric clinic in a low income area. He or she would take into account the sociodemographics of the community, as well as the:
A.
Preventive health concerns
B.
Need for medical facilities
C.
Collaboration of the community
D.
Lifestyle concerns
A. Preventive health concerns
A PHN is assigned to an area to do a community assessment. The demographic data the nurse collects includes:
A.
Insurance company preference
B.
Religious affiliation
C.
Educational levels
D.
Medical results
C. Educational Levels
A nursing instructor explains to a nursing student that information about a community’s health services and resources includes all of the following factors except:
A.
Service use patterns
B.
Treatment data
C.
Insurance costs
D.
Provider/client ratios
C. Insurance costs
A nursing instructor describes one approach to conducting an assessment as a collection of data about the populations living within the community; an assessment of the assets within the community, such as the local health department capacity; and the identification of problems and issues in the community, such as unmet needs and health disparities, and opportunities for action. The instructor explains that this type of approach is called a:
A.
Rapid needs assessment
B.
Comprehensive community assessment
C.
Population-focused assessment
D.
Health impact assessment
B. Comprehensive community assessment
A PHN is looking for a tool to help conduct a community assessment. The nurse can get such a tool from the:
A.
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
B.
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
C.
Institute of Medicine (IOM)’s report The Future of Public Health
D.
Community Health Assessment aNd Group Evaluation (CHANGE)
D. community health assessment and group evaluation (CHANGE)
A PHN goes to a factory to find out why employees are missing so many work days. What type of assessment would be the most appropriate in this case?
A.
Setting-specific assessment
B.
Health impact assessment
C.
Problem or health issue-based assessment
D.
Population-focused assessment
A. Setting-specific assessment
In order to develop maintenance and survival strategies for a community in the event of an emergency, a PHN looks for useful places, persons, and systems. This part of the assessment is called:
A.
Capacity building
B.
Needs assessment
C.
Participatory research
D.
Asset mapping
D. Asset mapping
A PHN uses the Mobilizing for Actions through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) strategic model because of its distinct use for assessing what particular aspect of a public health situation?
A.
Financial
B.
Mortality
C.
Intervention
D.
Geographic
C. Intervention
A PHN is using the MAPP model to conduct an assessment within the community and has reached Phase 3, the four assessments. The nurse understands that analysis of the legislation, technology, and other external positive and negative influences that have an impact on the promotion and protection of the public’s health is called a:
A.
Community themes and strengths assessment
B.
Forces of change assessment
C.
Community health status assessment
D.
Local Public Health System Assessment (LPHSA)
B. Forces of change assessment
A PHN was asked to come to a town that was having some noticeable health problems. Driving through town, the nurse noted that there were many for-sale signs, as well as very little green space and some trash in the street. This preassessment phase is called a:
A.
Community themes and strengths assessment
B.
Community Health Assessment aNd Group Evaluation (CHANGE)
C.
Community health status assessment
D.
Windshield survey
D. Windshield survey
A relatively permanent statistical subdivision of a county that averages between 2,500 and 8,000 inhabitants is called a:
A.
Census block
B.
Secondary data
C.
Census tract
D.
Health-care sector
C. Census tract
According to the CHANGE model, the aspect of a community that includes community-wide efforts that have an effect on the social and built environments such as improving food access, walkability or bike-ability, tobacco use or exposure, or personal safety is called the:
A.
Community institution or organization sector
B.
Health-care sector
C.
Community-at-large sector
D.
Preventative sector
C. Community-at-large sector
A nursing student is learning about a type of sampling in which a list of the possible participants is present and the number needed for the sample is divided into the total population. From that point, n, every nth person is chosen for the sample. The student learns that this type of sampling is called:
A.
Quota sampling
B.
Convenience sampling
C.
Simple random sampling
D.
Systematic sampling
D. Systematic Sampling
A community assessment team found that the problem with their surveys of older adults was that there was not enough information on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for those over the age of 65 who were not living in a health-care facility. The best approach to assess this population is to do surveys:
A.
By personal interview
B.
By mail
C.
By telephone
D.
Online
A. By personal interview
A nursing student is listening to a lecture in which the instructor explains that a population pyramid is a way to visually compare a population for a certain demographic such as age. If a pyramid has a broad base and a small top, it represents:
A.
Slow growth
B.
Rapid growth
C.
Equal growth
D.
Mostly older people, with no growth
B. Rapid growth
