chapter 8 Health Promotion and the Community

Question 1

What are some of the most reliable sources of community information that nurses can utilize in their community assessment?

a. Data obtained through the use of a windshield survey
b. Interviews conducted with community residents and key community officials
c. Population statistics obtained from the city planning office
d. Census information located on-line toward the end of the last decade
e. Random survey mailed to community members

Answer 1

a. Data obtained through the use of a windshield survey
b. Interviews conducted with community residents and key community officials
c. Population statistics obtained from the city planning office

Question 2

What are some of the social trends creating interest in health promotion in the United States?

a. Focus of health care shifting to a reactive state
b. Healthy People 2020 emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion
c. The US Census Bureau report that the older population increased faster than the total population
d. Older people tend to have more chronic diseases
e. Increases in medical malpractice claims

Answer 2

b. Healthy People 2020 emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion
c. The US Census Bureau report that the older population increased faster than the total population
d. Older people tend to have more chronic diseases

Question 3

Measurement, as a community data collection method, would include:

a. Epidemiological data
b. Verbal statements from key community officials
c. The type and state of residential dwellings
d. The use of senses to determine community appearances
e. The past medical history of persons with influenza

Answer 3

a. Epidemiological data
b. Verbal statements from key community officials
c. The type and state of residential dwellings
d. The use of senses to determine community appearances

Question 4

Planned change within a community is dependent upon which of the following factors?

a. Community assessment
b. Community nursing education
c. Efforts by individuals or groups motivated to make lifestyle changes
d. Changes in legislation

Answer 4

c. Efforts by individuals or groups motivated to make lifestyle changes

Question 5

5. The nurse assesses a particular community and finds there is a pervasive concern about the problem of drug abuse and violence in that community. Which of Gordon’s functional pattern best addresses this aspect of community functioning.
   a. Cognitive-perceptual pattern
   b. Health perception-health management pattern
   c. Self-perception-self concept
   d. Community analysis pattern

Answer 5

b. Health perception-health management pattern

Question 6

The nurse employs the windshield survey approach to community assessment. Which of the following data is she likely to gleans from utilizing this method?

a. What shopping facilities in the community are visible?
b. What is the water quality in the community?
c. What nutritional services are available to community residents?
d. Type and economic status of residential dwellings?
e. What playground facilities are available for the children?

Answer 6

a. What shopping facilities in the community are visible?
d. Type and economic status of residential dwellings?
e. What playground facilities are available for the children?

Question 7

Collaboration with community members and other professionals in a teamwork model describes the nursing functions as:

a. Independent
b. Interdependent
c. Dependent
d. Multidisciplinary

Answer 7

b. Interdependent

Question 8

Nurses in the community setting utilize steps when determining the actions needed to resolve existing or potential health concerns. What are the major purposes of the planning phase of attempting a change?

a. Analysis of the data
b. Prioritization of problems identified through the assessment
c. Identification of immediate, intermediate, and long-term goals
d. Formalization of a community nursing care plan
e. Determine if the objectives were met

Answer 8

b. Prioritization of problems identified through the assessment
c. Identification of immediate, intermediate, and long-term goals
d. Formalization of a community nursing care plan

Question 9

The health agencies, schools, fire departments, and governmental bodies are examples of the____of a community

a. Demography
b. Structure
c. Function
d. Population

Answer 9

b. Structure

Question 10

What are some of the differences that may be encountered by the nurse working with the rural population?

a. Increased COPD mortality
b. More acute illnesses
c. Increases in suicide rates
d. Increased access to health services
e. Increased obesity

Answer 10

a. Increased COPD mortality
c. Increases in suicide rates
e. Increased obesity