Community-and-Public-Health-Nursing-Promoting-the-Public_s-Health-10th-Edition-Rector-Test-Bank

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Chapter 1: The Journey Begins: Introduction
Community and Public Health Nursing 10th Edition Rector Test Bank

1.
After teaching a group of nursing students about the similarities and differences between
public health and community health, which of the following statements by a nursing student
would indicate knowledge of the similarities and differences between public health and
community health?

A)
“Community health nursing is defined as
nursing care that is provided in a community setting, rather than an institutional setting.”

B)
“Public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in an institutional
setting.”
C) “Public health nursing is focused on the
health of individuals.”

D)
“Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health services and
improve the health of the general public.”
Ans: D
Feedback:
Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly complex challenges, this
nursing specialty holds the potential to shape the quality of community health services and
improve the health of the general
public.