Community Health: Fostering Wellness for All

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1. The definition of community is defined by a body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests living in the same place under the same laws and regulations.

  a. True

  b. False


2. The definition of health includes the following:

  a. state of physical well-being

  b. state of mental well-being

  c. state of social well-being

  d. all of the above


3. Which of the following is not a basic element of nursing practice.

  a. Research

  b. Rehabilitation

  c. Agressive behavior

  d. Prevention of health problems


4. One of the goals of the advocacy role is to help clients gain greater independence.

  a. True

  b. False


5. Which of the following is not a role of the community health nurse:

  a. educator

  b. authoritative

  c. leader

  d. researcher


6. The setting of practice for the community health nurse is limited to homes, ambulatory care settings, schools, and occupational health settings, and residential institutions.

  a. True

  b. False


7. Which learning theory incorporates the idea that learning is a function of change in overt behavior.

  a. Operant conditioning

  b. Constructivist theory

  c. Social learning theory

  d. Erickson's developmental theory


8. Learning by observation involves which of the following:

  a. attention

  b. retention

  c. production

  d. motivation

  e. all of the above


9. A major theme in constructivist theory is that learning is an active process in which learners construct new ideas or concepts based upon their current/past knowledge.

  a. True

  b. False


10. A positive characteristic of a community includes:

  a. limited access to healthcare services

  b. communities live strictly in the present

  c. high level of citizen involvement in healthcare decisions

  d. ethnocentric community


11. Only nurse participation is crucial in the health of the community.

  a. True

  b. False


12. A community health nurse connects clients with community agencies for the purpose of strengthening the family structure.

  a. True

  b. False