Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Introduction

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?

1. “Community health nursing is defined as

nursing care that is provided in a community setting, rather than an institutional setting.”

2. “Public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in an institutional setting.”

3. “Public health nursing is focused on the health of individuals.”

4. “Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health services and

improve the health of the general public.”

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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.

2. Which of the following statements would best

describe the difference between public health nursing and community health nursing?

1. Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and community health nursing is focused on the public aspects of

health.

2. In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated communities and is a part of the

larger public health effort.

3. Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the very same types of services and perspectives.

1. Both public health nursing and community health nursing are practiced