Author Question: Which one of the following statements best illustrates the similarities and differences between ... (Read 74 times)

kodithompson · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Which one of the following statements best illustrates the similarities and differences between public health nursing and other types of nursing?

A) The priorities are the same for both public health nursing and other types of nursing.
B) In hospital nursing, nurses must address the issues that come to them. Whereas in public health nursing, it is necessary for the nurse to actively seek out and identify potential problems and situations.
C) Nurses whose main practice is in the hospital are required to collaborate more effectively than public health nurses.
D) Nurses who work in public health do not use the nursing process as a foundation for their work.

Question 2

As a guest speaker for a group of community health nurses who are considering corrections nursing as a career, a corrections nurse provides an overview of the history of corrections nursing.

Which of the following would the nurse describe as the historic view of corrections nursing?
A) Health care to inmates occurred primarily as emergency treatment.
B) Inmates were viewed as not deserving care paid by public dollars.
C) The emphasis was on corrections, not punishment.
D) Prisons provided safe havens from communicable diseases.