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SAVANNAHHOOPER23 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The community health nurse is providing counseling to a group of teenage girls related to birth control and disease prevention. The nurse does this because

a. Focusing on subpopulations leads to community health.
b. Community health nursing focuses on individuals only.
c. Community health nursing excludes direct care to subpopulations.
d. The focus is on preventing illness and unwanted pregnancy.

Question 2

Public health nursing differs from community health nursing in that public health nursing

a. Focuses on individuals and families.
b. Understands the needs of a population.
c. Ignores political processes.
d. Considers the individual as one member of a group.

mtmmmmmk · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
By focusing on subpopulations, the community health nurse cares for the community as a whole and considers the individual or the family as only one member of a group at risk. Community health nursing is a nursing practice in the community, with the primary focus on the health care of individuals, families, and groups in a community. Subpopulations are often a clinical focus. The goal is to protect, promote, or maintain health, not to prevent illness.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Public health nursing requires understanding the needs of a population. A public health nurse understands factors that influence the political processes used to affect public policy. The primary focus of community health nursing is the care of individuals, families, and groups in the community. By focusing on subpopulations, the community health nurse cares for the community as a whole and considers the individual or family as only one member of a group at risk.