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Chapter 1: What Is Population Health?

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Chapter 1: What Is Population Health?

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1-1 §1.RQ source ↗

Which activity would the nurse perform when engaged in population health activities?
  1. a.
    Treating an individual for a specific disease
  2. b.
    Improving health outcomes for groups of people
  3. c.
    Evaluating a family’s ability to care for a child with diabetes
  4. d.
    Teaching a client health promotion behaviors

Answer

B. Improving health outcomes for groups of people
Population health aims to improve health outcomes for groups of people, with a special focus on public policy and environmental, social, and behavioral factors that impact health for all.

1-2 §1.RQ source ↗

Which method would the nurse utilize when taking an individual-level approach to smoking cessation?
  1. a.
    Forming a smoking cessation support group
  2. b.
    Promoting an increase on taxes on the purchase of tobacco
  3. c.
    Providing nicotine gum to a client to substitute for an inhaled tobacco product
  4. d.
    Researching the reasons for initiation of tobacco use

Answer

C. Providing nicotine gum to a client to substitute for an inhaled tobacco product
Individual-level interventions work to improve the health of one client at a time.

1-3 §1.RQ source ↗

Which central tenet of population health should the nurse include when planning population health priorities?
  1. a.
    Proactively promoting health among populations
  2. b.
    Reactively managing health conditions
  3. c.
    Treating diseases in individual people
  4. d.
    Focusing on increasing the number of hospitals

Answer

A. Proactively promoting health among populations
A central tenet of population health is emphasizing preventive efforts and proactively facilitating health instead of reacting to diseases as they come.

1-4 §1.RQ source ↗

Which action by the nurse represents a midstream approach to improving population health outcomes?
  1. a.
    Advocating for policy changes regarding fast food
  2. b.
    Providing a workplace lunchtime walking program
  3. c.
    Encouraging a client to lose weight
  4. d.
    Starting a support group for smoking cessation

Answer

B. Providing a workplace lunchtime walking program
A midstream approach to improving health outcomes involves activities that happen in a specific organization, such as a lunchtime walking program.

1-5 §1.RQ source ↗

Which action by the nurse promotes population health?
  1. a.
    Providing treatment for chronic disease
  2. b.
    Conducting health education workshops
  3. c.
    Offering individual health consultations
  4. d.
    Administering medication for acute illnesses

Answer

B. Conducting health education workshops
Health education workshops can reach a large group of clients in a community and provide them with knowledge and skills to support their own health, prevent disease, and even promote health among their families and friends.

1-6 §1.RQ source ↗

Which data should the nurse utilize to determine the leading cause of death across the population?
  1. a.
    Infant mortality
  2. b.
    Life expectancy
  3. c.
    Morbidity rate
  4. d.
    General mortality

Answer

D. General mortality
General mortality is the number of deaths across a large population. Reports of general mortality include information about the leading causes of death across the population and estimates of years of potential life lost when people die prematurely.

1-7 §1.RQ source ↗

Which potential barrier of siloed health care should the nurse consider when planning health promotion activities?
  1. a.
    Providers and specialists working closely together to improve outcomes
  2. b.
    Treating one disease at a time without evaluating or addressing the full picture of health
  3. c.
    Health systems becoming effectively integrated
  4. d.
    An emphasis on population health and health promotion

Answer

B. Treating one disease at a time without evaluating or addressing the full picture of health
Siloed health care is also the practice of treating one condition or disease at a time without consideration of other diagnoses or the client’s living environment, education, social situation, and family, among other characteristics.

1-8 §1.RQ source ↗

Which action is a characteristic of population-based nursing practice?
  1. a.
    Taking a proactive approach to promoting wellness and preventing disease
  2. b.
    Emphasizing curative care rather than preventive care
  3. c.
    Focusing on reactive approaches to managing acute illnesses
  4. d.
    Providing care only outside of hospital settings

Answer

A. Taking a proactive approach to promoting wellness and preventing disease
Population-based practices in nursing focus on improving the health of populations through proactive, not reactive, approaches to health and wellness.

1-9 §1.RQ source ↗

Which concept should the nurse utilize when planning transitional care for a population?
  1. a.
    Providing care in multiple areas of the care continuum to address all client needs
  2. b.
    Reactively managing health conditions during transitions between health care sites
  3. c.
    Preventing hospital readmissions and adverse events
  4. d.
    Coordinating clients as they move between care settings

Answer

D. Coordinating clients as they move between care settings
Transitional care involves coordination of clients as they move between different care settings of the health care continuum. It should facilitate a smooth transition for the client and minimize the risk for errors.

1-10 §1.RQ source ↗

Which health service along the health care continuum would the nurse utilize for a client with health care needs related to a chronic condition?
  1. a.
    A preventive health program
  2. b.
    An ambulatory care clinic
  3. c.
    An acute care department
  4. d.
    A long-term care facility

Answer

B. An ambulatory care clinic
Ambulatory care provides health services on an outpatient basis in clinics and health centers. Ambulatory care can meet health needs through targeted clinics or specialized health services, such as for a chronic condition.

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Problems and answers are adapted from Population Health for Nurses by Jessica Ochs, Sherry L. Roper and Susan M. Schwartz, OpenStax, and are used under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence. Access for free at https://openstax.org/books/population-health/pages/1-introduction. Illustrations: Copyright Rice University, OpenStax, under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. This adaptation is released under the same licence, is non-commercial, and is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by OpenStax or Rice University.