NCLEX QUESTION for Community/Public Health Nursing Practice

NCLEX Review Question
Which of the following categories identifies the focus of community/public health nursing practice?

a.Promoting and maintaining the health of populations and preventing and minimizing the progress of disease.
b.Rehabilitation and restorative services.
c.Adaptation of hospital care to the home environment.
d.Hospice care delivery

Correct Answer: A

Promoting and maintaining the health of populations and preventing and minimizing the progress of disease.
Rationale: Although nursing interventions used by public health nurses might involve individuals, families, or small groups, the central focus remains promoting health and preventing disease in the entire community.

Rehabilitation and restorative services.
Rationale: Rehabilitation and restorative services are the focus of extended care facilities and home care nursing.

Adaptation of hospital care to the home environment.
Rationale: Adaptation of hospital care to the home environment is the focus of home nursing.

Hospice care delivery.
Rationale: Hospice care delivery refers to the delivery of services to the terminally ill.

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