A Public Health Nurse (PHN) Is Implementing Interventions at the Systems

question 8

Multiple Choice

A public health nurse (PHN) is implementing interventions at the systems level of practice. Which of the following interventions would be used by the nurse?

• A) Involve the entire community in solving the health problem.
• B) Identify health problems in the community.
• C) Change laws, policies, and practices that influence population-based issues.
• D) Provide outreach services to populations at risk.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

An educational method where behavior is shaped by either rewarding or penalizing the subject.

Locus Of Control

A personality trait that divides people along a continuum according to the extent to which they believe what happens to them and others is controllable.

External Orientation

A focus on the external world and environment, as opposed to internal thoughts and feelings.

Classical Conditioning

is a learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus.