COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN
CANADA 4TH EDITION SANDRA A
MACDONALD TEST BANK CERTIFICATION
REVIEW SET 2026 ANSWERS GUARANTEED
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⫸ assessment. Answer: systemic data collection about a population.
This includes monitoring the population's health status and providing
information about the health of the community
⫸ community. Answer: people and the relationships that emerge among
them as they develop and use in common some agencies and institutions
and a physical environment
⫸ community-based. Answer: occurs outside an institution. Services are
provided to individuals and families in a comunity
⫸ community-based nursing. Answer: the provision of acute care and
care for chronic health problems to individuals and families in the
community
, ⫸ community health nursing. Answer: Term often interchanged with
public health nursing or nursing practice in the community, with the
primary focus on the health care of a community and the effect of the
community health status on individuals, families, and groups. The goal
is to preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health.
⫸ community-oriented nursing. Answer: nursing that has as its primary
focus the health care of either the community or a population of
individuals, families, and groups
⫸ policy development. Answer: providing leadership in developing
policies that support the health of the population
⫸ population. Answer: collection of people who share one or more
personal or environmental characteristics. The population can be a
collection of individuals, families, or groups that share common health
issues
⫸ population focused. Answer: emphasizes populations who live in a
community
⫸ population-focused practice. Answer: Core of public health, a
practice that emphasizes health protection, health promotion, and disease
prevention of a population.