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Fundamentals: Community Health Questions
and Answers Latest Update
What is a community? Ans: Group connected by social, personal, or
geographical links.
What is an aggregate? Ans: Subgroup or population that share
characteristics/concerns.
What is community-oriented nursing? Ans: Focus is on health promotion
and disease prevention of community/population.
What is community-based nursing? Ans: Focus is on illness care of
individuals and families in community.
What is the role of a home health nurse? Ans: Provides care in patient's
residence.
Responsibilities include assessment, treatment, education, and care
coordination.
What is the role of a hospice nurse? Ans: Provides palliative care and
emotional support during process of death.
What is the role of an occupational health nurse? Ans: Provides screening,
surveillance, and education to prevent workplace illness/injury.
What is the role of a faith-based (parish) nurse? Ans: Provides health
education and promotion for faith community/congregation.
Supports individual's spiritual health.
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What is the role of a school nurse? Ans: Provides preventative care, acute
and emergency care, coordination of care for students with chronic
illnesses.
What is primary prevention? Ans: Interventions aimed at preventing a
disease from occurring.
Examples: Vaccinations, anti-smoking campaigns.
What is secondary prevention? Ans: Interventions focused on early
detection of disease.
Examples: Screenings
What is tertiary prevention? Ans: Interventions aimed at slowing/stopping
disease progress and prevention of complications after disease is diagnosed.
Examples: Rehabilitation, support groups
What are environmental factors related to determinants of health? Ans:
Access to healthy food, clean water, and transportation.
Infrastructure, environmental hazards, public safety.
What are social factors related to determinants of health? Ans:
Socioeconomic status
Race
Ethnicity
Support system
Job opportunities
Education
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Fundamentals: Community Health Questions
and Answers Latest Update
What is a community? Ans: Group connected by social, personal, or
geographical links.
What is an aggregate? Ans: Subgroup or population that share
characteristics/concerns.
What is community-oriented nursing? Ans: Focus is on health promotion
and disease prevention of community/population.
What is community-based nursing? Ans: Focus is on illness care of
individuals and families in community.
What is the role of a home health nurse? Ans: Provides care in patient's
residence.
Responsibilities include assessment, treatment, education, and care
coordination.
What is the role of a hospice nurse? Ans: Provides palliative care and
emotional support during process of death.
What is the role of an occupational health nurse? Ans: Provides screening,
surveillance, and education to prevent workplace illness/injury.
What is the role of a faith-based (parish) nurse? Ans: Provides health
education and promotion for faith community/congregation.
Supports individual's spiritual health.
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What is the role of a school nurse? Ans: Provides preventative care, acute
and emergency care, coordination of care for students with chronic
illnesses.
What is primary prevention? Ans: Interventions aimed at preventing a
disease from occurring.
Examples: Vaccinations, anti-smoking campaigns.
What is secondary prevention? Ans: Interventions focused on early
detection of disease.
Examples: Screenings
What is tertiary prevention? Ans: Interventions aimed at slowing/stopping
disease progress and prevention of complications after disease is diagnosed.
Examples: Rehabilitation, support groups
What are environmental factors related to determinants of health? Ans:
Access to healthy food, clean water, and transportation.
Infrastructure, environmental hazards, public safety.
What are social factors related to determinants of health? Ans:
Socioeconomic status
Race
Ethnicity
Support system
Job opportunities
Education
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