Community Exam 1 Verified Questions
And Correct Solutions
Define and discuss the focus of public health - Ans--social justice, which
entitles all people to basic necessities such as adequate income and health
protection and accepts collective burdens to make this possible.
types of communities - Ans--Geographic—city, town, neighborhood
Common interest—church, professional organization, people with
mastectomies
Community of solution—group of people who come together to solve a
problem that affects all of them
Phenomenological
List the three levels of prevention, and give examples of each. - Ans--
•Primary: Keep illness or injury from occurring
•Secondary: Efforts to detect and treat existing disease
•Tertiary: Reduce the extent and severity of a health problem to its lowest
possible level to minimize disability and restore or preserve function
Explain the difference between public/community health nursing practice
and community-based nursing practice. - Ans--Community Health Nursing-
Population focused, promoting health and preventing disease and disability
throughout the creation of conditions in which people can be healthy
Community Based Nursing - application in the nursing process in caring for
individuals families and groups where they live go to school or as they move
through the healthcare system.
, Explain differences between acute care nursing and public health nursing. -
Ans--Acute care nursing
•Care of solitary patients
•Primarily illness end of health continuum
Public health nursing
•Care encompass a much wider vista
•Primary charge to prevent health problems
•Promote higher levels of health
Describe the purpose of Healthy People 2020/2030 and give examples of
the topic areas that encompass the national health objectives. - Ans--move
people closer to optimal well-being or higher levels of wellness;
•Attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability,
injury, and premature death
•Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all
groups
•Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
•Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across
all life stages
Discuss public/community health nursing practice in terms of public health's
characteristics. - Ans--•nursing shift individual to aggregate
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•Combines nursing with public health science
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•Community based and population focused
•
•Public health sciences and nursing theory
•
•population-level outcomes
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• prevention
Intervention Wheel. - Ans--•Population based
•3 levels of practice - individual, community, systems
•Identifies and defines 17 public health interventions
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Define and discuss the focus of public health - Ans--social justice, which
entitles all people to basic necessities such as adequate income and health
protection and accepts collective burdens to make this possible.
types of communities - Ans--Geographic—city, town, neighborhood
Common interest—church, professional organization, people with
mastectomies
Community of solution—group of people who come together to solve a
problem that affects all of them
Phenomenological
List the three levels of prevention, and give examples of each. - Ans--
•Primary: Keep illness or injury from occurring
•Secondary: Efforts to detect and treat existing disease
•Tertiary: Reduce the extent and severity of a health problem to its lowest
possible level to minimize disability and restore or preserve function
Explain the difference between public/community health nursing practice
and community-based nursing practice. - Ans--Community Health Nursing-
Population focused, promoting health and preventing disease and disability
throughout the creation of conditions in which people can be healthy
Community Based Nursing - application in the nursing process in caring for
individuals families and groups where they live go to school or as they move
through the healthcare system.
, Explain differences between acute care nursing and public health nursing. -
Ans--Acute care nursing
•Care of solitary patients
•Primarily illness end of health continuum
Public health nursing
•Care encompass a much wider vista
•Primary charge to prevent health problems
•Promote higher levels of health
Describe the purpose of Healthy People 2020/2030 and give examples of
the topic areas that encompass the national health objectives. - Ans--move
people closer to optimal well-being or higher levels of wellness;
•Attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability,
injury, and premature death
•Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all
groups
•Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
•Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across
all life stages
Discuss public/community health nursing practice in terms of public health's
characteristics. - Ans--•nursing shift individual to aggregate
•
•Combines nursing with public health science
•
•Community based and population focused
•
•Public health sciences and nursing theory
•
•population-level outcomes
•
• prevention
Intervention Wheel. - Ans--•Population based
•3 levels of practice - individual, community, systems
•Identifies and defines 17 public health interventions
