NR442 COMMUNITY HEALTH
EXAM 1, EXAM2 &EXAM 3 ALL 300
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS UPDATED FOR A
GUARANTEED PASS
What influenced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?
Strongly influenced by the rising numbers of uninsured & underinsured
What is the goal of Community and Public Health Nursing?
To preserve the health of the community and surrounding population
including healing maintenance of individuals, families, and groups within the
community.
What is Public Health?
A long term commitment to the community to focus on health promotion and
prevention.
*Population based
*Grounded in social justice
*Relies on science of epidemiology
Describe Nursing
,Relationship based care in an independent practice that is:
*Grounded in an ethic of caring
*Holistic
*Sensitivity to diversity
What are the goal of Public Health?
*Preventing Disease
*Prolonging life
*Promoting Individual and Community Health
Describe Community-based nursing
All nursing care provided outside of an acute care into the community.
- Provision of personal care to individuals and families in the community.
What are the roles of a Community Nurse?
-Immunizations
-Communicable disease surveillance & control
-Teach & monitor blood borne pathogen control
-Advise on prevention of vector borne diseases
-Teach methods for responsible sexual behavior & screen for STDs
-Screen for TB, identify TB contacts, & deliver directly observed TB
treatment.
,What is Community-oriented nursing?
All nursing care that is provided within in the overall focus of the well beings
of the community.
Describe a community
People, place, social interactions/common characteristics
*Two types
-Geopolitical
-Phenomenological
Describe geopolitical
A spatial designation; a geographic or geopolitical area or place.
Describe phenomenological
Relationally-bound by similar characteristics, goals, and/or interests but do
not live in the same area (Military)
What are social determinants of health?
The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, shaped
by the distribution of money, power, and resources at global, national, and
local levels
-Childhood experiences
-Housing
, -Education
-Social Support
-Family income
-Employment
-Communities
-Health Service access
Name some Health Disparities
*Culture
*Literacy
*Language
*Geography
*Socio-economic
*Access
*Gender
*Religion
What are the two major causes of death amoungst all ethics?
*Heart diseases and Cancer
What are some benefits of public health practices?
*Improved life expectancy
*Population-based prevention programs
*Potential issues identified
EXAM 1, EXAM2 &EXAM 3 ALL 300
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS UPDATED FOR A
GUARANTEED PASS
What influenced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?
Strongly influenced by the rising numbers of uninsured & underinsured
What is the goal of Community and Public Health Nursing?
To preserve the health of the community and surrounding population
including healing maintenance of individuals, families, and groups within the
community.
What is Public Health?
A long term commitment to the community to focus on health promotion and
prevention.
*Population based
*Grounded in social justice
*Relies on science of epidemiology
Describe Nursing
,Relationship based care in an independent practice that is:
*Grounded in an ethic of caring
*Holistic
*Sensitivity to diversity
What are the goal of Public Health?
*Preventing Disease
*Prolonging life
*Promoting Individual and Community Health
Describe Community-based nursing
All nursing care provided outside of an acute care into the community.
- Provision of personal care to individuals and families in the community.
What are the roles of a Community Nurse?
-Immunizations
-Communicable disease surveillance & control
-Teach & monitor blood borne pathogen control
-Advise on prevention of vector borne diseases
-Teach methods for responsible sexual behavior & screen for STDs
-Screen for TB, identify TB contacts, & deliver directly observed TB
treatment.
,What is Community-oriented nursing?
All nursing care that is provided within in the overall focus of the well beings
of the community.
Describe a community
People, place, social interactions/common characteristics
*Two types
-Geopolitical
-Phenomenological
Describe geopolitical
A spatial designation; a geographic or geopolitical area or place.
Describe phenomenological
Relationally-bound by similar characteristics, goals, and/or interests but do
not live in the same area (Military)
What are social determinants of health?
The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, shaped
by the distribution of money, power, and resources at global, national, and
local levels
-Childhood experiences
-Housing
, -Education
-Social Support
-Family income
-Employment
-Communities
-Health Service access
Name some Health Disparities
*Culture
*Literacy
*Language
*Geography
*Socio-economic
*Access
*Gender
*Religion
What are the two major causes of death amoungst all ethics?
*Heart diseases and Cancer
What are some benefits of public health practices?
*Improved life expectancy
*Population-based prevention programs
*Potential issues identified
