Specialties of Community Nurses - Answers School
Occupational
Forensic
Correctional
Faith Based
Home Health and Hospice
Levels of prevention with School nursing - Answers Primary: nutritional education,
immunizations,Health education
Secondary: Screenings, identify at risk students, administer medications, Develop health plan, Home
visits
Tertiary:
Referral of students for substance abuse, Prevention of complications and adverse effects and staff
monitoring.
Levels of prevention with occupational nursing - Answers Primary: Set up programs to watch health
conditions of workers, Do "walk throughs" to look at environmental hazards, Safety and educational
resources
Secondary: Health screenings, job transfer evaluations, periodic assessments.
Tertiary: workplace accommodations, disability management, physical demands analysis, Support and
counseling.
Levels of prevention for forensic and correctional nursing - Answers Primary: start drug teaching in
high schools and drug resistance programs, Support programs, life-skills training.
Secondary: identify or screen for evidence of drug use, provide info on area groups that provide
support for students who avoid drugs.
Tertiary: Reduce risk that additional students will abuse drugs, refer to support groups (Narcotic
Anoymous)
Levels of prevention for Faith-based nursing - Answers Primary: teaching about parenting, health and
wellness, social support programs to prevent social isolation
Secondary: Screenings to identify families at risk, educational programs to meet individual needs
Tertiary: resources for rehab, coping with chronic health or disabilities
Levels of Prevention for Home Health Nursing - Answers Primary: intervening early on preventing
problems such as skin breakdown and pain control. Education on hospice/dying
Secondary: Responding quickly when needs arise, Continued education about dying
Tertiary: Assist through active phrase of dying, follow up bereavement support
Senior eligible for Medicare reimbursement - Answers Any individual older than 65 years who is
homebound, under the care of a physician, and requires medically necessary skilled nursing care or
therapy services
Any individual older than 65 years who is certified by a physician or a nurse practitioner (NP) to be
terminally ill with a life expectancy of 6 months or less is eligible to receive the Medicare Hospice
Advanced Directive (AD) - Answers is a written document in which a competent person gives
instructions about future health care in the event that the individual is unable to make decisions.
Power of Attorney (POA) - Answers for health care is one type of advance directive. Also called a
health care proxy, the durable power of attorney for health care gives another person the power to
make medical decisions related to care of the patient
, Living Will - Answers is a written document in which a patient voluntarily informs doctors and family
members about the type of medical care desired should the patient become terminally ill or
permanently unconscious and unable to communicate. In the living will, the patient can describe the
type of care desired, depending on the clinical situation
Can family be a caregiver - Answers Yes, The RN assess the skills of the caregiver, instructs them on
procedures and recognizing S/S of problems.
Pain Control in dying process - Answers Meds are given in doses sufficient to keep patient free of
pain; administered on a regular schedule.
Help in managing other symptoms (nausea and vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, fatigue, decreased
appetite).
Caring for the caregiver in dying process - Answers Careful assessment of the caregiver's mental and
physical health is important
.All decisions regarding care are made considering the health of the caregivers.
Caregivers need reassurance for the care they provide.
Need to understand the patient will not die from something they did or did not do.
Nursing care in dying process - Answers Relieves the suffering throughout the illness
Support the patient and family through dying process
Provide grief support after the patient has died.
other departments in Home health to promote safety - Answers physical therapists, occupational
therapists, social workers, nurse assistants, chaplains, physician.
Roles of the Faith Based Nurse: - Answers -Integrator of faith and health
-Personal health counselor
-Health educator
-Health advocate
-Referral agent
-Coordinator of volunteers
-Accessing and developing support groups
Ethical issues with faith-based nursing - Answers Providing care to vulnerable populations: Should not
try and treat entire population alone
End of life issues: FCN need a theoretical base that includes an understanding of grief and loss from a
developmental and social perspective, knowledge of the manifestations of normal and complicated
grief, and nursing interventions to facilitate healthy grieving.
Confidentiality: They should only share the clients information when given permission and they
should be aware of this before going to the church community and talking with people.
Accountability: They should know how to store and keep secure the medical records of the people in
the church community and ensure the health information is current and appropriately practiced.
Subspecialties of forensic nursing. - Answers • Sexual assault nurse examiner: who applies the
nursing process during forensic examinations to victims or perpetrators of sexual assault.
• Nurse coroner: responsible for ensuring that appropriate measures are taken to perform death
investigations and to certify death certificates.
Death investigator: evaluates the death scene from a holistic nursing perspective and might interpret
the scene differently
• Legal nurse consultant: nurse attorneys are nurses who provide assistance within the legal system
using specialized nursing knowledge and expertise when the interaction between law and health care
quality and safety issues arise