NUR 210 Exam 1 Complete Questions And Answers | 2026 Update
1. What is commu- • Is a population-focused approach to planning, delivering, and evaluating nursing
nity health nurs- care.
ing? • It is a broad field that gives nurses the opportunity to practice in a variety of
settings.
• Promote the health and welfare of clients across the lifespan and from diverse
populations
2. What is a aggre- An aggregate group is a group of people who share a trait, such as age, gender,
gate group? race, or ethnicity.
3. What are 1. Systems thinking
the community 2. Upstream thinking
health nursing 3. Nightingale's Environmental theory
theories?
4. What is Systems • How an individual or unit interacts with other organizations or systems. It helps
thinking? explain cause and ettect relationships.
1. provider system (pcp), 2. health care system (clinics or hospitals), 3. patient
system (people interact with their families and friends) SYSTEM THINKING HAS
THESE 3 CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS
ex; if you don't turn the patients then they get bed sores or if you don't do hand
hygiene then there is a risk for infection.
5. What is Upstream •Focuses on interventions that promote health or prevent illness before an indi-
thinking? vidual gets sick.
ex; testing them for pre diabetes (A1C) before they get sick or vaccinations
-promoting good hand hygiene
-working out
-SCREENINGS
, NUR 210 Exam 1 Complete Questions And Answers | 2026 Update
6. What is Nightin- • Relationship between the environment and health
gale's Environ- • Cleanliness, clean air, and health
mental Theory? • Health is on a continuum, ever changing, adapting
• Preventative care
-pure air, pure water, cleanliness, light, and drainage (5 things Florence says we
need)
7. What is the • Predict or explain health behaviors
health belief • Avoid disease with preventative health actions
model? • Change is made at the individual level
• Taking action to avoid disease is based on:
•--If an individual perceives a disease or illness as a threat
•--Demographics, knowledge level
•--Call to action for change from family, friends, health care professionals, media
campaigns
•--Benefits of making behavior changes vs barriers that keep change from hap-
pening
8. Based on what • If an individual perceives a disease or illness as a threat
would you take • Demographics, knowledge level
action to avoid • Call to action for change from family, friends, health care professionals, media
disease? campaigns
• Benefits of making behavior changes vs barriers that keep change from happen-
ing
9. What is Milio's • Change occurs at the community level. Social change can occur when large
Framework for number of people adopt behavior change.
Prevention?
-ex; wearing masks, social distancing, increased hand washing
10. Health risk does not provoke change. Instead, personal factors, benefits, barriers,
and attitudes of others promote and protect health.
1. What is commu- • Is a population-focused approach to planning, delivering, and evaluating nursing
nity health nurs- care.
ing? • It is a broad field that gives nurses the opportunity to practice in a variety of
settings.
• Promote the health and welfare of clients across the lifespan and from diverse
populations
2. What is a aggre- An aggregate group is a group of people who share a trait, such as age, gender,
gate group? race, or ethnicity.
3. What are 1. Systems thinking
the community 2. Upstream thinking
health nursing 3. Nightingale's Environmental theory
theories?
4. What is Systems • How an individual or unit interacts with other organizations or systems. It helps
thinking? explain cause and ettect relationships.
1. provider system (pcp), 2. health care system (clinics or hospitals), 3. patient
system (people interact with their families and friends) SYSTEM THINKING HAS
THESE 3 CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS
ex; if you don't turn the patients then they get bed sores or if you don't do hand
hygiene then there is a risk for infection.
5. What is Upstream •Focuses on interventions that promote health or prevent illness before an indi-
thinking? vidual gets sick.
ex; testing them for pre diabetes (A1C) before they get sick or vaccinations
-promoting good hand hygiene
-working out
-SCREENINGS
, NUR 210 Exam 1 Complete Questions And Answers | 2026 Update
6. What is Nightin- • Relationship between the environment and health
gale's Environ- • Cleanliness, clean air, and health
mental Theory? • Health is on a continuum, ever changing, adapting
• Preventative care
-pure air, pure water, cleanliness, light, and drainage (5 things Florence says we
need)
7. What is the • Predict or explain health behaviors
health belief • Avoid disease with preventative health actions
model? • Change is made at the individual level
• Taking action to avoid disease is based on:
•--If an individual perceives a disease or illness as a threat
•--Demographics, knowledge level
•--Call to action for change from family, friends, health care professionals, media
campaigns
•--Benefits of making behavior changes vs barriers that keep change from hap-
pening
8. Based on what • If an individual perceives a disease or illness as a threat
would you take • Demographics, knowledge level
action to avoid • Call to action for change from family, friends, health care professionals, media
disease? campaigns
• Benefits of making behavior changes vs barriers that keep change from happen-
ing
9. What is Milio's • Change occurs at the community level. Social change can occur when large
Framework for number of people adopt behavior change.
Prevention?
-ex; wearing masks, social distancing, increased hand washing
10. Health risk does not provoke change. Instead, personal factors, benefits, barriers,
and attitudes of others promote and protect health.
