QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the primary focus of population health nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER to
improve population health with emphasis on prevention and determinants of health
3 basic nursing activities - CORRECT ANSWER 1. restorative
2. supportive
3. promotive
determinants of health - CORRECT ANSWER the range of personal, social, economic,
and environmental factors that influence health status
restorative practices - CORRECT ANSWER modify the impact of illness and disease
what level of prevention would restorative practices align with? - CORRECT
ANSWER tertiary prevention
supportive practices - CORRECT ANSWER oriented toward modification of
relationships or the environment to support health
promotive practices - CORRECT ANSWER MOBILIZE healthy patterns of living,
foster personal and familial development, support self-defined goals of individuals, families,
and communities
Nursing Process: Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER include community members
through interviews, surveys, focus groups, windshield survey
windshield survey - CORRECT ANSWER descriptive approach that assesses several
community components by driving through a community
, nursing process: diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER identify health or social issues and
problems
nursing process: planning involves who? - CORRECT ANSWER involve community
leaders
nursing process: evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER includes both process and outcome
evaluation and have community members contribute to it
true or false: looking at the intervention wheel, nurses only focus on the community level -
CORRECT ANSWER false. they must target all 3 levels: individual, community, and
systems
goal of the intervention wheel - CORRECT ANSWER improve population health
outcomes by changing knowledge, attitudes, practices, community norms, policies, laws,
organizational structures
true or false: system-focused interventions impact more people - CORRECT
ANSWER true
true or false: the intervention wheel is evidence-based - CORRECT ANSWER true. it
is based on literature review and expert practice
Who are the "stakeholders" in a community? - CORRECT ANSWER community
members, leaders, policy makers
the "how" of public health nursing practice/wheel - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
population based
2. 3 levels of public health practice
3. 17 public health interventions