Public Health Nursing (EXAM 1)
Questions With Correct Answers
Promote physical and mental health and prevent disease, injury, and disability -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-public health mission
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what are the three core functions of public health? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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assessment, policy development, and assurance
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systematically collecting data on the population, monitoring the populations
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heath status, and making information available about the health of the
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community - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-assessment
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need to provide leadership in developing policies that support the health of the
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population - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-policy development
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ensuring that essential community-oriented health services are available -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-assurance
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under the assurance core function, public health has _____________
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______________? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-police power | | | |
, what are the essential services of assessment core function? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-monitor health, diagnose and investigate | | | |
what are the essential services of assurance core function? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-evaluate, enforce laws, link to/provide care, assure competent
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workforce
what are the essential services of policy development core function? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-develop policies, mobilize community partnerships,
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inform/educate/empower
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using general and specific measures in a population to promote health and
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prevent the development of disease and using specific measures to prevent
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diseases in those who are predisposed to developing a particular condition -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-primary prevention
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stopping the progress of disease by early detection and treatment, thus reducing
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prevalence and chronicity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-secondary prevention
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stopping deterioration in a patient, a relapse, or disability and dependency by
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anticipatory nursing and medical care - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tertiary prevention
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diagnoses, intervenes, and treats populations or subpopulations - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-population focused practice | |
diagnoses, intervenes, and treats individual clients
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working with just ONE person - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-individual focused practice
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