Community NUR 206 (2026) Exam 1
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• Define Assessment -✓✓Activities that involve collecting, analyzing,
and disseminating information on bother the health status and health-
related aspects of a community or specific population
Ongoing monitoring the health status and the health services population
• Define policy development -✓✓Seeks to build organizations or
relationships that will help bring about change in public policy
• Define assurance -✓✓The responsibility of health agencies to make
sure activities has been carried out to meet public health goals and plans
Make sure the needed services are available
Assessing the quality of the care services
• Define public health -✓✓Protecting and promoting health
Preventing disease and disability
• How did the IOM define public health in their 1988 report? -✓✓It is
what we do as a society, collectively, to assure the conditions in which
people can be healthy
• Name three of the core competencies of the public health workforce -
✓✓Analytic/assessment
Policy development/program planning
Communication
Cultural competency
Community dimensions of practice
Basic public health sciences
Financial planning and management
, Leadership and system thinking
• What are the three tiers of each core competency? -✓✓Tier 1, tier 2
and tier 3
• Describe a tier 1 employee -✓✓Entry level public health professional
No management responsibilities
• A nurse has just entered the public health workforce
She does not manage anything
What tier would this nurse fall into? -✓✓Tier 1
• Describe a tier 2 employee -✓✓This public health professional holds a
management or supervisor position/responsibilities
• Describe a tier 3 employee -✓✓This public health professional is a
senior manager or leader in public health organizations
• A nurse has been a leader at a public health organization
This nurse is also a senior manager
What tier would this nurse fall into? -✓✓Tier 3
• Within the health services pyramid, which level is most important to
public health? -✓✓Primary Health Care; level three
• What is the mission of public health? -✓✓Promote physical and mental
health and prevent disease, injury and disability
• The three core function of public health are also known as? -✓✓The
essential public health services
• Is public health nursing a specialty? -✓✓YUP!!!! it is a specialty
Questions and Answers | Verified | 100%
Accurate
• Define Assessment -✓✓Activities that involve collecting, analyzing,
and disseminating information on bother the health status and health-
related aspects of a community or specific population
Ongoing monitoring the health status and the health services population
• Define policy development -✓✓Seeks to build organizations or
relationships that will help bring about change in public policy
• Define assurance -✓✓The responsibility of health agencies to make
sure activities has been carried out to meet public health goals and plans
Make sure the needed services are available
Assessing the quality of the care services
• Define public health -✓✓Protecting and promoting health
Preventing disease and disability
• How did the IOM define public health in their 1988 report? -✓✓It is
what we do as a society, collectively, to assure the conditions in which
people can be healthy
• Name three of the core competencies of the public health workforce -
✓✓Analytic/assessment
Policy development/program planning
Communication
Cultural competency
Community dimensions of practice
Basic public health sciences
Financial planning and management
, Leadership and system thinking
• What are the three tiers of each core competency? -✓✓Tier 1, tier 2
and tier 3
• Describe a tier 1 employee -✓✓Entry level public health professional
No management responsibilities
• A nurse has just entered the public health workforce
She does not manage anything
What tier would this nurse fall into? -✓✓Tier 1
• Describe a tier 2 employee -✓✓This public health professional holds a
management or supervisor position/responsibilities
• Describe a tier 3 employee -✓✓This public health professional is a
senior manager or leader in public health organizations
• A nurse has been a leader at a public health organization
This nurse is also a senior manager
What tier would this nurse fall into? -✓✓Tier 3
• Within the health services pyramid, which level is most important to
public health? -✓✓Primary Health Care; level three
• What is the mission of public health? -✓✓Promote physical and mental
health and prevent disease, injury and disability
• The three core function of public health are also known as? -✓✓The
essential public health services
• Is public health nursing a specialty? -✓✓YUP!!!! it is a specialty
