NR 439 FULL COURSE WEEKS 1 TO 8
DISCUSSIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
2026 COMPREHENSIVE WORK WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Community Based Nursing (CBN). Answer: -Focus is on illness care
of individuals and families
-Pts are bing released from hospitals much sooner due to growing costs
of hospital care
◉ Community Oriented Nursing. Answer: -Focus on promoting quality
of life
-Focus on the health care of entire communities
-Includes speciality of PHN
-Goal is to prevent disease and preserve, promote, restore, and protect
health of community
◉ Public Health. Answer: -Organize community efforts that will use
scientific and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health
Ex: seatbelts, driving lessons, commercials to stop smoking
◉ Public Health Core fxs. Answer: -Assessment: assessing the health
status of a community. Looking at data.
-Policy Devel: develop policies that support the health of a population.
Use scientific knowledge which is going to be the base on how to make
policy decisions
,-Assurance: Making sure the essential community based health services
are available. What type of essential personnel and health services are
needed.
◉ Levels of prevention. Answer: -Primary: Promote health, prevent
disease. Avoid development of disease. Ex: vaccines
-Secondary: Early detection of disease. Find out abt initiation of disease
before s/s develop. Ex: screenings
-Tertiary: When someone already has an est disease. Attempt to limit
progression of disease and reduce negative impact. Ex: PT, speech
therapy, foot care clinics, support groups
◉ Quad Council competencies. Answer: -Association of State and
Territorial Directors of Nursing (ASTDN)
-American Nurses Association Council on Nursing Practice and
Economics (ANA)
-Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (ACHNE)
-Section of Public Health Nursing of the American Public Health
Association (APHA)
◉ Healthy People 2020. Answer: -Eliminate preventable disease,
disability, injury, and premature death
◉ Shattuck Report. Answer: -First use on demographic data to look at
population health birth and death records
-Most illnesses related to unsanitary conditions
, -Est of state and local health dpt
-Led to inc life expectancy, disease control, health edu
◉ Florence Nightingale. Answer: -Est first nursing school in England
-Founder of prof nursing services
-Introduced principles of asepsis and infection control
-kept careful stats and emphasized sanitary conditions
◉ Clara Barton. Answer: Established the American Red Cross
◉ Lillian Wald. Answer: -Founded the Henry Street Settlement (viable
practice for PHN)
-Provided well baby care, trt of minor illnesses
-Developed first nursing service for occupational health (Met Life
Insurance Company)
-Goal: women, children, immigrants, poor members of ethnic relies
groups to receive care.
◉ Lina Rogers. Answer: -First school nurse
◉ Head Start Program (1960s). Answer: -A federal program that
provides academically focused preschool to students of low
socioeconomic status
DISCUSSIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
2026 COMPREHENSIVE WORK WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Community Based Nursing (CBN). Answer: -Focus is on illness care
of individuals and families
-Pts are bing released from hospitals much sooner due to growing costs
of hospital care
◉ Community Oriented Nursing. Answer: -Focus on promoting quality
of life
-Focus on the health care of entire communities
-Includes speciality of PHN
-Goal is to prevent disease and preserve, promote, restore, and protect
health of community
◉ Public Health. Answer: -Organize community efforts that will use
scientific and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health
Ex: seatbelts, driving lessons, commercials to stop smoking
◉ Public Health Core fxs. Answer: -Assessment: assessing the health
status of a community. Looking at data.
-Policy Devel: develop policies that support the health of a population.
Use scientific knowledge which is going to be the base on how to make
policy decisions
,-Assurance: Making sure the essential community based health services
are available. What type of essential personnel and health services are
needed.
◉ Levels of prevention. Answer: -Primary: Promote health, prevent
disease. Avoid development of disease. Ex: vaccines
-Secondary: Early detection of disease. Find out abt initiation of disease
before s/s develop. Ex: screenings
-Tertiary: When someone already has an est disease. Attempt to limit
progression of disease and reduce negative impact. Ex: PT, speech
therapy, foot care clinics, support groups
◉ Quad Council competencies. Answer: -Association of State and
Territorial Directors of Nursing (ASTDN)
-American Nurses Association Council on Nursing Practice and
Economics (ANA)
-Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (ACHNE)
-Section of Public Health Nursing of the American Public Health
Association (APHA)
◉ Healthy People 2020. Answer: -Eliminate preventable disease,
disability, injury, and premature death
◉ Shattuck Report. Answer: -First use on demographic data to look at
population health birth and death records
-Most illnesses related to unsanitary conditions
, -Est of state and local health dpt
-Led to inc life expectancy, disease control, health edu
◉ Florence Nightingale. Answer: -Est first nursing school in England
-Founder of prof nursing services
-Introduced principles of asepsis and infection control
-kept careful stats and emphasized sanitary conditions
◉ Clara Barton. Answer: Established the American Red Cross
◉ Lillian Wald. Answer: -Founded the Henry Street Settlement (viable
practice for PHN)
-Provided well baby care, trt of minor illnesses
-Developed first nursing service for occupational health (Met Life
Insurance Company)
-Goal: women, children, immigrants, poor members of ethnic relies
groups to receive care.
◉ Lina Rogers. Answer: -First school nurse
◉ Head Start Program (1960s). Answer: -A federal program that
provides academically focused preschool to students of low
socioeconomic status
