NUR 426 CH EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
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Public health science - ANSWER-The scientific foundation of public health practice
and brings together other sciences including environmental science, epidemiology,
biostatistics, biomedical sciences, and the social and behavioral sciences.
Public health goals - ANSWER-prevent disease and disability and promote/protect
the community as a whole. It includes preventing disease, prolonging life, promoting
health, addressing environmental safety and improvement
Core Functions of Public Health - ANSWER-1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
Assessment - ANSWER-the systematic collection, analysis and monitoring of health
problems and needs
Policy Development - ANSWER-the use of scientific knowledge to develop a
strategic approach to improving the community's health
Assurance - ANSWER-assuring constituents that public health agencies provide
services necessary to achieve agreed-upon goals. Assuring that essential
community-oriented services are provided GL
10 essential public health services - ANSWER-1. Monitor health status to identify
and solve community health problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health
care when otherwise unavailable.
8. Assure competent public and personal health care workforce.
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based
health services.
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
Globalizaton - ANSWER-the process of increasing economic, political and social
independence and integration as capital, goods, persons, concepts, images, ideas
and values across state boundaries. With globalization, there is also an emergence
of CDs
Life expectancy - ANSWER-The average number of years an individual can be
expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life
, expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to
live.
10 public health achievements - ANSWER-1. Recognition of tobacco use as a health
hazard
2. Vaccination
3. Motor-vehicle safety
4. Safer workplaces
5. Control of infectious diseases
6. Decline in deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke
7. Safer and healthier foods
8. Healthier mothers and babies
9. Family planning
10. Fluoridation of drinking water
Population - ANSWER-mass of people that make up a definable unit to which
measurements pertained
Health - ANSWER-A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being; not
merely the absence of disease or infirmary
Aggregate - ANSWER-individual units brought together into a whole or sum of
individuals (synonymous with population)
Community - ANSWER-group of individuals living within the same geographical area
or those who share another common denominator. You recognize yourself as part of
a community but not as a population.
Population-Focused Nursing - ANSWER-nursing practice that concentrates upon
specific groups of people, focusing on health promotion and disease prevention,
regardless of geographic location (ex. individuals without health insurance)
Medicaid - ANSWER-A federal and state assistance program that pays for health
care services for people who cannot afford them.
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) - ANSWER-Comprehensive care is
provided to members by a set of designated providers
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) - ANSWER-group of healthcare providers
that provide services to a specific group, often at a reduced rate
Susceptibility to Illness and Injury - Host Factors - ANSWER-Worker characteristics
including job inexperience, age and pregnancy
Key Components of PH Nursing - ANSWER-1. Emphasize primary prevention
2. Work to achieve the greatest good for the largest number of individuals
3. Recognize that the client is a partner in health
Determinants of Health - ANSWER-the range of personal, social, economic, and
environmental factors that influence health status
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Public health science - ANSWER-The scientific foundation of public health practice
and brings together other sciences including environmental science, epidemiology,
biostatistics, biomedical sciences, and the social and behavioral sciences.
Public health goals - ANSWER-prevent disease and disability and promote/protect
the community as a whole. It includes preventing disease, prolonging life, promoting
health, addressing environmental safety and improvement
Core Functions of Public Health - ANSWER-1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
Assessment - ANSWER-the systematic collection, analysis and monitoring of health
problems and needs
Policy Development - ANSWER-the use of scientific knowledge to develop a
strategic approach to improving the community's health
Assurance - ANSWER-assuring constituents that public health agencies provide
services necessary to achieve agreed-upon goals. Assuring that essential
community-oriented services are provided GL
10 essential public health services - ANSWER-1. Monitor health status to identify
and solve community health problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health
care when otherwise unavailable.
8. Assure competent public and personal health care workforce.
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based
health services.
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
Globalizaton - ANSWER-the process of increasing economic, political and social
independence and integration as capital, goods, persons, concepts, images, ideas
and values across state boundaries. With globalization, there is also an emergence
of CDs
Life expectancy - ANSWER-The average number of years an individual can be
expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life
, expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to
live.
10 public health achievements - ANSWER-1. Recognition of tobacco use as a health
hazard
2. Vaccination
3. Motor-vehicle safety
4. Safer workplaces
5. Control of infectious diseases
6. Decline in deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke
7. Safer and healthier foods
8. Healthier mothers and babies
9. Family planning
10. Fluoridation of drinking water
Population - ANSWER-mass of people that make up a definable unit to which
measurements pertained
Health - ANSWER-A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being; not
merely the absence of disease or infirmary
Aggregate - ANSWER-individual units brought together into a whole or sum of
individuals (synonymous with population)
Community - ANSWER-group of individuals living within the same geographical area
or those who share another common denominator. You recognize yourself as part of
a community but not as a population.
Population-Focused Nursing - ANSWER-nursing practice that concentrates upon
specific groups of people, focusing on health promotion and disease prevention,
regardless of geographic location (ex. individuals without health insurance)
Medicaid - ANSWER-A federal and state assistance program that pays for health
care services for people who cannot afford them.
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) - ANSWER-Comprehensive care is
provided to members by a set of designated providers
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) - ANSWER-group of healthcare providers
that provide services to a specific group, often at a reduced rate
Susceptibility to Illness and Injury - Host Factors - ANSWER-Worker characteristics
including job inexperience, age and pregnancy
Key Components of PH Nursing - ANSWER-1. Emphasize primary prevention
2. Work to achieve the greatest good for the largest number of individuals
3. Recognize that the client is a partner in health
Determinants of Health - ANSWER-the range of personal, social, economic, and
environmental factors that influence health status
