NUR 439 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Population/aggregate - CORRECT ANSWER -a collection of people who share one or more
personal or environmental characteristics
Community Based Nursing (CBN) - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER --Eliminate preventable disease, disability, injury,
and premature death
Shattuck Report - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -Established the American Red Cross
Lillian Wald - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER --First school nurse
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Population/aggregate - CORRECT ANSWER -a collection of people who share one or more
personal or environmental characteristics
Community Based Nursing (CBN) - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER --Eliminate preventable disease, disability, injury,
and premature death
Shattuck Report - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -Established the American Red Cross
Lillian Wald - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER --First school nurse
