NURS 471 community quiz 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Community Health Nursing Statistics -16% work in home, school, public/community health, or occupational health
settings
-11% work in ambulatory care settings
*ambulatory care= receiving care and then leaving
US Health Care System Transition from disease-oriented system to a health-oriented system
*health-oriented is looking at a lot of teaching and prevention
Community is a group or collection of individuals interacting in social units and sharing
common interests, characteristics, values, and goals (ex. University of Scranton
is one)
, Aggregate Subgroup or subpopulation that has common characteristics or concerns
Community/Public Health Nursing is the synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice
Community/Public Health Nursing major goal to preserve the health of the community and surrounding populations, the
focus is health promotion and disease prevention
Community/Public Health Nursing is associated with: health and identification of populations at risk rather than an episodic response
to patient demand
Responsibilities of Community Health Nurses -Identification of unmet needs
-Advocacy and referrals
-Teaching
-Environmental management
-Collaboration and coordination
-Political action
-Empowerment of community members
Focus of Community Health Nursing: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Health Promotion involves improving well-being, decreasing preventable diseases, disability, &
premature death, reducing experiences of illness, vulnerability, and suffering
Primary prevention Prevention of problems before they occur, ex. Immunization
Secondary prevention Early detection and intervention (ex. Screening for sexually transmitted disease)
Tertiary prevention Correction and prevention of deterioration of a disease state (ex. Teaching
insulin administration in the home)
Core Public Health Functions -Assessment
-Policy Development
-Assurance
Status of the Community's Health -Access to health care services
-Economics
-Social issues
-Environmental issues
-Cultural practices
Morbidity data disease rate
Mortality data death rate
Community Health Nursing Certification -Community Health Generalists
-School Nurse
-Home Health Nurse
-College Health Nurse
-Clinical Nurse Specialist (MSN)
Mary Breckinridge Established the Frontier Nursing Service, nurse midwife, mother and child
and CORRECT Answers
Community Health Nursing Statistics -16% work in home, school, public/community health, or occupational health
settings
-11% work in ambulatory care settings
*ambulatory care= receiving care and then leaving
US Health Care System Transition from disease-oriented system to a health-oriented system
*health-oriented is looking at a lot of teaching and prevention
Community is a group or collection of individuals interacting in social units and sharing
common interests, characteristics, values, and goals (ex. University of Scranton
is one)
, Aggregate Subgroup or subpopulation that has common characteristics or concerns
Community/Public Health Nursing is the synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice
Community/Public Health Nursing major goal to preserve the health of the community and surrounding populations, the
focus is health promotion and disease prevention
Community/Public Health Nursing is associated with: health and identification of populations at risk rather than an episodic response
to patient demand
Responsibilities of Community Health Nurses -Identification of unmet needs
-Advocacy and referrals
-Teaching
-Environmental management
-Collaboration and coordination
-Political action
-Empowerment of community members
Focus of Community Health Nursing: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Health Promotion involves improving well-being, decreasing preventable diseases, disability, &
premature death, reducing experiences of illness, vulnerability, and suffering
Primary prevention Prevention of problems before they occur, ex. Immunization
Secondary prevention Early detection and intervention (ex. Screening for sexually transmitted disease)
Tertiary prevention Correction and prevention of deterioration of a disease state (ex. Teaching
insulin administration in the home)
Core Public Health Functions -Assessment
-Policy Development
-Assurance
Status of the Community's Health -Access to health care services
-Economics
-Social issues
-Environmental issues
-Cultural practices
Morbidity data disease rate
Mortality data death rate
Community Health Nursing Certification -Community Health Generalists
-School Nurse
-Home Health Nurse
-College Health Nurse
-Clinical Nurse Specialist (MSN)
Mary Breckinridge Established the Frontier Nursing Service, nurse midwife, mother and child
