C228- ATI-Community Health Test 1
Questions and All Correct Answers.
Public Health Nursing - Answer is a specialty because it has a distinct focus and scope of
practice, and it requires a special knowledge base.
The following characterizations distinguish public health nursing as a specialty: - Answer
population-focused.
Community-oriented.
There is a health and preventive focus The
Interventions are made at the community or population level.
Political processes are used as a major intervention strategy to affect public policy and achieve
goals.
•here is concern for the health of all members of the population/community, particularly
vulnerable subpopulations.
Population or aggregate - Answer is a collection of individuals who have one or more
personal or environmental characteristics in common.
Public Health Core Functions - Answer assessment, policy development, and assurance.
Public Health Essential Services - Answer 1.Monitor health status to identify community
health problems.
2.Diagnose and investigate health problems and hazards in the community.
3.Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
ANA - Answer American Nurses Association
APHA - Answer American Public Health Association
APHA developed: - Answer "The Definition and Role of Public Health Nursing in the Delivery
of Health Care" to describe the field of specialization
ANA developed: - Answer In Public Health Nursing: scope and standards of practice.
VNA - Answer Visiting Nurses Association
, VNA developed: - Answer "The Visiting Nurse Quarterly" initiated a professional
communication medium for clinical and organizational concerns.
Institute of Medicine IOM defined public health as: - Answer What society does collectively
to ensure the conditions in which people can be healthy.
Topic of Interest for Public Health Nurse: - Answer Partnering with local seasonal
farmworkers to design a program aimed at preventing illness and injury, and advocating for this
population with local political and community leaders
A public health nurse leader is encountering barriers when trying to shift the public health
agency's efforts to a population-focused practice. The reasons peers are not supportive of the
proposed shift to a population focus are most likely related to: - Answer Opinions that
nursing should focus on the provision of direct client care and services. (pg) 18
The state public health agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability of
elder transportation services to a specific county senior center. The state agency assigns a public
health nurse to work with the community to evaluate its program for elder transportation
services to publicly sponsored eldercare programs. The public health core function applied is: -
Answer Assurance Pg 14
The role and goals of the community health nursing practice can best be described as: - Answer
Population-level strategies aimed at promoting, preserving, and maintaining the health of
populations through the delivery of personal health care services to individuals, families, and
groups in an effort to improve the health of the community as a whole. Pgs 15-17
A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the middle school. The next
step in a population-focused practice is to make information available about the health of the
middle school students. This describes the core public health function of: - Answer
Assessment. Pgs 7, 14
A community-oriented nurse conducts home visits to new parents to assess the health status of
the infant, the parent-child relationship, the parents' knowledge regarding the care of the
infant, and the need for health department and social services referrals to support the needs of
the new parents and the infant. This can best be described as an example of: - Answer
Clinical community health practice
A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle schools and high
schools is providing: - Answer Community-oriented care
Nurses should consider opportunities for population-focused practice that result from the rapid
transformation of health care delivery from a medical model to a health promotion/disease
Questions and All Correct Answers.
Public Health Nursing - Answer is a specialty because it has a distinct focus and scope of
practice, and it requires a special knowledge base.
The following characterizations distinguish public health nursing as a specialty: - Answer
population-focused.
Community-oriented.
There is a health and preventive focus The
Interventions are made at the community or population level.
Political processes are used as a major intervention strategy to affect public policy and achieve
goals.
•here is concern for the health of all members of the population/community, particularly
vulnerable subpopulations.
Population or aggregate - Answer is a collection of individuals who have one or more
personal or environmental characteristics in common.
Public Health Core Functions - Answer assessment, policy development, and assurance.
Public Health Essential Services - Answer 1.Monitor health status to identify community
health problems.
2.Diagnose and investigate health problems and hazards in the community.
3.Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
ANA - Answer American Nurses Association
APHA - Answer American Public Health Association
APHA developed: - Answer "The Definition and Role of Public Health Nursing in the Delivery
of Health Care" to describe the field of specialization
ANA developed: - Answer In Public Health Nursing: scope and standards of practice.
VNA - Answer Visiting Nurses Association
, VNA developed: - Answer "The Visiting Nurse Quarterly" initiated a professional
communication medium for clinical and organizational concerns.
Institute of Medicine IOM defined public health as: - Answer What society does collectively
to ensure the conditions in which people can be healthy.
Topic of Interest for Public Health Nurse: - Answer Partnering with local seasonal
farmworkers to design a program aimed at preventing illness and injury, and advocating for this
population with local political and community leaders
A public health nurse leader is encountering barriers when trying to shift the public health
agency's efforts to a population-focused practice. The reasons peers are not supportive of the
proposed shift to a population focus are most likely related to: - Answer Opinions that
nursing should focus on the provision of direct client care and services. (pg) 18
The state public health agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability of
elder transportation services to a specific county senior center. The state agency assigns a public
health nurse to work with the community to evaluate its program for elder transportation
services to publicly sponsored eldercare programs. The public health core function applied is: -
Answer Assurance Pg 14
The role and goals of the community health nursing practice can best be described as: - Answer
Population-level strategies aimed at promoting, preserving, and maintaining the health of
populations through the delivery of personal health care services to individuals, families, and
groups in an effort to improve the health of the community as a whole. Pgs 15-17
A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the middle school. The next
step in a population-focused practice is to make information available about the health of the
middle school students. This describes the core public health function of: - Answer
Assessment. Pgs 7, 14
A community-oriented nurse conducts home visits to new parents to assess the health status of
the infant, the parent-child relationship, the parents' knowledge regarding the care of the
infant, and the need for health department and social services referrals to support the needs of
the new parents and the infant. This can best be described as an example of: - Answer
Clinical community health practice
A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle schools and high
schools is providing: - Answer Community-oriented care
Nurses should consider opportunities for population-focused practice that result from the rapid
transformation of health care delivery from a medical model to a health promotion/disease
