WGU D450 POPULATION FOCUSED CARE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
what we, as a society do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can
be healthy. The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and
promoting of health and efficiency - CORRECT ANSWER public health
organized community effort, sanitation of the environment, control of
communicable disease, insuring everyone a standard of living adequate for the
maintenance of health - CORRECT ANSWER accomplish public health through
the synthesis of public health and nursing, usually occurs in non-acute care or
institutional settings, requires a BSN - CORRECT ANSWER public health nursing
epidemiology, health care systems, research and statistics,
identification/intervention with high risk populations, application of public health
concepts to care of culturally diverse persons, and orientation to regulations
affecting PHN practice - CORRECT ANSWER education for PHN
is the defining characteristic of public health nursing, aimed at improving the
health of populations, interventions intended to improve the health of the
community or population as a whole - CORRECT ANSWER population focused
practice
reflects community's needs and priorities as identified through the core function
of assessment. care given to those in the health system as well as those who have
not presented for care - CORRECT ANSWER PHN practice
, _____________ grounded in: social justice, compassion, sensitivity to diversity
and respect for the worth of all people, especially the vulnerable - CORRECT
ANSWER cornerstones of PHN
encompasses mental, physical, emotional, social, spiritual and environmental
aspects of health; driven by epidemiological evidence; collaborates with
community resources to achieve strategies; authority for independent action -
CORRECT ANSWER cornerstones of PHN
community focused practice, system focused practice, and individual focused
practice - CORRECT ANSWER 3 levels of public health practice
change community norms & attitudes, change community awareness, practices
and behaviors
directed toward entire communities, outcomes measured in terms of what
proportion of the population actually changes - CORRECT ANSWER community
focused practice
changes organizations, policies, laws, and power structures; focus on the systems
that impact health; systems level often more effective and long lasting impact on -
CORRECT ANSWER systems focused practice
changes knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, practices, and behaviors of individuals;
directed at individuals, alone or as part of a family, class or group; individuals
receive services because they are part of a population at risk or with actual health
issues.
may focus on target populations - CORRECT ANSWER individual focused practice
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
what we, as a society do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can
be healthy. The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and
promoting of health and efficiency - CORRECT ANSWER public health
organized community effort, sanitation of the environment, control of
communicable disease, insuring everyone a standard of living adequate for the
maintenance of health - CORRECT ANSWER accomplish public health through
the synthesis of public health and nursing, usually occurs in non-acute care or
institutional settings, requires a BSN - CORRECT ANSWER public health nursing
epidemiology, health care systems, research and statistics,
identification/intervention with high risk populations, application of public health
concepts to care of culturally diverse persons, and orientation to regulations
affecting PHN practice - CORRECT ANSWER education for PHN
is the defining characteristic of public health nursing, aimed at improving the
health of populations, interventions intended to improve the health of the
community or population as a whole - CORRECT ANSWER population focused
practice
reflects community's needs and priorities as identified through the core function
of assessment. care given to those in the health system as well as those who have
not presented for care - CORRECT ANSWER PHN practice
, _____________ grounded in: social justice, compassion, sensitivity to diversity
and respect for the worth of all people, especially the vulnerable - CORRECT
ANSWER cornerstones of PHN
encompasses mental, physical, emotional, social, spiritual and environmental
aspects of health; driven by epidemiological evidence; collaborates with
community resources to achieve strategies; authority for independent action -
CORRECT ANSWER cornerstones of PHN
community focused practice, system focused practice, and individual focused
practice - CORRECT ANSWER 3 levels of public health practice
change community norms & attitudes, change community awareness, practices
and behaviors
directed toward entire communities, outcomes measured in terms of what
proportion of the population actually changes - CORRECT ANSWER community
focused practice
changes organizations, policies, laws, and power structures; focus on the systems
that impact health; systems level often more effective and long lasting impact on -
CORRECT ANSWER systems focused practice
changes knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, practices, and behaviors of individuals;
directed at individuals, alone or as part of a family, class or group; individuals
receive services because they are part of a population at risk or with actual health
issues.
may focus on target populations - CORRECT ANSWER individual focused practice
