ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH PROCTORED
EXAM VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE GRADED A+
⩥ Upstream Thinking.
Answer: -Used to focus on interventions that promote health or prevent
illness, as opposed to medical treatment models that focus on care after
an individual becomes ill
⩥ Nightingale's Environmental Theory.
Answer: -Highlights the relationship between an individual's
environment and health
-Depicts health as a continuum
-Emphasizes preventive care
⩥ Health Belief Model.
Answer: -PURPOSE: predict or explain health behaviors
-Describes likelihood of taking an action to avoid disease based on:
1. Perceived Susceptibility
2. Perceived Severity
3. Perceived Benefits
,4. Perceived Barriers
5. Cues to Action: strategies to activate "readiness" (e.g. media
campaigns, disease's effect on family/friends)
6. Self-Efficacy: confidence
⩥ Health Indicators.
Answer: -Describe the health status of a community and serve as targets
for the improvement of a community's health
-e.g. mortality rates, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity,
obesity, tobacco use
⩥ Community.
Answer: -Group of people and institutions that share geographic, civic,
and/or social parameters
-Communities vary in their characteristics and health needs
⩥ Community Health Nursing.
Answer: -A synthesis of nursing and public health theory
-Seeks to promote, preserve, and maintain the health of populations by
the delivery of health services to individuals, families, and groups in
order to influence community health
⩥ Community Health Nurses.
Answer: -Nurses who practice in the community
,-Usually have a facility from which they work (community health clinic,
county health department), but their practice is NOT limited to
institutional settings
-Care is often also delivered in a setting that is part of the client's
environment (e.g. home, school, workplace)
⩥ Population.
Answer: An aggregate who shares one or more personal characteristics
-*The client in community health nursing*
⩥ Public Health Nursing.
Answer: -Population focused and involves a combination of nursing
knowledge along with social and public health sciences
*GOAL:* Promoting health and preventing disease
⩥ What are the three core functions of public health.
Answer: 1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
⩥ Assessment.
Answer: -Using systematic methods to monitor the health of a
population
, -Monitor health status to identify community health problems
-Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the
community
⩥ Policy Development.
Answer: -*Developing laws and practices to promote the health of a
population based on scientific evidence*
-Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
-Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
-Develop policies and plans that support individual and community
health efforts
⩥ Assurance.
Answer: *Making sure adequate health care personnel and services are
accessible, especially to those who might not normally have them*
-Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
-Link people to needed personal health services and ensure the provision
of health care when otherwise unavailable
-Ensure a competent public health and personal health care workforce
-Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and
population-based health services
⩥ Population-Focused Nursing.
EXAM VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE GRADED A+
⩥ Upstream Thinking.
Answer: -Used to focus on interventions that promote health or prevent
illness, as opposed to medical treatment models that focus on care after
an individual becomes ill
⩥ Nightingale's Environmental Theory.
Answer: -Highlights the relationship between an individual's
environment and health
-Depicts health as a continuum
-Emphasizes preventive care
⩥ Health Belief Model.
Answer: -PURPOSE: predict or explain health behaviors
-Describes likelihood of taking an action to avoid disease based on:
1. Perceived Susceptibility
2. Perceived Severity
3. Perceived Benefits
,4. Perceived Barriers
5. Cues to Action: strategies to activate "readiness" (e.g. media
campaigns, disease's effect on family/friends)
6. Self-Efficacy: confidence
⩥ Health Indicators.
Answer: -Describe the health status of a community and serve as targets
for the improvement of a community's health
-e.g. mortality rates, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity,
obesity, tobacco use
⩥ Community.
Answer: -Group of people and institutions that share geographic, civic,
and/or social parameters
-Communities vary in their characteristics and health needs
⩥ Community Health Nursing.
Answer: -A synthesis of nursing and public health theory
-Seeks to promote, preserve, and maintain the health of populations by
the delivery of health services to individuals, families, and groups in
order to influence community health
⩥ Community Health Nurses.
Answer: -Nurses who practice in the community
,-Usually have a facility from which they work (community health clinic,
county health department), but their practice is NOT limited to
institutional settings
-Care is often also delivered in a setting that is part of the client's
environment (e.g. home, school, workplace)
⩥ Population.
Answer: An aggregate who shares one or more personal characteristics
-*The client in community health nursing*
⩥ Public Health Nursing.
Answer: -Population focused and involves a combination of nursing
knowledge along with social and public health sciences
*GOAL:* Promoting health and preventing disease
⩥ What are the three core functions of public health.
Answer: 1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
⩥ Assessment.
Answer: -Using systematic methods to monitor the health of a
population
, -Monitor health status to identify community health problems
-Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the
community
⩥ Policy Development.
Answer: -*Developing laws and practices to promote the health of a
population based on scientific evidence*
-Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
-Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
-Develop policies and plans that support individual and community
health efforts
⩥ Assurance.
Answer: *Making sure adequate health care personnel and services are
accessible, especially to those who might not normally have them*
-Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
-Link people to needed personal health services and ensure the provision
of health care when otherwise unavailable
-Ensure a competent public health and personal health care workforce
-Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and
population-based health services
⩥ Population-Focused Nursing.
