ATI RN Community Health Nursing Study Guide Chapter 1- Overview of Community Health Nursing - Community Health Nursing o A population focuses approach in planning, delivering, and evaluating nursing care. o Nurses promote health and welfare of patients ac

ATI RN Community Health Nursing Study Guide Chapter 1- Overview of Community Health Nursing - Community Health Nursing o A population focuses approach in planning, delivering, and evaluating nursing care. o Nurses promote health and welfare of patients across the lifespan and from diverse populations. o Nurses should understand the foundations of community health nursing, health promotion, and disease prevention. - Foundations of Community Nursing o Advances in knowledge about health led to appropriate education of providers and regulation of water and other environmental factors. o Local health boards began to monitor disease, promote health, and collect statistics about the community. - Community Health Nursing Theories o Systems thinking- studies how an individual or unit interacts with other organizations/systems; useful in studying cause and effect relationships. o Upstream thinking- used to focus on interventions that promote health or prevent illness. - Essentials of Community Nursing o Determinants of health- patient or environmental factors that influence the patient’s health.  Example- nutrition, social support, stress, education, finances, transportation, housing, biology, genetics, and personal health practices. o Health indicators- describes the health status of a community and serves as targets for the improvement of a community’s health.  Example- mortality rates, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity, obesity, tobacco use, substance abuse