(Top 2024/2025 EXAM REVIEW PAPER ) WGU (C228) ATI-Community Health Test 1 Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. VERIFIED.

WGU (C228) ATI-Community Health Test 1 Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. VERIFIED. Public Health Nursing - -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: - -populationfocused. 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 - -is a collection of individuals who have one or more personal or environmental characteristics in common. Public Health Core Functions - -assessment, policy development, and assurance. Public Health Essential Services - -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 - -American Nurses Association APHA - -American Public Health Association APHA developed: - -"The Definition and Role of Public Health Nursing in the Delivery of Health Care" to describe the field of specialization ANA developed: - -In Public Health Nursing: scope and standards of practice. VNA - -Visiting Nurses Association VNA developed: - -"The Visiting Nurse Quarterly" initiated a professional communication medium for clinical and organizational concerns. Institute of Medicine IOM defined public health as: - -What society does collectively to ensure the conditions in which people can be healthy. Topic of Interest for Public Health Nurse: - -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: - -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: - -Assurance Pg 14 The role and goals of the community health nursing practice can best be described as: - -Populationlevel 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 15-1