ATI Community Health Nursing: Chapter
1 Questions and Answers Graded A
Nursing theories provide ✔✔the basis for care of the community and family
Nurses working in the community should have an understanding of ✔✔the foundations of
community health nursing, the principles of community health nursing, and health promotion and
disease prevention
Nightingale's Theory of Environment ✔✔Highlights the relationship b/w and individual's
environment and health; depicts health as a continuum; emphasizes PREVENTIVE care.
Health Belief Model -- Purpose ✔✔to predict or explain health behaviors; assumes that
preventive health behaviors are taken primarily for the purpose of avoiding disease;emphasizes
change at the INDIVIDUAL level
Health Belief Model -- Describes the likelihood of taking an action to avoid disease based on:
✔✔perceived susceptibility, seriousness, and threat of a disease; modifying factors; cues to
action; perceived benefits minus perceived barriers to taking action
, Milio's Framework for Prevention ✔✔complements the health belief model; emphasizes change
at the COMMUNITY level; ID's relationship b/w health deficits and availability of health-
promoting resources; theorizes that behavior changes within a large number of people can
ultimately lead to social change
Community ✔✔a group of people and institutions that share geographic, civiv, and/or social
parameters
A community's health is determined by ✔✔the degree to which the community's collective
health needs are ID'd and met
Health indicators ✔✔mortality rate, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity, obesity,
tobacco use, and substance use
Population ✔✔an aggregate who shares one or more personal characteristics
Who is the client in community health nursing? ✔✔Community or Population
Community-Based Nursing ✔✔Focuses on: Individuals and Families
1 Questions and Answers Graded A
Nursing theories provide ✔✔the basis for care of the community and family
Nurses working in the community should have an understanding of ✔✔the foundations of
community health nursing, the principles of community health nursing, and health promotion and
disease prevention
Nightingale's Theory of Environment ✔✔Highlights the relationship b/w and individual's
environment and health; depicts health as a continuum; emphasizes PREVENTIVE care.
Health Belief Model -- Purpose ✔✔to predict or explain health behaviors; assumes that
preventive health behaviors are taken primarily for the purpose of avoiding disease;emphasizes
change at the INDIVIDUAL level
Health Belief Model -- Describes the likelihood of taking an action to avoid disease based on:
✔✔perceived susceptibility, seriousness, and threat of a disease; modifying factors; cues to
action; perceived benefits minus perceived barriers to taking action
, Milio's Framework for Prevention ✔✔complements the health belief model; emphasizes change
at the COMMUNITY level; ID's relationship b/w health deficits and availability of health-
promoting resources; theorizes that behavior changes within a large number of people can
ultimately lead to social change
Community ✔✔a group of people and institutions that share geographic, civiv, and/or social
parameters
A community's health is determined by ✔✔the degree to which the community's collective
health needs are ID'd and met
Health indicators ✔✔mortality rate, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity, obesity,
tobacco use, and substance use
Population ✔✔an aggregate who shares one or more personal characteristics
Who is the client in community health nursing? ✔✔Community or Population
Community-Based Nursing ✔✔Focuses on: Individuals and Families
