HEALTH NURSING 10TH EDITION, RECTOR |
COMPLETE GUIDE A+, CHAPTERS 1-30
Community/Public Health Nursing - ANSWER ___ is the synthesis of nursing
practice and public health practice
populations - ANSWER Community/Public Health Nursing has the major goal to
preserve the health of the community and surrounding ___
maintence - ANSWER Community/Public Health Nursing focuses on health
promotion, prevention, and health ___
risk - ANSWER Community/Public Health Nursing is associated with health and
identification of populations at ___ rather than an episodic response to patient
demand
-preventing disease
-prolonging life
-promoting health through organized community efforts to benefit each citizen -
ANSWER public health is described as the art and science of what 3 things
Health Care Reform - ANSWER ___ is defined as the costs of caring for the sick
which account for the majority of escalating health care dollars, which increased from
5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.8% in 2015
health-oriented - ANSWER Community/public health nurses are in a position to
assist the U.S. health care system to transition from being disease-oriented to a ___
system
public health - ANSWER the mission of ___ is social justice, which entitles all
people to basic necessities such as adequate income and health protection and
accepts collective burdens to make this possible.
Health Expenditures - ANSWER ___ is the total amount spent on healthcare by a
country.
below - ANSWER despite high hospital and physician expenditures, U.S. health
indicators such as life expectancy and infant mortality rate remain considerably ___
the health indicators of many other countries
poorer - ANSWER the health status of the population within the US varies
markedly across the areas of the country and among groups. For example, the
, economically disadvantaged and many cultural and ethnic groups have ___ overall
health status compared with middle-class caucasians
-health promotion
-preventive - ANSWER the decline in the percentage of nurses employed in
hospitals and the subsequent increase in nurses employed community setting
suggest a shift in focus from illness and institutional based care to ____ and ____
care
Individual, families, and groups - ANSWER the major goal of community/public
health nursing is to preserve the health of the community and surrounding
populations by focusing on health promotion and health maintenance of ___, ___,
and ___ within a community
social justic - ANSWER the mission of public health is ___, which entitles all
people the basic necessities such as adequate income and health protection and
accepts collective burdens to make it possible
Societies - ANSWER public health assumes that it is ___ responsibility to meet the
basic need of the people. thus there is a greater need for public funding of
prevention efforts to enhance the health of our population
health - ANSWER ___ is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Social Health - ANSWER ___ is positive interaction among groups within the
community, with an emphasis on health promotion and illness prevention
social health - ANSWER -food banks
-violence prevention programs
these are examples of ___
community - ANSWER ___ is a collection of people who interact with one another
and whose common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity
and belonging. more local
public health - ANSWER ___ is a community-wide effort to monitor and promote
the welfare of the population. much broader
Healthy People 2020 - ANSWER ___ is a set of disease prevention and health
promotion objectives for Americans to meet during the second decade of the new
millennium.
-physical environment
-social environment
-individual behavior
-health services
-biology and genetics - ANSWER what are 5 determinants for the health outcomes
of Healthy People 2020