Community Health Nursing A Canadian Perspective, 5th
Edition TEST BANK by Stamler
3 shared commonalities - ANSWER:geographic, common interest, community of
solution
community of solution - ANSWER:group of people who come together to solve
problems that affects all of them, ex: guidance counselors, counties working for
water pollution
common interest - ANSWER:collection of people with interest or goal that bind them
together, ex: MADD, disabled community, church groups, gay community
population - ANSWER:all the people occupying an area, or all those who share one
more characteristic, may not necessarily interact
aggregates - ANSWER:a mass or grouping of distinct individuals who are considered
as a whole and are loosely associated with each other, broader term then population
aggregates - ANSWER:communities and populations are types of
goal of community health nursing - ANSWER:health promotion, disease prevention,
and health protection
promotion of health - ANSWER:health education, preventative care services, healthy
people 2010, raise levels of wellness for individuals, families, populations and
communities
prevention of health problems - ANSWER:anticipating and averting problems or
discovering them as early as possible to minimize potential disability and impairment
primary prevention - ANSWER:to keep illness from occurring, hand rails,
immunizations
secondary prevention - ANSWER:efforts to detect and treat existing health problems.
Screenings: htn, drug abuse, breast exam, DM test; to intervene to control or
eradicate the problem
tertiary prevention - ANSWER:attempts to reduce the extent and severity of health
problems so as to minimize disability and restore or reserve function: rehab after
CVA.
tertiary prevention - ANSWER:someone that has an eating disorder, following up
with counseling
, treatment of disorders - ANSWER:focuses on illness by: direct service, indirect
service, development of programs to correct unhealthy conditions
indirect service - ANSWER:referring to someone, calling another professional to help
solve problem for client
rehab - ANSWER:efforts to reduce disability and restore function as much as possible
evaluation - ANSWER:process by which the practice is analysis, judged, and improved
according to established goals and standards
research - ANSWER:investigation to discover facts affecting community health and
community health practice, solve problems, and explore improved methods of
health science
healthy people 2010 - ANSWER:increase quality and years of life, eliminate health
disparities
healthy people 2010 - ANSWER:emphasis on community partnerships,
determinant of health - ANSWER:biology
determinant of health - ANSWER:behavior
determinant of health - ANSWER:social & physical environment
determinant of health - ANSWER:polices and interventions
community health status - ANSWER:health of total population
community health status - ANSWER:measured by birth and death rates, morbidity
statistics
healthy people 2010 indicators - ANSWER:physical activity, obesity, tobacco use,
substance abuse, sexual behavior, mental health, injury and violence, environmental
quality, immunization, access to healthcare
core public health functions - ANSWER:assessment, policy development, assurance
role of community health nurse - ANSWER:clinician, educator, advocate,
collaborator, leader, researcher, case manager
clinician - ANSWER:most familiar role, ensures health services are provided
educator / teacher - ANSWER:client is not acutely ill, so can absorb information
better, wide audience can be reached
Edition TEST BANK by Stamler
3 shared commonalities - ANSWER:geographic, common interest, community of
solution
community of solution - ANSWER:group of people who come together to solve
problems that affects all of them, ex: guidance counselors, counties working for
water pollution
common interest - ANSWER:collection of people with interest or goal that bind them
together, ex: MADD, disabled community, church groups, gay community
population - ANSWER:all the people occupying an area, or all those who share one
more characteristic, may not necessarily interact
aggregates - ANSWER:a mass or grouping of distinct individuals who are considered
as a whole and are loosely associated with each other, broader term then population
aggregates - ANSWER:communities and populations are types of
goal of community health nursing - ANSWER:health promotion, disease prevention,
and health protection
promotion of health - ANSWER:health education, preventative care services, healthy
people 2010, raise levels of wellness for individuals, families, populations and
communities
prevention of health problems - ANSWER:anticipating and averting problems or
discovering them as early as possible to minimize potential disability and impairment
primary prevention - ANSWER:to keep illness from occurring, hand rails,
immunizations
secondary prevention - ANSWER:efforts to detect and treat existing health problems.
Screenings: htn, drug abuse, breast exam, DM test; to intervene to control or
eradicate the problem
tertiary prevention - ANSWER:attempts to reduce the extent and severity of health
problems so as to minimize disability and restore or reserve function: rehab after
CVA.
tertiary prevention - ANSWER:someone that has an eating disorder, following up
with counseling
, treatment of disorders - ANSWER:focuses on illness by: direct service, indirect
service, development of programs to correct unhealthy conditions
indirect service - ANSWER:referring to someone, calling another professional to help
solve problem for client
rehab - ANSWER:efforts to reduce disability and restore function as much as possible
evaluation - ANSWER:process by which the practice is analysis, judged, and improved
according to established goals and standards
research - ANSWER:investigation to discover facts affecting community health and
community health practice, solve problems, and explore improved methods of
health science
healthy people 2010 - ANSWER:increase quality and years of life, eliminate health
disparities
healthy people 2010 - ANSWER:emphasis on community partnerships,
determinant of health - ANSWER:biology
determinant of health - ANSWER:behavior
determinant of health - ANSWER:social & physical environment
determinant of health - ANSWER:polices and interventions
community health status - ANSWER:health of total population
community health status - ANSWER:measured by birth and death rates, morbidity
statistics
healthy people 2010 indicators - ANSWER:physical activity, obesity, tobacco use,
substance abuse, sexual behavior, mental health, injury and violence, environmental
quality, immunization, access to healthcare
core public health functions - ANSWER:assessment, policy development, assurance
role of community health nurse - ANSWER:clinician, educator, advocate,
collaborator, leader, researcher, case manager
clinician - ANSWER:most familiar role, ensures health services are provided
educator / teacher - ANSWER:client is not acutely ill, so can absorb information
better, wide audience can be reached
