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ATI Proctored Exam: Community Health
(Public Health) Questions and Answers
Community Health Nursing Theories
- Nightingale's Theory of Environment
- Health Belief Model
- Likelihood of Taking Action Factors - Ans:✔✔-*Nightingale's Theory of Environment*: Focuses on
impact of a person's environment on their health. Focus in on preventative care (washing hands, clean
environment).
*Health Belief Model*: Assumes a persons primary motivation in taking positive health actions is to
avoid getting a disease.
*Likelihood of taking action is based on*:
1. Modifying variables (age, gender, race, economy, education)
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2. Perceived severity and susceptibility of getting the disease
3. Perceived benefits vs. barriers of taking action
4. Cues to action (i.e. advice of doctor, media campaign)
Community-Based Nursing versus Community-Oriented Nursing - Ans:✔✔-The community or population
is the "client" in community health nursing.
*Community-Based Nursing*: Focused on ILLNESS care (acute or chronic conditions) for individuals and
families.
- Examples: Home Health nurse doing wound care, School nurse administering epi-pen.
*Community-Oriented Nursing: Focused on improving the collective health of the community.
- Examples: Health education and promotion, disease prevention activities. No illness care! Community-
oriented nursing = public health nursing.
Community Health Nursing versus Public Health Nursing - Ans:✔✔-*Community Health Nursing*:
Delivers health care services to individuals, families, and groups. Includes community-based nursing
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(illness care for individuals and families) AND community-oriented nursing (community focused care,
with an emphasis on education and disease prevention).
*Public Health Nursing*: Disease prevention and health promotion of communities and populations.
They re not providing direct care to individuals! Public health nursing = community-oriented nursing.
Four Ethical Principles in Community Health Nursing
- Respect for Autonomy
- Non-Maleficence
- Beneficence
- Distributive Justice - Ans:✔✔-*Respect for Authority*: Respect a patient's right to self-determination.
*Non-Maleficence*: Do no harm
*Beneficence*: Do what is best (i.e. maximize benefits)
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ATI Proctored Exam: Community Health
(Public Health) Questions and Answers
Community Health Nursing Theories
- Nightingale's Theory of Environment
- Health Belief Model
- Likelihood of Taking Action Factors - Ans:✔✔-*Nightingale's Theory of Environment*: Focuses on
impact of a person's environment on their health. Focus in on preventative care (washing hands, clean
environment).
*Health Belief Model*: Assumes a persons primary motivation in taking positive health actions is to
avoid getting a disease.
*Likelihood of taking action is based on*:
1. Modifying variables (age, gender, race, economy, education)
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2. Perceived severity and susceptibility of getting the disease
3. Perceived benefits vs. barriers of taking action
4. Cues to action (i.e. advice of doctor, media campaign)
Community-Based Nursing versus Community-Oriented Nursing - Ans:✔✔-The community or population
is the "client" in community health nursing.
*Community-Based Nursing*: Focused on ILLNESS care (acute or chronic conditions) for individuals and
families.
- Examples: Home Health nurse doing wound care, School nurse administering epi-pen.
*Community-Oriented Nursing: Focused on improving the collective health of the community.
- Examples: Health education and promotion, disease prevention activities. No illness care! Community-
oriented nursing = public health nursing.
Community Health Nursing versus Public Health Nursing - Ans:✔✔-*Community Health Nursing*:
Delivers health care services to individuals, families, and groups. Includes community-based nursing
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(illness care for individuals and families) AND community-oriented nursing (community focused care,
with an emphasis on education and disease prevention).
*Public Health Nursing*: Disease prevention and health promotion of communities and populations.
They re not providing direct care to individuals! Public health nursing = community-oriented nursing.
Four Ethical Principles in Community Health Nursing
- Respect for Autonomy
- Non-Maleficence
- Beneficence
- Distributive Justice - Ans:✔✔-*Respect for Authority*: Respect a patient's right to self-determination.
*Non-Maleficence*: Do no harm
*Beneficence*: Do what is best (i.e. maximize benefits)
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