Community Health Nursing GRADED A+

Community Health Nursing GRADED A+ QUESTIONS
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respiratory syncytial virus

 droplet precautions
- dyspnea, tachypnea, coughing, wheezing

fifth disease (erythema infectiosum)

 rash that gives slapped face appearance and progresses down body. fever, myalgia, nausea,
vomiting, and lethargy

shigella

 antibiotics
- fever, anorexia, watery or bloody diarrhea

small pox

 appears on face first

ecological model

 guide to examine the determinants of health for a population and for targeting interventions to
multiple factors that affect health

factors to consider when determining health of a community

 status: epidemiological data, client satisfaction, mental health, crime rates
- structure: presence of health care facilities, service types/patterns of use, demographic data
- process: relationships, communication, commitment to participation in health

components of people

 demographic
- biological factors
- social factors
- cultural factors

informant interviews

 direct discussion with community members; obtain ideas and opinions
- reading/writing not requires
- personal interaction elicits more detailed responses
- built in bias

community forum

,  open public meeting; community input
- potential drift from issue

secondary data

- use of existing data to assess problem
- reliable sources generally end in '.edu' / '.org' / '.gov'
- data of prior concerns/needs
- trends over time
- may not represent current situation
- health surveys, medical records, statistics

participant observation

- observation of community activities
- indication of community priorities, environmental profile, identification of power
structures
- bias and inability to ask questions

focus group

- directed talk with a representative sample
- reading/writing not required
- difficult to ensure true representative sample

surveys

- specific questions in written format
- convenient
- low response rate, superficial data

windshield survey

- descriptive approach that assesses several community components by driving through
community

Community health nursing

 population focused approach to planning, delivering, and evaluating nursing care; promote
health and welfare across the diverse lifespan

systems thinking

 studies how individuals interact with other organizations/systems
- useful for cause/effect relationships

upstream thinking

 focus on interventions that promote health or prevent illness

Nightingale's environmental theory

, - relationship between individual's environment and health
- health as a continuum
- preventative care

health belief model

- predict or explain health behaviors
- assumes preventative behaviors are taken; describes likelihood of taking action
- change at individual level

Milio's framework for prevention

- change at community level
- relationship between health deficits and availability of resources

Pender's health promotion model

 does not consider health risk as factor that provokes change; examines factors that promote
and protect health (personal factors, emotions, attitudes of others)

determinants of health

 factors that influence the client's health

health indicators

 describes health status of community and serves as target for improvement
(mortality/morbidity rates, substance abuse, etc)

aggregate

 shares one or more personal characteristics in a community/population

Core functions of PHNs

- assessment: monitor health of population
- policy development: develop laws/practices that promote health of population based
on scientific evidence
- assurance: making sure adequate resources are available

Community oriented nursing

- focus on aggregates, communities, populations and at risk/underserved individuals
- health promotion, disease prevention
- indirect nursing activities

community based nursing

- focuses on individuals and families
- management of acute or chronic conditions
- direct nursing activities

ethical considerations