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e:Caring for Populations 3rd Edition by Christine L. Savag
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e, Chapters 1 - 22, Complete
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I.gBasisgforgPublicgHealthgNursinggKnowledgegandgSkills
1.gPublicgHealthgandgNursinggPractice
2.gOptimizinggPopulationgHealth
3.gEpidemiologygandgNursinggPractice
4.gIntroductiongtogCommunitygAssessment
5.gHealthgProgramgPlanning
6.gEnvironmentalgHealth
II.gCommunitygHealthgAcrossgPopulations:gPublicgHealthgIssues
7.gHealthgDisparitiesgandgthegSocialgDeterminantsgofgHealth
8.gHealthgandgVulnerablegPopulations
9.gCommunicablegDiseases
10.gNoncommunicablegDiseases
11.gMentalgHealth
12.gSubstancegUsegandgthegHealthgofgCommunities
13.gInjurygandgViolence
III.gPublicgHealthgPlanning
14.gHealthgPlanninggforgLocalgPublicgHealthgDepartments
15.gHealthgPlanninggforgAcutegCaregSettings
16.gHealthgPlanninggforgPrimarygCaregSettings
17.gHealthgPlanninggwithgRuralgandgUrbangCommunities
18.gHealthgPlanninggforgMaternal-InfantgandgChildgHealthgSettings
19.gHealthgPlanninggforgSchoolgSettings
20.gHealthgPlanninggforgOccupationalgandgEnvironmentalgHealth
21.gHealthgPlanning,gPublicgHealthgPolicy,gandgFinance
22.gHealthgPlanninggforgEmergencygPreparednessgandgDisastergManagement
, Public/CommunitygHealthgandgNursinggPractice:gCaringgforgPopulations
Chapter 1: Public Health and NursingPractice
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Multiple Choice g g
AnswersgaregatgthegendgofgEachgchapter
Identifygthegchoicegthatgbestgcompletesgthegstatementgorganswersgthegquestion.
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1.gPublicghealthgnursesg(PHNs)gknowgtheygmustgapproachgagpublicghealt
hgissuegwithgangunderstandinggofgthegrelatedgunderlyinggriskgfactorsgtogde
velopgeffectivegnursingginterventions.gTheygevaluategthesegriskgfactorsgfr
omgtwogperspectives:
1. Disease;gindividual
2. Intervention;ggovernment
3. Epidemic;gpopulation
4. Individual;gpopulation
g 2.g Agnursinggstudentgisgstudyinggpublicghealth.gSheglearnsgthat,gaccordinggto
C.E.A.gWinslow’sgdefinition,gsomegofgtheggoalsgofgpublicghealthgincludegd
iseasegprevention,gpromotingghealth,gcontrolgofgcommunicableginfection
s,gand _.
1. Riskgassessmentgforgdisease
2. Promotiongofgprimarygcare
, Public/CommunitygHealthgandgNursinggPractice:gCaringgforgPopulations
3. Organizationgofgmedicalgandgnursinggservicesgforgthegearl
ygdiagnosisgandgpreventivegtreatmentgofgdisease
4. Governmentalgsafetygregulations
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3.gIfgtheginternationalgmedicalgcommunitygwasgworkinggtogcontaingsev
eralgworldwidegpandemics,gtheygwouldglookgtogthegWorldgHealthgOrgani
zationg(WHO),gwhichgis:
1. ThegpublicghealthgarmgofgthegUnitedgNations.
2. Workinggtogimproveghealthgandgwell-
beinggforgthegglobalgpopulation.
3. Workinggwithgnursesgtogpromotegpublicghealthginterventions.
4. Allgofgthegabove.
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4.gThegInstitutegofgMedicineg(IOM),gnowgknowngasgthegHealthgandgMedici
negDivisiong(HMD)gofgthegNationalgAcademiesgofgSciences,gEngineering,ga
ndgMedicine,gstatedgingtheirgreport,gThegFuturegofgthegPublic’sgHealth,gtha
tgtheregaregthreegcoregfunctionsgthatgsocietygcarriesgoutgtogcollectivelygsup
portgthegoptimumgconditionsgforgpublicghealth.gWhichgonegofgthegfollowing
isgnotgonegofgthesegfunctions?
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1. Prevention
2. Assessment