NSG 505 Exam 1 Questions with correct
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principles of a public health nurse - ANS-population focused, they seek out patients, prevention
vs. illness
public health nurses in action - ANS--client or "unit of care" is the population
-primary obligation is to achieve greatest good for greatest number of people or population as a
whole
-collaborate with client as an equal partner
-primary prevention is priority in selecting activities
-strategies that create healthy environment, social, and economic condition in which populations
may thrive
-obligated to actively identify and reach out to all who might benefit from a specific activity or
service
-optimal use of available resources and creation of new EBS
-collaborate
community - ANS-collection of people who interact with one another and whose common
interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity of belonging
geopoliitcal/geographic - ANS-defined by a physical area
can be defined on a map
common interest/ phenomenological - ANS-defined by shared interests and goals
ex: elementary school families, GEM cohort 24
community of solution - ANS-defined by problem or issue of importance
problem oriented, solution driven
ex: consortium to lower obesity in chicago, save the children
primary prevention - ANS-o Target population: at risk
o Strategies :Vector control,Prevention of transmission by organ transplantation, Prevention of
accidental transmission
o Responsible sectors: Public health, Primary health care, Other sectors
o Intervention objectives: Prevent the transmission of he disease
, Secondary prevention - ANS-o Target population: early/asymptomatic disease
o Strategies: Screening, Case finding, Early intervention, Antiparasitic treatment, Periodic health
examination
o Responsible sectors: Primary health care, Public health
o Intervention objectives: Prevent or inhibit disease in cases where infection has occurred
tertiary prevention - ANS-o Target population: established disease
o Strategies: Antiparasitic treatment, Symptomatic treatment, Pharmacological interventions,
Non-pharm interventions, Management of complications, Continuing care
o Responsible sectors: Specialist services, Hospital care
oIntervention objectives: Prevent morbidity and mortality once disease is established
early home care: mary seacole and florence nightangale - ANS-focus was to reduce suffering
and promote healing
nightangale model - ANS-principles presented in notes of nursing related to the
environment of patients
need for keen observation
focus on the whole patient rather than the disease
a standard for proper education and supervision of nurses in practice
mary seacole - ANS-helped populations experiencing tropical disease mainly cholera
went on her won and opened a hotel for sick soldiers
focus care giving on highest risk patients
district nursing - ANS-the aim of the district nurse it to give first-rate nursing to the sick and poor
at home; formalization in home/visiting nurses
public health nursing - ANS-focus expanded to health and welfare of general public
lillian wald - ANS-first to use the public health nurse name
henry street settlement
school nursing
started national organization for public health nursing
community health nursing - ANS-increased recognition of community health nursing as a
specialty field with focus on communities and populations, nurses working within the community
with specific knowledge of the community
roles of the public health nurse - ANS-clinician: health care services to individual and groups
educator: health teaching/promotion
advocate: for individuals/groups and at public policy level
Answers 2025/2026 A+ Graded 100%
Verified
principles of a public health nurse - ANS-population focused, they seek out patients, prevention
vs. illness
public health nurses in action - ANS--client or "unit of care" is the population
-primary obligation is to achieve greatest good for greatest number of people or population as a
whole
-collaborate with client as an equal partner
-primary prevention is priority in selecting activities
-strategies that create healthy environment, social, and economic condition in which populations
may thrive
-obligated to actively identify and reach out to all who might benefit from a specific activity or
service
-optimal use of available resources and creation of new EBS
-collaborate
community - ANS-collection of people who interact with one another and whose common
interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity of belonging
geopoliitcal/geographic - ANS-defined by a physical area
can be defined on a map
common interest/ phenomenological - ANS-defined by shared interests and goals
ex: elementary school families, GEM cohort 24
community of solution - ANS-defined by problem or issue of importance
problem oriented, solution driven
ex: consortium to lower obesity in chicago, save the children
primary prevention - ANS-o Target population: at risk
o Strategies :Vector control,Prevention of transmission by organ transplantation, Prevention of
accidental transmission
o Responsible sectors: Public health, Primary health care, Other sectors
o Intervention objectives: Prevent the transmission of he disease
, Secondary prevention - ANS-o Target population: early/asymptomatic disease
o Strategies: Screening, Case finding, Early intervention, Antiparasitic treatment, Periodic health
examination
o Responsible sectors: Primary health care, Public health
o Intervention objectives: Prevent or inhibit disease in cases where infection has occurred
tertiary prevention - ANS-o Target population: established disease
o Strategies: Antiparasitic treatment, Symptomatic treatment, Pharmacological interventions,
Non-pharm interventions, Management of complications, Continuing care
o Responsible sectors: Specialist services, Hospital care
oIntervention objectives: Prevent morbidity and mortality once disease is established
early home care: mary seacole and florence nightangale - ANS-focus was to reduce suffering
and promote healing
nightangale model - ANS-principles presented in notes of nursing related to the
environment of patients
need for keen observation
focus on the whole patient rather than the disease
a standard for proper education and supervision of nurses in practice
mary seacole - ANS-helped populations experiencing tropical disease mainly cholera
went on her won and opened a hotel for sick soldiers
focus care giving on highest risk patients
district nursing - ANS-the aim of the district nurse it to give first-rate nursing to the sick and poor
at home; formalization in home/visiting nurses
public health nursing - ANS-focus expanded to health and welfare of general public
lillian wald - ANS-first to use the public health nurse name
henry street settlement
school nursing
started national organization for public health nursing
community health nursing - ANS-increased recognition of community health nursing as a
specialty field with focus on communities and populations, nurses working within the community
with specific knowledge of the community
roles of the public health nurse - ANS-clinician: health care services to individual and groups
educator: health teaching/promotion
advocate: for individuals/groups and at public policy level
