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Fundamentals: Community Health nursing final exam
actual questions and answers
What is a community? - Group connected by social, personal, or geographical links.
What is an aggregate? - Subgroup or population that share characteristics/concerns.
What is community-oriented nursing? - Focus is on health promotion and disease
prevention of community/population.
What is community-based nursing? - Focus is on illness care of individuals and families
in community.
What is the role of a home health nurse? - Provides care in patient's residence.
Responsibilities include assessment, treatment, education, and care coordination.
What is the role of a hospice nurse? - Provides palliative care and emotional support
during process of death.
What is the role of an occupational health nurse? - Provides screening, surveillance,
and education to prevent workplace illness/injury.
What is the role of a faith-based (parish) nurse? - Provides health education and
promotion for faith community/congregation.
Supports individual's spiritual health.
What is the role of a school nurse? - Provides preventative care, acute and emergency
care, coordination of care for students with chronic illnesses.
What is primary prevention? - Interventions aimed at preventing a disease from
occurring.
Examples: Vaccinations, anti-smoking campaigns.
What is secondary prevention? - Interventions focused on early detection of disease.
Examples: Screenings
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What is tertiary prevention? - Interventions aimed at slowing/stopping disease progress
and prevention of complications after disease is diagnosed.
Examples: Rehabilitation, support groups
What are environmental factors related to determinants of health? - Access to healthy
food, clean water, and transportation.
Infrastructure, environmental hazards, public safety.
What are social factors related to determinants of health? - Socioeconomic status
Race
Ethnicity
Support system
Job opportunities
Education
Access to care
What are the types of environmental hazards? - *Air Pollution:*
Motor vehicle/industry emissions.
*Occupational Hazards:*
Air contaminants
Chemical/biological hazards
Machine operation risks
Heat/radiation exposure
Ergonomic risks
Excess noise
*Water Contamination:*
Wastewater treatment discharge
Chemical contamination
Lead contamination from pipes
*Food Deserts:*
Areas that lack access to grocery stores and healthy food options.
What are the risk factors for lead poisoning? - Pre-1978 housing/home renovation due
to lead-based paint.
Peeling/flaking paint contaminates soil and interior surfaces.
What is the nursing care for lead poisoning? - Conduct lead exposure screening
Fundamentals: Community Health nursing final exam
actual questions and answers
What is a community? - Group connected by social, personal, or geographical links.
What is an aggregate? - Subgroup or population that share characteristics/concerns.
What is community-oriented nursing? - Focus is on health promotion and disease
prevention of community/population.
What is community-based nursing? - Focus is on illness care of individuals and families
in community.
What is the role of a home health nurse? - Provides care in patient's residence.
Responsibilities include assessment, treatment, education, and care coordination.
What is the role of a hospice nurse? - Provides palliative care and emotional support
during process of death.
What is the role of an occupational health nurse? - Provides screening, surveillance,
and education to prevent workplace illness/injury.
What is the role of a faith-based (parish) nurse? - Provides health education and
promotion for faith community/congregation.
Supports individual's spiritual health.
What is the role of a school nurse? - Provides preventative care, acute and emergency
care, coordination of care for students with chronic illnesses.
What is primary prevention? - Interventions aimed at preventing a disease from
occurring.
Examples: Vaccinations, anti-smoking campaigns.
What is secondary prevention? - Interventions focused on early detection of disease.
Examples: Screenings
, 2
What is tertiary prevention? - Interventions aimed at slowing/stopping disease progress
and prevention of complications after disease is diagnosed.
Examples: Rehabilitation, support groups
What are environmental factors related to determinants of health? - Access to healthy
food, clean water, and transportation.
Infrastructure, environmental hazards, public safety.
What are social factors related to determinants of health? - Socioeconomic status
Race
Ethnicity
Support system
Job opportunities
Education
Access to care
What are the types of environmental hazards? - *Air Pollution:*
Motor vehicle/industry emissions.
*Occupational Hazards:*
Air contaminants
Chemical/biological hazards
Machine operation risks
Heat/radiation exposure
Ergonomic risks
Excess noise
*Water Contamination:*
Wastewater treatment discharge
Chemical contamination
Lead contamination from pipes
*Food Deserts:*
Areas that lack access to grocery stores and healthy food options.
What are the risk factors for lead poisoning? - Pre-1978 housing/home renovation due
to lead-based paint.
Peeling/flaking paint contaminates soil and interior surfaces.
What is the nursing care for lead poisoning? - Conduct lead exposure screening
