NURS 441 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What is the public health in America vision? - answer- health people in healthy
communities
What is the public health in America mission (2)? - answer- Promote physical and
mental health; prevent disease, injury, and disability
What are the core functions of public health in America (3)? - answer- Assessment,
policy development, assurance
What is assessment? - answer- assessing community needs, health status of
population, environmental and behavioral risks, look at trends in health determinants,
identify priority needs, determine the adequacy of existing resources, engage in
policy development efforts
What is a health determinant? - answer- the how and why that influences patterns of
health
What is policy development? - answer- core function and core intervention, seeks to
build constituencies for public policy, ex. Healthy People 2020, efforts to control
AIDS, antismoking
What is assurance? - answer- ensure activities are meeting public goals and plans,
develop partnerships between public and private agencies, promote knowledge and
support and improve public health
What is public health nursing? - answer- The practice of promoting and protecting
health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health
sciences
What are some characteristics of the PHN specialty? - answer- greatest good of the
greatest number, client is an equal, primary prevention focused, optimal use of
available resources, interprofessional collaboration, culturally competent care
What are four concepts of public health theory? - answer- Population, Prevention,
Risk-reduction, Social justice
What are the three levels of prevention? - answer- Primary- education, secondary-
screening, tertiary-support
What is social justice? - answer- All persons are entitled to have their basic needs
met
, What are the four principles of PHN? - answer- Emphasize primary prevention,
greatest good for the greatest number, recognize the client as partner, uses
resources wisely to promote best outcomes
Ethical Principles for Public Health (6)? - answer- Respect, autonomy, non-
maleficence, beneficence, distributive justice, social justice
What is distributive justice? - answer- fair provisions for people
Who are the nursing celebrities? - answer- Florence Nightingale, Lillian Wald, Mary
Brewster, C.E.A. Winslow, Mary Breckinridge, Clara Barton, Dorthea Dix
What is Dr. Woody's community health trifecta? - answer- Awareness, Advocacy,
Action
What are the Healthy People 2020 goals (4)? - answer- Attain high-quality longer
lives; Achieve high equity eliminate disparities and improve health; promote quality of
life health development and health behaviors, create social and physical
environments that promote good health for all.
Healthy People 2020 focuses on??? - answer- health disparities that are influenced
by determinants of health
What is used to measure the health of the nation? - answer- Leading health
indicators
How will you be the change? - answer- Visible and vocal
What are leading health indicators? - answer- numerical measures of health
outcomes (such as morbidity and mortality) and health determinants
What forces are stimulating change in the demand for health care(4)? - answer-
demographic trends, social and economic trends, health workforce trends,
technological trends
What are examples of social and economic trends? - answer- changes in lifestyle,
revised definition of quality health care, changing household incomes
What are the causes of healthcare disparities in the US health care system? -
answer- Cost, access, quality
What is equal to access? - answer- insurance coverage
What are the groups at risk? - answer- Poor (working or nonworking), minority group
members, non-English speakers (including illegal immigrants), elderly, children
What are examples of quality? - answer- Medical errors, long nurse work hours,
culture of safety
ANSWERS
What is the public health in America vision? - answer- health people in healthy
communities
What is the public health in America mission (2)? - answer- Promote physical and
mental health; prevent disease, injury, and disability
What are the core functions of public health in America (3)? - answer- Assessment,
policy development, assurance
What is assessment? - answer- assessing community needs, health status of
population, environmental and behavioral risks, look at trends in health determinants,
identify priority needs, determine the adequacy of existing resources, engage in
policy development efforts
What is a health determinant? - answer- the how and why that influences patterns of
health
What is policy development? - answer- core function and core intervention, seeks to
build constituencies for public policy, ex. Healthy People 2020, efforts to control
AIDS, antismoking
What is assurance? - answer- ensure activities are meeting public goals and plans,
develop partnerships between public and private agencies, promote knowledge and
support and improve public health
What is public health nursing? - answer- The practice of promoting and protecting
health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health
sciences
What are some characteristics of the PHN specialty? - answer- greatest good of the
greatest number, client is an equal, primary prevention focused, optimal use of
available resources, interprofessional collaboration, culturally competent care
What are four concepts of public health theory? - answer- Population, Prevention,
Risk-reduction, Social justice
What are the three levels of prevention? - answer- Primary- education, secondary-
screening, tertiary-support
What is social justice? - answer- All persons are entitled to have their basic needs
met
, What are the four principles of PHN? - answer- Emphasize primary prevention,
greatest good for the greatest number, recognize the client as partner, uses
resources wisely to promote best outcomes
Ethical Principles for Public Health (6)? - answer- Respect, autonomy, non-
maleficence, beneficence, distributive justice, social justice
What is distributive justice? - answer- fair provisions for people
Who are the nursing celebrities? - answer- Florence Nightingale, Lillian Wald, Mary
Brewster, C.E.A. Winslow, Mary Breckinridge, Clara Barton, Dorthea Dix
What is Dr. Woody's community health trifecta? - answer- Awareness, Advocacy,
Action
What are the Healthy People 2020 goals (4)? - answer- Attain high-quality longer
lives; Achieve high equity eliminate disparities and improve health; promote quality of
life health development and health behaviors, create social and physical
environments that promote good health for all.
Healthy People 2020 focuses on??? - answer- health disparities that are influenced
by determinants of health
What is used to measure the health of the nation? - answer- Leading health
indicators
How will you be the change? - answer- Visible and vocal
What are leading health indicators? - answer- numerical measures of health
outcomes (such as morbidity and mortality) and health determinants
What forces are stimulating change in the demand for health care(4)? - answer-
demographic trends, social and economic trends, health workforce trends,
technological trends
What are examples of social and economic trends? - answer- changes in lifestyle,
revised definition of quality health care, changing household incomes
What are the causes of healthcare disparities in the US health care system? -
answer- Cost, access, quality
What is equal to access? - answer- insurance coverage
What are the groups at risk? - answer- Poor (working or nonworking), minority group
members, non-English speakers (including illegal immigrants), elderly, children
What are examples of quality? - answer- Medical errors, long nurse work hours,
culture of safety
