NUR 440 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A+ 2025/2026

NUR 440 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A+ 2025/2026 Terms in this set (146) community health nursing -**words to know definitions of in beginning of chapters, given example of principle 1. give info but population has to make decision themselves public health is the Science and Art of ... 1. preventing disease 2. prolonging life -seatbelts 3. promoting health and efficiency through organized community effort -not just looking at individual health but as a part of their community Community health -community/public health pretty much the same extends the realm of public health ... ...to include organized health efforts at the community level through both government and private efforts. The mission of public health is Social Justice 1. Entitles all people to basic necessities such as adequate income and health protection and accepts collective burdens to make this possible 2. Conflicts with market justice: entitles people to what they have gained through individual efforts 3. the belief that every one of us is entitled to basic necessities ( job that gives adequate income, transportation, healthcare) 4. market justice: if you work hard enough will be successful and entitled to more 5. social justice takes into account all different situations: unstable homes, divorce, loss of job, health issues effect what children can do in future roles and responsibilities (pg. 12) 1. direct care 2. referral and advocacy 3. teaching 4. monitoring and evaluating 5. environmental management 6. coordination/delegating 7. partnership/collaboration 8. consultation 9. leadership Core Public Health Functions 1. Assessment: Regular collection, analysis, and information sharing about health conditions, risks, and resources in a community. 2. Policy development: Use of information gathered during assessment to develop local and state health policies and to direct resources toward those policies. 3. Assurance: Focuses on the availability of necessary health services throughout the community. -It includes maintaining the ability of both public health agencies and private providers to manage day-to-day operations and the capacity to respond to critical situations and emergencies. 4. public health departments in towns, cities, government 5. base recommendations on statistics and develop policies to identify things that we need to change (ex. policy to prohibit smoking in restaurants) Community/Public Health Nursing The synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice 1. Major goal: preserve the health of the community and surrounding populations -Why surrounding populations? 2. Focuses on health promotion and health maintenance. -not on focus of caring for someone who is sick 3. Associated with health and identification of populations at risk rather than an episodic response to patient demand. Major goals of CHN and NUR 440: 1. Preserve the health of the community 2. Focus on health promotion and health maintenance define health 1. a state of complete well-being, physical, social, and mental, and not merely the absence of disease of infirmity (WHO 1958) 2. the extent to which an individual or group is able, on the one hand, to realize aspirations and satisfy needs: and, on the other hand, to change or cope with the environment -a resource for everyday life -not an objective of living (WHO socialized conceptualization of health 1986) 3. people who have chronic diseases may feel healthy when BS is controlled, can go to work, can accomplish something (can have a disease and still be healthy) nursing with the community Bellack (1998) 1. The health agenda originates from within the community, not imposed by others. -focus is on what community feels the problem is (getting info from community and involving community with that info) 2. A shared vision of health is a challenge as multiple viewpoints are the norm. -people have to agree that there is an issue and be part of the process of getting more healthy What is a Community? 1. A group or collection of locality-based individuals, interacting in social units and sharing common interests, characteristics, values and/or goals. 2. People, place and social interaction 3. NU nursing community, city, state What Is a Population? 1. Can be defined by factors such as race or ethnicity, gender, education -age 2. Income, disability, geographic location (e.g., rural or urban), or... 3. Sexual orientation 4. Common personal or environmental characteristics 5. more detailed What is an Aggregate? 1. Subgroups or subpopulations that share some common characteristics or concerns such as race, gender, religion, a chronic illness or cultural perspect -subgroup of population 2. People with Heart Failure 3. Cocaine Abusers 4. Refugees 5. people with a particular problem 6. more specific To Review 1. Community: residents of Aston 2. Population: elders in a rural area 3. Aggregate: pregnant teens within a school district