NSG 3480 - Community Health Exam 1
1. What is the primary prevention that the occupational health nurse is involved
in?
ANSWER An occupational health nurses main job is to prevent injury and illness before the occur, this is done by
providing safety measures such as PPE
,2. In the role of the home health nurse, how is the nursing process used?
ANSWER The role of the home health nurse is to be a health advocate for the patient. The nurse must be able to
identify the priority needs of not only the patient but the family as well.
3. What is community/public health nursing?
ANSWER Is associated with health and the identification of populations at risk rather than with an
episodic response to patient demand.
4. What is the mission of public health?
ANSWER The mission of public health is social justice, which entitles all people to basic necessities such
as adequate income and health protection and accepts collective burdens to make it possible.
5. Public health assumes that it is society's responsibility to meet basic needs of
the people
T/F
ANSWER T
,6. Community health nurses and public health nurses must align themselves
together to promote and preserve the health of populations for a common goal
of influencing sociocultural issues such as as human rights, homelessness, vi-
olence, disability and stigma of illness, which provides safety for all individuals.
T/F
ANSWER T
7. When the Healthy People 2020 was under development, there were 12 lead-
ing indicators that were identified which reflected the major public health
concerns of those in the U.S. What are these 12 indicators?
ANSWER access to health services, clinical prevention services, environmental quality, injury and
violence, maternal and infant and child health, mental health, nutrition and physical activity and obesity, oral health,
reproductive and sexual health, social determinants, substance abuse, tobacco
8. The Healthy People 2020 goals increase life expectancy. True or False
, ANSWER True
9. The leading health indicators can affect the health of individuals and commu-
nities, and can be correlated with leading causes of morbidity and mortality.
True or false
ANSWER True
10. list for examples of a high risk lifestyle, and what potential hazard is connect-
ed with that specific lifestyle.
ANSWER 1) tobacco use linked to heart disease, stroke, and cancer; 2) substance abuse is linked to
accidents injuries, and violence; 3) irresponsible, sexual behaviors linked to unwanted pregnancies,
1. What is the primary prevention that the occupational health nurse is involved
in?
ANSWER An occupational health nurses main job is to prevent injury and illness before the occur, this is done by
providing safety measures such as PPE
,2. In the role of the home health nurse, how is the nursing process used?
ANSWER The role of the home health nurse is to be a health advocate for the patient. The nurse must be able to
identify the priority needs of not only the patient but the family as well.
3. What is community/public health nursing?
ANSWER Is associated with health and the identification of populations at risk rather than with an
episodic response to patient demand.
4. What is the mission of public health?
ANSWER The mission of public health is social justice, which entitles all people to basic necessities such
as adequate income and health protection and accepts collective burdens to make it possible.
5. Public health assumes that it is society's responsibility to meet basic needs of
the people
T/F
ANSWER T
,6. Community health nurses and public health nurses must align themselves
together to promote and preserve the health of populations for a common goal
of influencing sociocultural issues such as as human rights, homelessness, vi-
olence, disability and stigma of illness, which provides safety for all individuals.
T/F
ANSWER T
7. When the Healthy People 2020 was under development, there were 12 lead-
ing indicators that were identified which reflected the major public health
concerns of those in the U.S. What are these 12 indicators?
ANSWER access to health services, clinical prevention services, environmental quality, injury and
violence, maternal and infant and child health, mental health, nutrition and physical activity and obesity, oral health,
reproductive and sexual health, social determinants, substance abuse, tobacco
8. The Healthy People 2020 goals increase life expectancy. True or False
, ANSWER True
9. The leading health indicators can affect the health of individuals and commu-
nities, and can be correlated with leading causes of morbidity and mortality.
True or false
ANSWER True
10. list for examples of a high risk lifestyle, and what potential hazard is connect-
ed with that specific lifestyle.
ANSWER 1) tobacco use linked to heart disease, stroke, and cancer; 2) substance abuse is linked to
accidents injuries, and violence; 3) irresponsible, sexual behaviors linked to unwanted pregnancies,
