QUESTION SET TWO
◉ Within community health setting nursing are responsible for.
Answer: assesing
diagnosing
planning
implementing
evaluating types of care needed
◉ The Healthy People Initiative. Answer: establish ongoing health
care goals
+ life expectancy
+quality of life
◉ Incident rates. Answer: identify and report(s) on new infections
or dz(s)
determine adolescences pregnancy rates
# of MVA by teens
◉ 5 level health care pyramid. Answer: dz prevention
health protection
,health promotion
primary
secondary
tertiary (care)
◉ What are social determinants of health?. Answer: factors that
contribute to a person's state of health
1 biological
2 socioeconomic
3 psychosocial
4 behavioral
5 social in nature
◉ scientists 5 determinants of health. Answer: 1.) biology + genetics
(sex age )
2.) individual behavior (alcohol injection drug use unprotected sex
smoking )
3.) social environment (income generation discrimination )
4.) physical environment (living conditions )
5.) health services (access to quality care
◉ Health disparities. Answer: negatively affect groups of people who
experience social or economic obstacles:
,ethnic religion race gender mental health sex orientation location
preventable differences in the burden of dz injury
◉ public health nursing. Answer: understanding needs of a
population or collection of individuals who have one or more
personal or environmental characteristics in common
◉ population. Answer: high risk infants
older adults
geriatrics
ethic groups
◉ Community health nursing. Answer: miami "community health"
think that
practice in the community w primary focus on health care of
individuals
families
groups in the community
goal: preserve protect and maintain health
, direct care service to subpopulations in community
ex; case manager follow older adults recover from stroke and needs
rehab
NP giving immunizations
requirements: not as clear , not always need a advanced degree
higher degree= community health specialist regardless of
experience
◉ Community based nursing. Answer: URGENT CARE?
takes place in community setting
home
clinic
focus: individual or family
involves: safety needs acute and chronic care
diagnoses health problems
assessing health status
first level of contact btw community members and health care
delivery
◉ vulnerable populations. Answer: groups of patients more likely to
develop health risks
poverty