Community Health Exam 2 - FINAL
1. Factors that influence homelessness
- shortage of affordable housing
- Insufficient basic needs met
- Inadequate and scare support services
2. Healthy People 2020 Goals - Access to nearby hospitals
3. Farm workers - sun exposure risks, hydration, face masks for chemicals, using
gloves/washing hands.
4. What areas need more access to clinical sites? Rural areas, low income areas.
5. Who is at higher risk for death? Look at the longevity of the risk factors. Anyone who
smokes supersedes the risk for death than any other drug use. Wine/Margaritas are less
at risk than patients who drink hard liquor. Binge drinking patients are at risk for death.
6. Nursing Diagnosis for someone who is ABOUT to be homeless
7. Improving cultural competency - get involved, submerging into the culture to be able to
understand it.
8. Gangs - protect community, produce income by illegal means, provide a sense of
belonging, prevent violence in the community. Gangs are based on respect
9. Primary care to prevent violence - establishing a crisis line, educating, providing health
brochures
10. Elderly and kids are at risk for violence - cameras reduce violence, respite care
11. Documenting battery from a patient - patient used physical violence against a nurse
12. Poor work performance, sickness, nurses not showing up - prevent nurse burnout as a
nurse manager
13. Which area of the hospital has the most violence? Emergency Room
14. Who has more suicidal thoughts? Women. Substance Abuse Increases suicide risk.
15. Women VS men suicide risk - women think about suicide, men actually commit it. 3.8 is
how many more times men commit suicide more than woman
16. Which ethnitic group has the highest suicide risk? Native Americans
17. Increase Elder Domestic Abuse - Dementia, Undiagnosed, care is not being rotated
between caregivers, money
18. Disaster plan in place - fire drill?
19. If you were preparing for a disaster, what would you need? Water, food, shelter,
flashlights, soap, first aid kit
20. Difference between emergency vs disaster
- an emergency is a serious unexpected situation that requires immediate action,
emergencies are usually personal vs a disaster is experienced by the whole community.
21. Logistical stage of disaster management - moving, trucks, where things are, where you
need to go.
22. Recovery stage of disaster - bring the affected area to some degree of normalcy
23. Be worried about looters when a natural disaster occurs - security, police
24. Shelter in place - if evacuation is not necessary and your residence can provide a safe
environment during a storm or other emergency situation. If a shooter is active, do not
stay in place
1. Factors that influence homelessness
- shortage of affordable housing
- Insufficient basic needs met
- Inadequate and scare support services
2. Healthy People 2020 Goals - Access to nearby hospitals
3. Farm workers - sun exposure risks, hydration, face masks for chemicals, using
gloves/washing hands.
4. What areas need more access to clinical sites? Rural areas, low income areas.
5. Who is at higher risk for death? Look at the longevity of the risk factors. Anyone who
smokes supersedes the risk for death than any other drug use. Wine/Margaritas are less
at risk than patients who drink hard liquor. Binge drinking patients are at risk for death.
6. Nursing Diagnosis for someone who is ABOUT to be homeless
7. Improving cultural competency - get involved, submerging into the culture to be able to
understand it.
8. Gangs - protect community, produce income by illegal means, provide a sense of
belonging, prevent violence in the community. Gangs are based on respect
9. Primary care to prevent violence - establishing a crisis line, educating, providing health
brochures
10. Elderly and kids are at risk for violence - cameras reduce violence, respite care
11. Documenting battery from a patient - patient used physical violence against a nurse
12. Poor work performance, sickness, nurses not showing up - prevent nurse burnout as a
nurse manager
13. Which area of the hospital has the most violence? Emergency Room
14. Who has more suicidal thoughts? Women. Substance Abuse Increases suicide risk.
15. Women VS men suicide risk - women think about suicide, men actually commit it. 3.8 is
how many more times men commit suicide more than woman
16. Which ethnitic group has the highest suicide risk? Native Americans
17. Increase Elder Domestic Abuse - Dementia, Undiagnosed, care is not being rotated
between caregivers, money
18. Disaster plan in place - fire drill?
19. If you were preparing for a disaster, what would you need? Water, food, shelter,
flashlights, soap, first aid kit
20. Difference between emergency vs disaster
- an emergency is a serious unexpected situation that requires immediate action,
emergencies are usually personal vs a disaster is experienced by the whole community.
21. Logistical stage of disaster management - moving, trucks, where things are, where you
need to go.
22. Recovery stage of disaster - bring the affected area to some degree of normalcy
23. Be worried about looters when a natural disaster occurs - security, police
24. Shelter in place - if evacuation is not necessary and your residence can provide a safe
environment during a storm or other emergency situation. If a shooter is active, do not
stay in place
