ATI RN Community Health Nursing
Study Guide 2025/2026 Fully
Explained
Systems thinking - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Studies how an individual, or unit, interacts
with other organizations or systems
Upstream thinking - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Is used to focus on interventions that
promote health or prevent illness, as opposed to medical treatment models that focus on care after an
individual becomes ill
Nightingale's Environmental Theory - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Highlights the relationship
between an individual's environment and health
-Depicts health as a continuum
-Emphasizes preventive care
Health Belief Model - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Purpose is to predict health behaviors
-Emphasizes change at the individual level
-Assumes that the preventive health behaviors are taken primarily for the purpose of avoiding disease
Milio's Framework for Prevention - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Emphasizes change at the
community level
-Identifies relationship between health deficits and availability of health-promoting resources
Pender's Health Promotion Model - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Does not consider health
risk as a factor that provokes change
-Examines factors that affect individuals actions like: personal factors, feelings, benefits, barriers,
attitudes of others, and abilities
,Determinants of Health - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Factors that influence that client's
health.
--> nutrition, stress, education, environment, finances, and social status
Health Indicators - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Describe the health status of a community
and serve as targets for the improvement of a community's health
--> mortality rates, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity, obesity, tobacco, or other substance
use
Community - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-A group of people and institutions that share
geographic, civic, and/or social parameters
-The "community is the client" in community health nursing
Goals of Community Health Nursing - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Promote, preserve, and
maintain the health of populations by the delivery of health services to individuals, families, and groups
in order to influence "community health"
Public Health Nursing - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-It is population-focused, and involves a
combination of nursing knowledge along with social and public health sciences
-GOAL: promote health and preventing disease
PHN: Assessment - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Using systematic methods to monitor the
health of a population
-->Monitor health status to identify community health problems
-->Diagnose and investigate health problems/hazards in the community
PHN: Policy Development - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Developing laws and practices to
promote the health of a population based on scientific evidence
PHN: Assurance - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Making sure adequate health care personnel
and services are accessible, especially to those who might not normally have them
,Population-focused Nursing - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Includes assessing to determine
needs, intervening to protect and promote health, and preventing disease within a specific population
Key Principles of PHN: - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Emphasize primary prevention
-Work to achieve the greatest good for the largest number of individuals
-Recognize that the client is a partner in health
-Use resources wisely to promote the best outcomes
Ethics - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Preventing harm, doing no harm, promoting good,
respecting both individual and community rights, respecting autonomy and diversity, and providing
confidentiality, competency, trustworthiness, and advocacy
Advocacy - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<The nurse plays the role of informer, supporter, and
mediator for the client
Evidence-Based Practice - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Involves using the best practices,
expert opinion, and client preferences to change the delivery of client care
-GOAL: improve client outcomes
EBP: Data - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<The nurse should appraise data collected from
research to measure whether bias was minimal (quality), the number of studies, participants, or
strength of effect (quantity) and whether the results are repeatable (consistency)
Quality - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Quality assurance, improvement, and management are
part of improvement of health care
Total quality management (TQM) - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Approach that seeks to
improve quality and performance which meets or exceeds expectations
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Approach to quality
management that emphasizes the organization and its processes and systems and uses objective data to
analyze and improve processes
, Community Health Education - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Nurses regularly provide health
education in order to promote, maintain, and restore the health of populations
-Nurses must take in account the barriers that make learning difficult like: age, cultural beliefs, poor
reading skills, and language barriers
-Effective community health education requires planning
Learning Theories: Behavioral Theory - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Use of reinforcement
methods to change learners' behavior
Learning Theories: Cognitive Theory - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Use of sensory input and
repetition to change learners' patterns of thought, thereby changing behaviors
Learning Theories: Critical Theory - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Use of ongoing discussion and
inquiry to increase learners' depth of knowledge, thereby changing thinking and behaviors
Learning Theories: Developmental Theory - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Use of techniques
specific to learners' developmental stages to determine readiness to learn, and to impart knowledge
Learning Theories: Humanistic Theory - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Assists learners to grow
by emphasizing emotions and relationships and believing that free choice will prompt actions that are in
their own best interest
Learning Theories: Social Learning Theory - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Links information to
beliefs and values to change or shift the learners' expectations
Domains of Learning: Cognitive - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Involves knowledge and the
development of intellectual skills
Domains of Learning: Affective - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Involves a change in attitude and
development of values
Study Guide 2025/2026 Fully
Explained
Systems thinking - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Studies how an individual, or unit, interacts
with other organizations or systems
Upstream thinking - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Is used to focus on interventions that
promote health or prevent illness, as opposed to medical treatment models that focus on care after an
individual becomes ill
Nightingale's Environmental Theory - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Highlights the relationship
between an individual's environment and health
-Depicts health as a continuum
-Emphasizes preventive care
Health Belief Model - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Purpose is to predict health behaviors
-Emphasizes change at the individual level
-Assumes that the preventive health behaviors are taken primarily for the purpose of avoiding disease
Milio's Framework for Prevention - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Emphasizes change at the
community level
-Identifies relationship between health deficits and availability of health-promoting resources
Pender's Health Promotion Model - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Does not consider health
risk as a factor that provokes change
-Examines factors that affect individuals actions like: personal factors, feelings, benefits, barriers,
attitudes of others, and abilities
,Determinants of Health - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Factors that influence that client's
health.
--> nutrition, stress, education, environment, finances, and social status
Health Indicators - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Describe the health status of a community
and serve as targets for the improvement of a community's health
--> mortality rates, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity, obesity, tobacco, or other substance
use
Community - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-A group of people and institutions that share
geographic, civic, and/or social parameters
-The "community is the client" in community health nursing
Goals of Community Health Nursing - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Promote, preserve, and
maintain the health of populations by the delivery of health services to individuals, families, and groups
in order to influence "community health"
Public Health Nursing - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-It is population-focused, and involves a
combination of nursing knowledge along with social and public health sciences
-GOAL: promote health and preventing disease
PHN: Assessment - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Using systematic methods to monitor the
health of a population
-->Monitor health status to identify community health problems
-->Diagnose and investigate health problems/hazards in the community
PHN: Policy Development - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Developing laws and practices to
promote the health of a population based on scientific evidence
PHN: Assurance - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Making sure adequate health care personnel
and services are accessible, especially to those who might not normally have them
,Population-focused Nursing - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Includes assessing to determine
needs, intervening to protect and promote health, and preventing disease within a specific population
Key Principles of PHN: - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Emphasize primary prevention
-Work to achieve the greatest good for the largest number of individuals
-Recognize that the client is a partner in health
-Use resources wisely to promote the best outcomes
Ethics - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Preventing harm, doing no harm, promoting good,
respecting both individual and community rights, respecting autonomy and diversity, and providing
confidentiality, competency, trustworthiness, and advocacy
Advocacy - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<The nurse plays the role of informer, supporter, and
mediator for the client
Evidence-Based Practice - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Involves using the best practices,
expert opinion, and client preferences to change the delivery of client care
-GOAL: improve client outcomes
EBP: Data - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<The nurse should appraise data collected from
research to measure whether bias was minimal (quality), the number of studies, participants, or
strength of effect (quantity) and whether the results are repeatable (consistency)
Quality - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Quality assurance, improvement, and management are
part of improvement of health care
Total quality management (TQM) - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Approach that seeks to
improve quality and performance which meets or exceeds expectations
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Approach to quality
management that emphasizes the organization and its processes and systems and uses objective data to
analyze and improve processes
, Community Health Education - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<-Nurses regularly provide health
education in order to promote, maintain, and restore the health of populations
-Nurses must take in account the barriers that make learning difficult like: age, cultural beliefs, poor
reading skills, and language barriers
-Effective community health education requires planning
Learning Theories: Behavioral Theory - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Use of reinforcement
methods to change learners' behavior
Learning Theories: Cognitive Theory - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Use of sensory input and
repetition to change learners' patterns of thought, thereby changing behaviors
Learning Theories: Critical Theory - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Use of ongoing discussion and
inquiry to increase learners' depth of knowledge, thereby changing thinking and behaviors
Learning Theories: Developmental Theory - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Use of techniques
specific to learners' developmental stages to determine readiness to learn, and to impart knowledge
Learning Theories: Humanistic Theory - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Assists learners to grow
by emphasizing emotions and relationships and believing that free choice will prompt actions that are in
their own best interest
Learning Theories: Social Learning Theory - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Links information to
beliefs and values to change or shift the learners' expectations
Domains of Learning: Cognitive - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Involves knowledge and the
development of intellectual skills
Domains of Learning: Affective - correct answer.💖💖💖💖✔<<<<<Involves a change in attitude and
development of values
