Test Bank For Stanhope and Lancaster's
Community Health Nursing in Canada Updated
Edition ||ISBN NO:10,0323693954||ISBN
NO:13,978-0323693950||All
Chapters||Complete Guide A+
What are the four core functions of public health? - answers-Assessment
Policy development
Assurance
Define Assessment - answers-Activities that involve collecting, analyzing, and disseminating
information on bother the health status and health-related aspects of a community or specific
population
Ongoing monitoring the health status and the health services population
Define policy development - answers-Seeks to build organizations or relationships that will help
bring about change in public policy
Define assurance - answers-The responsibility of health agencies to make sure activities has
been carried out to meet public health goals and plans
Make sure the needed services are available
Assessing the quality of the care services
Define public health - answers-Protecting and promoting health
1
, Preventing disease and disability
How did the IOM define public health in their 1988 report? - answers-It is what we do as a
society, collectively, to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy
Name three of the core competencies of the public health workforce - answers-
Analytic/assessment
Policy development/program planning
Communication
Cultural competency
Community dimensions of practice
Basic public health sciences
Financial planning and management
Leadership and system thinking
What are the three tiers of each core competency? - answers-Tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3
Describe a tier 1 employee - answers-Entry level public health professional
No management responsibilities
A nurse has just entered the public health workforce
She does not manage anything
What tier would this nurse fall into? - answers-Tier 1
Describe a tier 2 employee - answers-This public health professional holds a management or
2
Community Health Nursing in Canada Updated
Edition ||ISBN NO:10,0323693954||ISBN
NO:13,978-0323693950||All
Chapters||Complete Guide A+
What are the four core functions of public health? - answers-Assessment
Policy development
Assurance
Define Assessment - answers-Activities that involve collecting, analyzing, and disseminating
information on bother the health status and health-related aspects of a community or specific
population
Ongoing monitoring the health status and the health services population
Define policy development - answers-Seeks to build organizations or relationships that will help
bring about change in public policy
Define assurance - answers-The responsibility of health agencies to make sure activities has
been carried out to meet public health goals and plans
Make sure the needed services are available
Assessing the quality of the care services
Define public health - answers-Protecting and promoting health
1
, Preventing disease and disability
How did the IOM define public health in their 1988 report? - answers-It is what we do as a
society, collectively, to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy
Name three of the core competencies of the public health workforce - answers-
Analytic/assessment
Policy development/program planning
Communication
Cultural competency
Community dimensions of practice
Basic public health sciences
Financial planning and management
Leadership and system thinking
What are the three tiers of each core competency? - answers-Tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3
Describe a tier 1 employee - answers-Entry level public health professional
No management responsibilities
A nurse has just entered the public health workforce
She does not manage anything
What tier would this nurse fall into? - answers-Tier 1
Describe a tier 2 employee - answers-This public health professional holds a management or
2
