PPN 302 MIDTERM ONE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What is a community health nurse? - Answers - nurses who work with people where
they live, work, learn, worship, and play to promote health
what is the aim of a CHN? - Answers - WORK WITH patients to identify and address
barriers of health
What is the Blueprint for Action for CHNC (2011)? - Answers - Framework used to
inform and direct the practice of CHN & to promote and protect health of Canadians
6 Areas of Action for the Blueprint of Action - Answers - 1. work across Canada at a full
scope (common scope of practice)
2. support nursing leadership development and advance practice and provide a voice
for the profession
3. build collaboration within nursing and partnerships with other professionals
4. transform health care system into a system for community health
5. support strong educational prep in community health
6. improve access to professional development resources to advance CHN capacity
CHN Standards of Practice? 8 - Answers - 1. Health Promotion
2. Prevention and health promotion
3. Health maintenance, restoration, and palliation
4. Professional Relationships
5. Capacity buliding
6. Health Equity
7. Evidenced-informed practice
8. Professional responsibility and accountability
Community-oriented approach - Answers - aimed at health promotion and disease/injury
prevention in a population or community
, community-based approach - Answers - care provided to individuals, families, groups,
where they live, work, play, and learn
What is the Professional Practice Model outlined by CHNC used for? - Answers -
provides a structure, process, and values supporting nurses control over care delivery
and the environment it is delivered in
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Health Promotion? - Answers - to preserve, protect and
promote health to address disparities and inequalities
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Professional Relationship - Answers - build professional
relationships, understanding the patients values and its impact on their health and
interventions
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Capacity Building - Answers - work with patients to
promote capacity, recognize barriers, and build on strengths
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Health Equity - Answers - recognize impact of social
determinants of health and incorporate actions into practice (advocating for policy)
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Professional Responsibility - Answers - professional
responsibility and accountability is a fundamental component of autonomous practice
(ETHICAL PRACTICE)
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Prevention and Health Protection - Answers - integrate
practice in accordance to legislation to prevention injury and disease
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Maintenance, restoration, and palliation - Answers -
maintain function, improve health, and support life transitions (co-creating plans of care)
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Evidenced-informed practice - Answers - best evidence
to guide practice and support patients in making informed decisions
What is Health Equity? - Answers - health equity is the fair distribution of resources
needed for health, access to opportunities, and fairness in support (individuals should
not be disadvantaged due to their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, social class,
class, etc)
Health inequity? - Answers - health differences between population groups defined by
social, economic, demographic, or geographic terms that are unfair
social gradients in health - Answers - people who have fewer resources are less healthy
than those with more money or higher social status
3 Features of health inequities - Answers - Systemic, avoidable, unfair and unjust
ANSWERS
What is a community health nurse? - Answers - nurses who work with people where
they live, work, learn, worship, and play to promote health
what is the aim of a CHN? - Answers - WORK WITH patients to identify and address
barriers of health
What is the Blueprint for Action for CHNC (2011)? - Answers - Framework used to
inform and direct the practice of CHN & to promote and protect health of Canadians
6 Areas of Action for the Blueprint of Action - Answers - 1. work across Canada at a full
scope (common scope of practice)
2. support nursing leadership development and advance practice and provide a voice
for the profession
3. build collaboration within nursing and partnerships with other professionals
4. transform health care system into a system for community health
5. support strong educational prep in community health
6. improve access to professional development resources to advance CHN capacity
CHN Standards of Practice? 8 - Answers - 1. Health Promotion
2. Prevention and health promotion
3. Health maintenance, restoration, and palliation
4. Professional Relationships
5. Capacity buliding
6. Health Equity
7. Evidenced-informed practice
8. Professional responsibility and accountability
Community-oriented approach - Answers - aimed at health promotion and disease/injury
prevention in a population or community
, community-based approach - Answers - care provided to individuals, families, groups,
where they live, work, play, and learn
What is the Professional Practice Model outlined by CHNC used for? - Answers -
provides a structure, process, and values supporting nurses control over care delivery
and the environment it is delivered in
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Health Promotion? - Answers - to preserve, protect and
promote health to address disparities and inequalities
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Professional Relationship - Answers - build professional
relationships, understanding the patients values and its impact on their health and
interventions
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Capacity Building - Answers - work with patients to
promote capacity, recognize barriers, and build on strengths
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Health Equity - Answers - recognize impact of social
determinants of health and incorporate actions into practice (advocating for policy)
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Professional Responsibility - Answers - professional
responsibility and accountability is a fundamental component of autonomous practice
(ETHICAL PRACTICE)
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Prevention and Health Protection - Answers - integrate
practice in accordance to legislation to prevention injury and disease
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Maintenance, restoration, and palliation - Answers -
maintain function, improve health, and support life transitions (co-creating plans of care)
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: Evidenced-informed practice - Answers - best evidence
to guide practice and support patients in making informed decisions
What is Health Equity? - Answers - health equity is the fair distribution of resources
needed for health, access to opportunities, and fairness in support (individuals should
not be disadvantaged due to their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, social class,
class, etc)
Health inequity? - Answers - health differences between population groups defined by
social, economic, demographic, or geographic terms that are unfair
social gradients in health - Answers - people who have fewer resources are less healthy
than those with more money or higher social status
3 Features of health inequities - Answers - Systemic, avoidable, unfair and unjust
