WGU D450 Community Health Exam 1 Questions
and Correct Answers
Community-Based Nursing
nurses acute on illness care for families throughout their life span
aim: manage acute and chronic conditions
Philosophy of nursing care. most likely to give direct care but is outside the walls of the
hospital
Community-orientated nursing
Focus: on community or populations
-care of individuals, families, and groups in mind
-goal: preserve, protect, maintain health, provide healthcare to promote wellness of life.
-Broad focus
table 1-1
example: think of immunizations, based is in a clinic getting a flu vax, oriented will have a
drive through flu vax opportunity
Population focused nursing
-Focuses on the entire population
-Is based on assessment of the population's health status to find a problem
-Considers the broad determinants of health
-Emphasizes all levels of prevention
-Intervenes with communities, systems, individuals, and families
,example: Headstart, the problem was early education lacked for low income families
What is public health?
Scientific discipline which includes epidemiology, statistics, assessment considering the
behavioral cultural, environmental factors for policy development and program planning
Mission: Generate and organize community effort to address public interest in health by
applying scientific and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health
POPULATION FOCUSED RATHER THEN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT
What does public health effect?
Health is influenced by:
-50% of premature death is due to LIFESTYLE
-20% to human biology
-20% environment
-10% inadequacies in health care
Life expectancy changes
-Sanitization, hand hygiene, tobacco use, prevention of communicable diseases
Prevention of early death
-70% is related to health promotion and disease prevention
National Health Care Expenditures
-only spend 3% of budget on prevention
Benefit vs Cost of Prevention
, -prevention could increase cost by increasing lifespan (older cost more money)
What is the primary goal of public health?
prevention of disease and disability
What are the goals of public health nursing?
1. Promotion of health
2. prevention of disease and disability for all
3. Achieved in conditions in which people can remain healthy
What is the process of public health nursing?
1. Assess need of a population
2. Developing a plan and interventions
3. implement
4. evaluate
5. use results to take further action
Community
group of people who share something in common and interact with eachother. They may
exhibit commitment to eachother and share a geographical location together
Population
Collection of individuals who have 1 or more personal or environmental characteristics in
common
-don't have to share geographical boundary or have to interact
ex: parents of children, night nurses
Aggregate
and Correct Answers
Community-Based Nursing
nurses acute on illness care for families throughout their life span
aim: manage acute and chronic conditions
Philosophy of nursing care. most likely to give direct care but is outside the walls of the
hospital
Community-orientated nursing
Focus: on community or populations
-care of individuals, families, and groups in mind
-goal: preserve, protect, maintain health, provide healthcare to promote wellness of life.
-Broad focus
table 1-1
example: think of immunizations, based is in a clinic getting a flu vax, oriented will have a
drive through flu vax opportunity
Population focused nursing
-Focuses on the entire population
-Is based on assessment of the population's health status to find a problem
-Considers the broad determinants of health
-Emphasizes all levels of prevention
-Intervenes with communities, systems, individuals, and families
,example: Headstart, the problem was early education lacked for low income families
What is public health?
Scientific discipline which includes epidemiology, statistics, assessment considering the
behavioral cultural, environmental factors for policy development and program planning
Mission: Generate and organize community effort to address public interest in health by
applying scientific and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health
POPULATION FOCUSED RATHER THEN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT
What does public health effect?
Health is influenced by:
-50% of premature death is due to LIFESTYLE
-20% to human biology
-20% environment
-10% inadequacies in health care
Life expectancy changes
-Sanitization, hand hygiene, tobacco use, prevention of communicable diseases
Prevention of early death
-70% is related to health promotion and disease prevention
National Health Care Expenditures
-only spend 3% of budget on prevention
Benefit vs Cost of Prevention
, -prevention could increase cost by increasing lifespan (older cost more money)
What is the primary goal of public health?
prevention of disease and disability
What are the goals of public health nursing?
1. Promotion of health
2. prevention of disease and disability for all
3. Achieved in conditions in which people can remain healthy
What is the process of public health nursing?
1. Assess need of a population
2. Developing a plan and interventions
3. implement
4. evaluate
5. use results to take further action
Community
group of people who share something in common and interact with eachother. They may
exhibit commitment to eachother and share a geographical location together
Population
Collection of individuals who have 1 or more personal or environmental characteristics in
common
-don't have to share geographical boundary or have to interact
ex: parents of children, night nurses
Aggregate
