PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 2026 POPULATION
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT
CORE CONCEPTS STUDY MATERIALS
◉ collaboration.
Answer: the action of working with someone to produce or create
something
◉ community*.
Answer: Collection of people who interact with one another and
whose common interests or characteristics form the basis for a
sense of unity or belonging
EX-Citizens of a town Group of farmers Prison community Tiny
village in Appalachia Members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
(MADD) Professional nurses
◉ community health* + 2 main components.
Answer: identification of needs and the protection and improvement
of collective health within a geographically defined area"
◉ 3 types of community
geographic
common interest
,community of solution.
Answer: Geographic—city, town, neighborhood
Common interest—church, professional organization, people with
mastectomies
Community of solution—group of people who come together to
solve a problem that affects all of them
◉ community health nursing* + 8 characteristics.
Answer: Population is client or unit of care.
Primary obligation to achieve greatest good for greatest number of
people or population as a whole.
Processes used include working with the client as an equal partner.
Primary prevention is the priority.
Strategies are selected to create healthy environmental, social, and
economic conditions in which populations may thrive
There is an obligation to actively reach out to all who might benefit
from a specific activity.
Optimal use of available resources to assure best overall
improvement in health of population is a key element.
Collaboration with a variety of other professions, populations,
organizations, and entities is the most effective way to promote and
protect the health of people.
, 4 stages
Early Home Care (before mid-1800s)
District Nursing (mid-1800s to 1900)
Public Health Nursing (1900 to 1970)
Community Health Nursing (1970 to present)
◉ continuous needs.
Answer: part of the developmental needs of people Ex- assistance
with toddler proofing, coping with death, emancipation and
managing retirement
◉ episodic needs.
Answer: illness/ injury not expected in a typical life
◉ genomics
epigenetics.
Answer: study of whole genomes, including genes and their
functions
environments effect on gene expression passed from one generation
to the next
◉ geographic community.
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT
CORE CONCEPTS STUDY MATERIALS
◉ collaboration.
Answer: the action of working with someone to produce or create
something
◉ community*.
Answer: Collection of people who interact with one another and
whose common interests or characteristics form the basis for a
sense of unity or belonging
EX-Citizens of a town Group of farmers Prison community Tiny
village in Appalachia Members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
(MADD) Professional nurses
◉ community health* + 2 main components.
Answer: identification of needs and the protection and improvement
of collective health within a geographically defined area"
◉ 3 types of community
geographic
common interest
,community of solution.
Answer: Geographic—city, town, neighborhood
Common interest—church, professional organization, people with
mastectomies
Community of solution—group of people who come together to
solve a problem that affects all of them
◉ community health nursing* + 8 characteristics.
Answer: Population is client or unit of care.
Primary obligation to achieve greatest good for greatest number of
people or population as a whole.
Processes used include working with the client as an equal partner.
Primary prevention is the priority.
Strategies are selected to create healthy environmental, social, and
economic conditions in which populations may thrive
There is an obligation to actively reach out to all who might benefit
from a specific activity.
Optimal use of available resources to assure best overall
improvement in health of population is a key element.
Collaboration with a variety of other professions, populations,
organizations, and entities is the most effective way to promote and
protect the health of people.
, 4 stages
Early Home Care (before mid-1800s)
District Nursing (mid-1800s to 1900)
Public Health Nursing (1900 to 1970)
Community Health Nursing (1970 to present)
◉ continuous needs.
Answer: part of the developmental needs of people Ex- assistance
with toddler proofing, coping with death, emancipation and
managing retirement
◉ episodic needs.
Answer: illness/ injury not expected in a typical life
◉ genomics
epigenetics.
Answer: study of whole genomes, including genes and their
functions
environments effect on gene expression passed from one generation
to the next
◉ geographic community.
