Community Health Nursing Quiz 1 Spring 2023 Questions With Complete Solutions

Community correct answer: Group of people sharing something, interacting with one another. May exhibit commitment with one another and may share geographic boundary. E.g., a NORC, a school, NYU students. Population correct answer: Group of people having at least one thing in common and who may or may not interact with one another. E.g., night-shift workers, children with CF. Community-focused nursing correct answer: Delivery of nursing care to improve health of an entire community - bigger picture, deals with prevention and population at systems level. Community-based nursing correct answer: Nursing care provided outside of acute care setting. Care for families, individuals within a community. At individual, "hands on" level. Does not require public health background. Population-focused care correct answer: Interventions for health promotion, disease prevention to shape a community's overall health status. Public health nursing correct answer: Promotion and protection of health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social and public health sciences. Population-focused; goals: promotion of health and prevention of disability and disease by creating conditions in which people can be healthy. Acute Care correct answer: Provider control Predictable routine Hospital policy Resources available Collaboration and consultation Controlled PT compliance