The Community & Public Health Nursing EXAM 2023/2024

The Community & Public Health Nursing EXAM 2023/2024 Population - CORRECT ANSWER-Mass of people that makes up definable unit to which measurements pertain Community - CORRECT ANSWER-Group of individuals living with the same geographical area or a common denominator Health - CORRECT ANSWER-state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity What is Public Health? - CORRECT ANSWER-Promotion and protection of people in communities through prevention and health promotion What are the 3 core functions? - CORRECT ANSWER-Assessment, policy development, and assurance Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER-Assessing the patients of the population investigating, diagnosing, and addressing health hazards and root causes Policy development - CORRECT ANSWER-Creating policy based on the assessment and what was found Used to inform and educate Utilizing legal and regulatory actions within establishments Assurance - CORRECT ANSWER-Assuring populations that they are being protected and helped Build and maintain strong organizational infrastructure for public health Build a diverse and skilled workforce Enable equitable access Improve and innovate through evaluation, research and quality improvement Social-Ecological Model - CORRECT ANSWER-Individual - relationship - community - societal Upstream approach - CORRECT ANSWER-Focuses on prevention and eliminating factors that increase risk too a population's health; societal level to promote intervention. - Screening - Healthy lifestyle activities Ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWER-Classification of a group of individuals of shared language, cultural, religion traditions . . . . . . . . . .