NSG 505 Exam 1 Practice Questions and
Complete Solutions
8 Characteristics of a public health nurse ✅1) client/unit of care = population
(community)
2) greatest good for greatest # of people
3)collaborate w/ client as an equal partner
4) primary prevention is priority
5) focus on strategies (create healthy environmental, social, and economic which
population may thrive
6) obligated to actively identify and reach out to all who may benefit from activity/service
7) optimal use of available resources and creation of new EBP strategies are necessary
to assure best overall improvement in health of population
8) collaboration w/ other professions, populations, organizations, and stakeholder
groups = most effective way to promote and protect health of people
Define community ✅"collection of people who interact w/ one another and whose
common interests/characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity/belonging
- people, place, social interactions/common interests/goals
Define population ✅group of people in common space
Define aggregate ✅population w/ common characteristics
Define nature of wellness-illness continuum ✅person's relative health is usually a state
of flux (improving or deteriorating)
-goal is to get patient to optimal health
Define geopolitical/geographic ✅physical area
Define common interest/phenomenological ✅shared interests and goals
Define community of solution ✅problem or issue of importance
List the 5 levels of prevention ✅1) primordial
2) primary
3) secondary
4) tertiary
5) quaternary
Define primordial prevention ✅-focused on risk reduction
-look at factors that put those at higher risk
,Primordial prevention strategy ✅policy work
Target population of primary prevention ✅those at risk
Primary prevention strategies ✅-vector control
-prevention of transmission by transfusion or by organ transplantation
-prevention of accidental transmission
Primary prevention responsible sectors ✅-public health
-primary health care
-other sectors
Primary prevention intervention objectives ✅prevent transmission of disease
Secondary prevention target population ✅early/asymptomatic disease
Secondary prevention strategies ✅-screening
-case findings
-early intervention
-antiparasitic treatment
-periodic health examination
Secondary prevention responsible sectors ✅-primary health care
-public health
Secondary prevention intervention objectives ✅prevent/inhibit disease in cases where
infection has occurred
Tertiary prevention target population ✅established disease
Tertiary prevention strategies ✅-antiparasitic treatment
-symptomatic treatment
-pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions
-management of complications
-continuing care
Tertiary prevention responsible sectors ✅-specialist services
-hospital care
Tertiary prevention intervention objectives ✅prevent morbidity and mortality once
disease is established
Quaternary prevention definition ✅-disease impact of over medication
, -counteract the over medication
Quaternary prevention example ✅cancer treatment needs to be counteracted/treat
side effects of the treatment (chemo)
3 core public health functions ✅assurance, assessment, policy development
Define assurance ✅FOCUS OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
-enable equitable access
-build diverse and skilled workforce
-improve and innovate through evaluation, research, and quality improvement
-build and maintain strong organizational infrastructure for public health
Define assessment ✅-assess and monitor population health
-investigate, diagnose, and address health hazards and root causes
Define policy development ✅-communicate effectively to inform and educate
-strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships
-create, champion, and implement policies, plans and laws
-utilize legal and regulatory actions
Achieving equity through the 3 core public health functions ✅-take what is learned
from assessment
-apply to policies (at all levels)
-communicate and advocate to those that can help us
-assurance - do the work, apply the policies
List the 7 roles of a public health nurse ✅1) clinician
2) educator
3)advocate
4)manager
5)collaborator
6)leadership
7)researcher
Clinician role ✅health care services to individual and groups
Educator role ✅health teaching/promotion
Advocate role ✅for individuals/groups and at a public policy level
Manger role ✅management of health services and individuals
Collaborator role ✅working jointly with stakeholders
Complete Solutions
8 Characteristics of a public health nurse ✅1) client/unit of care = population
(community)
2) greatest good for greatest # of people
3)collaborate w/ client as an equal partner
4) primary prevention is priority
5) focus on strategies (create healthy environmental, social, and economic which
population may thrive
6) obligated to actively identify and reach out to all who may benefit from activity/service
7) optimal use of available resources and creation of new EBP strategies are necessary
to assure best overall improvement in health of population
8) collaboration w/ other professions, populations, organizations, and stakeholder
groups = most effective way to promote and protect health of people
Define community ✅"collection of people who interact w/ one another and whose
common interests/characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity/belonging
- people, place, social interactions/common interests/goals
Define population ✅group of people in common space
Define aggregate ✅population w/ common characteristics
Define nature of wellness-illness continuum ✅person's relative health is usually a state
of flux (improving or deteriorating)
-goal is to get patient to optimal health
Define geopolitical/geographic ✅physical area
Define common interest/phenomenological ✅shared interests and goals
Define community of solution ✅problem or issue of importance
List the 5 levels of prevention ✅1) primordial
2) primary
3) secondary
4) tertiary
5) quaternary
Define primordial prevention ✅-focused on risk reduction
-look at factors that put those at higher risk
,Primordial prevention strategy ✅policy work
Target population of primary prevention ✅those at risk
Primary prevention strategies ✅-vector control
-prevention of transmission by transfusion or by organ transplantation
-prevention of accidental transmission
Primary prevention responsible sectors ✅-public health
-primary health care
-other sectors
Primary prevention intervention objectives ✅prevent transmission of disease
Secondary prevention target population ✅early/asymptomatic disease
Secondary prevention strategies ✅-screening
-case findings
-early intervention
-antiparasitic treatment
-periodic health examination
Secondary prevention responsible sectors ✅-primary health care
-public health
Secondary prevention intervention objectives ✅prevent/inhibit disease in cases where
infection has occurred
Tertiary prevention target population ✅established disease
Tertiary prevention strategies ✅-antiparasitic treatment
-symptomatic treatment
-pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions
-management of complications
-continuing care
Tertiary prevention responsible sectors ✅-specialist services
-hospital care
Tertiary prevention intervention objectives ✅prevent morbidity and mortality once
disease is established
Quaternary prevention definition ✅-disease impact of over medication
, -counteract the over medication
Quaternary prevention example ✅cancer treatment needs to be counteracted/treat
side effects of the treatment (chemo)
3 core public health functions ✅assurance, assessment, policy development
Define assurance ✅FOCUS OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
-enable equitable access
-build diverse and skilled workforce
-improve and innovate through evaluation, research, and quality improvement
-build and maintain strong organizational infrastructure for public health
Define assessment ✅-assess and monitor population health
-investigate, diagnose, and address health hazards and root causes
Define policy development ✅-communicate effectively to inform and educate
-strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships
-create, champion, and implement policies, plans and laws
-utilize legal and regulatory actions
Achieving equity through the 3 core public health functions ✅-take what is learned
from assessment
-apply to policies (at all levels)
-communicate and advocate to those that can help us
-assurance - do the work, apply the policies
List the 7 roles of a public health nurse ✅1) clinician
2) educator
3)advocate
4)manager
5)collaborator
6)leadership
7)researcher
Clinician role ✅health care services to individual and groups
Educator role ✅health teaching/promotion
Advocate role ✅for individuals/groups and at a public policy level
Manger role ✅management of health services and individuals
Collaborator role ✅working jointly with stakeholders
