NUR 400: Community Nursing
questions and answers (100%
accuracy)
Vital Statistics and Demographics of a Community - answer thought to be
vital statistics, similar to an individual's vital signs
What is a community typically defined as? - answer a people, location and
social system
Different Types of community Boundaries: - answer geographical, political,
boundaries of a specific problem needing to be solved
Community Social Systems - answer economic; educational; religious;
political; recreational; legal; health care; safety; transportation;
communication systems
Social Determinants of Health - answer the circumstances in which people
are born, grow up, live, work and age; and the systems put in place to
deal with illness
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) - answer a method for describing and
estimating the effects that a proposed project or policy may have on the
health of a population
Community Health Nursing - answer subset of community-based nursing;
Family as Context - answer care is planned for the individual in the context
of the family; client is focus, context is family
, Family Health - answer a dynamic changing relative state of well-being
that includes the biological, psychological, sociological, cultural, and
spiritual factors of the family system
Family Structure - answer the outward characteristics of a family, such as
whether or not the parents are married; includes roles and functions
Family as "potential impact" - answer this approach emphasizes how
family structure, function, development stage, and interpersonal
interactions influence the recovery of the INDIVIDUAL client
Family Hardiness - answer internal strengths and durability of the family
unit; characterized by a sense of control over the outcome of life events
and hardships, a view of change as beneficial and growth-producing, and
an active rather than passive orientation in responding to stressful life
events
When family is seen as the client... - answer nurse focuses care on the
family's collective health; the individual and family are concentrated on
simultaneously with the emphasis on the interaction between family
members
When the family is seen as a component of society... - answer the nurse
considers the family as a basic/primary unit of society and a larger part of
the community; the focus is on the interface between families and
communities agencies which are a crucial aspect of community-based care
Nuclear Family - answer married couple with children; unmarried,
heterosexual or same-sex couple with children
Nuclear Dyad - answer a married couple who live together without
children
Single-Parent Family - answer one adult with children (separated,
divorced, widowed, or never married)
questions and answers (100%
accuracy)
Vital Statistics and Demographics of a Community - answer thought to be
vital statistics, similar to an individual's vital signs
What is a community typically defined as? - answer a people, location and
social system
Different Types of community Boundaries: - answer geographical, political,
boundaries of a specific problem needing to be solved
Community Social Systems - answer economic; educational; religious;
political; recreational; legal; health care; safety; transportation;
communication systems
Social Determinants of Health - answer the circumstances in which people
are born, grow up, live, work and age; and the systems put in place to
deal with illness
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) - answer a method for describing and
estimating the effects that a proposed project or policy may have on the
health of a population
Community Health Nursing - answer subset of community-based nursing;
Family as Context - answer care is planned for the individual in the context
of the family; client is focus, context is family
, Family Health - answer a dynamic changing relative state of well-being
that includes the biological, psychological, sociological, cultural, and
spiritual factors of the family system
Family Structure - answer the outward characteristics of a family, such as
whether or not the parents are married; includes roles and functions
Family as "potential impact" - answer this approach emphasizes how
family structure, function, development stage, and interpersonal
interactions influence the recovery of the INDIVIDUAL client
Family Hardiness - answer internal strengths and durability of the family
unit; characterized by a sense of control over the outcome of life events
and hardships, a view of change as beneficial and growth-producing, and
an active rather than passive orientation in responding to stressful life
events
When family is seen as the client... - answer nurse focuses care on the
family's collective health; the individual and family are concentrated on
simultaneously with the emphasis on the interaction between family
members
When the family is seen as a component of society... - answer the nurse
considers the family as a basic/primary unit of society and a larger part of
the community; the focus is on the interface between families and
communities agencies which are a crucial aspect of community-based care
Nuclear Family - answer married couple with children; unmarried,
heterosexual or same-sex couple with children
Nuclear Dyad - answer a married couple who live together without
children
Single-Parent Family - answer one adult with children (separated,
divorced, widowed, or never married)
