Community: Community/Public Health Nursing
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___ is the synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice - ✔✔Community/Public Health
Nursing
Community/Public Health Nursing has the major goal to preserve the health of the community and
surrounding ___ - ✔✔populations
Community/Public Health Nursing focuses on health promotion, prevention, and health ___ -
✔✔maintence
Community/Public Health Nursing is associated with health and identification of populations at ___
rather than an episodic response to patient demand - ✔✔risk
public health is described as the art and science of what 3 things - ✔✔-preventing disease
-prolonging life
-promoting health through organized community efforts to benefit each citizen
___ is defined as the costs of caring for the sick which account for the majority of escalating health care
dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.8% in 2015 - ✔✔Health
Care Reform
Community/public health nurses are in a position to assist the U.S. health care system to transition from
being disease-oriented to a ___ system - ✔✔health-oriented
the mission of ___ is social justice, which entitles all people to basic necessities such as adequate income
and health protection and accepts collective burdens to make this possible. - ✔✔public health
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,___ is the total amount spent on healthcare by a country. - ✔✔Health Expenditures
despite high hospital and physician expenditures, U.S. health indicators such as life expectancy and
infant mortality rate remain considerably ___ the health indicators of many other countries - ✔✔below
the health status of the population within the US varies markedly across the areas of the country and
among groups. For example, the economically disadvantaged and many cultural and ethnic groups have
___ overall health status compared with middle-class caucasians - ✔✔poorer
the decline in the percentage of nurses employed in hospitals and the subsequent increase in nurses
employed community setting suggest a shift in focus from illness and institutional based care to ____ and
____ care - ✔✔-health promotion
-preventive
the major goal of community/public health nursing is to preserve the health of the community and
surrounding populations by focusing on health promotion and health maintenance of ___, ___, and ___
within a community - ✔✔Individual, families, and groups
the mission of public health is ___, which entitles all people the basic necessities such as adequate income
and health protection and accepts collective burdens to make it possible - ✔✔social justic
public health assumes that it is ___ responsibility to meet the basic need of the people. thus there is a
greater need for public funding of prevention efforts to enhance the health of our population -
✔✔Societies
___ is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity - ✔✔health
___ is positive interaction among groups within the community, with an emphasis on health promotion
and illness prevention - ✔✔Social Health
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, -food banks
-violence prevention programs
these are examples of ___ - ✔✔social health
___ is a collection of people who interact with one another and whose common interests or characteristics
form the basis for a sense of unity and belonging. more local - ✔✔community
___ is a community-wide effort to monitor and promote the welfare of the population. much broader -
✔✔public health
___ is a set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for Americans to meet during the
second decade of the new millennium. - ✔✔Healthy People 2020
what are 5 determinants for the health outcomes of Healthy People 2020 - ✔✔-physical environment
-social environment
-individual behavior
-health services
-biology and genetics
community is seen as a group or collection of individuals interacting in social units and sharing common
___, ___, values, and goals - ✔✔-intrest
-characteristics
___ is defined or formed by natural and/or man-made boundaries and include cities, counties, states and
nations. - ✔✔geopolitical community
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Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass
___ is the synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice - ✔✔Community/Public Health
Nursing
Community/Public Health Nursing has the major goal to preserve the health of the community and
surrounding ___ - ✔✔populations
Community/Public Health Nursing focuses on health promotion, prevention, and health ___ -
✔✔maintence
Community/Public Health Nursing is associated with health and identification of populations at ___
rather than an episodic response to patient demand - ✔✔risk
public health is described as the art and science of what 3 things - ✔✔-preventing disease
-prolonging life
-promoting health through organized community efforts to benefit each citizen
___ is defined as the costs of caring for the sick which account for the majority of escalating health care
dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.8% in 2015 - ✔✔Health
Care Reform
Community/public health nurses are in a position to assist the U.S. health care system to transition from
being disease-oriented to a ___ system - ✔✔health-oriented
the mission of ___ is social justice, which entitles all people to basic necessities such as adequate income
and health protection and accepts collective burdens to make this possible. - ✔✔public health
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,___ is the total amount spent on healthcare by a country. - ✔✔Health Expenditures
despite high hospital and physician expenditures, U.S. health indicators such as life expectancy and
infant mortality rate remain considerably ___ the health indicators of many other countries - ✔✔below
the health status of the population within the US varies markedly across the areas of the country and
among groups. For example, the economically disadvantaged and many cultural and ethnic groups have
___ overall health status compared with middle-class caucasians - ✔✔poorer
the decline in the percentage of nurses employed in hospitals and the subsequent increase in nurses
employed community setting suggest a shift in focus from illness and institutional based care to ____ and
____ care - ✔✔-health promotion
-preventive
the major goal of community/public health nursing is to preserve the health of the community and
surrounding populations by focusing on health promotion and health maintenance of ___, ___, and ___
within a community - ✔✔Individual, families, and groups
the mission of public health is ___, which entitles all people the basic necessities such as adequate income
and health protection and accepts collective burdens to make it possible - ✔✔social justic
public health assumes that it is ___ responsibility to meet the basic need of the people. thus there is a
greater need for public funding of prevention efforts to enhance the health of our population -
✔✔Societies
___ is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity - ✔✔health
___ is positive interaction among groups within the community, with an emphasis on health promotion
and illness prevention - ✔✔Social Health
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, -food banks
-violence prevention programs
these are examples of ___ - ✔✔social health
___ is a collection of people who interact with one another and whose common interests or characteristics
form the basis for a sense of unity and belonging. more local - ✔✔community
___ is a community-wide effort to monitor and promote the welfare of the population. much broader -
✔✔public health
___ is a set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for Americans to meet during the
second decade of the new millennium. - ✔✔Healthy People 2020
what are 5 determinants for the health outcomes of Healthy People 2020 - ✔✔-physical environment
-social environment
-individual behavior
-health services
-biology and genetics
community is seen as a group or collection of individuals interacting in social units and sharing common
___, ___, values, and goals - ✔✔-intrest
-characteristics
___ is defined or formed by natural and/or man-made boundaries and include cities, counties, states and
nations. - ✔✔geopolitical community
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