NUR 452 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What is the difference between private and public health systems? - Answers - public
systems are tax-supported
private are not
public systems are interested in those vulnerable at risk
Private health systems care is focused on - Answers - early detection and treatment of
disease for individual patient
You are a nurse is teaching about medicare, what would you include? - Answers - Part
B - has a premium but not part A
Part D - prescriptions are coverd
Part A - is hospital insurance in
Eligibility: persons over 65 years, persons with end stage renal
What core function of state public health services, is the regulations and licensing of
health care facilities and professionals? - Answers - Assurance
Determine which are federal, state and local:
CDC
Food and Drug Administration
Maine State Health and Human
Bangor Public
Indian Health Service
Maine CDC - Answers - CDC - federal
Food and Drug Administration - federal
Maine State Health and Human - state
Bangor Public - local
Indian Health Service - federal
Maine CDC - state
Surgeon general is the head of what? - Answers - US public health commissioned
corps
US health care system ranks poorly compared to other nations in terms of what? -
Answers - cost, efficiency, primary care, disparities, investment in social support
systems
What is true about retrospective (fee for service) payment? - Answers - No restriction
on services, encourages sickness instead of wellness
Secondary prevention examples: - Answers - Pap smear
Cholesterol screenings
mammogram
colonsoscopy
,Define Community Health - Answers - Individualized care of the community:
Home health and hospice nurses
Work for a private health care organization that is either for profit or non-profit
Define Public Health - Answers - Focus of populations
Work for the state or public schools
Public health nurses
School nurses
What is public health nursing? - Answers - the synthesis of public health and nursing
practice
What is community health nursing? - Answers - The synthesis of nursing practice and
public health practice applied to promoting and preserving the health of populations
Community and Public Health Nursing Goal - Answers - to preserve health of
community and populations
Health promotion and health maintenance
Primary and secondary
prevention
Prevent disease, injury, disability
Identify populations at risk
3 P's of Community Health - Answers - Promote, protect, prevent
What is the mission of public health? - Answers - "Social justice, which entitles all
people to basic necessities such as adequate income and health protection and accepts
collective burdens to make this possible"
Social Justices include - Answers - our rights as citizens:
health, safety, food, shelter, voting
we all come from different advantages and disadvantages
Concept of Health - Answers - The extent to which an individual or group is able to
realize aspirations and satisfy needs; and change or cope with the environment.
Health is seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive
concept emphasizing social, and personal resources, and physical capacities.
Holistic state of well-being including soundness of mind, body and spirit.
Subjective and objective
Subjective - Answers - how people feel
, Objective - Answers - observed, how people can function in their environment
Concept of wellness - Answers - Health plus the capacity to develop and person's
potential leading to a fulfilling and productive life.
Occupational, social, intellectual, physical, emotional, spiritual wellness.
Community - Answers - A group or collection of individuals interacting in social units
and sharing common interests characteristics, values, and goals
Geopolitical Communities - Answers - Defined or formed by natural and/or man-made
boundaries and include cities, counties, states, and nations. (Others are school districts,
census tracts, zip codes, and neighborhoods).
Phenomenological Communities - Answers - Relational, interactive groups. Place or
setting is more abstract and people share a group perspective or identity based on
culture, values, history, interests, and goals. (Schools, colleges, universities, churches,
synagogues, mosques, social networks).
Geographic is - Answers - city, town, neighborhood
Common interest of a community includes - Answers - church, professional
organization, people with mastectomies
Community of solution - Answers - group of people who come together to solve a
problem that affects all of them
What is a population - Answers - Typically used to denote a group of people having
common personal or environmental characteristics, can also refer to all people in a
defined community
All people occupying an area or all of those who share one or more characteristic
Do not necessarily interact with one another
May or may not share a sense of belonging
Aggregates - Answers - are subgroups or subpopulations that have some common
characteristics or concerns.
Examples of populations - Answers - Citizens of Orono, Maine
United States adults over age 65
Veterans across the US
Hispanics in the US
Human Genome Project - Answers - An international scientific research project with
the goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up human
DNA, and of identifying and mapping all of the genes of the human genome from both a
physical and a functional standpoint.
What is the difference between private and public health systems? - Answers - public
systems are tax-supported
private are not
public systems are interested in those vulnerable at risk
Private health systems care is focused on - Answers - early detection and treatment of
disease for individual patient
You are a nurse is teaching about medicare, what would you include? - Answers - Part
B - has a premium but not part A
Part D - prescriptions are coverd
Part A - is hospital insurance in
Eligibility: persons over 65 years, persons with end stage renal
What core function of state public health services, is the regulations and licensing of
health care facilities and professionals? - Answers - Assurance
Determine which are federal, state and local:
CDC
Food and Drug Administration
Maine State Health and Human
Bangor Public
Indian Health Service
Maine CDC - Answers - CDC - federal
Food and Drug Administration - federal
Maine State Health and Human - state
Bangor Public - local
Indian Health Service - federal
Maine CDC - state
Surgeon general is the head of what? - Answers - US public health commissioned
corps
US health care system ranks poorly compared to other nations in terms of what? -
Answers - cost, efficiency, primary care, disparities, investment in social support
systems
What is true about retrospective (fee for service) payment? - Answers - No restriction
on services, encourages sickness instead of wellness
Secondary prevention examples: - Answers - Pap smear
Cholesterol screenings
mammogram
colonsoscopy
,Define Community Health - Answers - Individualized care of the community:
Home health and hospice nurses
Work for a private health care organization that is either for profit or non-profit
Define Public Health - Answers - Focus of populations
Work for the state or public schools
Public health nurses
School nurses
What is public health nursing? - Answers - the synthesis of public health and nursing
practice
What is community health nursing? - Answers - The synthesis of nursing practice and
public health practice applied to promoting and preserving the health of populations
Community and Public Health Nursing Goal - Answers - to preserve health of
community and populations
Health promotion and health maintenance
Primary and secondary
prevention
Prevent disease, injury, disability
Identify populations at risk
3 P's of Community Health - Answers - Promote, protect, prevent
What is the mission of public health? - Answers - "Social justice, which entitles all
people to basic necessities such as adequate income and health protection and accepts
collective burdens to make this possible"
Social Justices include - Answers - our rights as citizens:
health, safety, food, shelter, voting
we all come from different advantages and disadvantages
Concept of Health - Answers - The extent to which an individual or group is able to
realize aspirations and satisfy needs; and change or cope with the environment.
Health is seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive
concept emphasizing social, and personal resources, and physical capacities.
Holistic state of well-being including soundness of mind, body and spirit.
Subjective and objective
Subjective - Answers - how people feel
, Objective - Answers - observed, how people can function in their environment
Concept of wellness - Answers - Health plus the capacity to develop and person's
potential leading to a fulfilling and productive life.
Occupational, social, intellectual, physical, emotional, spiritual wellness.
Community - Answers - A group or collection of individuals interacting in social units
and sharing common interests characteristics, values, and goals
Geopolitical Communities - Answers - Defined or formed by natural and/or man-made
boundaries and include cities, counties, states, and nations. (Others are school districts,
census tracts, zip codes, and neighborhoods).
Phenomenological Communities - Answers - Relational, interactive groups. Place or
setting is more abstract and people share a group perspective or identity based on
culture, values, history, interests, and goals. (Schools, colleges, universities, churches,
synagogues, mosques, social networks).
Geographic is - Answers - city, town, neighborhood
Common interest of a community includes - Answers - church, professional
organization, people with mastectomies
Community of solution - Answers - group of people who come together to solve a
problem that affects all of them
What is a population - Answers - Typically used to denote a group of people having
common personal or environmental characteristics, can also refer to all people in a
defined community
All people occupying an area or all of those who share one or more characteristic
Do not necessarily interact with one another
May or may not share a sense of belonging
Aggregates - Answers - are subgroups or subpopulations that have some common
characteristics or concerns.
Examples of populations - Answers - Citizens of Orono, Maine
United States adults over age 65
Veterans across the US
Hispanics in the US
Human Genome Project - Answers - An international scientific research project with
the goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up human
DNA, and of identifying and mapping all of the genes of the human genome from both a
physical and a functional standpoint.
