EMU NURS 453 Foundations
Population Health/Comm Ch 1
correctly answered to pass
aggregate or population - correct answer ✔✔A collection of people who share one or more
personal or environmental characteristics. Members can be defined in terms of either
geography or a special interest.
Assessment - correct answer ✔✔Involves systematically collecting data on the population,
monitoring the populations health status and making information available about the health of
a community.
Assurance - correct answer ✔✔Making sure that essential community-oriented health services
are available. Services might include providing essential personal health services for those who
would otherwise not receive them. Assurance also includes making sure that a competent
public health and personal health care workforce is available.
Community - correct answer ✔✔Managing acute and chronic health conditions in the
community with the focus of the practice being individual or family centered illness care. While
taking care of the individual or family, the nurse maintains an appreciation for the values of the
community.
Community Based - correct answer ✔✔Health care services that are not taking place in the
hospital due to rising costs of hospital care.
community-based nursing - correct answer ✔✔Nurses focus on illness care of individuals and
families across the life span. The aim is to manage acute and chronic health conditions in the
community. Ties in with community term.
Population Health/Comm Ch 1
correctly answered to pass
aggregate or population - correct answer ✔✔A collection of people who share one or more
personal or environmental characteristics. Members can be defined in terms of either
geography or a special interest.
Assessment - correct answer ✔✔Involves systematically collecting data on the population,
monitoring the populations health status and making information available about the health of
a community.
Assurance - correct answer ✔✔Making sure that essential community-oriented health services
are available. Services might include providing essential personal health services for those who
would otherwise not receive them. Assurance also includes making sure that a competent
public health and personal health care workforce is available.
Community - correct answer ✔✔Managing acute and chronic health conditions in the
community with the focus of the practice being individual or family centered illness care. While
taking care of the individual or family, the nurse maintains an appreciation for the values of the
community.
Community Based - correct answer ✔✔Health care services that are not taking place in the
hospital due to rising costs of hospital care.
community-based nursing - correct answer ✔✔Nurses focus on illness care of individuals and
families across the life span. The aim is to manage acute and chronic health conditions in the
community. Ties in with community term.
