NSG 505 EXAM REVISION QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
What is Public Health Nurse? (PHN)
Focuses on improving the population health by emphasizing prevention and attending
to multiple determinants of health.
It includes advocacy, policy development, and
planning
3 Main Functions of Public Health Nursing:
1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
- overall provides reaching to Equity
Core functions of Public Health Nursing: Assessment
1. Assess and monitor population health status factors that influence health and community needs
and assets (essentially collecting information about the health public)
2. Investigate, diagnose and address health problems and hazards affecting the population
(so then we use the data, to start thinking what we want to investigate which lead us to a
diagnoses)
Core functions of Public Health Nursing: 4 Essential Services of Policy Development
1. communicate to inform and educate people about health factors influence and how to improve
it
2. strengthen and support communities to improve health
,3. create and implement policies, plans and laws that impact health
4. utilize legal and regulatory actions to improve public health
Core functions of Public Health Nursing: 4 Components of Assurance
1. assure an effective system that enables equitable assess to individual services and care needed
to be healthy
2. build and support diverse public health workforce
3. Improve and innovate public health functions through ongoing evaluation, research and
continuous quality improvement
4. build and maintain a strong organization
**Assurance is the pledge to provide to do things that need to be done
and also our responsibility to build a competent public health workforce
What is the difference between Community Health vs. Public Health: Community Health
Community health: identification of needs, protection and improvement of collective health
within a geographically defined area
**community health can focus on a specific area or a group
**both have a goal of addressing the needs of larger groups
What is the difference between Community Health vs. Public Health: Public Health:
public health: seeks to provide organizational structure, resources and activities needed to
accomplish the goal of an optimally healthy community
**public health is a broader concept which focuses on whole population
, **both have a goal of addressing the needs of larger groups
Eight Characteristic of Public Health Nursing: Is the client or "unit of care" one person?
no! the client or "unit of care" is more than one person
client = community
** We are typically thinking care beyond just one person
Eight Characteristic of Public Health Nursing: What is the primary obligation in public
health nursing?
- primary obligation is to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number of people or the
population as a whole
Eight Characteristic of Public Health Nursing: How do public health nurses collaborate
with the client?
public health nurses collaborate with the client as an equal partners
Eight Characteristic of Public Health Nursing: What is the priority type of prevention to
keep in mind when selecting appropriate activities?
primary prevention is the priority!
Levels of Prevention : Primordial is what?
focuses on preventing the development of risk factors or conditions that may lead to emergence
of disease/ health issues.
Ex. Addressing root causes, healthy
societal conditions, lifestyle and behavior factors
Levels of Prevention : Primary is what?
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
What is Public Health Nurse? (PHN)
Focuses on improving the population health by emphasizing prevention and attending
to multiple determinants of health.
It includes advocacy, policy development, and
planning
3 Main Functions of Public Health Nursing:
1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
- overall provides reaching to Equity
Core functions of Public Health Nursing: Assessment
1. Assess and monitor population health status factors that influence health and community needs
and assets (essentially collecting information about the health public)
2. Investigate, diagnose and address health problems and hazards affecting the population
(so then we use the data, to start thinking what we want to investigate which lead us to a
diagnoses)
Core functions of Public Health Nursing: 4 Essential Services of Policy Development
1. communicate to inform and educate people about health factors influence and how to improve
it
2. strengthen and support communities to improve health
,3. create and implement policies, plans and laws that impact health
4. utilize legal and regulatory actions to improve public health
Core functions of Public Health Nursing: 4 Components of Assurance
1. assure an effective system that enables equitable assess to individual services and care needed
to be healthy
2. build and support diverse public health workforce
3. Improve and innovate public health functions through ongoing evaluation, research and
continuous quality improvement
4. build and maintain a strong organization
**Assurance is the pledge to provide to do things that need to be done
and also our responsibility to build a competent public health workforce
What is the difference between Community Health vs. Public Health: Community Health
Community health: identification of needs, protection and improvement of collective health
within a geographically defined area
**community health can focus on a specific area or a group
**both have a goal of addressing the needs of larger groups
What is the difference between Community Health vs. Public Health: Public Health:
public health: seeks to provide organizational structure, resources and activities needed to
accomplish the goal of an optimally healthy community
**public health is a broader concept which focuses on whole population
, **both have a goal of addressing the needs of larger groups
Eight Characteristic of Public Health Nursing: Is the client or "unit of care" one person?
no! the client or "unit of care" is more than one person
client = community
** We are typically thinking care beyond just one person
Eight Characteristic of Public Health Nursing: What is the primary obligation in public
health nursing?
- primary obligation is to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number of people or the
population as a whole
Eight Characteristic of Public Health Nursing: How do public health nurses collaborate
with the client?
public health nurses collaborate with the client as an equal partners
Eight Characteristic of Public Health Nursing: What is the priority type of prevention to
keep in mind when selecting appropriate activities?
primary prevention is the priority!
Levels of Prevention : Primordial is what?
focuses on preventing the development of risk factors or conditions that may lead to emergence
of disease/ health issues.
Ex. Addressing root causes, healthy
societal conditions, lifestyle and behavior factors
Levels of Prevention : Primary is what?
