NSG 505 EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
What is a community in public health nursing?
A group of people who share common characteristics or bonds, defined in various ways
including geopolitical/geographic, common interest/phenomenological, and community of
solution.
What are the three definitions of community?
1. Geopolitical/geographic: Defined by physical boundaries or location (e.g., a neighborhood). 2.
Common interest/phenomenological: Based on shared interests or beliefs (e.g., support groups).
3. Community of solution: Formed to address specific issues (e.g., a task force for opioid abuse).
What are the levels of prevention in public health?
Primordial, primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary prevention.
What is primordial prevention?
Addressing underlying conditions to reduce risk and prevent the emergence of risk factors (e.g.,
promoting healthy lifestyles in children to prevent obesity).
What is primary prevention?
Preventing disease before it occurs to reduce incidence (e.g., vaccination for the flu).
What is secondary prevention?
Detecting and treating disease early to reduce severity and complications (e.g., mammograms for
breast cancer detection).
What is tertiary prevention?
Managing and improving quality of life for those with diseases to reduce impact (e.g.,
rehabilitation after a stroke).
What is quaternary prevention?
,Avoiding unnecessary or harmful medical interventions to protect patients from
overmedicalization (e.g., avoiding excessive tests).
What are the core public health functions?
Assessment, policy development, and assurance.
What is the role of assessment in public health?
Understanding the health needs of a population.
What is policy development in public health?
Creating policies and programs to address public health issues.
What is assurance in public health?
Ensuring services are available and effective.
What are the roles of a public health nurse?
Clinician, researcher, advocate, educator, manager, leadership, and collaborator.
What does a public health nurse do as a clinician?
Provides health care services to individuals and groups.
What is the role of a public health nurse as a researcher?
Data investigation, collection, and analysis to inform prevention programs.
How does a public health nurse act as an advocate?
Ensures patients have access to necessary resources and supports policies for well-being.
What is the educator role of a public health nurse?
Provides patient education and health promotion.
What does a public health nurse do as a manager?
Oversees health services and personnel, coordinating health programs.
What is the leadership role of a public health nurse?
, Acts as a change agent in healthcare, implementing initiatives.
What does a public health nurse do as a collaborator?
Works jointly with stakeholders to improve health outcomes.
What is the Public Health Nursing Intervention Wheel?
A framework used by public health nurses to guide their practice in improving population health.
What are the three levels of prevention in public health interventions?
Individual, community, and systems.
What is the focus of individual/family level interventions?
Changing knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of individuals or families.
What is an example of surveillance at the individual/family level?
School nurses collect information about flu-like symptoms at each visit and track findings in
individual health records.
What is an example of counseling at the individual/family level?
A public health nurse (PHN) facilitates a support group for families dealing with loss related to
suicide.
What is the focus of community level interventions?
Changing community norms, attitudes, awareness, and behaviors.
What is an example of surveillance at the community level?
The school nurse collects school-wide attendance data during flu season to encourage improved
hand hygiene.
What is an example of counseling at the community level?
A PHN partners with community organizations to raise awareness about depression in teens.
What is the focus of system level interventions?
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
What is a community in public health nursing?
A group of people who share common characteristics or bonds, defined in various ways
including geopolitical/geographic, common interest/phenomenological, and community of
solution.
What are the three definitions of community?
1. Geopolitical/geographic: Defined by physical boundaries or location (e.g., a neighborhood). 2.
Common interest/phenomenological: Based on shared interests or beliefs (e.g., support groups).
3. Community of solution: Formed to address specific issues (e.g., a task force for opioid abuse).
What are the levels of prevention in public health?
Primordial, primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary prevention.
What is primordial prevention?
Addressing underlying conditions to reduce risk and prevent the emergence of risk factors (e.g.,
promoting healthy lifestyles in children to prevent obesity).
What is primary prevention?
Preventing disease before it occurs to reduce incidence (e.g., vaccination for the flu).
What is secondary prevention?
Detecting and treating disease early to reduce severity and complications (e.g., mammograms for
breast cancer detection).
What is tertiary prevention?
Managing and improving quality of life for those with diseases to reduce impact (e.g.,
rehabilitation after a stroke).
What is quaternary prevention?
,Avoiding unnecessary or harmful medical interventions to protect patients from
overmedicalization (e.g., avoiding excessive tests).
What are the core public health functions?
Assessment, policy development, and assurance.
What is the role of assessment in public health?
Understanding the health needs of a population.
What is policy development in public health?
Creating policies and programs to address public health issues.
What is assurance in public health?
Ensuring services are available and effective.
What are the roles of a public health nurse?
Clinician, researcher, advocate, educator, manager, leadership, and collaborator.
What does a public health nurse do as a clinician?
Provides health care services to individuals and groups.
What is the role of a public health nurse as a researcher?
Data investigation, collection, and analysis to inform prevention programs.
How does a public health nurse act as an advocate?
Ensures patients have access to necessary resources and supports policies for well-being.
What is the educator role of a public health nurse?
Provides patient education and health promotion.
What does a public health nurse do as a manager?
Oversees health services and personnel, coordinating health programs.
What is the leadership role of a public health nurse?
, Acts as a change agent in healthcare, implementing initiatives.
What does a public health nurse do as a collaborator?
Works jointly with stakeholders to improve health outcomes.
What is the Public Health Nursing Intervention Wheel?
A framework used by public health nurses to guide their practice in improving population health.
What are the three levels of prevention in public health interventions?
Individual, community, and systems.
What is the focus of individual/family level interventions?
Changing knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of individuals or families.
What is an example of surveillance at the individual/family level?
School nurses collect information about flu-like symptoms at each visit and track findings in
individual health records.
What is an example of counseling at the individual/family level?
A public health nurse (PHN) facilitates a support group for families dealing with loss related to
suicide.
What is the focus of community level interventions?
Changing community norms, attitudes, awareness, and behaviors.
What is an example of surveillance at the community level?
The school nurse collects school-wide attendance data during flu season to encourage improved
hand hygiene.
What is an example of counseling at the community level?
A PHN partners with community organizations to raise awareness about depression in teens.
What is the focus of system level interventions?
