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Community-based nursing
The nurse practicing as a community-based nurse is more likely to give direct care to people
than are nurses who practice from a community-oriented framework. A community-oriented
framework includes community-oriented nursing and public health nursing. Institutional nursing
care is generally delivered in a hospital or nursing home setting. - answer ✔✔-A nurse in a clinic
that provides direct care services to clients with tuberculosis would be classified as practicing:
Community-based nursing
community -oriented nursing
institutional nursing
Public health nursing
Community based nursing
In community-based nursing, the nurse focuses on "illness care" of individuals and families
across the life span. The aim is to manage acute and chronic health conditions in the
community, and the practice is family-centered illness care. Community-based nursing is not a
specialty in nursing but, rather, a philosophy that guides care in all nursing specialties.
Community-oriented nursing has as its primary focus the health care either of the community or
populations as in public health nursing (PHN) or of individuals, families, and groups in a
community. - answer ✔✔-Jennifer is a nurse in a family medicine clinic. Today she is assessing
Jose, a 4-year-old who is being seen for an earache. The type of nursing Jennifer practices is:
,Community oriented nursing
Community based nursing
Public health nursing
Tertiary health nursing
Community based nursing
The goal of community-based nursing (CBN) is to manage acute or chronic conditions while
promoting self-care among individuals and families. In CBN the nursing care is family centered,
which means that the nurse works to improve the competencies of families to enable them to
take better care of themselves. The nurse pays particular attention to the uniqueness of each
family and works to plan the most useful interventions. Nurses practicing in the community and
many staff public health nurses focus on providing direct care services, including health
education, to persons or families outside of institutional settings, either in the home or in a
clinic. - answer ✔✔-A school nurse teaches three middle school students with asthma
conditions techniques to minimize their incidence of bronchial spasms. This is an application of:
Community based nursing
Community oriented nursing
Institutional nursing
Public health nursing
Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the population
Questioning the availability of health services to the community - answer ✔✔-The public health
nurse deals with the examination of a community setting to determine the community's health
status. Which of the following activities should be considered in the assessment phase? SATA
Assisting communities to implement and evaluate plans and projects
Building constituencies to work with the community
Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information
,Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the population
Questioning the availability of health services to the community
individual results are compared with established standards for children of the same age group
Within federally funded programs for preschool children, from a community-oriented nursing
care perspective, nursing services could be provided to individual children by conducting
developmental-level screening tests to evaluate each child's level of cognitive and psychomotor
development in comparison with established standards for children of the same age. This is
population-focused service. A community-based nurse may deliver illness care or direct services
to individual children. A public health nurse may assess the program's ability to achieve the
overall goal of making its
population of children healthier by evaluating the characteristics of the facility, program, and
environment for their
effectiveness in achieving the goal. - answer ✔✔-In a federally funded preschool program such
as Head Start, nursing services that include conducting developmental-level screening for
cognitive and psychomotor development of individual children would most likely be considered
community-oriented nursing care when:
individual results are compared with established standards for children of the same age group
program characteristics are assessed for their effectiveness in making the school population
healthier
referral is provided for a child identified with delayed psychomotor development.
treatment is initiated for a child with an identified learning disability.
Populations with the highest rate of diabetes
The primary focus that has differentiated public health nursing from other specialties has been
the emphasis on the population rather than on individuals or families. The primary goal of
public health—the prevention of disease and disability—is achieved by ensuring that conditions
exist in which people can remain healthy. Diabetes care and educational materials are provided
, to individuals and families by a nurse in the community or institutional setting. - answer ✔✔-
Public health nursing is a specialty with a distinct focus and scope of practice and requires a
special knowledge base different from other specialty areas of nursing. A public health nurse
would first be interested in:
Drug treatments for diabetes
Populations with the highest rate of diabetes
Educational material for individual with diabetes
New technology for diabetic care
Assurance
The public health core function of assurance focuses on the responsibility of public health
agencies to be sure that activities are appropriately carried out to meet public health goals and
plans. This role requires skill in assessment, investigative functions, collaboration, consultation,
and cooperation. The assurance function makes sure that the activities assigned during the
policy development or planning phase are carried out. Policy development refers to efforts to
develop policies that support the health of the population, including using a scientific
knowledge base to make policy decisions. Primary prevention does not focus on provision of
services and a part of assurance is assisting communities to obtain necessary services such as
transportation. - answer ✔✔-A state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the
availability of elder transportation services to a specific county senior center. The state agency
assigns a public health nurse to work with the community to evaluate its program for elder
transportation services to publicly sponsored elder care programs. The public health core
function applied is:
Assurance
Policy development
Primary prevention
Public transportation
Community oriented care
Community-oriented nurses emphasize health protection, maintenance, and promotion and
disease prevention, as well as self-reliance among clients. Regardless of whether the client is a
person, a family, or a group, the goal is to promote health through education about prevailing
complete accurate detailed answers.
Already graded A+
Community-based nursing
The nurse practicing as a community-based nurse is more likely to give direct care to people
than are nurses who practice from a community-oriented framework. A community-oriented
framework includes community-oriented nursing and public health nursing. Institutional nursing
care is generally delivered in a hospital or nursing home setting. - answer ✔✔-A nurse in a clinic
that provides direct care services to clients with tuberculosis would be classified as practicing:
Community-based nursing
community -oriented nursing
institutional nursing
Public health nursing
Community based nursing
In community-based nursing, the nurse focuses on "illness care" of individuals and families
across the life span. The aim is to manage acute and chronic health conditions in the
community, and the practice is family-centered illness care. Community-based nursing is not a
specialty in nursing but, rather, a philosophy that guides care in all nursing specialties.
Community-oriented nursing has as its primary focus the health care either of the community or
populations as in public health nursing (PHN) or of individuals, families, and groups in a
community. - answer ✔✔-Jennifer is a nurse in a family medicine clinic. Today she is assessing
Jose, a 4-year-old who is being seen for an earache. The type of nursing Jennifer practices is:
,Community oriented nursing
Community based nursing
Public health nursing
Tertiary health nursing
Community based nursing
The goal of community-based nursing (CBN) is to manage acute or chronic conditions while
promoting self-care among individuals and families. In CBN the nursing care is family centered,
which means that the nurse works to improve the competencies of families to enable them to
take better care of themselves. The nurse pays particular attention to the uniqueness of each
family and works to plan the most useful interventions. Nurses practicing in the community and
many staff public health nurses focus on providing direct care services, including health
education, to persons or families outside of institutional settings, either in the home or in a
clinic. - answer ✔✔-A school nurse teaches three middle school students with asthma
conditions techniques to minimize their incidence of bronchial spasms. This is an application of:
Community based nursing
Community oriented nursing
Institutional nursing
Public health nursing
Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the population
Questioning the availability of health services to the community - answer ✔✔-The public health
nurse deals with the examination of a community setting to determine the community's health
status. Which of the following activities should be considered in the assessment phase? SATA
Assisting communities to implement and evaluate plans and projects
Building constituencies to work with the community
Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information
,Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the population
Questioning the availability of health services to the community
individual results are compared with established standards for children of the same age group
Within federally funded programs for preschool children, from a community-oriented nursing
care perspective, nursing services could be provided to individual children by conducting
developmental-level screening tests to evaluate each child's level of cognitive and psychomotor
development in comparison with established standards for children of the same age. This is
population-focused service. A community-based nurse may deliver illness care or direct services
to individual children. A public health nurse may assess the program's ability to achieve the
overall goal of making its
population of children healthier by evaluating the characteristics of the facility, program, and
environment for their
effectiveness in achieving the goal. - answer ✔✔-In a federally funded preschool program such
as Head Start, nursing services that include conducting developmental-level screening for
cognitive and psychomotor development of individual children would most likely be considered
community-oriented nursing care when:
individual results are compared with established standards for children of the same age group
program characteristics are assessed for their effectiveness in making the school population
healthier
referral is provided for a child identified with delayed psychomotor development.
treatment is initiated for a child with an identified learning disability.
Populations with the highest rate of diabetes
The primary focus that has differentiated public health nursing from other specialties has been
the emphasis on the population rather than on individuals or families. The primary goal of
public health—the prevention of disease and disability—is achieved by ensuring that conditions
exist in which people can remain healthy. Diabetes care and educational materials are provided
, to individuals and families by a nurse in the community or institutional setting. - answer ✔✔-
Public health nursing is a specialty with a distinct focus and scope of practice and requires a
special knowledge base different from other specialty areas of nursing. A public health nurse
would first be interested in:
Drug treatments for diabetes
Populations with the highest rate of diabetes
Educational material for individual with diabetes
New technology for diabetic care
Assurance
The public health core function of assurance focuses on the responsibility of public health
agencies to be sure that activities are appropriately carried out to meet public health goals and
plans. This role requires skill in assessment, investigative functions, collaboration, consultation,
and cooperation. The assurance function makes sure that the activities assigned during the
policy development or planning phase are carried out. Policy development refers to efforts to
develop policies that support the health of the population, including using a scientific
knowledge base to make policy decisions. Primary prevention does not focus on provision of
services and a part of assurance is assisting communities to obtain necessary services such as
transportation. - answer ✔✔-A state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the
availability of elder transportation services to a specific county senior center. The state agency
assigns a public health nurse to work with the community to evaluate its program for elder
transportation services to publicly sponsored elder care programs. The public health core
function applied is:
Assurance
Policy development
Primary prevention
Public transportation
Community oriented care
Community-oriented nurses emphasize health protection, maintenance, and promotion and
disease prevention, as well as self-reliance among clients. Regardless of whether the client is a
person, a family, or a group, the goal is to promote health through education about prevailing
