NR 442 EXAM 1 COMPLETE |
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM TEST
collection of people who interact with one another and whose common interests
or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity and belonging (this definition
is on TB)
○ Open social system that is characterized by people in a place who have common
goals over time
○ People and the relationships that they form with others as they develop and use
common agencies and institutions and share a physical environment
○ Example: City, neighborhood, classmates, college.
○ a group or collection of locality-based individuals
■ Interacting in social units
■ Sharing common interests
■ Characteristics
■ Values
■ Goals - answer ✔✔-Community
typically used to denote a group of people having common personal or
environmental characteristics.
○ It can also refer to all of the people in a defined community - answer ✔✔-Population
Public health assumes that it is society's responsibility to meet the basic needs of the people.
Thus there is a greater need for public funding of prevention efforts to enhance the health of our
population. - answer ✔✔-Public Assumptions
,Assessment:
Regular collection, analysis, and information sharing about health conditions, risks, and resources in a
community
Policy development:
Use of information gathered during assessment to develop local and state health policies and to direct
resources toward those policies
Assurance:
Focuses on the availability of necessary health services throughout the community. It includes
maintaining the ability of both public health agencies and private providers to manage day-to-day
operations and the capacity to respond to critical situations and emergencies - answer ✔✔-Public
Health Functions
-prevent problems before they occur. Health promotion & protection
•Activities designed to prevent a problem or disease before it occurs
•Strengthen the lines of defense
•Gen health promotion: nutrition, hygiene, exercise
•Specific health promotion -- IMMUNIZATIONS
•Health education program to teach children about the effects of smoking
•Meet the basic needs of the community in cost effective manner - answer ✔✔-Primary Prevention
Early detection & intervention. Early diagnosis & treatment.
•Early detection and TX
•Pap smear, Hearing and vision screenings
•TB test PKU, Breast cancer screening
•Influenza vaccination program in a nursing home - answer ✔✔-secondary prevention
Maximum level of wellness. Limitation of disability and rehab
, •Disease has already caused damage
•Limit disability & rehab to max poss.
•Meals on wheels, rehab for stroke victims, Halfway houses, mental health counseling
•School fire then counseling, Diabetic clinic for low-income Hispanic adults
*teach how to use insulin for diabetic patients - answer ✔✔-tertiary detection
Transmission of cholera via the public water source
Removed the contaminated water - answer ✔✔-John Snow
Discovered nursing process
set up diet kitchens and a laundry and provided food, clothing, dressings, and laboratory equipment -
answer ✔✔-Florence Nightingale
developed a plan that trained selected poor women to provide nursing care to the community's sick
poor.
The society theorized that nurses belonging to their patients' social class would be more effective
caregivers and that more nurses would be available to improve the health of community residents -
answer ✔✔-District Nursing
Coined the term Public Health Nursing
Wald's vision of public health nursing:
Practice family-focused nursing, nurse the whole person
Proper bed making, cleaning of fruits and vegetables
Improve social conditions, provide health education classes
School health nursing
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM TEST
collection of people who interact with one another and whose common interests
or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity and belonging (this definition
is on TB)
○ Open social system that is characterized by people in a place who have common
goals over time
○ People and the relationships that they form with others as they develop and use
common agencies and institutions and share a physical environment
○ Example: City, neighborhood, classmates, college.
○ a group or collection of locality-based individuals
■ Interacting in social units
■ Sharing common interests
■ Characteristics
■ Values
■ Goals - answer ✔✔-Community
typically used to denote a group of people having common personal or
environmental characteristics.
○ It can also refer to all of the people in a defined community - answer ✔✔-Population
Public health assumes that it is society's responsibility to meet the basic needs of the people.
Thus there is a greater need for public funding of prevention efforts to enhance the health of our
population. - answer ✔✔-Public Assumptions
,Assessment:
Regular collection, analysis, and information sharing about health conditions, risks, and resources in a
community
Policy development:
Use of information gathered during assessment to develop local and state health policies and to direct
resources toward those policies
Assurance:
Focuses on the availability of necessary health services throughout the community. It includes
maintaining the ability of both public health agencies and private providers to manage day-to-day
operations and the capacity to respond to critical situations and emergencies - answer ✔✔-Public
Health Functions
-prevent problems before they occur. Health promotion & protection
•Activities designed to prevent a problem or disease before it occurs
•Strengthen the lines of defense
•Gen health promotion: nutrition, hygiene, exercise
•Specific health promotion -- IMMUNIZATIONS
•Health education program to teach children about the effects of smoking
•Meet the basic needs of the community in cost effective manner - answer ✔✔-Primary Prevention
Early detection & intervention. Early diagnosis & treatment.
•Early detection and TX
•Pap smear, Hearing and vision screenings
•TB test PKU, Breast cancer screening
•Influenza vaccination program in a nursing home - answer ✔✔-secondary prevention
Maximum level of wellness. Limitation of disability and rehab
, •Disease has already caused damage
•Limit disability & rehab to max poss.
•Meals on wheels, rehab for stroke victims, Halfway houses, mental health counseling
•School fire then counseling, Diabetic clinic for low-income Hispanic adults
*teach how to use insulin for diabetic patients - answer ✔✔-tertiary detection
Transmission of cholera via the public water source
Removed the contaminated water - answer ✔✔-John Snow
Discovered nursing process
set up diet kitchens and a laundry and provided food, clothing, dressings, and laboratory equipment -
answer ✔✔-Florence Nightingale
developed a plan that trained selected poor women to provide nursing care to the community's sick
poor.
The society theorized that nurses belonging to their patients' social class would be more effective
caregivers and that more nurses would be available to improve the health of community residents -
answer ✔✔-District Nursing
Coined the term Public Health Nursing
Wald's vision of public health nursing:
Practice family-focused nursing, nurse the whole person
Proper bed making, cleaning of fruits and vegetables
Improve social conditions, provide health education classes
School health nursing
