ATI Proctored Exam: Community Health
(Public Health)
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Acculturation: Adopting the traits of a
different culture.
Ethnocentrism: The belief that one's own
culture is superior to all others. View world
from their own cultural viewpoint.
- Acculturation Culture Assessment: Ask about patient's
- Ethnocentrism ethnic background, religious preference,
- Cultural Assessment family structure, food patterns, and health
- Interpreter practices. Incorporate patient preferences
into care whenever possible.
Interpreter: Use of family members in not
recommended, interpreters need to have
knowledge of health terminology. Patient
teaching materials should be available in their
primary language.
, Factors that Affect Alcohol Metabolism:
Size/weight of drinker, time elapsed while
drinking, gender, presence of food in
stomach.
Alcohol Withdrawal: Manifestations appear
within 4-12 hours. Symptoms include:
Alcohol Abuse tachycardia, hypertension, nausea, vomiting,
- Factors that Affect headache, anxiety, irritability, diaphoresis,
Alcohol Metabolism tremors, seizures. It is important to ask patient
- What is alcohol when their last drink was!
withdrawal?
- Primary, Secondary, Primary Prevention: Public education
and Tertiary campaigns, school education.
Prevention
Secondary Prevention: Screen individuals for
signs of abuse.
Tertiary Prevention: Refer patients to
Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics
Anonymous, promote coping and lifestyle
changes.
, Category A: smallpox, botulism, anthrax,
plague
Category B: typhus, cholera
Category C: hantavirus
Bioterrorism: Inhaled Anthrax: Symptoms include sever
- What are the dyspnea, fever, shock, muscle aches.
categories? Interventions include IV ciprofloxacin for
- Inhaled Anthrax those exposed (or have a high risk of
- Smallpox exposure).
Smallpox: Symptoms include *rash (begins
on face and spreads down), high fever,
headache, vomiting. Prevention includes
vaccination.
- Help the patient transition from acute to
community-based care.
- Evaluate patient's medical needs,
psychosocial issues, financial constraints.
- Collaborate with patient, family, insurance
Case Management
companies, health care providers, medical
Repsonsibilities
service/equipment providers to meet the
health care needs of the patient.
- Facilitate discussion of patient's needs with
an interprofessional team.
- Provides referrals as needed.
(Public Health)
Save
Terms in this set (37)
Acculturation: Adopting the traits of a
different culture.
Ethnocentrism: The belief that one's own
culture is superior to all others. View world
from their own cultural viewpoint.
- Acculturation Culture Assessment: Ask about patient's
- Ethnocentrism ethnic background, religious preference,
- Cultural Assessment family structure, food patterns, and health
- Interpreter practices. Incorporate patient preferences
into care whenever possible.
Interpreter: Use of family members in not
recommended, interpreters need to have
knowledge of health terminology. Patient
teaching materials should be available in their
primary language.
, Factors that Affect Alcohol Metabolism:
Size/weight of drinker, time elapsed while
drinking, gender, presence of food in
stomach.
Alcohol Withdrawal: Manifestations appear
within 4-12 hours. Symptoms include:
Alcohol Abuse tachycardia, hypertension, nausea, vomiting,
- Factors that Affect headache, anxiety, irritability, diaphoresis,
Alcohol Metabolism tremors, seizures. It is important to ask patient
- What is alcohol when their last drink was!
withdrawal?
- Primary, Secondary, Primary Prevention: Public education
and Tertiary campaigns, school education.
Prevention
Secondary Prevention: Screen individuals for
signs of abuse.
Tertiary Prevention: Refer patients to
Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics
Anonymous, promote coping and lifestyle
changes.
, Category A: smallpox, botulism, anthrax,
plague
Category B: typhus, cholera
Category C: hantavirus
Bioterrorism: Inhaled Anthrax: Symptoms include sever
- What are the dyspnea, fever, shock, muscle aches.
categories? Interventions include IV ciprofloxacin for
- Inhaled Anthrax those exposed (or have a high risk of
- Smallpox exposure).
Smallpox: Symptoms include *rash (begins
on face and spreads down), high fever,
headache, vomiting. Prevention includes
vaccination.
- Help the patient transition from acute to
community-based care.
- Evaluate patient's medical needs,
psychosocial issues, financial constraints.
- Collaborate with patient, family, insurance
Case Management
companies, health care providers, medical
Repsonsibilities
service/equipment providers to meet the
health care needs of the patient.
- Facilitate discussion of patient's needs with
an interprofessional team.
- Provides referrals as needed.
