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Science Medicine Public Health
Module 1 Study Stanhope and Lancaster Ch 1-3, 7, and 13
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Terms in this set (125)
what best describes community based -practice for which care is provided for individuals and
nursing? families
what best describes community-oriented -having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
nursing?
what is the primary focus of public health -health care of communities and populations
nursing?
what is responsible for the dramatic increase -sanitation and other population based programs
in life expectancy during the 20th century?
a nurse is developing a plan to decrease the -promotion of healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the
number of premature deaths in the community members.
community. what intervention would most
likely be implemented by the nurse?
what is a basic assumption of public health -the health of individuals cannot be separated from the health
efforts? of the community.
what actions would most likely be -working with community groups to create policies to improve
performed by a public health nurse? the environment.
what kind of public health nurse most -the nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various
clearly fulfills the responsibilities of the health agencies.
role?
what best defines aggregate? -collection of people who share one or more characteristics
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a registered nurse was just employed as a -what groups are at greatest risk for problems?
public health nurse. what question would be
the most relevant for the nurse to ask?
making sure that essential community- -assurance
oriented health services are available
defines which of the core public health
functions?
when talking to a women's group at the -help the women engage in political action
senior citizens' center, the nurse reminded
them that the only way the center would be
able to afford to provide transportation
services for them would be for them to
continue to write letters to their local city
council representatives requesting funding
for such a service. What was the nurse trying
to accomplish through this action?
the public health nurse has a clear vision of -to work with groups, not for groups.
what needs to be done and where to begin
to improve the health of the community.
Why would the nurse spend time meeting
with community groups to discuss the most
important task to be addressed first?
the nurse often has to make resource -the needs of the aggregate rather than a few individuals
allocation decisions. Which of the following
best describes the criterion the nurse
should use in such cases?
which of the following actions best -assessing the effectiveness of the high school health clinic
represents public health nursing?
two nurses plan to walk under a huge -to assess the needs of the homeless who live there
downtown bridge where various homeless
persons live. Why would the nurses go to
such an unsafe area?
what variables have led to a stronger -emergence of new or drug resistant infectious diseases
commitment to population focused -emphasis on overall health care needs rather than only an
services? acute care treatment
-threat of bioterrorism
which of the following actions demonstrate -epidemiologic investigations examine the environment for
effective public health nursing practice in health hazards.
the community? -new services are organized where particular vulnerable
populations live.
-partnerships are established with community coalitions.
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Science Medicine Public Health
Module 1 Study Stanhope and Lancaster Ch 1-3, 7, and 13
with question and answer 100%correct
C
Terms in this set (125)
what best describes community based -practice for which care is provided for individuals and
nursing? families
what best describes community-oriented -having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
nursing?
what is the primary focus of public health -health care of communities and populations
nursing?
what is responsible for the dramatic increase -sanitation and other population based programs
in life expectancy during the 20th century?
a nurse is developing a plan to decrease the -promotion of healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the
number of premature deaths in the community members.
community. what intervention would most
likely be implemented by the nurse?
what is a basic assumption of public health -the health of individuals cannot be separated from the health
efforts? of the community.
what actions would most likely be -working with community groups to create policies to improve
performed by a public health nurse? the environment.
what kind of public health nurse most -the nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various
clearly fulfills the responsibilities of the health agencies.
role?
what best defines aggregate? -collection of people who share one or more characteristics
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a registered nurse was just employed as a -what groups are at greatest risk for problems?
public health nurse. what question would be
the most relevant for the nurse to ask?
making sure that essential community- -assurance
oriented health services are available
defines which of the core public health
functions?
when talking to a women's group at the -help the women engage in political action
senior citizens' center, the nurse reminded
them that the only way the center would be
able to afford to provide transportation
services for them would be for them to
continue to write letters to their local city
council representatives requesting funding
for such a service. What was the nurse trying
to accomplish through this action?
the public health nurse has a clear vision of -to work with groups, not for groups.
what needs to be done and where to begin
to improve the health of the community.
Why would the nurse spend time meeting
with community groups to discuss the most
important task to be addressed first?
the nurse often has to make resource -the needs of the aggregate rather than a few individuals
allocation decisions. Which of the following
best describes the criterion the nurse
should use in such cases?
which of the following actions best -assessing the effectiveness of the high school health clinic
represents public health nursing?
two nurses plan to walk under a huge -to assess the needs of the homeless who live there
downtown bridge where various homeless
persons live. Why would the nurses go to
such an unsafe area?
what variables have led to a stronger -emergence of new or drug resistant infectious diseases
commitment to population focused -emphasis on overall health care needs rather than only an
services? acute care treatment
-threat of bioterrorism
which of the following actions demonstrate -epidemiologic investigations examine the environment for
effective public health nursing practice in health hazards.
the community? -new services are organized where particular vulnerable
populations live.
-partnerships are established with community coalitions.
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