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THE ULTIMATE NURS 450 STUDY GUIDE | 200+ CONCEPTS, DEFINITIONS & PRACTICE SCENARIOS | 100% EXAM-READY! From Community Health to Epidemiology to Disaster Management—EVERYTHING You Need to Ace Your Final! Are you drowning in a sea of community health concepts, epidemiology models, and public health core functions? Do you struggle to differentiate between primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention? Can you confidently identify whether a scenario describes community-based or community-oriented nursing? THIS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE HAS YOU COVERED! I've meticulously compiled over 200 essential NURS 450 concepts, definitions, and practice scenarios into one ultra-organized, easy-to-digest document. This isn't just a list of facts—it's a complete exam preparation toolkit designed to help you master the material quickly and confidently.

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NUR450: Community Health Final Exam
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1. Three key nursing modes in the com- Community-based nursing practice
munity Community-oriented nursing practice
Public health nursing (part of CON)

2. Community-based nursing or commu- Community based
nity-oriented nursing:
School nurse applying ice to an injury

3. Community-based nursing or commu- Community based
nity-oriented nursing:
Home health nurse teaching a family
about wound care

4. Community-based nursing or commu- Community oriented
nity-oriented nursing:
Public health nurse conducting a wind-
shield survey

5. Community-based nursing or commu- Community based
nity-oriented nursing:
Nurse in an urgent care center teach-
ing about smoking cessation

6. Community-based nursing or commu- Community oriented
nity-oriented nursing:
Jail nurse writing a letter to a congress-
man regarding public health policies

7. Community-based nursing or commu- Community based
nity-oriented nursing:
Street nurses drawing blood from
homeless clients for STI screenings




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8. Community-based nursing or commu- Community oriented
nity-oriented nursing:
A nurse helps coordinate a community
health fair

9. Community-based nursing or commu- Community oriented
nity-oriented nursing:
School nurse provides an educational
session about sexual health in a high
school

10. Public health core functions include Assessment
Policy development
Assurance

11. Which public health core function: Assessment
Data collection on the population,
monitoring the population's health
status, and making information avail-
able about the health of the communi-
ty.

12. Which public health core function: Policy development
Efforts to develop policies that support
the health of the population, including
using a scientific knowledge base to
make policy decisions.

13. Which public health core function: Assurance
Making sure that essential communi-
ty-oriented health services are avail-
able and policies are being followed



, NUR450: Community Health Final Exam
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14. Which level of prevention: Primary prevention
Preventing disease or problems in well
people. We use this prevention before
a person or community has a problem.

15. Which level of prevention: Secondary prevention
Early detection and/ or treatment in
individuals with disease or injury even
though they may not know they have
the disease yet.

16. Which level of prevention: Tertiary prevention
Rehabilitation and preventing compli-
cations in people with chronic disease
or injuries.

17. Level of prevention practice: Secondary prevention
Radon testing kits installed in homes

18. Level of prevention practice: Primary prevention
Dental cleaning

19. Level of prevention practice: Tertiary prevention
Applying antiseptic ointment to a
wound

20. Level of prevention practice: Secondary prevention
Rabies treatment after bite from bat
that was not caught

21. Level of prevention practice: Primary prevention
Bicycle helmets

22. Tertiary prevention


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Level of prevention practice:
On-call nurse responding to a mental
health crisis

23. What is the study of the occurrence Epidemiology
and distribution of health-related dis-
eases or events in specified popula-
tions, including the study of the deter-
minants influencing such states AND
the application of this knowledge to
control the health problem?

24. What are purposes of epidemiology? - Determine causes of disease in a population
- Monitor the health status of a population
- Identify determinants of health and disease
- Understand determinants of health and dis-
ease
- Identify risk factors and protective factors
- Investigate health problems
- Evaluate interventions used to control health
problems

25. Aspects of a person or population that Risk factors of epidemiology
increase the likelihood that people will
develop a health event or problem

26. What are examples of risk factors of - Genetics
epidemiology? - Lifestyle
- Age
- Diet

27. Protective factors of epidemiology

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