Community Health (NURS 3000) Final Exam Review
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
Health care organizations A purposefully designed, structured social system developed for the delivery of
health care services by specialized workforces to defined communities,
populations or markets
Health policy A goal directed decision making about health that is the result of an authorized,
public decision-making process
Culture A pattern of shared attitudes, beliefs, self definitions, norms, roles and values that
can occur among those who speak a particular language or live in a defined
geographical area
Medical model A model where the emphasis is placed on the cure
Community health nursing The broader term that encompasses "subspecialties" such as public health nursing,
home care nursing, and occupational health nursing
District nursing Nurses were assigned a particular geographic section of the city and were
responsible for the health of the people living in that section
Lilian Wald American Social Reformer who invented public health nursing; established an
American system of insurance payment for home based care
Maisie Parsons The first Newfoundland educated nurse to join the war effort during World War 1
Maya Bennett A district nurse under the Outport Nursing Scheme
LaLonde report The health promotion movement in Canada, which focused on healthy individual
lifestyles
Community health nurses of Canada (CHNC) The national voice of community health nurses
Public health Focus on promoting, protecting and preserving the health of populations; links
the health and illness experiences of individuals, families, and communities to
population health promotion practice
Home health Focus on prevention, health restoration, maintenance, and palliation
RN in primary care/family nursing Focus on preventative health screening, health education, comprehensive
assessment, treatment of minor acute illness, chronic disease management, case
management, system navigation, therapeutic intervention (wound care,
immunizations), and medication review with individuals and families
Health promotion The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their
health
, Socioecological model Focuses on sustainable solutions
Professional relationships These relationships include optimizing participation and self-determination of the
client
Capacity building The focus is to recognize barriers to health and to mobilize and build on existing
strengths
Cultural safety Means the practitioner can communicate competently with a client in that client's
social, political, linguistic, economic, and spiritual realm
Cultural humility An approach to health care based on humble acknowledgement of oneself as a
learner when it comes to understanding a person's experience. It is a life-long
process of learning and being self-reflective
Indigenous ways of knowing Comprises the complex set of technologies developed and sustained by
Indigenous civilizations. Often oral and symbolic, it is transmitted through the
structure of Indigenous language and passed on to the next generation through
modeling, practice, and animation, rather than written word
Critical appraisal Assess internal validity, the results and the relevance to practice
Knowledge translation Refers to a dynamic and iterative process that includes synthesis, dissemination,
exchange and ethically sound use of knowledge to improve the health of
Canadians
Interprofessional competencies Reflect what CHNs are working to improve health care delivery including
effectiveness, access, capacity, safety, patient-centeredness, and equity
Professional identity A sense of oneself that is influenced by characteristics, norms and values of the
nursing discipline resulting in an individual thinking, acting and feeling like a nurse
Leadership An interactive process that provides needed guidance and direction
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
Health care organizations A purposefully designed, structured social system developed for the delivery of
health care services by specialized workforces to defined communities,
populations or markets
Health policy A goal directed decision making about health that is the result of an authorized,
public decision-making process
Culture A pattern of shared attitudes, beliefs, self definitions, norms, roles and values that
can occur among those who speak a particular language or live in a defined
geographical area
Medical model A model where the emphasis is placed on the cure
Community health nursing The broader term that encompasses "subspecialties" such as public health nursing,
home care nursing, and occupational health nursing
District nursing Nurses were assigned a particular geographic section of the city and were
responsible for the health of the people living in that section
Lilian Wald American Social Reformer who invented public health nursing; established an
American system of insurance payment for home based care
Maisie Parsons The first Newfoundland educated nurse to join the war effort during World War 1
Maya Bennett A district nurse under the Outport Nursing Scheme
LaLonde report The health promotion movement in Canada, which focused on healthy individual
lifestyles
Community health nurses of Canada (CHNC) The national voice of community health nurses
Public health Focus on promoting, protecting and preserving the health of populations; links
the health and illness experiences of individuals, families, and communities to
population health promotion practice
Home health Focus on prevention, health restoration, maintenance, and palliation
RN in primary care/family nursing Focus on preventative health screening, health education, comprehensive
assessment, treatment of minor acute illness, chronic disease management, case
management, system navigation, therapeutic intervention (wound care,
immunizations), and medication review with individuals and families
Health promotion The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their
health
, Socioecological model Focuses on sustainable solutions
Professional relationships These relationships include optimizing participation and self-determination of the
client
Capacity building The focus is to recognize barriers to health and to mobilize and build on existing
strengths
Cultural safety Means the practitioner can communicate competently with a client in that client's
social, political, linguistic, economic, and spiritual realm
Cultural humility An approach to health care based on humble acknowledgement of oneself as a
learner when it comes to understanding a person's experience. It is a life-long
process of learning and being self-reflective
Indigenous ways of knowing Comprises the complex set of technologies developed and sustained by
Indigenous civilizations. Often oral and symbolic, it is transmitted through the
structure of Indigenous language and passed on to the next generation through
modeling, practice, and animation, rather than written word
Critical appraisal Assess internal validity, the results and the relevance to practice
Knowledge translation Refers to a dynamic and iterative process that includes synthesis, dissemination,
exchange and ethically sound use of knowledge to improve the health of
Canadians
Interprofessional competencies Reflect what CHNs are working to improve health care delivery including
effectiveness, access, capacity, safety, patient-centeredness, and equity
Professional identity A sense of oneself that is influenced by characteristics, norms and values of the
nursing discipline resulting in an individual thinking, acting and feeling like a nurse
Leadership An interactive process that provides needed guidance and direction
