COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Community-orientated nursing.
Answer: Focus: on community or populations-care of individuals, families,
and groups in mind-goal: preserve, protect, maintain health, provide
healthcare to promote wellness of life. -Broad focustable 1-1example: think
of immunizations, based is in a clinic getting a flu vax, oriented will have a
drive through flu vax opportunity
◍ Generalized anxiety disorder.
Answer: Severe ongoing anxiety that interferes with daily activities
◍ What is community?.
Answer: A community is a locality-based entitycomposed of systems and
formalorganizations reflecting society's institutions,informal groups, and
aggregates(subsection of a population). People whoshare something in
common, interact witheach other and may exhibit a commitment toeach
other make up a community.
◍ 18 Public Health Interventions.
Answer: SurveillanceOutreachCase findingCase managementHealth
teachingConsultationAdvocacyPolicy developmentDisease and other health
event investigationScreeningReferral andfollow-upDelegated
functionsCounselingCollaborationCommunity organizingSocial
marketingPolicy enforcement
◍ What does healthy people do?.
Answer: ► Using these guidelines to direct energy toward a healthier
community. This National Agenda provides a framework for communities
, to develop goals and programs that seek to meet the needs of its citizens and
reach its healthiest statepossible.► HP 2020/2030 guidelines are important
for community nurses. Nurses must recognize the need to work collectively
in the community to bring about change in order to fulfill a vision.
◍ Antioxidants.
Answer: Reduce cellular damage by binding free radicals during oxidation.
◍ Sympathetic nervous system.
Answer: Part of autonomic nervous system. Part of nervous system that
serves the Excelerator heart rate, constrict blood vessels, and raise blood
pressure, often termed the fight or flight response.
◍ What is community-focused practice?.
Answer: Changes in community norms, attitudes, awareness, practices,
behaviors-Build walking trails in a community
◍ Triglycerides.
Answer: Main constituents of natural fats and oils. High concentrations in
the blood indicate elevated risk of stroke. 9 calories per gram - most
concentrated source of energy in diet.
◍ Myopia.
Answer: Nearsightedness for shortsightedness. Most common refractive
error of eye. Close object seen clearly but objects farther away up your
blurb.
◍ What do partnerships do for community health?.
Answer: ► Focuses on collective action for common endeavors using
shared interests. - MAPP: Mobilizing for Action through Planning and
Partnerships► Social capital: a network of relationships of the people who
reside and work in a particular area. When social capital is high, the
community functions at a higher level.► 3 main characteristics of
successful communitypartnerships: 1. Being informed 2. Flexibility 3.
Negotiation
◍ Naturally acquired active immunity.
, Answer: Occurs when a person is exposed to a live Pappajohn, develops the
disease, and then develops immunity.
◍ Self-esteem.
Answer: Reflects a persons overall subjective emotional evaluation of his or
her own worth. It is a judgment of oneself as well as an attitude towards the
self
◍ Water-soluble vitamins.
Answer: Can dissolve in water. Carried to the body's tissues but not stored in
the body. Found in plant and animal foods or dietary supplements and must
be taken daily. Vitamin C and B.
◍ Isotonic exercise.
Answer: Muscular contractions occur without movement of the involved
parts of the body
◍ American Public Health Association (APHA).
Answer: National organization founded in 1872 to facilitate interdisciplinary
efforts and promote public health.sewage, STD, injuries, communicable
disease
◍ Polysaccharide.
Answer: Long chains of monosaccharides linked by glycosidic bonds. Three
important types (starch glycogen and cellulose) are composed of glucose.
◍ View of nursing in 1970s.
Answer: hospice movementbirth centersdaycare for older adults and
disabled personsdrug abuse program rehab @ long term care
◍ Reticular formation.
Answer: Deife use network of nerve pathways in the brain stem connecting
the spinal cord, cerebrum and cerebellum. Mediates overall level of
consciousness.
◍ Vaccination.
Answer: Biological preparation that provides active required immunity to a
, particular disease. The administration of antigenic material to stimulate an
individual's immune system to develop adaptive immunity to the pathogen.
◍ What are learning formats?.
Answer: PresentationDemonstrationSmall informal groupHealth
fairDiscussion
◍ Groups-.
Answer: have a common purposeFormal-often more long term, may be
bigger changes, goalsInformal—come together for a specific purpose, ad
hoc committee, short term problemGroup purpose—come together for the
united effortCohesion—bonds, relationship of members is greater, leads to
more desirable outcomesFunction—group that has a certain function—a
student group who decides to put on a 5K race
◍ Saturated fats.
Answer: Saturated with hydrogen atoms. The more saturated it is the more
solid it is at room temperature.
◍ What is short term evaluation (formative assessment)?.
Answer: -Part way through the learning period—like mid-terms-What
changes are needed to facilitate learning at some point. What is and isn't
working?-Helps the learner to know where h/she is.
◍ Epinephrine.
Answer: Sometimes called adrenaline; secreted by the adrenal medulla;
stimulation of the meulla by the sympathetic division of the autonomic
nervous system causes release of hormones, especially epinephrine, into the
blood to initiate short-term fight or flight response to stress
◍ Diabetes type 1.
Answer: Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, usually caused by lack of
insulin secretion.
◍ John Snow (1854).
Answer: -1st epidemiologist-linked cholera rates to water pumps