Exam 1 - Community Health Nursing UPDATED ACTUAL Questions And Correct
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characteristics of community health nursing - focuses on the health needs of communities, aggregates and vulnerable
populations
- emphasizes wellness
- involves inter-disciplinary collaboration
- promotes client responsibility and self-care
community oriented nursing nursing focused on health prevention for the population as a whole (indirect)
community based nursing nursing working in a community setting (direct)
, public health (definition) discipline that focuses on improving population health
population health (definition) strategy that examines distribution of health outcomes and disparities within a
population, determinants of health of the population, and the policies that affect
those determinants
public health promise promote health and prevent disease
strategy of population health create an epidemic of health and wellness
social determinants of health (5) 1. Health care access & quality
2. Economic stability
3. Education access & quality
4. Neighborhood & built environment
5. Social & community context
aggregate (definition) subpopulation within a population that shares some common characteristics who
frequently have common concerns
Lilian Ward mother of public health nursing and founder of henry street settlement
Mary Breckinridge established the Frontier Nursing Service and one of the first midwifery schools in
the United States
Bessie Hawes first African American recipient of a public health nursing education scholarship
Jessie Sleet Scales first African American public health nurse in the US
Healthy People Initiative (purpose) set national health objectives and goals; based off the ecological model
3 Core Functions of Public Health assessment, policy development, assurance
Nurse Practice Act legal specifications for definitions, titles, licensing, delegation and other
parameters for the practice of nursing
Public health nursing is driven by __________ justice and social, distributive
________ justice.
social justice fair distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges (healthcare for all)
Distributive Justice fair distribution of benefits and burdens among members of a society
(medicare/social security)
culture (definition) knowledge, beliefs, values and traditions
cultural responsive/competent care the ability to provide care that respects and integrates aspects of culture to meet
client needs - grows with obtained knowledge about client's cultures
cultural humility continual self-reflection and awareness of cultural biases, assumptions and values
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Terms in this set (67)
characteristics of community health nursing - focuses on the health needs of communities, aggregates and vulnerable
populations
- emphasizes wellness
- involves inter-disciplinary collaboration
- promotes client responsibility and self-care
community oriented nursing nursing focused on health prevention for the population as a whole (indirect)
community based nursing nursing working in a community setting (direct)
, public health (definition) discipline that focuses on improving population health
population health (definition) strategy that examines distribution of health outcomes and disparities within a
population, determinants of health of the population, and the policies that affect
those determinants
public health promise promote health and prevent disease
strategy of population health create an epidemic of health and wellness
social determinants of health (5) 1. Health care access & quality
2. Economic stability
3. Education access & quality
4. Neighborhood & built environment
5. Social & community context
aggregate (definition) subpopulation within a population that shares some common characteristics who
frequently have common concerns
Lilian Ward mother of public health nursing and founder of henry street settlement
Mary Breckinridge established the Frontier Nursing Service and one of the first midwifery schools in
the United States
Bessie Hawes first African American recipient of a public health nursing education scholarship
Jessie Sleet Scales first African American public health nurse in the US
Healthy People Initiative (purpose) set national health objectives and goals; based off the ecological model
3 Core Functions of Public Health assessment, policy development, assurance
Nurse Practice Act legal specifications for definitions, titles, licensing, delegation and other
parameters for the practice of nursing
Public health nursing is driven by __________ justice and social, distributive
________ justice.
social justice fair distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges (healthcare for all)
Distributive Justice fair distribution of benefits and burdens among members of a society
(medicare/social security)
culture (definition) knowledge, beliefs, values and traditions
cultural responsive/competent care the ability to provide care that respects and integrates aspects of culture to meet
client needs - grows with obtained knowledge about client's cultures
cultural humility continual self-reflection and awareness of cultural biases, assumptions and values
