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Study Guide
CH 3 Community-Based
CH 3 Community-Based
CH 3 Community-Based
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Practice
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Practice
– Public
Practice
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Study
Care Guide.pdf
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Care Guide.pdf
Study Guide.pdf
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What is community health nursing? a broad term that encompasses work done in communities to addresses issues of
health and disease either within a population or for a specific individual of a community.
What is public health nursing? a branch of community health nursing that focuses on health promotion and disease
prevention in a population.
What is community-based nursing? a branch of community health nursing that focuses on providing direct nursing care for
individuals in a community setting, such as in a home, school, or workplace.
What does public health nursing examine? the greater community as a whole—the city, county, state, nation, continent, world—
What is public health nursing's goal? to design collaborative and interdisciplinary strategies to keep the population healthy
by preventing or controlling disease and threats to human health.
What is a target population in Public Health Nursing? a defined group of people within a community
-important in order to study the population and customize services to best meet that
population's needs!!!
What are vulnerable populations? target populations at high risk for health problems.
What are intrinsic factors? AKA host factors; include genetics, age, gender, ethnic group, immunization status, and
human behavior.
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What are extrinsic factors? AKA environmental factor; relate to the immediate physical environment, the biologic
environment (including food sources and vectors of disease, such as animals and
insects), and socioeconomic influences, such as workplace conditions, residence in an
urban versus a rural setting, and the potential impact of social unrest or disaster on a
community.
What is epidemiology? -the study of incidence and prevalence (pervasiveness or extent) of disease within a
population.
-factors that influence the frequency and distribution of disease, injury, and other
health-related events and their causes within a population.
-The purpose of their work is to establish programs to measure and prevent disease
and control its spread.
What is descriptive epidemiology? consists of studies that are conducted once a disease is evident.
-Data collected describe the time and place of occurrence of the disease and the
characteristics of people affected by the disease.
What is analytic epidemiology? analyzes descriptive data, generates a hypothesis of why the disease might be
occurring in the community, and then tests the hypothesis.
Which concept best encompasses all areas of nursing c) Community health nursing
practice outside the acute care setting?
a) Outpatient Clinic Nursing
b) Community-based nursing
c) Community health nursing
d) Public health nursing
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