NURS 340 Test 1 – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Nursing Exam Review
a population group - correct answer ✔✔Aggregate
people and the relationships that emerge among them as they develop and use in common
some agencies and institutions and share a physical environment - correct answer
✔✔Community
(geographic area or place) - borders and boundaries - correct answer ✔✔Geopolitical
(members' feeling of belonging) - church, school, hospital floors, business - correct answer
✔✔Phenomenological
statistically, there is evidence to show that they're more prone to disease/infection (more
vulnerable) - correct answer ✔✔Population "at risk"
population to focus on - ex: women, women of childbearing age, pregnant women - correct
answer ✔✔Target population
elderly, infectious disease, infants, immuno-compromised, poor, prisoners (they can't get
out/told what they can and cannot do) - correct answer ✔✔Vulnerable population
focuses on "illness care" of individuals & families
o Outpatient clinics; manage acute or chronic - correct answer ✔✔Community based
BROADER! Prevent disease and disability and promote wellness
o Includes PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING (PHN) - primary focus is on health care of communities and
populations
,o "greatest good for the greatest number"
- town, city - correct answer ✔✔Community oriented
very closely related to community health (but not the same) state, country - correct answer
✔✔Public health
whole role is to meet basic needs - correct answer ✔✔Primary health care services
detect disease and treat in early stages - correct answer ✔✔Secondary health care services
goal is to limit the progression of a disease - correct answer ✔✔Tertiary health care services
what does public health do? - correct answer ✔✔1) prevents
2)Protects
3)promotes
4)Responds
5)Assures
examples of prevents - correct answer ✔✔o Epidemics (obesity)
Epidemic = major outbreak of a disease; different from pandemic b/c epidemic is localized and
pandemic is worldwide
o Disease spread (west nile - more specific to south/coastal areas)
o Injuries (car accidents)
example of protects - correct answer ✔✔Environmental hazards (oil spills) - adequacy of food
and water and sewage disposal
,example of promotes - correct answer ✔✔Healthy behaviors (anti-smoking)
example of responds - correct answer ✔✔Disaster and community assistance (train derailment)
example of assures - correct answer ✔✔Quality and accessible health services (FDA approval
requirement - quality)
Make sure there will be available resources
Make sure healthcare is actually quality healthcare
essential services of public health - correct answer ✔✔Assessment
•Monitors health status to identify community health problems
oBy dept. of health and hospitals here in Lafayette
•Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
oBig health hazard on UL campus of bacterial meningitis 8 years ago - die within 72 hours of
contact
Policy development
•Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
•Mobilizes community partnerships to ID and solve health problems
•Develops policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
Assurance
•Enforces laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
•Links people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of HC when
otherwise unavailable
•Assures a competent public health and personal health care workforce
oEnforcing laws and regulations
~Linking people to health services
oEnsuring competent health force
, oEvaluating services
•Evaluates effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health
services
oWorking on giving people more access to health care
Serving all functions
•Researches for new insights and innovations
levels of prevention - correct answer ✔✔primary, secondary, and tertiary
primary - correct answer ✔✔o Education program targeting a specific population (adolescents)
with a specific health hazard
Ex: effects of smoking on health
PREVENT - wash hands
o Biggest thing that public health nurses do - we want to stop any disease from ever getting
started
o Do a whole bunch of education
o If find that one population is more at risk will target that population and do more education
with them
secondary - correct answer ✔✔o Influence vaccination program in a retirement community
o Secondary is a screening service
Ex: mammograms
DETECT and treat early (immunizations)
o We want to screen to find out who is at risk
tertiary - correct answer ✔✔o Diabetic clinic for a defined population in a low income housing
unit
o Tertiary is where we find the disease and try to fight it
a population group - correct answer ✔✔Aggregate
people and the relationships that emerge among them as they develop and use in common
some agencies and institutions and share a physical environment - correct answer
✔✔Community
(geographic area or place) - borders and boundaries - correct answer ✔✔Geopolitical
(members' feeling of belonging) - church, school, hospital floors, business - correct answer
✔✔Phenomenological
statistically, there is evidence to show that they're more prone to disease/infection (more
vulnerable) - correct answer ✔✔Population "at risk"
population to focus on - ex: women, women of childbearing age, pregnant women - correct
answer ✔✔Target population
elderly, infectious disease, infants, immuno-compromised, poor, prisoners (they can't get
out/told what they can and cannot do) - correct answer ✔✔Vulnerable population
focuses on "illness care" of individuals & families
o Outpatient clinics; manage acute or chronic - correct answer ✔✔Community based
BROADER! Prevent disease and disability and promote wellness
o Includes PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING (PHN) - primary focus is on health care of communities and
populations
,o "greatest good for the greatest number"
- town, city - correct answer ✔✔Community oriented
very closely related to community health (but not the same) state, country - correct answer
✔✔Public health
whole role is to meet basic needs - correct answer ✔✔Primary health care services
detect disease and treat in early stages - correct answer ✔✔Secondary health care services
goal is to limit the progression of a disease - correct answer ✔✔Tertiary health care services
what does public health do? - correct answer ✔✔1) prevents
2)Protects
3)promotes
4)Responds
5)Assures
examples of prevents - correct answer ✔✔o Epidemics (obesity)
Epidemic = major outbreak of a disease; different from pandemic b/c epidemic is localized and
pandemic is worldwide
o Disease spread (west nile - more specific to south/coastal areas)
o Injuries (car accidents)
example of protects - correct answer ✔✔Environmental hazards (oil spills) - adequacy of food
and water and sewage disposal
,example of promotes - correct answer ✔✔Healthy behaviors (anti-smoking)
example of responds - correct answer ✔✔Disaster and community assistance (train derailment)
example of assures - correct answer ✔✔Quality and accessible health services (FDA approval
requirement - quality)
Make sure there will be available resources
Make sure healthcare is actually quality healthcare
essential services of public health - correct answer ✔✔Assessment
•Monitors health status to identify community health problems
oBy dept. of health and hospitals here in Lafayette
•Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
oBig health hazard on UL campus of bacterial meningitis 8 years ago - die within 72 hours of
contact
Policy development
•Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
•Mobilizes community partnerships to ID and solve health problems
•Develops policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
Assurance
•Enforces laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
•Links people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of HC when
otherwise unavailable
•Assures a competent public health and personal health care workforce
oEnforcing laws and regulations
~Linking people to health services
oEnsuring competent health force
, oEvaluating services
•Evaluates effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health
services
oWorking on giving people more access to health care
Serving all functions
•Researches for new insights and innovations
levels of prevention - correct answer ✔✔primary, secondary, and tertiary
primary - correct answer ✔✔o Education program targeting a specific population (adolescents)
with a specific health hazard
Ex: effects of smoking on health
PREVENT - wash hands
o Biggest thing that public health nurses do - we want to stop any disease from ever getting
started
o Do a whole bunch of education
o If find that one population is more at risk will target that population and do more education
with them
secondary - correct answer ✔✔o Influence vaccination program in a retirement community
o Secondary is a screening service
Ex: mammograms
DETECT and treat early (immunizations)
o We want to screen to find out who is at risk
tertiary - correct answer ✔✔o Diabetic clinic for a defined population in a low income housing
unit
o Tertiary is where we find the disease and try to fight it
