ATI RN COMMUNITY HEALTH 8 2026
COMPLETE ATI EXAM PREPARATION AND
PRACTICE READINESS NOTES
◉ Upstream thinking.
Answer: Is used to focus on interventions that promote health or
prevent illness, as opposed to medical treatment models that focus
on care after an individual becomes ill
◉ Nightingale's Environmental Theory.
Answer: -Highlights the relationship between an individual's
environment and health
-Depicts health as a continuum
-Emphasizes preventive care
◉ Health Belief Model.
Answer: -Purpose is to predict health behaviors
-Emphasizes change at the individual level
-Assumes that the preventive health behaviors are taken primarily
for the purpose of avoiding disease
◉ Milio's Framework for Prevention.
,Answer: -Emphasizes change at the community level
-Identifies relationship between health deficits and availability of
health-promoting resources
◉ Pender's Health Promotion Model.
Answer: -Does not consider health risk as a factor that provokes
change
-Examines factors that affect individuals actions like: personal
factors, feelings, benefits, barriers, attitudes of others, and abilities
◉ Determinants of Health.
Answer: Factors that influence that client's health.
--> nutrition, stress, education, environment, finances, and social
status
◉ Health Indicators.
Answer: Describe the health status of a community and serve as
targets for the improvement of a community's health
--> mortality rates, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity,
obesity, tobacco, or other substance use
◉ Community.
Answer: -A group of people and institutions that share geographic,
civic, and/or social parameters
,-The "community is the client" in community health nursing
◉ Goals of Community Health Nursing.
Answer: Promote, preserve, and maintain the health of populations
by the delivery of health services to individuals, families, and groups
in order to influence "community health"
◉ Public Health Nursing.
Answer: -It is population-focused, and involves a combination of
nursing knowledge along with social and public health sciences
-GOAL: promote health and preventing disease
◉ PHN: Assessment.
Answer: -Using systematic methods to monitor the health of a
population
-->Monitor health status to identify community health problems
-->Diagnose and investigate health problems/hazards in the
community
◉ PHN: Policy Development.
Answer: Developing laws and practices to promote the health of a
population based on scientific evidence
, ◉ PHN: Assurance.
Answer: Making sure adequate health care personnel and services
are accessible, especially to those who might not normally have
them
◉ Population-focused Nursing.
Answer: -Includes assessing to determine needs, intervening to
protect and promote health, and preventing disease within a specific
population
◉ Key Principles of PHN:.
Answer: -Emphasize primary prevention
-Work to achieve the greatest good for the largest number of
individuals
-Recognize that the client is a partner in health
-Use resources wisely to promote the best outcomes
◉ Ethics.
Answer: Preventing harm, doing no harm, promoting good,
respecting both individual and community rights, respecting
autonomy and diversity, and providing confidentiality, competency,
trustworthiness, and advocacy
◉ Advocacy.
COMPLETE ATI EXAM PREPARATION AND
PRACTICE READINESS NOTES
◉ Upstream thinking.
Answer: Is used to focus on interventions that promote health or
prevent illness, as opposed to medical treatment models that focus
on care after an individual becomes ill
◉ Nightingale's Environmental Theory.
Answer: -Highlights the relationship between an individual's
environment and health
-Depicts health as a continuum
-Emphasizes preventive care
◉ Health Belief Model.
Answer: -Purpose is to predict health behaviors
-Emphasizes change at the individual level
-Assumes that the preventive health behaviors are taken primarily
for the purpose of avoiding disease
◉ Milio's Framework for Prevention.
,Answer: -Emphasizes change at the community level
-Identifies relationship between health deficits and availability of
health-promoting resources
◉ Pender's Health Promotion Model.
Answer: -Does not consider health risk as a factor that provokes
change
-Examines factors that affect individuals actions like: personal
factors, feelings, benefits, barriers, attitudes of others, and abilities
◉ Determinants of Health.
Answer: Factors that influence that client's health.
--> nutrition, stress, education, environment, finances, and social
status
◉ Health Indicators.
Answer: Describe the health status of a community and serve as
targets for the improvement of a community's health
--> mortality rates, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity,
obesity, tobacco, or other substance use
◉ Community.
Answer: -A group of people and institutions that share geographic,
civic, and/or social parameters
,-The "community is the client" in community health nursing
◉ Goals of Community Health Nursing.
Answer: Promote, preserve, and maintain the health of populations
by the delivery of health services to individuals, families, and groups
in order to influence "community health"
◉ Public Health Nursing.
Answer: -It is population-focused, and involves a combination of
nursing knowledge along with social and public health sciences
-GOAL: promote health and preventing disease
◉ PHN: Assessment.
Answer: -Using systematic methods to monitor the health of a
population
-->Monitor health status to identify community health problems
-->Diagnose and investigate health problems/hazards in the
community
◉ PHN: Policy Development.
Answer: Developing laws and practices to promote the health of a
population based on scientific evidence
, ◉ PHN: Assurance.
Answer: Making sure adequate health care personnel and services
are accessible, especially to those who might not normally have
them
◉ Population-focused Nursing.
Answer: -Includes assessing to determine needs, intervening to
protect and promote health, and preventing disease within a specific
population
◉ Key Principles of PHN:.
Answer: -Emphasize primary prevention
-Work to achieve the greatest good for the largest number of
individuals
-Recognize that the client is a partner in health
-Use resources wisely to promote the best outcomes
◉ Ethics.
Answer: Preventing harm, doing no harm, promoting good,
respecting both individual and community rights, respecting
autonomy and diversity, and providing confidentiality, competency,
trustworthiness, and advocacy
◉ Advocacy.
