ncm 113 Practice Exam 2026 Update
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COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING CONCEPTS
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Community is seen as a group or collection of individuals
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characteristics, values, and goals. - ✔ANASWER✔-
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TWO MAIN TYPES OF COMMUNITIES: - ✔ANASWER✔-
1.Geopolitical communities are those most traditionally
recognized or imagined when the term community is considered.
Geopolitical communities are defined or formed by natural and/or
man-made boundaries and include cities, counties, states, and
nations. - ✔ANASWER✔-
,2.Phenomenological communities refer to relational, interactive
groups. In phenomenological communities, the place or setting is
more abstract, and people share a group perspective or identity
based on culture, values, history, interests, and goals. -
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- ✔ANASWER✔-Community health nursing is the synthesis of
nursing practice and public health practice. The major goal of
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community health nursing is to preserve the health of the
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community and surrounding populations.
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- ✔ANASWER✔-Public Health Nursing is promoting and
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protecting the health of populations using knowledge from
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nursing, social, and public health sciences.
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Community Health Nursing - ✔ANASWER✔-
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- ✔ANASWER✔-WHO defined CHN as a special field of
nursing that combines the skills of nursing, public health and
some phases of social assistance and functions for the promotion
of health, improvement of social and physical conditions and
rehabilitation of illness and disability.
- ✔ANASWER✔-According to Jacobson (2002), it is a learned
practice discipline with the ultimate goal of contributing to the
,promotion of the client's OLOF (Optimum Level of Functioning)
through teaching and delivery of care.
Health - ✔ANASWER✔-
- ✔ANASWER✔-WHO (1958) defined health as "a state of
complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity"
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- ✔ANASWER✔-"Social Health" connotes community vitality
and is a result of positive interaction among groups within the
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community, with an emphasis on health promotion and illness
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prevention.
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE OLOF OR HEALTH -
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1. - ✔ANASWER✔-Political - they have the power and
authority to regulate the environment -safety, oppression and
people empowerment
2. - ✔ANASWER✔-Behavioral - certain habits that affect the
individual's health
, 3. - ✔ANASWER✔-Hereditary - transmission of genetically
linked diseases
4. - ✔ANASWER✔-Health Care delivery system - primary
health care - PHC(effective provision of health services)
5. - ✔ANASWER✔-Environmental influences - Air, food, water
waste, urban/rural, noise, radiation, pollution
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6. - ✔ANASWER✔-Socioeconomic influences - families from
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health services and by Community Health nurses.
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Population and Aggregate - ✔ANASWER✔-
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✔ANASWER✔-Population is typically used to denote a
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group of people with common personal or environmental
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characteristics. It can also refer to all of the people in a defined
community (Williams, 2016).
- ✔ANASWER✔-Aggregates are subgroups or subpopulations
that have some common characteristics or concerns (Gibson &
Thatcher, 2016). Depending on the situation, needs, and practice
parameters, community health nursing interventions may be
directed toward a community, a population, or an aggregate.
Questions and
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D
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CHAPTER 1
T
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING CONCEPTS
C
Community is seen as a group or collection of individuals
interacting in social units and sharing common interests,
O
characteristics, values, and goals. - ✔ANASWER✔-
PY
TWO MAIN TYPES OF COMMUNITIES: - ✔ANASWER✔-
1.Geopolitical communities are those most traditionally
recognized or imagined when the term community is considered.
Geopolitical communities are defined or formed by natural and/or
man-made boundaries and include cities, counties, states, and
nations. - ✔ANASWER✔-
,2.Phenomenological communities refer to relational, interactive
groups. In phenomenological communities, the place or setting is
more abstract, and people share a group perspective or identity
based on culture, values, history, interests, and goals. -
✔ANASWER✔-
- ✔ANASWER✔-Community health nursing is the synthesis of
nursing practice and public health practice. The major goal of
D
community health nursing is to preserve the health of the
O
community and surrounding populations.
N
- ✔ANASWER✔-Public Health Nursing is promoting and
O
protecting the health of populations using knowledge from
T
nursing, social, and public health sciences.
C
Community Health Nursing - ✔ANASWER✔-
O
PY
- ✔ANASWER✔-WHO defined CHN as a special field of
nursing that combines the skills of nursing, public health and
some phases of social assistance and functions for the promotion
of health, improvement of social and physical conditions and
rehabilitation of illness and disability.
- ✔ANASWER✔-According to Jacobson (2002), it is a learned
practice discipline with the ultimate goal of contributing to the
,promotion of the client's OLOF (Optimum Level of Functioning)
through teaching and delivery of care.
Health - ✔ANASWER✔-
- ✔ANASWER✔-WHO (1958) defined health as "a state of
complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity"
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O
- ✔ANASWER✔-"Social Health" connotes community vitality
and is a result of positive interaction among groups within the
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community, with an emphasis on health promotion and illness
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prevention.
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE OLOF OR HEALTH -
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✔ANASWER✔-
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1. - ✔ANASWER✔-Political - they have the power and
authority to regulate the environment -safety, oppression and
people empowerment
2. - ✔ANASWER✔-Behavioral - certain habits that affect the
individual's health
, 3. - ✔ANASWER✔-Hereditary - transmission of genetically
linked diseases
4. - ✔ANASWER✔-Health Care delivery system - primary
health care - PHC(effective provision of health services)
5. - ✔ANASWER✔-Environmental influences - Air, food, water
waste, urban/rural, noise, radiation, pollution
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6. - ✔ANASWER✔-Socioeconomic influences - families from
the lower income groups are the ones mostly served in public
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health services and by Community Health nurses.
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Population and Aggregate - ✔ANASWER✔-
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✔ANASWER✔-Population is typically used to denote a
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-
group of people with common personal or environmental
PY
characteristics. It can also refer to all of the people in a defined
community (Williams, 2016).
- ✔ANASWER✔-Aggregates are subgroups or subpopulations
that have some common characteristics or concerns (Gibson &
Thatcher, 2016). Depending on the situation, needs, and practice
parameters, community health nursing interventions may be
directed toward a community, a population, or an aggregate.
