NR 442 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Community. Answer: - a group of people who share something in
common and interact with one another, who may exhibit a
commitment with one another and may share a geographic boundary
- PRIMARY FOCUS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
◉ Public Health Intervention Wheel: Levels of Practice. Answer: -
Community
- Individual
- System
◉ System/group Level of Practice Example. Answer: community
health nurse working with the state health department and federal
vaccine program to coordinate a response to an outbreak of measles in
a migrant population.
◉ Community/Population Level of Practice Example. Answer: public
health nurses working with area high schools to give each student a
profile of his or her health to promote nutritional and physical activity
lifestyle changes to improve the student's health.
, ◉ Individual Level of Practice Example. Answer: nurse receives a
referral to care for an individual with a diagnosed mental illness who
would require regular monitoring of his medication compliance to
prevent rehospitalization
◉ Core Functions of Public Health. Answer: - assessment
- policy development
- assurance of availability
◉ Primary Prevention. Answer: - prevention of problem before it
occurs
- immunization
◉ Secondary Prevention. Answer: - early detection and intervention
- screening for an STD
- for diseases that can be controlled
◉ Tertiary Prevention. Answer: - correction and prevention of
deterioration of a disease state
- teaching insulin administration at home
◉ What is the main focus of Public Health?. Answer: PREVENTION
◉ What is the main focus of Medicine?. Answer: disease management
and diagnosis
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Community. Answer: - a group of people who share something in
common and interact with one another, who may exhibit a
commitment with one another and may share a geographic boundary
- PRIMARY FOCUS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
◉ Public Health Intervention Wheel: Levels of Practice. Answer: -
Community
- Individual
- System
◉ System/group Level of Practice Example. Answer: community
health nurse working with the state health department and federal
vaccine program to coordinate a response to an outbreak of measles in
a migrant population.
◉ Community/Population Level of Practice Example. Answer: public
health nurses working with area high schools to give each student a
profile of his or her health to promote nutritional and physical activity
lifestyle changes to improve the student's health.
, ◉ Individual Level of Practice Example. Answer: nurse receives a
referral to care for an individual with a diagnosed mental illness who
would require regular monitoring of his medication compliance to
prevent rehospitalization
◉ Core Functions of Public Health. Answer: - assessment
- policy development
- assurance of availability
◉ Primary Prevention. Answer: - prevention of problem before it
occurs
- immunization
◉ Secondary Prevention. Answer: - early detection and intervention
- screening for an STD
- for diseases that can be controlled
◉ Tertiary Prevention. Answer: - correction and prevention of
deterioration of a disease state
- teaching insulin administration at home
◉ What is the main focus of Public Health?. Answer: PREVENTION
◉ What is the main focus of Medicine?. Answer: disease management
and diagnosis
