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Prepare for your ATI CMS Community Health Nursing Exam with this comprehensive study guide featuring exam questions and verified answers designed to strengthen your understanding of population-focused nursing, health promotion, and community-based care. This detailed review covers essential topics including community assessment, epidemiology, disease prevention, health promotion, public health nursing, environmental health, communicable disease control, immunizations, vulnerable populations, health disparities, screening, disaster preparedness, emergency management, community resources, home health, occupational health, school health, maternal and child community care, cultural considerations, patient education, case management, care coordination, and evidence-based community interventions. Ideal for nursing students, BSN and ADN learners, practical nursing students, and ATI exam candidates, this resource is perfect for preparing for ATI CMS assessments, practice tests, quizzes, course exams, and comprehensive community health nursing reviews while improving knowledge retention, strengthening clinical judgment, and maximizing exam readiness.

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ATI CMS REVIEW - COMMUNITY

NIGHTINGALE'S THEORY OF ENVIRONMENT impact of a person's environment on their health

focus is on preventive care

Examples
washing hands/hand hygiene
clean environment


HEALTH BELIEF MODEL purpose is to predict/explain health behaviors

assumes that primary motivation in taking positive health actions is to avoid
getting a disease

emphasizes change at the individual level


HEALTH BELIEF MODEL - LIKELIHOOD OF TAKING modifying variables
ACTION IS BASED ON... - age
- gender
- race
- economy
- education

perceived severity/susceptibility of getting disease

perceived benefits vs. barriers

cues to action
- doctor's advice
- media campaigns


MILIO'S FRAMEWORK FOR PREVENTION complements the health belief model

emphasizes change at the community level

identifies relationship between health deficits and availability of health-promoting
resources

theorizes that behavior changes within a large number of people can ultimately
lead to social change


PENDER'S HEALTH PROMOTION MODEL similar to health belief model

DOES NOT consider health risk as a factor that provokes change; suggests
that threat is not a motivator

examines factors that affect/influence individual actions to promote and protect
health


PENDER'S HEALTH PROMOTION MODEL - FACTORS Personal factors (biological, psychological, sociocultural) behaviors, abilities,
THAT AFFECT INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS self-efficacy

Feelings, benefits, barriers, and characteristics associated with the action

Attitudes of others, and competing demands and preferences


SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH economic stability

neighborhood/physical environment

education

food

community/social context

health care system

, ATI CMS REVIEW - COMMUNITY

SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH - ECONOMIC employment
STABILITY
income

expenses

debt

medical bills

support


SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH - housing
NEIGHBORHOOD AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
transportation

safety

parks/playgrounds

walkability


SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH - EDUCATION literacy

language

early childhood education

vocational training

higher education


SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH - FOOD hunger

access to healthy option


SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH - COMMUNITY social integration
AND SOCIAL CONTEXT
support systems

community engagement

discrimination


SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH - HEALTH health coverage
CARE SYSTEM
provider availability

provider linguistic & cultural competency

quality of care


WHO IS THE "CLIENT" IN COMMUNITY HEALTH Community or Population
NURSING?



COMMUNITY-BASED NURSING focused on ILLNESS care (acute and chronic conditions) for individuals and
families

Examples
- home health nurse performing wound care
- school nurse administering epi-pen


COMMUNITY-ORIENTED NURSING focused on improving the collective health of the community

Examples
- health education/promotion
- disease prevention activities
- NO ILLNESS CARE

community-oriented nursing = public health nursing

, ATI CMS REVIEW - COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING delivers health care services to individuals, families, and groups

includes community-based nursing and community-oriented nursing


PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING disease prevention and health promotion of communities and populations

DO NOT provide direct care to individuals

public health nursing = community-oriented nursing


FOUR ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN COMMUNITY respect for autonomy
HEALTH NURSING
non-maleficence

beneficence

distributive justice


RESPECT FOR AUTONOMY respect a patient's right to self-determination




NONMALEFICENCE do no harm




BENEFICENCE do what is best

maximize benefits


DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE fair allocation of resources in community




EPIDEMIOLOGY study of spread/transmission/incidence of disease and/or injury




COMPONENTS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY TRIANGLE Agent
what is causing the disease

Host
human/animal being affected by the disease

Environment
physical environment (water/food supply, geography)
social environment (access to health care, work conditions, poverty)


INCIDENCE number of NEW cases of disease/injury in a population during a specified period
of time



PREVALENCE number of ALL cases (new and pre-existing) of disease/injury in a population
during a specified period of time



COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION - OBSTACLES age

culture

illiteracy

language barriers

lack of access

lack of motivation

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