CH 3- Community-Based Nursing
Practice: Public Health Nursing-Practice
Test Fully Solved.
What is community health nursing? - Answer a broad term that encompasses work done in
communities to addresses issues of health and disease either within a population or for a
specific individual of a community.
What is public health nursing? - Answer a branch of community health nursing that focuses on
health promotion and disease prevention in a population.
What is community-based nursing? - Answer a branch of community health nursing that
focuses on providing direct nursing care for individuals in a community setting, such as in a
home, school, or workplace.
What does public health nursing examine? - Answer the greater community as a whole—the
city, county, state, nation, continent, world—
What is public health nursing's goal? - Answer to design collaborative and interdisciplinary
strategies to keep the population healthy by preventing or controlling disease and threats to
human health.
What is a target population in Public Health Nursing? - Answer a defined group of people
within a community
-important in order to study the population and customize services to best meet that
population's needs!!!
What are vulnerable populations? - Answer target populations at high risk for health
problems.
What are intrinsic factors? - Answer AKA host factors; include genetics, age, gender, ethnic
group, immunization status, and human behavior.
What are extrinsic factors? - Answer AKA environmental factor; relate to the immediate
physical environment, the biologic environment (including food sources and vectors of disease,
such as animals and insects), and socioeconomic influences, such as workplace conditions,
residence in an urban versus a rural setting, and the potential impact of social unrest or disaster
on a community.
, What is epidemiology? - Answer -the study of incidence and prevalence (pervasiveness or
extent) of disease within a population.
-factors that influence the frequency and distribution of disease, injury, and other health-
related events and their causes within a population.
-The purpose of their work is to establish programs to measure and prevent disease and control
its spread.
What is descriptive epidemiology? - Answer consists of studies that are conducted once a
disease is evident.
-Data collected describe the time and place of occurrence of the disease and the characteristics
of people affected by the disease.
What is analytic epidemiology? - Answer analyzes descriptive data, generates a hypothesis of
why the disease might be occurring in the community, and then tests the hypothesis.
Which concept best encompasses all areas of nursing practice outside the acute care setting?
a) Outpatient Clinic Nursing
b) Community-based nursing
c) Community health nursing
d) Public health nursing - Answer c) Community health nursing
Which term most accurately describes the primary focus of public health nursing interventions?
a) Disenfranchised groups
b) Families
c) Individuals at risk
d) Populations - Answer d) Populations
What is the primary goal of health care professionals who specialize in epidemiology?
a) Track the incidence and prevalence of communicable disease to identify vulnerable groups
b)Improve morbidity and mortality rates by identifying patterns of disease
Practice: Public Health Nursing-Practice
Test Fully Solved.
What is community health nursing? - Answer a broad term that encompasses work done in
communities to addresses issues of health and disease either within a population or for a
specific individual of a community.
What is public health nursing? - Answer a branch of community health nursing that focuses on
health promotion and disease prevention in a population.
What is community-based nursing? - Answer a branch of community health nursing that
focuses on providing direct nursing care for individuals in a community setting, such as in a
home, school, or workplace.
What does public health nursing examine? - Answer the greater community as a whole—the
city, county, state, nation, continent, world—
What is public health nursing's goal? - Answer to design collaborative and interdisciplinary
strategies to keep the population healthy by preventing or controlling disease and threats to
human health.
What is a target population in Public Health Nursing? - Answer a defined group of people
within a community
-important in order to study the population and customize services to best meet that
population's needs!!!
What are vulnerable populations? - Answer target populations at high risk for health
problems.
What are intrinsic factors? - Answer AKA host factors; include genetics, age, gender, ethnic
group, immunization status, and human behavior.
What are extrinsic factors? - Answer AKA environmental factor; relate to the immediate
physical environment, the biologic environment (including food sources and vectors of disease,
such as animals and insects), and socioeconomic influences, such as workplace conditions,
residence in an urban versus a rural setting, and the potential impact of social unrest or disaster
on a community.
, What is epidemiology? - Answer -the study of incidence and prevalence (pervasiveness or
extent) of disease within a population.
-factors that influence the frequency and distribution of disease, injury, and other health-
related events and their causes within a population.
-The purpose of their work is to establish programs to measure and prevent disease and control
its spread.
What is descriptive epidemiology? - Answer consists of studies that are conducted once a
disease is evident.
-Data collected describe the time and place of occurrence of the disease and the characteristics
of people affected by the disease.
What is analytic epidemiology? - Answer analyzes descriptive data, generates a hypothesis of
why the disease might be occurring in the community, and then tests the hypothesis.
Which concept best encompasses all areas of nursing practice outside the acute care setting?
a) Outpatient Clinic Nursing
b) Community-based nursing
c) Community health nursing
d) Public health nursing - Answer c) Community health nursing
Which term most accurately describes the primary focus of public health nursing interventions?
a) Disenfranchised groups
b) Families
c) Individuals at risk
d) Populations - Answer d) Populations
What is the primary goal of health care professionals who specialize in epidemiology?
a) Track the incidence and prevalence of communicable disease to identify vulnerable groups
b)Improve morbidity and mortality rates by identifying patterns of disease
