NURS 2000 Midterm Exam prep
Questions and Answers
A community health provider is participating in a coalition that is advocating to de-
escalate police and public crisis situations and promote mental health of the responding
police officers. A citizen works with officers and providers to draft a letter to the Board of
the Peterborough Police Services. According to the social ecological model of health, at
which level of influence is the health care provider functioning? - ANS-community
The National Collaborating Centre for Health Public Policy (2016) points states that
focusing public policy on those most disadvantaged has a major limitation to address
health inequalities. What is a critique of this approach? - ANS-targeting policies to the
least well-off ignores groups just above those least well off
Trends in rural health nursing workforce are illustrated by the following:
a. nurses in rural communities are paid less
b. nurses in rural communities often practice with a greater scope of practice
c. nurses in rural communities provide care for less acute health issues
d. the percentage of rural nurses that work in hospital's compared to the community
setting is greater than in cities - ANS-b. nurses in rural communities often practice with
a greater scope of practice
Community health nurse notices that individuals living near factories in the suburbs of a
large city have a higher incidence of asthma, and are usually people of colour and lower
income. Which of the following best guides the health care worker's critical thinking? -
ANS-health belief model
Epidemiologists in Peterborough have noted an increase in weekly incidence rates of
COVID-19. How can a community health nurse interpret these results? - ANS-i increase
exposure of vulnerable host
according to the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, where does the responsibility for
health mainly lay?
a. many sectors in society
b. individuals
c. family
d. municipal government - ANS-a. many sectors in society
which health promotion approach is reflected in a vaccination program? - ANS-
biomedical
which of the following strategies represents the most "upstream" approach in
community health practice?
a. a support group brings together mothers with postpartum depression
b. a provider works within a coalition to develop traits for biking and walking
c. a cancer-screening clinic organized in the highschool of a rural community
d. a provider educates individuals with diabetes about healthy eating and exercise -
ANS-b. a provider works within a coalition to develop traits for biking and walking
, as a result of climate change, what has been a health impact from changes in vector-
borne infections? - ANS-increased lyme disease
promoting mammograms in the community to screen for breast cancer is considered
what type of prevention measure?
a. secondary prevention
b. tertiary prevention
c. primary prevention
d. primordial prevention - ANS-a. secondary prevention
Community - ANS-group of people who live, learn, work, and play in an environment
(group of people in a given place)
community functions: - ANS-day-to-day livelihood
Community Dynamics? - ANS-Supporting community functions
- leadership
- communication
- decision making
Healthy communities: - ANS-- health promotion
- a partnership to create a sustained healthy community
Role of CHN - ANS-- able to use the community health promotion process
- demonstrate leadership
- community participatory tools to engage community stakeholders and population
groups
Why do you think CPHA uses the terms Public Health Nurse and Community Health
Nurse synonymously? - ANS-they both are community-based health practices
10 social justice attributes - ANS-1. equity
2. human rights
3. democracy and civil rights
4. capacity building
5. just institutions
6. enabling environments
7. poverty reduction
8. ethical practice
9. advocacy
10. partnerships
Social justice assumes - ANS-- that all societies experience systematic oppression and
inequities
- Every individual contributes to oppression and inequity
Why is social justice important? - ANS-when situating the ethical dimensions of
healthcare policy within a broad political understanding of the role of health care
services on society
3 important features of social justice approaches: - ANS-1. concerned with the ethical
use of power in health care
2. view persons relationally as unique, connected to others, and interdependent; that is,
vulnerable and unequal in power
3. concern for issues of everyday life and not primarily with crisis issues
The Social-Ecological Model (SEM) - ANS-Theory of level of influence
Population health promotion - ANS-Health promotion
Questions and Answers
A community health provider is participating in a coalition that is advocating to de-
escalate police and public crisis situations and promote mental health of the responding
police officers. A citizen works with officers and providers to draft a letter to the Board of
the Peterborough Police Services. According to the social ecological model of health, at
which level of influence is the health care provider functioning? - ANS-community
The National Collaborating Centre for Health Public Policy (2016) points states that
focusing public policy on those most disadvantaged has a major limitation to address
health inequalities. What is a critique of this approach? - ANS-targeting policies to the
least well-off ignores groups just above those least well off
Trends in rural health nursing workforce are illustrated by the following:
a. nurses in rural communities are paid less
b. nurses in rural communities often practice with a greater scope of practice
c. nurses in rural communities provide care for less acute health issues
d. the percentage of rural nurses that work in hospital's compared to the community
setting is greater than in cities - ANS-b. nurses in rural communities often practice with
a greater scope of practice
Community health nurse notices that individuals living near factories in the suburbs of a
large city have a higher incidence of asthma, and are usually people of colour and lower
income. Which of the following best guides the health care worker's critical thinking? -
ANS-health belief model
Epidemiologists in Peterborough have noted an increase in weekly incidence rates of
COVID-19. How can a community health nurse interpret these results? - ANS-i increase
exposure of vulnerable host
according to the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, where does the responsibility for
health mainly lay?
a. many sectors in society
b. individuals
c. family
d. municipal government - ANS-a. many sectors in society
which health promotion approach is reflected in a vaccination program? - ANS-
biomedical
which of the following strategies represents the most "upstream" approach in
community health practice?
a. a support group brings together mothers with postpartum depression
b. a provider works within a coalition to develop traits for biking and walking
c. a cancer-screening clinic organized in the highschool of a rural community
d. a provider educates individuals with diabetes about healthy eating and exercise -
ANS-b. a provider works within a coalition to develop traits for biking and walking
, as a result of climate change, what has been a health impact from changes in vector-
borne infections? - ANS-increased lyme disease
promoting mammograms in the community to screen for breast cancer is considered
what type of prevention measure?
a. secondary prevention
b. tertiary prevention
c. primary prevention
d. primordial prevention - ANS-a. secondary prevention
Community - ANS-group of people who live, learn, work, and play in an environment
(group of people in a given place)
community functions: - ANS-day-to-day livelihood
Community Dynamics? - ANS-Supporting community functions
- leadership
- communication
- decision making
Healthy communities: - ANS-- health promotion
- a partnership to create a sustained healthy community
Role of CHN - ANS-- able to use the community health promotion process
- demonstrate leadership
- community participatory tools to engage community stakeholders and population
groups
Why do you think CPHA uses the terms Public Health Nurse and Community Health
Nurse synonymously? - ANS-they both are community-based health practices
10 social justice attributes - ANS-1. equity
2. human rights
3. democracy and civil rights
4. capacity building
5. just institutions
6. enabling environments
7. poverty reduction
8. ethical practice
9. advocacy
10. partnerships
Social justice assumes - ANS-- that all societies experience systematic oppression and
inequities
- Every individual contributes to oppression and inequity
Why is social justice important? - ANS-when situating the ethical dimensions of
healthcare policy within a broad political understanding of the role of health care
services on society
3 important features of social justice approaches: - ANS-1. concerned with the ethical
use of power in health care
2. view persons relationally as unique, connected to others, and interdependent; that is,
vulnerable and unequal in power
3. concern for issues of everyday life and not primarily with crisis issues
The Social-Ecological Model (SEM) - ANS-Theory of level of influence
Population health promotion - ANS-Health promotion
