PPN 302 Midterm Exam!! | Questions and Answers with
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Question: Critical social theories help us 1. Unpack the 'taken for granted' 2. Look at the power
relationships and way in which these are influenced by history, politics, economics, and
social structure 3. Questions the status quo Critical lens keeps us honest by asking 1.
What are my biases, assumptions, and expectations and how do these affect my ability to
connect with the community? 2. How does my own history inform my practice with this
community? Critical community health nursing practice means: 1. CHNs focus on
broader and societal level factors that impact the health of populations 2. Involves our
ongoing involvement in higher level initiatives that address the root causes of inequities
in health status. Community A group of people who work, live, and play in an
environment at a given time What outcomes are you trying to achieve? What is
considered a healthy community? 1. Clean and safe physical enviornments 2. Peace,
equity, and social justice 3. Adequate access to food, water, shelter, income, safety, work,
and recreation for all 4. Adequate access to health care services 5. Opportunities for
learning and skill development 6. Strong mutually supportive relationships and networks
7. Workplaces that are supportive of individuals and family well-being 8. Wide
participation of residents in decision-making
Answer:
, Question: 9. Strong local cultural and spiritual heritage 10. Diverse and vital economy 11.
Protection of the natural environment Social injustice - Is at the root of difference Health
disparity - Means difference in health Health equity - Means that all ppl can reach their
full health potential and should not be disadvantaged from attaining it due to their race,
ethnicity, religion, gender, age, social class, SES, or other socially determined
circumstances. Three features of health inequity 1. Systematic - Health differences are
not random but patterned, those with higher social status tend to have better health. 2.
Avoidable - It Is socially produced, meaning that they are avoidable by collective actions
3. Unfair and unjust Biomedical model - Individual level - Issues: Cancer, HIV, heart
disease, diabetes, HTN - Interventions: Medication, surgeries, rehab, therapies, screening
Behavioural model - Individual, group level - Does not consider individual's access to
resources - Issue: smoking, diet, drug use, unsafe sex, unhealthy eating, stress, inactivity
Answer:
Intervention: education, social marketing, educational resources Socio-environmental model
Question: - Community/society level - Looks at resources and injustice/accessibility - Issue:
poverty, social injustice, social isolation, lack of safety, stressful environment, lack of
education - Intervention: Policy development, social welfare state development,
advocacy, resources access, skill building, empowerment Harm reduction model - Issue:
Using unclean needles, using too much drugs, smoking too much, not using condoms -
Intervention: Providing methadone, providing clean needles, smoking reduction, condom
distribution Community Health Nursing Standards
Answer:
Guide CHN practice 1. Promoting health 2. Building community capacity 3. Building relationship 4.
Facilitating access and equity 5. Demonstrating professional responsibility and accountability
Canadian Community Health Nursing Standards of Practice, 2019 1. Health promotion 2.
Prevention and health protection 3. Health maintenance, restoration, and palliation 4. Professional
relationship 5. Capacity building 6. Health equity 7. Evidence informed practices 8. Professional
responsibility Guiding principles of CHN 1. Community participation 2. Partnership
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Question: Critical social theories help us 1. Unpack the 'taken for granted' 2. Look at the power
relationships and way in which these are influenced by history, politics, economics, and
social structure 3. Questions the status quo Critical lens keeps us honest by asking 1.
What are my biases, assumptions, and expectations and how do these affect my ability to
connect with the community? 2. How does my own history inform my practice with this
community? Critical community health nursing practice means: 1. CHNs focus on
broader and societal level factors that impact the health of populations 2. Involves our
ongoing involvement in higher level initiatives that address the root causes of inequities
in health status. Community A group of people who work, live, and play in an
environment at a given time What outcomes are you trying to achieve? What is
considered a healthy community? 1. Clean and safe physical enviornments 2. Peace,
equity, and social justice 3. Adequate access to food, water, shelter, income, safety, work,
and recreation for all 4. Adequate access to health care services 5. Opportunities for
learning and skill development 6. Strong mutually supportive relationships and networks
7. Workplaces that are supportive of individuals and family well-being 8. Wide
participation of residents in decision-making
Answer:
, Question: 9. Strong local cultural and spiritual heritage 10. Diverse and vital economy 11.
Protection of the natural environment Social injustice - Is at the root of difference Health
disparity - Means difference in health Health equity - Means that all ppl can reach their
full health potential and should not be disadvantaged from attaining it due to their race,
ethnicity, religion, gender, age, social class, SES, or other socially determined
circumstances. Three features of health inequity 1. Systematic - Health differences are
not random but patterned, those with higher social status tend to have better health. 2.
Avoidable - It Is socially produced, meaning that they are avoidable by collective actions
3. Unfair and unjust Biomedical model - Individual level - Issues: Cancer, HIV, heart
disease, diabetes, HTN - Interventions: Medication, surgeries, rehab, therapies, screening
Behavioural model - Individual, group level - Does not consider individual's access to
resources - Issue: smoking, diet, drug use, unsafe sex, unhealthy eating, stress, inactivity
Answer:
Intervention: education, social marketing, educational resources Socio-environmental model
Question: - Community/society level - Looks at resources and injustice/accessibility - Issue:
poverty, social injustice, social isolation, lack of safety, stressful environment, lack of
education - Intervention: Policy development, social welfare state development,
advocacy, resources access, skill building, empowerment Harm reduction model - Issue:
Using unclean needles, using too much drugs, smoking too much, not using condoms -
Intervention: Providing methadone, providing clean needles, smoking reduction, condom
distribution Community Health Nursing Standards
Answer:
Guide CHN practice 1. Promoting health 2. Building community capacity 3. Building relationship 4.
Facilitating access and equity 5. Demonstrating professional responsibility and accountability
Canadian Community Health Nursing Standards of Practice, 2019 1. Health promotion 2.
Prevention and health protection 3. Health maintenance, restoration, and palliation 4. Professional
relationship 5. Capacity building 6. Health equity 7. Evidence informed practices 8. Professional
responsibility Guiding principles of CHN 1. Community participation 2. Partnership
