NR 442- Exam 1 Questions with Verified Answers (Correct
Update)
Question 1: Community/ Public health Goal
Answer: Preserve health of the community and surrounding populations by focusing on the health
promotion and health maintenance of individuals, families, and groups within the community
Question 2: Public health goals
Answer: -Prevent disease
-Prolong life
-Promote heath
Question 3: Public health
Answer: -Population based
-Grounded in social justice
-Relies on science of epidemiology
-Focus on health promotion and prevention
-Long-term commitment to the community
Question 4: Nursing
Answer: -Relationship-based
-Grounded in an ethic of caring
-Holistic
-Sensitivity to diversity
-Independent practice
Question 5: Community-based nursing
Answer: All nursing care provided outside of acute care in the "community".
Question 6: Community-based nursing emphasis
Answer: Acute and chronic care and includes such practice areas as home health nursing and nursing in
outpatient or ambulatory settings
Question 7: Community-oriented care
Answer: All nursing care is provided with the overall focus of the well being of the community.
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,Question 8: Geopolitical/ geographical
Answer: -Spatial
-Defined area with boundaries, resides on map = community
-Ex: United States Census, Maricopa county
Question 9: Phenomenological
Answer: -Belonging
-Demographic: shared characteristic
-Functional: shared interest
-Bound together by having something in common.
-Ex: Students at chamberlain, member of certain church, banner hospital employees, people in military,
cancer survivor
Question 10: Social determinants of health
Answer: The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, shaped by the distribution
of money, power, and resources at global, national, and local levels.
Question 11: Social determinants affect us positively and negatively
Answer: -Immigrants = culture
-Low income = poverty #1
-Socioeconomic status
-Housing
-Education
-Access to healthy food and public services
-Language
-Geography
-Gender
-Religion
Question 12: Health disparities
Answer: -Unhealthy diet
-Physical inactivity
-Tobacco use
-Abuse of alcohol
Question 13: #1 cause of death
Answer: Tobacco = 20 % of annual US deaths
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, Question 14: Benefits of public health practice
Answer: -Improved life expectancy
-Population based prevention programs
-Potential
Question 15: Public Health in America Vision:
Answer: Healthy people in healthy communities
Question 16: Public Health in America Mission:
Answer: -Promote physical and mental health
-Prevent disease, injury, and disability
Question 17: Essential Public Health Services
Answer: -3 core functions:
-Assessment
-Policy development
-Assurance
Question 18: Assessment
Answer: Monitor health, diagnose health problems
Question 19: Policy development
Answer: Educate, inform, empower, develop policies and plans to support health
Question 20: Assurance
Answer: Enforce laws, equate health services, and competence of works, link persons with care.
Question 21: Public health issues
Answer: -Alcohol/ tobacco/other drug use
-Child and Adolescent Growth and Development
Question 22: Surveillance
Answer: Describes and monitors health events through ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, and
interpretation of health data for the purpose of planning, implementing, and evaluating public health
interventions.
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Update)
Question 1: Community/ Public health Goal
Answer: Preserve health of the community and surrounding populations by focusing on the health
promotion and health maintenance of individuals, families, and groups within the community
Question 2: Public health goals
Answer: -Prevent disease
-Prolong life
-Promote heath
Question 3: Public health
Answer: -Population based
-Grounded in social justice
-Relies on science of epidemiology
-Focus on health promotion and prevention
-Long-term commitment to the community
Question 4: Nursing
Answer: -Relationship-based
-Grounded in an ethic of caring
-Holistic
-Sensitivity to diversity
-Independent practice
Question 5: Community-based nursing
Answer: All nursing care provided outside of acute care in the "community".
Question 6: Community-based nursing emphasis
Answer: Acute and chronic care and includes such practice areas as home health nursing and nursing in
outpatient or ambulatory settings
Question 7: Community-oriented care
Answer: All nursing care is provided with the overall focus of the well being of the community.
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,Question 8: Geopolitical/ geographical
Answer: -Spatial
-Defined area with boundaries, resides on map = community
-Ex: United States Census, Maricopa county
Question 9: Phenomenological
Answer: -Belonging
-Demographic: shared characteristic
-Functional: shared interest
-Bound together by having something in common.
-Ex: Students at chamberlain, member of certain church, banner hospital employees, people in military,
cancer survivor
Question 10: Social determinants of health
Answer: The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, shaped by the distribution
of money, power, and resources at global, national, and local levels.
Question 11: Social determinants affect us positively and negatively
Answer: -Immigrants = culture
-Low income = poverty #1
-Socioeconomic status
-Housing
-Education
-Access to healthy food and public services
-Language
-Geography
-Gender
-Religion
Question 12: Health disparities
Answer: -Unhealthy diet
-Physical inactivity
-Tobacco use
-Abuse of alcohol
Question 13: #1 cause of death
Answer: Tobacco = 20 % of annual US deaths
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, Question 14: Benefits of public health practice
Answer: -Improved life expectancy
-Population based prevention programs
-Potential
Question 15: Public Health in America Vision:
Answer: Healthy people in healthy communities
Question 16: Public Health in America Mission:
Answer: -Promote physical and mental health
-Prevent disease, injury, and disability
Question 17: Essential Public Health Services
Answer: -3 core functions:
-Assessment
-Policy development
-Assurance
Question 18: Assessment
Answer: Monitor health, diagnose health problems
Question 19: Policy development
Answer: Educate, inform, empower, develop policies and plans to support health
Question 20: Assurance
Answer: Enforce laws, equate health services, and competence of works, link persons with care.
Question 21: Public health issues
Answer: -Alcohol/ tobacco/other drug use
-Child and Adolescent Growth and Development
Question 22: Surveillance
Answer: Describes and monitors health events through ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, and
interpretation of health data for the purpose of planning, implementing, and evaluating public health
interventions.
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