NURS 415 exam 1 study guide – UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified Answers
NURS 415 exam 1 study guide – UPDATED
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Section 1: Health, Public, Nursing (Q1–Q12)
Question & Answer
Q1 SDOH (social determinants of health)
A social conditions in which people live, their income, social status, education, literacy level, home
and work environment, support networks, gender, culture, and the availability of health services
Q2 healthcare disparities
A differences in HC and health outcomes experienced by one population compared w/ another
Q3 the ANA sets the...
A scope and standards for all professional nursing practice
Q4 public health intervention wheel has ___ many interventions?
A 17 interventions
Q5 public health intervention wheel is a ___-based model
A population
Q6 entrance level requirement for public health nursing practice
A BS or BSN
Q7 victorian times - primary reason for poverty?
A illness
Q8 -created reports for Massachusetts (Shattuck reports) -looked at sanitary conditions
A Lemuel Shattuck
Q9 - american political activist (focused on prisons/institutions) - led charge for first
hospital for mentally ill
A Dorothea Dix
Q10 - recognized during civil war - supply chain for soldiers (led to creation of American Red
Cross)
A Clara Barton
Q11 - founder of public health nursing - Henry street settlements (fees were based on pt's
ability to pay)
A Lillian Wald
Q12 - founded frontier nursing services - rural healthcare
A Mary Breckinridge
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, NURS 415 exam 1 study guide – UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Section 2: Health, Social, Model (Q13–Q24)
Question & Answer
Q13 public health in 2nd half of the 20th century
A - after WWII - social security act (1935) - introduction of vaccines, abx - infectious diseases were
leading COD
Q14 SDOH goals
A 1. education access and quality 2. HC access and quality 3. neighborhood and built environment 4.
social and community context 5. economic stability
Q15 Systems theory
A engage in reciprocal exchange or flows of info, energy, resources, and g/s - basically, changes that
are made in one area can have an impact in another area ex. workplace (healthy environment...
gym membership), school (free lunches, meals... better learning outcomes)
Q16 coalitions
A bring together consumers, health professionals, policy makers, and other constituencies to work
together or to improve community health status
Q17 social ecological model
A based on general systems theory & health promotion theory - multiple determinants of health
interact at different levels to affect the health status of individual people, population aggregates, or
communities - small change at community level can affect health status -ex. vaccinating 15 people
can affect 20 people
Q18 social ecological model levels
A first: individual change second: close social circles third: environmental (schoolwork, school
neighborhood)
Q19 health impact pyramid
A smallest level takes largest effort taken by individuals and relates to the largest act of individuals
(refer to pic in study guide)
Q20 multilevel interventions
A needed to achieve change in complex community health conditions that have multiple
determinants - most successful interventions combine at multilevel - example: stream -
downstream: continual, repeated efforts - upstream: addresses root causes, preventative thinking is
best
Q21 obesogenic environment
A environment promoting or contributing to obesity
Q22 salutogenic
A environments that have food choices available, exercise options, healthier environments (school:
standing desks, etc.)
Q23 health disparities, health equity, and social justice
A social determinants of health
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NURS 415 exam 1 study guide – UPDATED
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Section 1: Health, Public, Nursing (Q1–Q12)
Question & Answer
Q1 SDOH (social determinants of health)
A social conditions in which people live, their income, social status, education, literacy level, home
and work environment, support networks, gender, culture, and the availability of health services
Q2 healthcare disparities
A differences in HC and health outcomes experienced by one population compared w/ another
Q3 the ANA sets the...
A scope and standards for all professional nursing practice
Q4 public health intervention wheel has ___ many interventions?
A 17 interventions
Q5 public health intervention wheel is a ___-based model
A population
Q6 entrance level requirement for public health nursing practice
A BS or BSN
Q7 victorian times - primary reason for poverty?
A illness
Q8 -created reports for Massachusetts (Shattuck reports) -looked at sanitary conditions
A Lemuel Shattuck
Q9 - american political activist (focused on prisons/institutions) - led charge for first
hospital for mentally ill
A Dorothea Dix
Q10 - recognized during civil war - supply chain for soldiers (led to creation of American Red
Cross)
A Clara Barton
Q11 - founder of public health nursing - Henry street settlements (fees were based on pt's
ability to pay)
A Lillian Wald
Q12 - founded frontier nursing services - rural healthcare
A Mary Breckinridge
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, NURS 415 exam 1 study guide – UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Section 2: Health, Social, Model (Q13–Q24)
Question & Answer
Q13 public health in 2nd half of the 20th century
A - after WWII - social security act (1935) - introduction of vaccines, abx - infectious diseases were
leading COD
Q14 SDOH goals
A 1. education access and quality 2. HC access and quality 3. neighborhood and built environment 4.
social and community context 5. economic stability
Q15 Systems theory
A engage in reciprocal exchange or flows of info, energy, resources, and g/s - basically, changes that
are made in one area can have an impact in another area ex. workplace (healthy environment...
gym membership), school (free lunches, meals... better learning outcomes)
Q16 coalitions
A bring together consumers, health professionals, policy makers, and other constituencies to work
together or to improve community health status
Q17 social ecological model
A based on general systems theory & health promotion theory - multiple determinants of health
interact at different levels to affect the health status of individual people, population aggregates, or
communities - small change at community level can affect health status -ex. vaccinating 15 people
can affect 20 people
Q18 social ecological model levels
A first: individual change second: close social circles third: environmental (schoolwork, school
neighborhood)
Q19 health impact pyramid
A smallest level takes largest effort taken by individuals and relates to the largest act of individuals
(refer to pic in study guide)
Q20 multilevel interventions
A needed to achieve change in complex community health conditions that have multiple
determinants - most successful interventions combine at multilevel - example: stream -
downstream: continual, repeated efforts - upstream: addresses root causes, preventative thinking is
best
Q21 obesogenic environment
A environment promoting or contributing to obesity
Q22 salutogenic
A environments that have food choices available, exercise options, healthier environments (school:
standing desks, etc.)
Q23 health disparities, health equity, and social justice
A social determinants of health
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