Summary NR 442 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE | VERIFIED GUIDE

1 NR 442 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE NR 442 Community Health Nursing Chapter One – Focus Study Plan Topics • Define – Community Health Nursing- is the synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice. The major goal of public health nursing is to preserve the health of the community and surrounding populations by focusing on health promotion and health maintenance of individuals, families, and groups within the community. • Define - Community- is seen as a group or collection of individuals interacting in social units and sharing common interest, characteristics, values, and goals. • Define- Homogeneous population- composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population. 2. Of the same kind or nature; essentially alike. • Define Coalitions- An alliance for combined action • Community cooperation- the process of working together to the same end • Collaboration- the action of working with someone to produce or create something. • Aggregate- A subgroup or subpopulation that have come common characteristics or concerns. • Population- is typically used to denote a group of people having common personal or environmental characteristics. It can also refer to all of the people in a defined community. • Which factors contributes to an individual’s health- genetics, lifestyle choices • Health Peoples 2020 leading Health indicators- access to health services, clinical preventative services, environmental quality, injury & violence, maternal, infant, and child health, mental health, nutrition, physical activity, and obesity, oral health, reproductive and sexual health, social determinants, substance abuse, and tobacco. • What are PH nurses 2 most important priorities • Identify 3 primary goals of Healthy People 2020- Increase the span of healthy lives for Americans, reduce health disparities among Americans, and achieve access to preventive services for all Americans. • Why are American concerned about health care- Because Americans are very unhealthy compared to the rest of the world and health care is not equally available to all Americans. • Where are the greatest number of Nurses employed • Which ethical belief is considered the most helpful in today health care crisis • ANA Code of Ethic the reaches beyond giving excellent patient care • Health issue of the most concern in the United States TODAY