Community Health Nursing Quiz 1

Understand the differences between: CBN, CON, and PHN - Community-Based Nursing: -Goal: to manage (acute or chronic care) -Focus: (illness oriented) -Who: (Individuals and Families) -Where: live, work, school (home or community settings) -What: Philosophy: (comprehensive, coordinated and continuous care.) -Trends: On the rise because hospital costs are increasing. -occurs outside of an institution (more secondary and tertiary) can be primary Community Oriented Nursing - CON Includes: A: Public Health Nursing - focuses on health care of the community or populations. B: Community Health Nursing - (Primarily focused on individuals, family, and groups in the community.) Community Oriented Nursing Goal: preserve, protect, & promote health Focus: Health Care Who: individuals, families, groups What: health care to promote quality of life Where: community wide dx, health surveillance, monitoring and evaluation of community population -Identify community dx to determine what conditions need to be altered in order for individuals, families, and groups int he community to stay healthy Public Health defined - Public Health is a -scientific discipline including epidemiology -stats, -assessment (behav, cultural, econ) -Promotion of quality of life -"the greatest good for the greatest number" (Part A of CON) Public Health Nursing Practice - Goal: Prevention (disease and disability) Promotion & Protection community's health Focus: Health promotion/disease prevention (Who: community/populations) What: Impact community's health status (resources) on the health of individuals, families, and groups. Where: Community (Health Departments, Schools) (Part B of CON) Community Health Nursing - Combination of Nursing & PH Goal: Preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health of individuals, families, and groups in a community. Focus: Health of (individuals/families/groups) Main difference between CBN and CON - The key difference between CBN and CON is: CBN deals primarily with "illness oriented care" and CON "provide healthcare to promote quality of life" Demographic Data in a Community - 1. Age of residents 2. Gender distribution of the residents 3. Socioeconomic characteristics 4. Racial distributions 5. Vital Statistics, including selected mortality and morbidity data 6. Community institutions, including health care organizations and the services they provide 7. Health personnel characteristics **Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Rep