ATI Community Health Nursing- Chapter 1 questions and answers well illustrated.

ATI Community Health Nursing- Chapter 1 questions and answers well illustrated. Community Health Nursing - correct answers.Population-focused approach to planning, delivering and evaluating nursing care. Promotion of the health and welfare of patients across the lifespan. Community Health Nursing Theories - correct answers.Systems Thinking- studies how a patient or unit interacts with other organizations or system. Ex: cause and effect relationships. Upstream Thinking- focuses on interventions to promote health or prevent illness before it occurs. Community Health Nursing Theories- Nightingale's Environmental Theory - correct answers.The relationship between the patients environment and health status. Depicts health as a continuum. Emphasizes preventative care. Community Health Nursing Theories- Health Belief Model - correct answers.Predicts/explains health behaviors; assumes that preventative health behaviors are taken for the purpose of avoiding disease. Emphasizes change at the patient level. Community Health Nursing Theories- Milio's Framework for Prevention - correct answers.Complements the health belief model; emphasizes change at a community level. Identifies relationships between health deficits and availability of health promoting resources. Large # people change = leads to social change Determinants of Health - correct answers.Factors that influence the client's health- nutrition, stress, education, the environment, finances and social status/stigma. Health Indicators - correct answers.Describe the health status of a community and serve as targets for improvement. Ex: morality rates, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity, obesity, tobacco/substance use. Public Health Nursing - correct answers.Population-focused and involves a combo of nursing knowledge with social and public health sciences. Goal- promoting health and preventing disease. Public Health Nursing Core Functions - correct answers.Assessment- a systematic method to monitor the health of a population. Policy Development- developing laws and practices to promote the health of a population based on scientific evidence. Assurance- making sure adequate health care personnel and services are accessible, especially to those who might not normally have them. Population-Focused Nursing - correct answers.Assess to determine needs, intervene to protect and promote health, and prevent disease within a specific population. The Public Health Intervention Wheel- used for public health interventions. Key Principles for Public Health Nursing - correct answers.- Emphasize primary prevention. - Work to achieve the greatest good for the largest # of people. - Recognize that the client is a partner in health. - Use resources wisely to promote the best outcomes. Principles Guiding Community Health Nursing- Ethics - correct answers.-Preventing harm, doing no harm, promoting good -Respecting both individual and community rights. -Respecting autonomy and diversity. -Providing confidentiality, competency, trustworthiness and advocacy. Principles Guiding Community Health Nursing- Advocacy - correct answers.Patients have the right to make their own decisions. Th right to have a nurse-patient relationship that is based on trust, collaboration and shared respect. Patients are responsible for their own health. Requires assertiveness, placing priority on the patients values, and willingness to progress through the chain of command for resolution.