Public/Community Health Nursing Exam 1-Questions and Answers 100%Correct

Public/Community Health Nursing Exam 1-Questions and Answers 100%Correct 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. Is done at all 3 levels of practice. Not doing any interventions just surveying what's going on - ANSWER-Surveillance Systematically gathers and analyzes data regarding threats to the health of populations, ascertains the source of the threat, identifies cases and others at risk, and determines control measures. What is actually the concern here, what is causing the threat, and how are we going to control it - ANSWER-Disease and other health event investigation Locates populations-of-interest or populations-at-risk and provides information about the nature of the concern, what can be done about it, and how services can be obtained. EX: setup a booth in break rooms on how to properly use ear protection, free water kits, health fairs - ANSWER-Outreach Identifies individuals with unrecognized health risk factors or asymptomatic disease conditions in populations. - ANSWER-Screening Locates individuals and families with identified risk factors and connects them with resources. Is its own intervention; can only do this at the individual level. Ex: child/elder abuse found in ED referred to social services then to Public Health - ANSWER-Case-finding Assists individuals, families, groups, organizations, and/or communities to identify and access necessary resources in to prevent or resolve problems or concerns. Outside of my scope of practice. - ANSWER-Referral and follow-up OPTIMIZES SELF-CARE CAPABILITIES of individuals and families and the capacity of systems and communities to coordinate and provide services. EX: while patient is getting hearing checked, take their BP, it's high, get a DR for them because you know their insurance and what providers to direct them too - ANSWER-Case Management Direct care tasks a registered professional nurse carries out under the authority of a health care practitioner as allowed by law. Delegated functions also include any direct care tasks a registered professional nurse entrusts to other appropriate personnel to perform. Ex: Drive thru flu shots, administering immunizations - ANSWER-Delegated Functions