NURS 441 Exam 1 Prediction Exam Questions 2024.

NURS 441 Exam 1 Prediction Exam Questions 2024. What is the public health in America vision? - CORRECT ANSWER health people in healthy communities What is the public health in America mission (2)? - CORRECT ANSWER Promote physical and mental health; prevent disease, injury, and disability What are the core functions of public health in America (3)? - CORRECT ANSWER Assessment, policy development, assurance What is assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER assessing community needs, health status of population, environmental and behavioral risks, look at trends in health determinants, identify priority needs, determine the adequacy of existing resources, engage in policy development efforts What is a health determinant? - CORRECT ANSWER the how and why that influences patterns of health What is policy development? - CORRECT ANSWER core function and core intervention, seeks to build constituencies for public policy, ex. Healthy People 2020, efforts to control AIDS, antismoking What is assurance? - CORRECT ANSWER ensure activities are meeting public goals and plans, develop partnerships between public and private agencies, promote knowledge and support and improve public health What is public health nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER The practice of promoting and protecting health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences What are some characteristics of the PHN specialty? - CORRECT ANSWER greatest good of the greatest number, client is an equal, primary prevention focused, optimal use of available resources, interprofessional collaboration, culturally competent care What are four concepts of public health theory? - CORRECT ANSWER Population, Prevention, Risk-reduction, Social justice What are the three levels of prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER Primary- education, secondary-screening, tertiary-support What is social justice? - CORRECT ANSWER All persons are entitled to have their basic needs met What are the four principles of PHN? - CORRECT ANSWER Emphasize primary prevention, greatest good for the greatest number, recognize the client as partner, uses resources wisely to promote best outcomes Ethical Principles for Public Health (6)? - CORRECT ANSWER Respect, autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, distributive justice, social justice