NRSG-2702: FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

· 20th century: - o From single agents to combinations of factors that contribute to disease o Shift from mortality due to infectious diseases to chronic diseases o Newer genetic and molecular techniques increase our ability to determine exposures and genetic risks · 3 main sources of data: - o Routinely collected: Census data Vital records Surveillance data o Data collected for other purposes but useful for epidemiological research: Medical, health department, and insurance records o Original data collected for specific epidemiological studies · Aboriginal: - o The original inhabitants of a country · Advocacy for community health nursing: - o The application of information and resources to effect systemic changes that shape the way people in a community live · Advocacy for public health: - o Intended to benefit aggregates to reduce death or disability in groups of people such advocacy involves the use of information and resources to reduce the occurrence or severity of public health problems · Aggregate: - o Groups within populations · Alma-Ata declaration: - o Focuses on primary health care o Addresses the unacceptable inequalities in the health status between developed and developing countries· Ancient Greeks: - o Practiced personal health-promoting behaviours · Assessment: - o A systemic appraisal of the type, depth, and scope of health concerns and strengths as perceived by patients, health care providers, or both · Asset mapping: - o Identifying community-based assets such as individuals, local associations, businesses, public institutions, non-profit organizations, and community's physical characteristics · Autonomy: - o Respect for the clients right to make informed decisions about their own health care · Babylonians: - o Understood need for hygiene o Had some medical skills · Beneficence: - o Doing good o High-quality, competent, compassionate care through evidence-informed practice and by following organizational policies and procedures · Case management: - o Coordinating care o Ensuring continuity of care o Identifying changes in patient condition o Evaluating care delivered along with health team o Being aware of and understanding financial implications of the care plan · Coalition: - o 2 or more groups that share a mutual issue or concern and join forces, thereby increasing their influence in achieving a common goal · Coalition/Alliance/Partnership: - o A relationship between individuals, groups, organizations, or governments, in which the parties actively work together at all stages of assessment planning, implementation, and evaluation· Codes of ethics: - o A framework that nurses use to guide their ethical obligations and actions within the profession · Colonialism: - o A policy of acquiring or maintain colonies; it involves a wealthier power controlling and exploiting another society o Resulted in erosion of social bonds and trust and the dispossession of original people from the land · Colonization: - o The settlement of colonies and the imposition of one powers culture on another o Negative effects: Relocation/reserves Theft of rights and criminalization of culture Residential school systems