NUR 441 Exam 1 Questions And
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Define Public Health Nursing - Answer Specialty practice within nursing and public
health
Focus on improving the populations health by emphasizing prevention and attending to
multiple determinants of health
Population focused instead of individual focused
Population - Answer All people occupying an area or all of those who share one or more
characteristics
People not necessarily interacting with one another
Don't necessarily share a sense of belonging to that group
Ex: All people living in Miami Dade County
Aggregate - Answer Mass or grouping of individuals considered as a whole
Loosely associated with one another
Sub-population within the larger population who possess some common characteristics
Often related to high risk for specific health problems
Ex: within Miami Dade county: HIV+ women, UM students, breastfeeding mothers
Acute Care Nursing vs PHN - Answer Acute Care Nursing:
Care of solitary patients
Primary illness end of health continuum
PHN:
Care encompasses a much wider view
Primary charge to prevent health problems
Promote higher levels of health
Primary Prevention - Answer Measures taken to keep illness or injuries from occurring,
precedes disease or dysfunction
Examples - PHN providing childhood vaccinations, encourage elderly people to install
and use safety devices to prevent injuries from falls, teaching young adults healthy
, behaviors, providing immunization programs
Secondary Prevention - Answer Efforts to detect and treat existing disease
Early diagnosis (screening) and treatment
Efforts to detect and treat existing health problems at the earliest possible stage, when
disease or impairment is already present
Examples - HTN and cholesterol screening programs; encouraging breast and testicular
self-examinations, regular mammograms, pap smear to deter possible cancers
Secondary prevention attempts to discover a health problem at a point when
intervention may lead to its control and or eradication
Tertiary Prevention - Answer Reduce the extent and severity of a health problem to its
lowest possible level to minimize disability and restore or preserve function
Examples - treatment and rehab of persons after a stroke to reduce impairment, post
mastectomy exercise program to restore functioning, and early treatment and
management of diabetes to reduce problems or slow their progress.
Also, support groups or rehab groups - Alcoholics Anonymous, halfway houses for
psych patients discharged from acute care settings or for inmates from prison
Different types of community - Answer Collection of people who interact with one
another and whose common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of
unity or belonging
Types
Geographic → a community demarcated by geographic boundaries
Ex: city, town, neighborhood
Common interest → a collection of people, even if they are scattered geographically,
can have an interest or goal that binds them together
Ex: church, professional org, college dorm, retirement home
Community of solution → Group of people who come together to solve a problem that
affects all of them
Ex: City of Parkland, law enforcement, and city officials coming together to prevent
school violence
3 core PH functions - Answer (1) Assessment:
Collection, analysis, and sharing of information about health conditions, risks, and
resources in a community
Verified Answers
Define Public Health Nursing - Answer Specialty practice within nursing and public
health
Focus on improving the populations health by emphasizing prevention and attending to
multiple determinants of health
Population focused instead of individual focused
Population - Answer All people occupying an area or all of those who share one or more
characteristics
People not necessarily interacting with one another
Don't necessarily share a sense of belonging to that group
Ex: All people living in Miami Dade County
Aggregate - Answer Mass or grouping of individuals considered as a whole
Loosely associated with one another
Sub-population within the larger population who possess some common characteristics
Often related to high risk for specific health problems
Ex: within Miami Dade county: HIV+ women, UM students, breastfeeding mothers
Acute Care Nursing vs PHN - Answer Acute Care Nursing:
Care of solitary patients
Primary illness end of health continuum
PHN:
Care encompasses a much wider view
Primary charge to prevent health problems
Promote higher levels of health
Primary Prevention - Answer Measures taken to keep illness or injuries from occurring,
precedes disease or dysfunction
Examples - PHN providing childhood vaccinations, encourage elderly people to install
and use safety devices to prevent injuries from falls, teaching young adults healthy
, behaviors, providing immunization programs
Secondary Prevention - Answer Efforts to detect and treat existing disease
Early diagnosis (screening) and treatment
Efforts to detect and treat existing health problems at the earliest possible stage, when
disease or impairment is already present
Examples - HTN and cholesterol screening programs; encouraging breast and testicular
self-examinations, regular mammograms, pap smear to deter possible cancers
Secondary prevention attempts to discover a health problem at a point when
intervention may lead to its control and or eradication
Tertiary Prevention - Answer Reduce the extent and severity of a health problem to its
lowest possible level to minimize disability and restore or preserve function
Examples - treatment and rehab of persons after a stroke to reduce impairment, post
mastectomy exercise program to restore functioning, and early treatment and
management of diabetes to reduce problems or slow their progress.
Also, support groups or rehab groups - Alcoholics Anonymous, halfway houses for
psych patients discharged from acute care settings or for inmates from prison
Different types of community - Answer Collection of people who interact with one
another and whose common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of
unity or belonging
Types
Geographic → a community demarcated by geographic boundaries
Ex: city, town, neighborhood
Common interest → a collection of people, even if they are scattered geographically,
can have an interest or goal that binds them together
Ex: church, professional org, college dorm, retirement home
Community of solution → Group of people who come together to solve a problem that
affects all of them
Ex: City of Parkland, law enforcement, and city officials coming together to prevent
school violence
3 core PH functions - Answer (1) Assessment:
Collection, analysis, and sharing of information about health conditions, risks, and
resources in a community
