NFDN 2006 Final Exam New Version With All Complete
Questions And Correct Verified Answers |Well Graded A+
What is primary disease prevention? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Seeks to prevent
disease from the beginning (e.g. education)
What is secondary disease prevention? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Seeks to detect
disease early in its progression in order to make early diagnosis and begin treatment.
(e.g. screening, mammogram)
What is tertiary disease prevention? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Begins once disease
has become obvious; aims to interrupt the course of the disease. (e.g. diabetes care,
taking care of symptoms)
What is downstream thinking? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Taking a microscopic look at
individual health concerns and treatments, but does not consider sociopolitical,
economic, and environmental variables.
- Looking only at the individual
- E.g. acute care nurses, stabilize, treatment
What is upstream thinking? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Taking a macroscopic look,
population health approach
- Primary prevention perspective
- Considers determinants of health and other economic, political and environmental
factors
- e.g. community health nurses, proper nutrition, how could this be prevented?
What are the 6 basic principles for collaboration? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Client
focus, population health approach, quality care and services, access, trust/respect,
communication
What is Health Canada? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Federal department responsible for
helping Canadians maintain and improve their health.
- Safeguards the population health by surveillance, prevention, legislation, and research
What are the determinants of health? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Factors that influence
an individual's or population's health
- Income and social justice, social support network, education, employment, physical
and social environments, healthy childhood development, culture, gender, health
services
What are the social determinants of health? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- The economic
and social conditions that shape the health of individuals, communities and jurisdiction
as a whole.
, What are the 5 principles of primary health care? - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. Equitable
distribution
2. appropriate technology
3. a focus on health promotion and disease prevention.
4. community participation
5. a multisectoral approach
What is public health nursing? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Includes the study of
epidemiology, stats and assessment.
- Functions: protection, promotion, assessment, surveillance, and injury/disease
prevention
Ethical Issues - CORRECT ANSWERS-- An identifiable problem, situation, or
opportunity requiring a choice among several actions that must be evaluated as right or
wrong, ethical or unethical
Ethical Dilemma - CORRECT ANSWERS-- A decision that involves a conflict of values;
every potential course of action has some significant negative consequences
Morals - CORRECT ANSWERS-the rules people develop as a result of cultural values
and norms
What is health promotion? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- The process of enabling people to
increase control over, and to improve, their health
What was health defined as early on? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Absence of disease
What is harm reduction? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Policies or programs that decrease
substance use
- e.g. needle exchange program for IV drug users
According to LaLonde, what we're the determinants of health? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
- Biology, environment, and lifestyle
What are the 3 major approaches to health promotion? - CORRECT ANSWERS-1.
Biomedical; focuses on treatment and prevention of disease.
2. Behavioural; came out of Lalonde Report. Focus is on lifestyle changes to promote
health.
3. Socio environmental; came out of Alma Alta. Community participation and
collaboration to address population health. Health is seen as a resource.
Health promotion strategies - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Advocating, enabling, mediating
to help communities, groups, and individuals to reach optimal health
Questions And Correct Verified Answers |Well Graded A+
What is primary disease prevention? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Seeks to prevent
disease from the beginning (e.g. education)
What is secondary disease prevention? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Seeks to detect
disease early in its progression in order to make early diagnosis and begin treatment.
(e.g. screening, mammogram)
What is tertiary disease prevention? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Begins once disease
has become obvious; aims to interrupt the course of the disease. (e.g. diabetes care,
taking care of symptoms)
What is downstream thinking? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Taking a microscopic look at
individual health concerns and treatments, but does not consider sociopolitical,
economic, and environmental variables.
- Looking only at the individual
- E.g. acute care nurses, stabilize, treatment
What is upstream thinking? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Taking a macroscopic look,
population health approach
- Primary prevention perspective
- Considers determinants of health and other economic, political and environmental
factors
- e.g. community health nurses, proper nutrition, how could this be prevented?
What are the 6 basic principles for collaboration? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Client
focus, population health approach, quality care and services, access, trust/respect,
communication
What is Health Canada? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Federal department responsible for
helping Canadians maintain and improve their health.
- Safeguards the population health by surveillance, prevention, legislation, and research
What are the determinants of health? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Factors that influence
an individual's or population's health
- Income and social justice, social support network, education, employment, physical
and social environments, healthy childhood development, culture, gender, health
services
What are the social determinants of health? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- The economic
and social conditions that shape the health of individuals, communities and jurisdiction
as a whole.
, What are the 5 principles of primary health care? - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. Equitable
distribution
2. appropriate technology
3. a focus on health promotion and disease prevention.
4. community participation
5. a multisectoral approach
What is public health nursing? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Includes the study of
epidemiology, stats and assessment.
- Functions: protection, promotion, assessment, surveillance, and injury/disease
prevention
Ethical Issues - CORRECT ANSWERS-- An identifiable problem, situation, or
opportunity requiring a choice among several actions that must be evaluated as right or
wrong, ethical or unethical
Ethical Dilemma - CORRECT ANSWERS-- A decision that involves a conflict of values;
every potential course of action has some significant negative consequences
Morals - CORRECT ANSWERS-the rules people develop as a result of cultural values
and norms
What is health promotion? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- The process of enabling people to
increase control over, and to improve, their health
What was health defined as early on? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Absence of disease
What is harm reduction? - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Policies or programs that decrease
substance use
- e.g. needle exchange program for IV drug users
According to LaLonde, what we're the determinants of health? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
- Biology, environment, and lifestyle
What are the 3 major approaches to health promotion? - CORRECT ANSWERS-1.
Biomedical; focuses on treatment and prevention of disease.
2. Behavioural; came out of Lalonde Report. Focus is on lifestyle changes to promote
health.
3. Socio environmental; came out of Alma Alta. Community participation and
collaboration to address population health. Health is seen as a resource.
Health promotion strategies - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Advocating, enabling, mediating
to help communities, groups, and individuals to reach optimal health
