(C228) ATI-Community Health <Chapter
1>Chapter 1 Overview
A community based nurse focuses her care on who? - ANS-individuals and families
Who is the focus of a community-oriented nurse's care? ANS-at-risk individuals, families, and
groups. the community
A community's health is determined by... - ANS-the degree to which the community's collective
health needs are identified and met
Assessing risks and benefits when planning interventions is an example of what? -
ANS-beneficence
Assumes that preventive health behaviors are taken primarily for the purpose of avoiding
disease - ANS-health belief model
Determining eligibility for health care services based on income and fiscal resources is an
example of what? - ANS-distributive justice
An example of what is developing care plans with a system for monitoring and evaluating
outcomes? - ANS-nonmaleficence Early detection and treatment of disease with the goal of
limiting severity and adverse effects - ANS-secondary prevention
Effective community health education requires... - ANS-planning
Epidemiology involves the study of what three relationships? - ANS-the agent
the host
the environment
The needs and contributions of society's members determine a just distribution of benefits and
costs - distributive justice - Who is the focus of care in community health nursing practice?
ANS-synthesis, or nursing and public health theory. Who is the focus of care in public health
nursing practice? - ANS-synthesis of nursing and public health theory Respect for autonomy -
individuals choose the actions that help them achieve their objectives Recovery from an injury
or illness to the fullest (rehabilitation) - ANS-tertiary prevention Maximize possible benefits and
minimize possible harms - ANS-beneficence
When care standards are applied, there is no harm—ANS-nonmaleficence Crude mortality rate
(ANS): number of deaths per 1,000 people. Number of existing cases in the
population/population total X 1,000 - ANS-prevalence rate
Number of infant deaths before 1 year of age in a year/ numbers of live births in the same year
X 1,000 - ANS-infant mortality rate
The incidence rate of ANS is equal to the number of new cases per 1,000 people in the
population. Number of people exposed to a specific agent who develop the disease/total
number of people exposed - ANS-attack rate
Nurses working in the community should have an understanding of what three things? -
ANS-Foundations of community health nursing
Principles of community health nursing
1>Chapter 1 Overview
A community based nurse focuses her care on who? - ANS-individuals and families
Who is the focus of a community-oriented nurse's care? ANS-at-risk individuals, families, and
groups. the community
A community's health is determined by... - ANS-the degree to which the community's collective
health needs are identified and met
Assessing risks and benefits when planning interventions is an example of what? -
ANS-beneficence
Assumes that preventive health behaviors are taken primarily for the purpose of avoiding
disease - ANS-health belief model
Determining eligibility for health care services based on income and fiscal resources is an
example of what? - ANS-distributive justice
An example of what is developing care plans with a system for monitoring and evaluating
outcomes? - ANS-nonmaleficence Early detection and treatment of disease with the goal of
limiting severity and adverse effects - ANS-secondary prevention
Effective community health education requires... - ANS-planning
Epidemiology involves the study of what three relationships? - ANS-the agent
the host
the environment
The needs and contributions of society's members determine a just distribution of benefits and
costs - distributive justice - Who is the focus of care in community health nursing practice?
ANS-synthesis, or nursing and public health theory. Who is the focus of care in public health
nursing practice? - ANS-synthesis of nursing and public health theory Respect for autonomy -
individuals choose the actions that help them achieve their objectives Recovery from an injury
or illness to the fullest (rehabilitation) - ANS-tertiary prevention Maximize possible benefits and
minimize possible harms - ANS-beneficence
When care standards are applied, there is no harm—ANS-nonmaleficence Crude mortality rate
(ANS): number of deaths per 1,000 people. Number of existing cases in the
population/population total X 1,000 - ANS-prevalence rate
Number of infant deaths before 1 year of age in a year/ numbers of live births in the same year
X 1,000 - ANS-infant mortality rate
The incidence rate of ANS is equal to the number of new cases per 1,000 people in the
population. Number of people exposed to a specific agent who develop the disease/total
number of people exposed - ANS-attack rate
Nurses working in the community should have an understanding of what three things? -
ANS-Foundations of community health nursing
Principles of community health nursing
