CHW Community Health Nursing Final Exam
Questions & Answers
1.The conditions and circumstances in which people are born, grow, live,
work, and age that are shaped by a set of forces beyond the control of the
individual economics and the distribution of money, power, social policies,
and politics at the global, national, state, and local levels
Answer Social Determinants Of Health
2.provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving
the health of all Americans
Answer Healthy People 2020
3.measures that actively promote health, prevent illness and provide
protec- tion
Answer Primary Prevention
4.who is the target of primary prevention?
Answer essentially well population
5.what are some examples of primary prevention in PH?
Answer - annual vaccination
- health education at high schools
,6.early diagnosis and prompt interventions that limit disability -
identifies risks or hazards and modifies, removes or treats them before a
problem becomes more serious
Answer Secondary Prevention
7.who is the target of secondary prevention?
Answer populations that have risk factors in common
8.what are some examples of secondary prevention in PH?
Answer screening / testing
-BP
-Cholesterol
-Blood glucose
-STD
-pregnancy test
9.which LOP reduces impairments and disabilities, minimize suffering,
pro- mote adjustment to immediate condition and rehab
Answer Tertiary Prevention
10.who is the target of tertiary prevention?
Answer population in which a disease or injury has occurred
11.what are some examples of tertiary prevention
Answer teaching a diabetic patient to
,-exercise
-diet
-foot care
12.Core Functions of Public Health
Answer Assessment, Policy Development, Assur- ance
13.systemic data collection about a population including monitoring
popu- lation's health status and provide / disseminating info about the
health of community
Answer assessment
14.create policies that support health of the population through
leadership and research
Answer policy development
15.making sure that essential community-oriented health services are
avail- able
Answer assurance
16.collection of individuals who have one or more personal or
environmental characteristics in common
Answer populations
, 17.example of populations
Answer - people in the same neighborhood
- people on a sports team
- nursing students
- sorority
18.what a population focus is in PH nursing?
Answer diagnoses, interventions and treatments are carried out for
population
19.what does community as client refer to?
Answer nursing focus on collective or common good of population
20.Population assessment
Answer -a core function of PH
-process of thinking critically about population
-logical, systematic approach to identify community needs, clarify
problems, identify strengths and resources
-ongoing process
21.what is the primary goal of a community assessment?
Answer identify the health needs of a community
22.What are the steps to assess a population
Answer 1. gather relevant existing data
Questions & Answers
1.The conditions and circumstances in which people are born, grow, live,
work, and age that are shaped by a set of forces beyond the control of the
individual economics and the distribution of money, power, social policies,
and politics at the global, national, state, and local levels
Answer Social Determinants Of Health
2.provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving
the health of all Americans
Answer Healthy People 2020
3.measures that actively promote health, prevent illness and provide
protec- tion
Answer Primary Prevention
4.who is the target of primary prevention?
Answer essentially well population
5.what are some examples of primary prevention in PH?
Answer - annual vaccination
- health education at high schools
,6.early diagnosis and prompt interventions that limit disability -
identifies risks or hazards and modifies, removes or treats them before a
problem becomes more serious
Answer Secondary Prevention
7.who is the target of secondary prevention?
Answer populations that have risk factors in common
8.what are some examples of secondary prevention in PH?
Answer screening / testing
-BP
-Cholesterol
-Blood glucose
-STD
-pregnancy test
9.which LOP reduces impairments and disabilities, minimize suffering,
pro- mote adjustment to immediate condition and rehab
Answer Tertiary Prevention
10.who is the target of tertiary prevention?
Answer population in which a disease or injury has occurred
11.what are some examples of tertiary prevention
Answer teaching a diabetic patient to
,-exercise
-diet
-foot care
12.Core Functions of Public Health
Answer Assessment, Policy Development, Assur- ance
13.systemic data collection about a population including monitoring
popu- lation's health status and provide / disseminating info about the
health of community
Answer assessment
14.create policies that support health of the population through
leadership and research
Answer policy development
15.making sure that essential community-oriented health services are
avail- able
Answer assurance
16.collection of individuals who have one or more personal or
environmental characteristics in common
Answer populations
, 17.example of populations
Answer - people in the same neighborhood
- people on a sports team
- nursing students
- sorority
18.what a population focus is in PH nursing?
Answer diagnoses, interventions and treatments are carried out for
population
19.what does community as client refer to?
Answer nursing focus on collective or common good of population
20.Population assessment
Answer -a core function of PH
-process of thinking critically about population
-logical, systematic approach to identify community needs, clarify
problems, identify strengths and resources
-ongoing process
21.what is the primary goal of a community assessment?
Answer identify the health needs of a community
22.What are the steps to assess a population
Answer 1. gather relevant existing data
