NUR 452 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
community-oriented nursing - Answers - Clients are individuals, families, groups,
populations, or communities.
Major goal is to care for/preserve/protect/maintain the communities health
(COMMUNITY = CLIENT)
Looks at the population, not just a sick person (screening BP and someone has high
BP, look at what to do for that population/community)
Health promotion and disease prevention!! of populations/ communities (can include
acute and chronic illnesses). Often long-term relationships
outreach
community-oriented nursing examples - Answers - School health- asthmatic child med
administration, family for med refill, educate group of asthmatic students, buses idling
by playground (policy change to move)
mutual participation with community & provider (community as a partner)
the population—the homeless and their health care needs; refugees, prisoners, etc
community BASED nursing - Answers - Focus on illness care of individuals and family
Family or individual initiates the service
Goal: take care of individual with disease/illness
Manage acute and chronic illness in the community
community BASED nursing examples - Answers - taking care of someone with a
acute/chronic condition in somewhere other than a hospital (hospice, homecare, etc)
focus on individual or family only. A philosophy that guides family-centered illness care
provider driven
public health mission - Answers - To fulfill "society's interest in assuring conditions in
which persons can be healthy."
Public health is "the efforts, science, art and approaches used by all sectors of society
to assure, maintain, protect, promote and improve the health of the people."
,FOCUS: Promotion of quality of life
examples of the public health mission - Answers - Posting calories on restaurant
menus so people pick healthier options
Use green bikes instead of cars to get around
Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.
examples of the public health mission - Answers - Posting calories on restaurant
menus so people pick healthier options
Use green bikes instead of cars to get around
examples of public health influences - Answers - Safety and adequacy of food supplies
(inspections)
Provision of safe water (contaminated water can cause cancers)
Sewage disposal
Personal behavioral changes (eating too much/wrong food, drugs, smoking, not
exercising, etc. negative behaviors)
public health core functions - Answers - assessment, policy development, assurance
All core functions focus on promotion and prevention
public health core functions--assessment - Answers - 1. Monitor health status to
identify community health problems
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
public health core functions--policy development - Answers - 3. Inform, educate, and
empower people about health issues
4. Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
public health core functions--assurance - Answers - 6. Enforce laws and regulations
that protect health and assure safety
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health
care when otherwise unavailable
8. Assure a competent public health & personal healthcare workforce
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, & quality of personal and population-based
services
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
, Population based individual-focused practice - Answers - Changes knowledge,
attitudes, beliefs, practices, and behaviors of INDIVIDUALS
Alone, part of a family, class or group
Individuals receive services because they are identified as belonging to a population-at-
risk.
Population based community-focused practice - Answers - Goal: Improve population
health
Aims to change community norms, community attitudes, community awareness,
community practices, and community behaviors.
Population based system-focused practice - Answers - Changes organizations,
policies, laws, and power structures.
Often a more effective and long-lasting way to impact health than addressing
individuals.
3 P's of public health - Answers - Population
Prevention
Promotion
public health intervention: Surveillance - Answers - Describes and monitors health
events through ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health
data for the purpose of planning, implementing, and evaluating public health
interventions.
Public health intervention: Disease and other health event investigation - Answers -
Systematically gathers and analyzes data regarding threats to the health of populations,
ascertains the source of the threat, identifies cases and others at risk, and determines
control measures.
public health intervention: outreach - Answers - Locates populations of interest or
populations at risk and provides information about the nature of the concern, what can
be done about it, and how services can be obtained.
public health intervention: screening - Answers - Identifies individuals with
unrecognized health risk factors or asymptomatic disease conditions in populations.
public health intervention: case-finding - Answers - Locates individuals and families
with identified risk factors and connects them with resources
community-oriented nursing - Answers - Clients are individuals, families, groups,
populations, or communities.
Major goal is to care for/preserve/protect/maintain the communities health
(COMMUNITY = CLIENT)
Looks at the population, not just a sick person (screening BP and someone has high
BP, look at what to do for that population/community)
Health promotion and disease prevention!! of populations/ communities (can include
acute and chronic illnesses). Often long-term relationships
outreach
community-oriented nursing examples - Answers - School health- asthmatic child med
administration, family for med refill, educate group of asthmatic students, buses idling
by playground (policy change to move)
mutual participation with community & provider (community as a partner)
the population—the homeless and their health care needs; refugees, prisoners, etc
community BASED nursing - Answers - Focus on illness care of individuals and family
Family or individual initiates the service
Goal: take care of individual with disease/illness
Manage acute and chronic illness in the community
community BASED nursing examples - Answers - taking care of someone with a
acute/chronic condition in somewhere other than a hospital (hospice, homecare, etc)
focus on individual or family only. A philosophy that guides family-centered illness care
provider driven
public health mission - Answers - To fulfill "society's interest in assuring conditions in
which persons can be healthy."
Public health is "the efforts, science, art and approaches used by all sectors of society
to assure, maintain, protect, promote and improve the health of the people."
,FOCUS: Promotion of quality of life
examples of the public health mission - Answers - Posting calories on restaurant
menus so people pick healthier options
Use green bikes instead of cars to get around
Promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the community members.
examples of the public health mission - Answers - Posting calories on restaurant
menus so people pick healthier options
Use green bikes instead of cars to get around
examples of public health influences - Answers - Safety and adequacy of food supplies
(inspections)
Provision of safe water (contaminated water can cause cancers)
Sewage disposal
Personal behavioral changes (eating too much/wrong food, drugs, smoking, not
exercising, etc. negative behaviors)
public health core functions - Answers - assessment, policy development, assurance
All core functions focus on promotion and prevention
public health core functions--assessment - Answers - 1. Monitor health status to
identify community health problems
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
public health core functions--policy development - Answers - 3. Inform, educate, and
empower people about health issues
4. Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
public health core functions--assurance - Answers - 6. Enforce laws and regulations
that protect health and assure safety
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health
care when otherwise unavailable
8. Assure a competent public health & personal healthcare workforce
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, & quality of personal and population-based
services
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
, Population based individual-focused practice - Answers - Changes knowledge,
attitudes, beliefs, practices, and behaviors of INDIVIDUALS
Alone, part of a family, class or group
Individuals receive services because they are identified as belonging to a population-at-
risk.
Population based community-focused practice - Answers - Goal: Improve population
health
Aims to change community norms, community attitudes, community awareness,
community practices, and community behaviors.
Population based system-focused practice - Answers - Changes organizations,
policies, laws, and power structures.
Often a more effective and long-lasting way to impact health than addressing
individuals.
3 P's of public health - Answers - Population
Prevention
Promotion
public health intervention: Surveillance - Answers - Describes and monitors health
events through ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health
data for the purpose of planning, implementing, and evaluating public health
interventions.
Public health intervention: Disease and other health event investigation - Answers -
Systematically gathers and analyzes data regarding threats to the health of populations,
ascertains the source of the threat, identifies cases and others at risk, and determines
control measures.
public health intervention: outreach - Answers - Locates populations of interest or
populations at risk and provides information about the nature of the concern, what can
be done about it, and how services can be obtained.
public health intervention: screening - Answers - Identifies individuals with
unrecognized health risk factors or asymptomatic disease conditions in populations.
public health intervention: case-finding - Answers - Locates individuals and families
with identified risk factors and connects them with resources
