NSG 411 - Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Systems thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - studies how an individual, or unit, interacts
with other organizations or systems
- useful in examining cause and effect relationships
upstream thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - used to focus noninterventions that promote
health or prevent illness, as opposed to medical treatment models that focus on care after an
individual becomes ill
Nightingale's Environmental Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - - relationship between an
individual's environment and health
- depicts health as a continuum
- emphasizes preventative care
Health Belief Model - CORRECT ANSWER - - predict or explain health behaviors
- assumes that preventative health behaviors are taken primarily for the purpose of avoiding
disease
- change at the INDIVIDUAL level
- taking action to avoid decision based on: perceived susceptibility, modifying factors, cues to
action, etc.
Milio's framework for prevention - CORRECT ANSWER - - completes the health belief
model
- change at the COMMUNITY level
- identifies relationship between health deficits and availability of heath promoting resources
- behavior changes within a large # of people can ultimately lead to social change
,Pender's Health promotion Model - CORRECT ANSWER - - similar to health belief
model
- does NOT consider health risk as a factor that provokes change
- examines factors that affect individual actions to promote and protect health
determinants of health - CORRECT ANSWER - factors that influence clients health:
nutrition, stress, education, the environment, etc.
health indicators - CORRECT ANSWER - describe the health status of a community and
serve as targets for the improvement of a community's health: mortality rates, disease prevalence,
levels of physical activity, obesity, substance use)
Nurses - CORRECT ANSWER - those who determine a community's health by examining
the degree to which the community's collective health needs are identified and met
Community - CORRECT ANSWER - a group of people and institutions that share
geographic, civic, and/or social parameters
- have some common characteristics
- are bounded by time
- interact with one another
who is the "client" in community health nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER - the community
or a population (an aggregate who shares one or more personal characteristics) within a
community
(the client in ______ nursing?)
Community health nursing involves what 2 things? - CORRECT ANSWER - a synthesis
or nursing and public health theory
(these are involved to make what?)
, public health nursing is _______ focused and involves a combination of what? - CORRECT
ANSWER - population focused, combination or nursing knowledge along with social and
public health sciences
policy development - CORRECT ANSWER - developing laws and practices to promote
the health of a population based on scientific evidence
assurance - CORRECT ANSWER - making sure adequate health care personnel and
services are accessible, especially to those who might not normally have them
population-focused nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - assessing to determine needs,
intervening to protect and promote health, and preventing disease within a specific population
(this is what kind of nursing?)
clients are responsible for their own health. true or false? - CORRECT ANSWER - true.
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of health related trends in populations
for the purposes of disease prevention, health maintenance, and health protection
- it involves the study of the relationship among an agent, host and environment
primary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER - - nutrition education
- family planning and sex education
- smoking cessation education
- prenatal classes
- providing immunizations
- safety educated
secondary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER - early detection and treatment of disease
with the goal of limits severity and adverse effects
- screenings
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Systems thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - studies how an individual, or unit, interacts
with other organizations or systems
- useful in examining cause and effect relationships
upstream thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - used to focus noninterventions that promote
health or prevent illness, as opposed to medical treatment models that focus on care after an
individual becomes ill
Nightingale's Environmental Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - - relationship between an
individual's environment and health
- depicts health as a continuum
- emphasizes preventative care
Health Belief Model - CORRECT ANSWER - - predict or explain health behaviors
- assumes that preventative health behaviors are taken primarily for the purpose of avoiding
disease
- change at the INDIVIDUAL level
- taking action to avoid decision based on: perceived susceptibility, modifying factors, cues to
action, etc.
Milio's framework for prevention - CORRECT ANSWER - - completes the health belief
model
- change at the COMMUNITY level
- identifies relationship between health deficits and availability of heath promoting resources
- behavior changes within a large # of people can ultimately lead to social change
,Pender's Health promotion Model - CORRECT ANSWER - - similar to health belief
model
- does NOT consider health risk as a factor that provokes change
- examines factors that affect individual actions to promote and protect health
determinants of health - CORRECT ANSWER - factors that influence clients health:
nutrition, stress, education, the environment, etc.
health indicators - CORRECT ANSWER - describe the health status of a community and
serve as targets for the improvement of a community's health: mortality rates, disease prevalence,
levels of physical activity, obesity, substance use)
Nurses - CORRECT ANSWER - those who determine a community's health by examining
the degree to which the community's collective health needs are identified and met
Community - CORRECT ANSWER - a group of people and institutions that share
geographic, civic, and/or social parameters
- have some common characteristics
- are bounded by time
- interact with one another
who is the "client" in community health nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER - the community
or a population (an aggregate who shares one or more personal characteristics) within a
community
(the client in ______ nursing?)
Community health nursing involves what 2 things? - CORRECT ANSWER - a synthesis
or nursing and public health theory
(these are involved to make what?)
, public health nursing is _______ focused and involves a combination of what? - CORRECT
ANSWER - population focused, combination or nursing knowledge along with social and
public health sciences
policy development - CORRECT ANSWER - developing laws and practices to promote
the health of a population based on scientific evidence
assurance - CORRECT ANSWER - making sure adequate health care personnel and
services are accessible, especially to those who might not normally have them
population-focused nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - assessing to determine needs,
intervening to protect and promote health, and preventing disease within a specific population
(this is what kind of nursing?)
clients are responsible for their own health. true or false? - CORRECT ANSWER - true.
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of health related trends in populations
for the purposes of disease prevention, health maintenance, and health protection
- it involves the study of the relationship among an agent, host and environment
primary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER - - nutrition education
- family planning and sex education
- smoking cessation education
- prenatal classes
- providing immunizations
- safety educated
secondary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER - early detection and treatment of disease
with the goal of limits severity and adverse effects
- screenings
