Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
identification of needs and the protection and improvement of collective health within a
geographically defined area - CORRECT ANSWER - community health
Activities that society undertakes to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy -
CORRECT ANSWER - Public health
nursing that is community based and population focused - CORRECT ANSWER - public
health nursing
use of assessment data to develop policy and direct resources toward those policies - CORRECT
ANSWER - policy development
Availability of necessary services throughout the community - CORRECT ANSWER -
assurance
three types of community - CORRECT ANSWER - geographic, common interest,
community of solution
All people occupying an area or all those who share one or more characterisitc - CORRECT
ANSWER - population
all efforts to seek to move people closer to optimal wellbeing or higher levels of wellness -
CORRECT ANSWER - Health promotion
All efforts that seek to move people closer to optimal well-being or higher levels of wellness -
CORRECT ANSWER - Promotion of health
, Anticipating or averting problems or discovering them as early as possible to minimize potential
disability and impairment (primary, secondary, tertiary) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Promotion of health problems
four stages of community health nursing development - CORRECT ANSWER - Early
home care (early 1800s) - reduce suffering, promote wellbeing
District nursing (mid-1800s-1900) - home visits
Public health nursing (1900-1970) - Lilian Wald - health and welfare of general public
Community health nursing (1970-now) - Margret Sanger - Birth control
Nursing care directed to improving the potential health of a family or any of its members -
CORRECT ANSWER - family health nursing
Adding new members or increase in relationships in the family - CORRECT ANSWER -
Expansion
Leaving of family members, starting own lives or dying - CORRECT ANSWER -
contraction
The acquired knowledge that family members use to interpret their experiences and to generate
behaviors that influence family structure and function - CORRECT ANSWER - Family
culture
Three components of home visits - CORRECT ANSWER - pre-visit preparation
(assessment and planning)
Actual visit (implementation)
Documentation and planning for next visit (evaluation)
Family as a unit of interacting personalities: communication, roles, conflict, coping, etc. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Interactional framework