NUR 471 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS RATED A+ NEWLY
UPDATED 2025
Q: What is acute care nursing primarily concerned with?
A: Focuses on the direct care of individual patients, typically addressing acute
illness or injury. It emphasizes the treatment end of the health spectrum.
Q: What defines public health nursing?
A: It involves a broader approach to care that targets populations. The main goal is
disease prevention and the promotion of higher levels of wellness in communities.
Q: What are the key elements of public health practice according to the
American Public Health Association (APHA)?
A:
Prioritizing the health needs of entire populations, with special attention to
underserved or vulnerable subgroups
Conducting thorough and systematic assessments of population health
Addressing a wide range of health influences (social, economic,
environmental)
Focusing on preventing illness before it occurs
Implementing strategies at individual, community, and policy levels
Q: How is a community defined in the context of public health?
A: A group of people connected by shared interests, social bonds, cultural values,
geographic location, or collective goals.
, Q: What does "community health" refer to?
A: It is the overall health status of a specific population group and the collective
efforts made to protect, improve, and sustain that group’s well-being.
Community of solution - ANSWERS✔✔group of people who come together to
solve a problem that affects all of them.
Physical boundaries have no impact on this community type.
Example of community of solution - ANSWERS✔✔Design prevention of drug use
for high school aged kids.
health continuum - ANSWERS✔✔A dynamic model that illustrates the full range
of health between the extremes of illness on one end and wellness on the other end.
Primary level of prevention - ANSWERS✔✔Keep illness or injury from occurring.
Person doesn't have the illness, prevention.
Secondary level of prevention - ANSWERS✔✔Efforts to detect and treat existing
disease in high risk populations, pap-smear for someone with familial history of
cervical cancer.
Tertiary level of prevention - ANSWERS✔✔Reduce the extent and severity of a
health problem, to minimize disability and restore function, prevent recurrence.
Illness is present, trying to fix it and minimize complications. Drug rehab, spinal
cord injury PT.
3 core public health functions - ANSWERS✔✔Assessment, policy development
and assurance
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS RATED A+ NEWLY
UPDATED 2025
Q: What is acute care nursing primarily concerned with?
A: Focuses on the direct care of individual patients, typically addressing acute
illness or injury. It emphasizes the treatment end of the health spectrum.
Q: What defines public health nursing?
A: It involves a broader approach to care that targets populations. The main goal is
disease prevention and the promotion of higher levels of wellness in communities.
Q: What are the key elements of public health practice according to the
American Public Health Association (APHA)?
A:
Prioritizing the health needs of entire populations, with special attention to
underserved or vulnerable subgroups
Conducting thorough and systematic assessments of population health
Addressing a wide range of health influences (social, economic,
environmental)
Focusing on preventing illness before it occurs
Implementing strategies at individual, community, and policy levels
Q: How is a community defined in the context of public health?
A: A group of people connected by shared interests, social bonds, cultural values,
geographic location, or collective goals.
, Q: What does "community health" refer to?
A: It is the overall health status of a specific population group and the collective
efforts made to protect, improve, and sustain that group’s well-being.
Community of solution - ANSWERS✔✔group of people who come together to
solve a problem that affects all of them.
Physical boundaries have no impact on this community type.
Example of community of solution - ANSWERS✔✔Design prevention of drug use
for high school aged kids.
health continuum - ANSWERS✔✔A dynamic model that illustrates the full range
of health between the extremes of illness on one end and wellness on the other end.
Primary level of prevention - ANSWERS✔✔Keep illness or injury from occurring.
Person doesn't have the illness, prevention.
Secondary level of prevention - ANSWERS✔✔Efforts to detect and treat existing
disease in high risk populations, pap-smear for someone with familial history of
cervical cancer.
Tertiary level of prevention - ANSWERS✔✔Reduce the extent and severity of a
health problem, to minimize disability and restore function, prevent recurrence.
Illness is present, trying to fix it and minimize complications. Drug rehab, spinal
cord injury PT.
3 core public health functions - ANSWERS✔✔Assessment, policy development
and assurance
