NSG 505 EXAM 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
principles of a public health nurse - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅population focused, they seek out patients,
prevention vs. illness
public health nurses in action - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-client or "unit of care" is the population
-primary obligation is to achieve greatest good for greates number of people or population as a whole
-collaborate with client as an equal partner
-primary prevention is priority in selecting activities
-strategies that create healthy environment, social, and economic condition in which populations may
thrive
-obligated to actively identify and reach out to all who might benefit from a specific activity or service
-optimal use of available resources and creation of new EBS
-collaborate
community - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅collection of people who interact with one another and whose
common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity of belonging
geopoliitcal/geographic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅defined by a physical area
can be defined on a map
common interest/ phenomenological - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅defined by shared interests and goals
ex: elementary school families, GEM cohort 24
community of solution - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅defined by problem or issue of importance
problem oriented, solution driven
ex: consortium to lower obesity in chicago, save the children
primary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅o Target population: at risk
, o Strategies :Vector control,Prevention of transmission by organ transplantation, Prevention of
accidental transmission
o Responsible sectors: Public health, Primary health care, Other sectors
o Intervention objectives: Prevent the transmission of he disease
Secondary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅o Target population: early/asymptomatic disease
o Strategies: Screening, Case finding, Early intervention, Antiparasitic treatment, Periodic health
examination
o Responsible sectors: Primary health care, Public health
o Intervention objectives: Prevent or inhibit disease in cases where infection has occurred
tertiary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅o Target population: established disease
o Strategies: Antiparasitic treatment, Symptomatic treatment, Pharmacological interventions, Non-
pharm interventions, Management of complications, Continuing care
o Responsible sectors: Specialist services, Hospital care
oIntervention objectives: Prevent morbidity and mortality once disease is established
early home care: mary seacole and florence nightangale - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅focus was to reduce
suffering and promote healing
nightangale model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅principles presented in notes of nursing related to the
environment of patients
need for keen observation
focus on the whole patient rather than the disease
a standard for proper education and supervision of nurses in practice
mary seacole - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅helped populations experiencing tropical disease mainly cholera
went on her won and opened a hotel for sick soldiers
focus care giving on highest risk patients
principles of a public health nurse - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅population focused, they seek out patients,
prevention vs. illness
public health nurses in action - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-client or "unit of care" is the population
-primary obligation is to achieve greatest good for greates number of people or population as a whole
-collaborate with client as an equal partner
-primary prevention is priority in selecting activities
-strategies that create healthy environment, social, and economic condition in which populations may
thrive
-obligated to actively identify and reach out to all who might benefit from a specific activity or service
-optimal use of available resources and creation of new EBS
-collaborate
community - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅collection of people who interact with one another and whose
common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity of belonging
geopoliitcal/geographic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅defined by a physical area
can be defined on a map
common interest/ phenomenological - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅defined by shared interests and goals
ex: elementary school families, GEM cohort 24
community of solution - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅defined by problem or issue of importance
problem oriented, solution driven
ex: consortium to lower obesity in chicago, save the children
primary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅o Target population: at risk
, o Strategies :Vector control,Prevention of transmission by organ transplantation, Prevention of
accidental transmission
o Responsible sectors: Public health, Primary health care, Other sectors
o Intervention objectives: Prevent the transmission of he disease
Secondary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅o Target population: early/asymptomatic disease
o Strategies: Screening, Case finding, Early intervention, Antiparasitic treatment, Periodic health
examination
o Responsible sectors: Primary health care, Public health
o Intervention objectives: Prevent or inhibit disease in cases where infection has occurred
tertiary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅o Target population: established disease
o Strategies: Antiparasitic treatment, Symptomatic treatment, Pharmacological interventions, Non-
pharm interventions, Management of complications, Continuing care
o Responsible sectors: Specialist services, Hospital care
oIntervention objectives: Prevent morbidity and mortality once disease is established
early home care: mary seacole and florence nightangale - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅focus was to reduce
suffering and promote healing
nightangale model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅principles presented in notes of nursing related to the
environment of patients
need for keen observation
focus on the whole patient rather than the disease
a standard for proper education and supervision of nurses in practice
mary seacole - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅helped populations experiencing tropical disease mainly cholera
went on her won and opened a hotel for sick soldiers
focus care giving on highest risk patients
