NURS 287 MIDTERM ACTUAL
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the science of nursing? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The process of pursuing and
applying knowledge related to nursing practice. Knowledge is always changing and
developing.
How have historical events influenced public health practice? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅They have shifted the public health system away from just treating illnesses
and put a lot of focus on promoting health and preventing illness.
What are the 4 ethical principles? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Respect for autonomy,
nonmaleficence (more important not to harm that to do good), Beneficence (actions that
promote well being of others), distributive justice.
What are the 6 functions of public health? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1.Health protection
2. Health surveillance
3. Disease and injury prevention
4.population health assessment
5. Health promotion
6. Emergency preparedness and response
What are the goals of the public health system? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅As a nation we
aspire to a Canada in which every person is as healthy as they can be - physically, mentally,
emotionally, and spiritually.
Basic needs are met ( social and physical environment)
Belonging and engagement
Healthy living
A system for health
, What does health Canada do? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Federal department responsible
for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choice
and circumstance.
What does the public health Act do? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Provides a framework that
helps the province anticipate and respond to public health emergencies and other provincial
public health functions.
Health Inequity vs health disparity? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Health inequity- unequal
distribution of resources that contribute to or cause health disparities.
Health disparity- disproportionate burden of disease on a particular population
What is population health? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Understanding and addressing the
factors that underlie illness or good health.
What is public health? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The organized efforts of society to
improve the health and well-being and to reduce inequalities in health.
What does the public health agency of Canada do? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Created in
response to growing concerns about the capacity of Canada's public health system
What are the goals of population health? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Social
Justice...Improve health of population and decrease health status inequalities.
What is the population health approach? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Focuses on
interrelated conditions and factors that influence the health of populations, identify systematic
variations in their patterns of occurrence, and applies knowledge to improve the health of the
population.
How does health Canada take action on health inequalities? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Via public health agency, public health act
What are the components of the "process steps" in the population health approach? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Analysis of health issue- priority setting-taking action-
evaluating results
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the science of nursing? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The process of pursuing and
applying knowledge related to nursing practice. Knowledge is always changing and
developing.
How have historical events influenced public health practice? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅They have shifted the public health system away from just treating illnesses
and put a lot of focus on promoting health and preventing illness.
What are the 4 ethical principles? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Respect for autonomy,
nonmaleficence (more important not to harm that to do good), Beneficence (actions that
promote well being of others), distributive justice.
What are the 6 functions of public health? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1.Health protection
2. Health surveillance
3. Disease and injury prevention
4.population health assessment
5. Health promotion
6. Emergency preparedness and response
What are the goals of the public health system? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅As a nation we
aspire to a Canada in which every person is as healthy as they can be - physically, mentally,
emotionally, and spiritually.
Basic needs are met ( social and physical environment)
Belonging and engagement
Healthy living
A system for health
, What does health Canada do? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Federal department responsible
for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choice
and circumstance.
What does the public health Act do? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Provides a framework that
helps the province anticipate and respond to public health emergencies and other provincial
public health functions.
Health Inequity vs health disparity? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Health inequity- unequal
distribution of resources that contribute to or cause health disparities.
Health disparity- disproportionate burden of disease on a particular population
What is population health? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Understanding and addressing the
factors that underlie illness or good health.
What is public health? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The organized efforts of society to
improve the health and well-being and to reduce inequalities in health.
What does the public health agency of Canada do? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Created in
response to growing concerns about the capacity of Canada's public health system
What are the goals of population health? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Social
Justice...Improve health of population and decrease health status inequalities.
What is the population health approach? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Focuses on
interrelated conditions and factors that influence the health of populations, identify systematic
variations in their patterns of occurrence, and applies knowledge to improve the health of the
population.
How does health Canada take action on health inequalities? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Via public health agency, public health act
What are the components of the "process steps" in the population health approach? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Analysis of health issue- priority setting-taking action-
evaluating results
