Study Guide For Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting
the Health of Populations , 8th Edition Mary A. Nies, Melanie
McEwen Chapter 1-34 All Chapters || Complete A+ Guide
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,Study Guide For Community/Public Health Nursing:
Promoting the Health of Populations , 8th Edition
Mary A. Nies, Melanie McEwen Chapter 1-34 All
Chapters || Complete A+ Guide
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Which nursing intervention was NOT part of Nightingale's approach?
Understanding the community's It forced governments to take more
health needs through data and staff responsibility for controlling the
perceptions. spread of diseases.
Completing a community A community is defined as a group
assessment of the army of persons who share a common
hospital. identity and environment.
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What is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S.?
, The health care needs of Reducing these factors can lead to
unemployed and homeless lower health care costs.
individuals.
In 2010, about two-thirds of active
Smoking, accounting for about
physicians in the U.S. were
one out of every five deaths.
specialists.
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What is a limitation of the Health Belief Model regarding health
resources?
It assumes that all individuals
Applying knowledge to assess risks
have access to necessary
and identify health hazards.
health resources.
They believed in spontaneous
It refers to the ability to apply
generation and were unaware of
knowledge to new situations.
how diseases spread.
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