nurs382 exam 1 Questions and Answers
Graded A+
community oriented nursing - Correct answer--goal=to prevent disease/disability,
and to preserve, promote, maintain health
-primary focus is health care of community or populations
*provide healthcare to promote QoL*
-includes public health nursing
community based nursing - Correct answer--goal=to manage acute and chronic
health conditions in community
*illness oriented*
public health - Correct answer--includes study of epidemiology, stats, assessment,
program planning and policy development
-what society collectively does to ensure that conditions exist in which people can
be healthy
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,3 public health core functions - Correct answer-assessment, policy development,
assurance
-are achieved when nurses work in partnerships with others (nations, states,
communities, organizations, groups, individuals)
assessment - Correct answer--systematic data collection on population, monitoring
pop's health status, and making info about health of the community available
-includes Mcfarlane Model
-a public health core function
policy development - Correct answer--developing policies that support heath of
population though leadership and research
-a public health core function
assurance - Correct answer--making sure that essential community-oriented health
services are available
-a public health core function
outcomes of public health practice - Correct answer--health promotion,health
protection, illness prevention
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, health promotion - Correct answer--activities designed to promote the overall
health of the population
-an outcomes of public health practice
-level of wellness (Everyone's is different) --> can be paraplegic and have
wellness)
health protection - Correct answer--minimization of health risks arising from the
environment.
-an outcomes of public health practice
illness prevention - Correct answer--activities designed to prevent the occurrence
of specific health problems.
-an outcomes of public health practice
primary prevention - Correct answer--Action taken prior to occurrence of health
problems and directed toward avoiding their occurrence.
-Exercise, eating right,
**vaccination, immunizations**
secondary prevention - Correct answer--early identification and treatment of
existing health problems
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Graded A+
community oriented nursing - Correct answer--goal=to prevent disease/disability,
and to preserve, promote, maintain health
-primary focus is health care of community or populations
*provide healthcare to promote QoL*
-includes public health nursing
community based nursing - Correct answer--goal=to manage acute and chronic
health conditions in community
*illness oriented*
public health - Correct answer--includes study of epidemiology, stats, assessment,
program planning and policy development
-what society collectively does to ensure that conditions exist in which people can
be healthy
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,3 public health core functions - Correct answer-assessment, policy development,
assurance
-are achieved when nurses work in partnerships with others (nations, states,
communities, organizations, groups, individuals)
assessment - Correct answer--systematic data collection on population, monitoring
pop's health status, and making info about health of the community available
-includes Mcfarlane Model
-a public health core function
policy development - Correct answer--developing policies that support heath of
population though leadership and research
-a public health core function
assurance - Correct answer--making sure that essential community-oriented health
services are available
-a public health core function
outcomes of public health practice - Correct answer--health promotion,health
protection, illness prevention
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, health promotion - Correct answer--activities designed to promote the overall
health of the population
-an outcomes of public health practice
-level of wellness (Everyone's is different) --> can be paraplegic and have
wellness)
health protection - Correct answer--minimization of health risks arising from the
environment.
-an outcomes of public health practice
illness prevention - Correct answer--activities designed to prevent the occurrence
of specific health problems.
-an outcomes of public health practice
primary prevention - Correct answer--Action taken prior to occurrence of health
problems and directed toward avoiding their occurrence.
-Exercise, eating right,
**vaccination, immunizations**
secondary prevention - Correct answer--early identification and treatment of
existing health problems
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