Nursing
Community/Public Health Nursing - answer ___ is the synthesis of nursing practice
and public health practice
populations - answer Community/Public Health Nursing has the major goal to
preserve the health of the community and surrounding ___
maintence - answer Community/Public Health Nursing focuses on health promotion,
prevention, and health ___
risk - answer Community/Public Health Nursing is associated with health and
identification of populations at ___ rather than an episodic response to patient demand
-preventing disease
-prolonging life
-promoting health through organized community efforts to benefit each citizen - answer
public health is described as the art and science of what 3 things
Health Care Reform - answer ___ is defined as the costs of caring for the sick which
account for the majority of escalating health care dollars, which increased from 5.7% of
the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.8% in 2015
health-oriented - answer Community/public health nurses are in a position to assist
the U.S. health care system to transition from being disease-oriented to a ___ system
public health - answer the mission of ___ is social justice, which entitles all people to
basic necessities such as adequate income and health protection and accepts collective
burdens to make this possible.
Health Expenditures - answer ___ is the total amount spent on healthcare by a
country.
below - answer despite high hospital and physician expenditures, U.S. health
indicators such as life expectancy and infant mortality rate remain considerably ___ the
health indicators of many other countries
poorer - answer the health status of the population within the US varies markedly
across the areas of the country and among groups. For example, the economically
disadvantaged and many cultural and ethnic groups have ___ overall health status
compared with middle-class caucasians
, -health promotion
-preventive - answer the decline in the percentage of nurses employed in hospitals
and the subsequent increase in nurses employed community setting suggest a shift in
focus from illness and institutional based care to ____ and ____ care
Individual, families, and groups - answer the major goal of community/public health
nursing is to preserve the health of the community and surrounding populations by
focusing on health promotion and health maintenance of ___, ___, and ___ within a
community
social justic - answer the mission of public health is ___, which entitles all people the
basic necessities such as adequate income and health protection and accepts collective
burdens to make it possible
Societies - answer public health assumes that it is ___ responsibility to meet the
basic need of the people. thus there is a greater need for public funding of prevention
efforts to enhance the health of our population
health - answer ___ is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Social Health - answer ___ is positive interaction among groups within the
community, with an emphasis on health promotion and illness prevention
social health - answer -food banks
-violence prevention programs
these are examples of ___
community - answer ___ is a collection of people who interact with one another and
whose common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity and
belonging. more local
public health - answer ___ is a community-wide effort to monitor and promote the
welfare of the population. much broader
Healthy People 2020 - answer ___ is a set of disease prevention and health
promotion objectives for Americans to meet during the second decade of the new
millennium.
-physical environment
-social environment
-individual behavior
-health services