NR 442 Exam 1 – Accurate Solutions For Every
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the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome
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1 Outbreak 2 Community
What causes more than half of
3 4 Individual Level of Practice Example
Premature Deaths?
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Terms in this set (81)
Community - a group of people who share something in
common and interact with one another, who may
exhibit a commitment with one another and may
share a geographic boundary
- PRIMARY FOCUS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
, Public Health Intervention Wheel: - Community
Levels of Practice - Individual
- System
System/group Level of Practice community health nurse working with the state health
Example department and federal vaccine program to
coordinate a response to an outbreak of measles in a
migrant population.
Community/Population Level of public health nurses working with area high schools
Practice Example to give each student a profile of his or her health to
promote nutritional and physical activity lifestyle
changes to improve the student's health.
Individual Level of Practice Example nurse receives a referral to care for an individual with
a diagnosed mental illness who would require
regular monitoring of his medication compliance to
prevent rehospitalization
Core Functions of Public Health - assessment
- policy development
- assurance of availability
Primary Prevention - prevention of problem before it occurs
- immunization
Secondary Prevention - early detection and intervention
- screening for an STD
- for diseases that can be controlled
Tertiary Prevention - correction and prevention of deterioration of a
disease state
- teaching insulin administration at home
What is the main focus of Public PREVENTION
Health?
What is the main focus of Medicine? disease management and diagnosis
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Practice questions for this set
Learn 1 /7 Study using Learn
the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome
Choose an answer
1 Outbreak 2 Community
What causes more than half of
3 4 Individual Level of Practice Example
Premature Deaths?
Don't know?
Terms in this set (81)
Community - a group of people who share something in
common and interact with one another, who may
exhibit a commitment with one another and may
share a geographic boundary
- PRIMARY FOCUS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
, Public Health Intervention Wheel: - Community
Levels of Practice - Individual
- System
System/group Level of Practice community health nurse working with the state health
Example department and federal vaccine program to
coordinate a response to an outbreak of measles in a
migrant population.
Community/Population Level of public health nurses working with area high schools
Practice Example to give each student a profile of his or her health to
promote nutritional and physical activity lifestyle
changes to improve the student's health.
Individual Level of Practice Example nurse receives a referral to care for an individual with
a diagnosed mental illness who would require
regular monitoring of his medication compliance to
prevent rehospitalization
Core Functions of Public Health - assessment
- policy development
- assurance of availability
Primary Prevention - prevention of problem before it occurs
- immunization
Secondary Prevention - early detection and intervention
- screening for an STD
- for diseases that can be controlled
Tertiary Prevention - correction and prevention of deterioration of a
disease state
- teaching insulin administration at home
What is the main focus of Public PREVENTION
Health?
What is the main focus of Medicine? disease management and diagnosis
