NURS 3720 Quiz 1 Study Guide with
Complete Answers.
Community health nurse - Answer - Refers to type of practice
- Provides care to individuals and communities with the goal of impacting community health
- Provides secondary and tertiary care in a home setting, school nurses, and nurses in clinic
settings (any nurse who does not practice in an institutional setting)
Community oriented (population focused) public health nursing - Answer - Population focused
strategies
-Problems are defined (by assessments or diagnoses), and solutions (interventions), such as
policy development or providing a particular preventive service, are implemented for or with a
defined population or subpopulation
Community based nursing - Answer - Refers to the location of practice
- Provision of personal care to individuals and families in the community
- The emphasis is acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and
continuous services
Education for public health nursing - Answer BSN Is recommended at all levels of practice
Masters (and doctoral) is recommended to specialize in public health
Vision of public health in America - Answer Healthy people in healthy communities
Mission of public health in America - Answer Promote physical and mental health and prevent
disease, injury, and disability
List the characteristics of public health (11) - Answer 1. Population focused- primary emphasis
is on populations whose members are free-living in the community as opposed to those who
are institutionalized
2. Community oriented- There is concern for the connection between the health status of the
population and the environment in which the population lives.
3. Health and preventive focus- primary emphasis on strategies for health promotion, health
maintenance, and disease prevention, particularly primary and secondary prevention
4. Interventions are made at the community or population level- Target populations are defined
as those living in a particular geographic area or those who have particular characteristics in
common and political processes are used as a major intervention strategy to affect public policy
and achieve goals
5. Prevents epidemics and the spread of disease
, 6. Protects against environmental hazards
7. Prevents injuries
8. Promotes and encourages healthy behaviors
9. Responds to disasters and assists communities in recovery
10. Ensures the quality and accessibility of health services
11. There is a concern for the health of all members of the population/community, particularly
vulnerable subpopulations
Public health core functions - Answer Assessment, policy development, assurance
Assessment - Answer Refers to systematically collecting data on the population, monitoring
the population's health status, and making information available about the health fo the
community
Policy development - Answer Refers to the need to provide leadership in developing policies
that support the health of the population, including the use of scientific knowledge base in
making decisions about policy
Assurance - Answer - Refers to the role of public health in ensuring that essential community
oriented health services are available, which may include providing essential personal health
services for those who would otherwise not receive them.
- Also refers to making sure that a competent public health and personal health care workforce
is available
Levels of prevention - Answer Population based health care services
Clinical preventive services: Primary, secondary, tertiary
Primary - Answer prevention
Secondary - Answer Early detection
Tertiary - Answer Rehabilitation and long term management to prevent further complications
Community - Answer A social network of interacting individuals, usually concentrated in a
defined territory
Population (aggregate) - Answer - Smaller divisions of a community
Complete Answers.
Community health nurse - Answer - Refers to type of practice
- Provides care to individuals and communities with the goal of impacting community health
- Provides secondary and tertiary care in a home setting, school nurses, and nurses in clinic
settings (any nurse who does not practice in an institutional setting)
Community oriented (population focused) public health nursing - Answer - Population focused
strategies
-Problems are defined (by assessments or diagnoses), and solutions (interventions), such as
policy development or providing a particular preventive service, are implemented for or with a
defined population or subpopulation
Community based nursing - Answer - Refers to the location of practice
- Provision of personal care to individuals and families in the community
- The emphasis is acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and
continuous services
Education for public health nursing - Answer BSN Is recommended at all levels of practice
Masters (and doctoral) is recommended to specialize in public health
Vision of public health in America - Answer Healthy people in healthy communities
Mission of public health in America - Answer Promote physical and mental health and prevent
disease, injury, and disability
List the characteristics of public health (11) - Answer 1. Population focused- primary emphasis
is on populations whose members are free-living in the community as opposed to those who
are institutionalized
2. Community oriented- There is concern for the connection between the health status of the
population and the environment in which the population lives.
3. Health and preventive focus- primary emphasis on strategies for health promotion, health
maintenance, and disease prevention, particularly primary and secondary prevention
4. Interventions are made at the community or population level- Target populations are defined
as those living in a particular geographic area or those who have particular characteristics in
common and political processes are used as a major intervention strategy to affect public policy
and achieve goals
5. Prevents epidemics and the spread of disease
, 6. Protects against environmental hazards
7. Prevents injuries
8. Promotes and encourages healthy behaviors
9. Responds to disasters and assists communities in recovery
10. Ensures the quality and accessibility of health services
11. There is a concern for the health of all members of the population/community, particularly
vulnerable subpopulations
Public health core functions - Answer Assessment, policy development, assurance
Assessment - Answer Refers to systematically collecting data on the population, monitoring
the population's health status, and making information available about the health fo the
community
Policy development - Answer Refers to the need to provide leadership in developing policies
that support the health of the population, including the use of scientific knowledge base in
making decisions about policy
Assurance - Answer - Refers to the role of public health in ensuring that essential community
oriented health services are available, which may include providing essential personal health
services for those who would otherwise not receive them.
- Also refers to making sure that a competent public health and personal health care workforce
is available
Levels of prevention - Answer Population based health care services
Clinical preventive services: Primary, secondary, tertiary
Primary - Answer prevention
Secondary - Answer Early detection
Tertiary - Answer Rehabilitation and long term management to prevent further complications
Community - Answer A social network of interacting individuals, usually concentrated in a
defined territory
Population (aggregate) - Answer - Smaller divisions of a community
