ATI Community Health Proctored Exam Questions and Answers (2022/2023) (Verified Answers)

• ATI Community Health • Community Health Nursing Theories • - Nightingale's Theory of Environment • - Health Belief Model • - Likelihood of Taking Action Factors - *Nightingale's Theory of Environment*: Focuses on impact of a person's environment on their health. Focus in on preventative care (washing hands, clean environment). • • *Health Belief Model*: Assumes a persons primary motivation in taking positive health actions is to avoid getting a disease. • • *Likelihood of taking action is based on*: • 1. Modifying variables (age, gender, race, economy, education) • 2. Perceived severity and susceptibility of getting the disease • 3. Perceived benefits vs. barriers of taking action • 4. Cues to action (i.e. advice of doctor, media campaign) • • Community-Based Nursing versus Community-Oriented Nursing - The community or population is the "client" in community health nursing. • • *Community-Based Nursing*: Focused on ILLNESS care (acute or chronic conditions) for individuals and families. • - Examples: Home Health nurse doing wound care, School nurse administering epi-pen. • • *Community-Oriented Nursing: Focused on improving the collective health of the community. • - Examples: Health education and promotion, disease prevention activities. No illness care! Community-oriented nursing = public health nursing. • • Community Health Nursing versus Public Health Nursing - *Community Health Nursing*: Delivers health care services to individuals, families, and groups. Includes community-based nursing (illness care for individuals and families) AND community-oriented nursing (community focused care, with an emphasis on education and disease prevention). • • *Public Health Nursing*: Disease prevention and health promotion of communities and populations. They re not providing direct care to individuals! Public health nursing = community-oriented nursing. • • Four Ethical Principles in Community Health Nursing • - Respect for Autonomy • - Non-Maleficence • - Beneficence • - Distributive Justice - *Respect for Authority*: Respect a patient's right to self-determination. •