NUR 421 Community Test 1 with complete
solutions
What is another name for public health nursing? - ANSWER- Community Nursing
What is a community? - ANSWER- Town, a city, group of people who live together
with usually a similar interest
What do people in a community share? - ANSWER- Interests, goals, and attitudes
Can you have overlapping communities? Example? - ANSWER- Yes. For
example: we are a member of Marshall and we are a member of the SON
3 Types of Community - ANSWER- Geographic (same area)
Common Interest
Community of Solution (working to solve a problem)
Community Based Nursing vs. Community Oriented Nursing - ANSWER- CBN:
Focus on illness care of individuals (1 on 1) MANAGES illness
CON: Focus on promoting health care to entire community. PREVENTS AND
PROTECTS health
Healthy People 2020 - ANSWER- Started in the 2,000
Reevaluated every 10 years
42 Areas
Primary Prevention examples - ANSWER- vaccinations
education
safety devices in elderly's home
Remember: this is prevention and an emphasis with community nursing
HP2020 Goals - ANSWER- Attaining high-quality and longer healthy lives
Achieving health equity & eliminating health disparities
, Promote quality of life
Secondary Prevention examples - ANSWER- HTN screenings, Mammograms, TB
testing, drug screenings, pap smears
Remember: these detect and treat existing diseases
Tertiary Prevention examples - ANSWER- Post CVA rehab, drug rehab, AA/NA
Remember: these prevent disability and restore/maximize function
Ancient Babylonians - ANSWER- Understood need for hygiene and had some
medical skills
Egyptians - ANSWER- Variety of pharmaceutical stuff, public drainage systems
Ancient Greek - ANSWER- concerned with cleanliness, exercise, diet, and
sanitation
Classic Romans - ANSWER- Regulation of medical practice and punishment for
negligence. Paid visits to sick
Christianity - ANSWER- It is a responsibility to care for others
Middle Ages Public Health - ANSWER- Walled in cities created crowding and poor
sanitation
Renaissance Public Health - ANSWER- **Elizabeathan Poor Law** human dignity
and worth
Industrial Revolution Public Health - ANSWER- family and friends for health care
structure wasn't enough. Developed nursing care institutions and homes
Elizabethan Poor Law - ANSWER- During the medieval times. England provided
medical and nursing care to poor and disabled
What is an almshouse? - ANSWER- Housing established for poor/homeless
people
When was the set back in nursing and why? - ANSWER- Late 1600s to mid 1800s.
Religious people couldn't care for the sick anymore. High mortality rates (TB,
yellow fever), mental illness had extremely poor care.
solutions
What is another name for public health nursing? - ANSWER- Community Nursing
What is a community? - ANSWER- Town, a city, group of people who live together
with usually a similar interest
What do people in a community share? - ANSWER- Interests, goals, and attitudes
Can you have overlapping communities? Example? - ANSWER- Yes. For
example: we are a member of Marshall and we are a member of the SON
3 Types of Community - ANSWER- Geographic (same area)
Common Interest
Community of Solution (working to solve a problem)
Community Based Nursing vs. Community Oriented Nursing - ANSWER- CBN:
Focus on illness care of individuals (1 on 1) MANAGES illness
CON: Focus on promoting health care to entire community. PREVENTS AND
PROTECTS health
Healthy People 2020 - ANSWER- Started in the 2,000
Reevaluated every 10 years
42 Areas
Primary Prevention examples - ANSWER- vaccinations
education
safety devices in elderly's home
Remember: this is prevention and an emphasis with community nursing
HP2020 Goals - ANSWER- Attaining high-quality and longer healthy lives
Achieving health equity & eliminating health disparities
, Promote quality of life
Secondary Prevention examples - ANSWER- HTN screenings, Mammograms, TB
testing, drug screenings, pap smears
Remember: these detect and treat existing diseases
Tertiary Prevention examples - ANSWER- Post CVA rehab, drug rehab, AA/NA
Remember: these prevent disability and restore/maximize function
Ancient Babylonians - ANSWER- Understood need for hygiene and had some
medical skills
Egyptians - ANSWER- Variety of pharmaceutical stuff, public drainage systems
Ancient Greek - ANSWER- concerned with cleanliness, exercise, diet, and
sanitation
Classic Romans - ANSWER- Regulation of medical practice and punishment for
negligence. Paid visits to sick
Christianity - ANSWER- It is a responsibility to care for others
Middle Ages Public Health - ANSWER- Walled in cities created crowding and poor
sanitation
Renaissance Public Health - ANSWER- **Elizabeathan Poor Law** human dignity
and worth
Industrial Revolution Public Health - ANSWER- family and friends for health care
structure wasn't enough. Developed nursing care institutions and homes
Elizabethan Poor Law - ANSWER- During the medieval times. England provided
medical and nursing care to poor and disabled
What is an almshouse? - ANSWER- Housing established for poor/homeless
people
When was the set back in nursing and why? - ANSWER- Late 1600s to mid 1800s.
Religious people couldn't care for the sick anymore. High mortality rates (TB,
yellow fever), mental illness had extremely poor care.
