NFDN 2006 Midterm
Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Most Tested) with
Verified Answers
Community - Answer: generally defined as a specific population of people, or a place where people live
and work. Determined by geographic boundaries and/or common values and interests.
Canada Health Act Principles - Answer: universality, accessibility, comprehensiveness of services,
portability, public administration
community health nursing - Answer: Umbrella term to define nursing specialities and applies to all
nurses who work in and with community in a variety of areas. Emphasis on health promotion and
disease prevention. Promotes and protects health of individuals, families, groups, communities,
populations.
Community Health nurse - Answer:
Population - Answer: a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental
characteristics
Aggregates - Answer: subpopulation, groups within a population.
Population Health - Answer: determining the health of a population using as measurements of health
the determinants and health status indicators
Health status indicator - Answer: well being, life expectancy, incidence and prevalence rate, mortality
rate, burden of illness
Levels of disease prevention - Answer: Primary prevention, secondary prevention, Tertiary prevention
, Primary prevention (disease) - Answer: seeks to prevent disease from begining
Secondary Prevention (disease) - Answer: seeks to detect disease early in its progression in order to
make early diagnosis and begin treatment
Tertiary Prevention (disease) - Answer: begins once a disease has become obvious; aims to interrupt the
course of the disease
Downstream thinking - Answer: Taking a microscopic individual curative focus. Considering individual
health concerns and treatments but does not consider the sociopolitical, economic and environmental
variables
Upstream Thinking - Answer: Macroscopic "big picture" population health approach, primary prevention
perspective, considers all determinants of health. How can this be prevented?
Collaboration - Answer: the commitment of 2 or more parties who set goals to address identified client
health concerns
Basic principles for collaboration - Answer: client focus, population health approach, quality care and
services, access, trust/respect, communication
Nursing Standards of Practice - Answer: Promoting health, building individual/community capacity,
building relationships, facilitating access and equity, demonstrating professional responsibility and
accountability
Determinants of health - Answer: income and social status, social support network, education and
literacy, employment and working conditions, social environments, physical environments, personal
health practices and coping skills, healthy childhood development, biology and genetic endowment,
health services, culture, gender
Primary Care - Answer: First contact with healthcare system - downstream thinking
Primary Health Care - Answer: Includes upstream, comprehensive care, global health, and social justice
Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Most Tested) with
Verified Answers
Community - Answer: generally defined as a specific population of people, or a place where people live
and work. Determined by geographic boundaries and/or common values and interests.
Canada Health Act Principles - Answer: universality, accessibility, comprehensiveness of services,
portability, public administration
community health nursing - Answer: Umbrella term to define nursing specialities and applies to all
nurses who work in and with community in a variety of areas. Emphasis on health promotion and
disease prevention. Promotes and protects health of individuals, families, groups, communities,
populations.
Community Health nurse - Answer:
Population - Answer: a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental
characteristics
Aggregates - Answer: subpopulation, groups within a population.
Population Health - Answer: determining the health of a population using as measurements of health
the determinants and health status indicators
Health status indicator - Answer: well being, life expectancy, incidence and prevalence rate, mortality
rate, burden of illness
Levels of disease prevention - Answer: Primary prevention, secondary prevention, Tertiary prevention
, Primary prevention (disease) - Answer: seeks to prevent disease from begining
Secondary Prevention (disease) - Answer: seeks to detect disease early in its progression in order to
make early diagnosis and begin treatment
Tertiary Prevention (disease) - Answer: begins once a disease has become obvious; aims to interrupt the
course of the disease
Downstream thinking - Answer: Taking a microscopic individual curative focus. Considering individual
health concerns and treatments but does not consider the sociopolitical, economic and environmental
variables
Upstream Thinking - Answer: Macroscopic "big picture" population health approach, primary prevention
perspective, considers all determinants of health. How can this be prevented?
Collaboration - Answer: the commitment of 2 or more parties who set goals to address identified client
health concerns
Basic principles for collaboration - Answer: client focus, population health approach, quality care and
services, access, trust/respect, communication
Nursing Standards of Practice - Answer: Promoting health, building individual/community capacity,
building relationships, facilitating access and equity, demonstrating professional responsibility and
accountability
Determinants of health - Answer: income and social status, social support network, education and
literacy, employment and working conditions, social environments, physical environments, personal
health practices and coping skills, healthy childhood development, biology and genetic endowment,
health services, culture, gender
Primary Care - Answer: First contact with healthcare system - downstream thinking
Primary Health Care - Answer: Includes upstream, comprehensive care, global health, and social justice
