NFDN 2006 Midterm / Comprehensive Study Guide –
Expert Strategies, Review of Key Quizzes, and
Practice Questions for Guaranteed Success / Newest
2025/2026
Community? - ...(ANSWERS)....People and relationships. Commonly shared
agencies, institutions or environment.
What is community health nursing? - ...(ANSWERS)....All nurses who work IN and
WITH the community.
Focus of community health nursing - ...(ANSWERS)....Health of individual and
population
What's under the umbrella? - ...(ANSWERS)....Public, Home, Occupational Health
What does community nursing involve? - ...(ANSWERS)....Direct care,
coordinating care, planning services, programs and policies.
Collaboration involves who - ...(ANSWERS)....Individuals, caregivers, families,
communities and governments
Population? - ...(ANSWERS)....Large group of people who share 1 or more
personal or environmental characteristic. Ex. All high risk children
,Aggregate - ...(ANSWERS)....Groups within a population. Ex. High risk infants
younger than 1 year of age
Population Health - ...(ANSWERS)....Health outcomes of a population. Measured
by determinants of health and health status.
1980-1990 - ...(ANSWERS)....Shift from illness prevention to health promotion.
2001 - ...(ANSWERS)....Home care costs less than institutional care
2002 - ...(ANSWERS)....Romanow identified home care as the most rapidly
growing area of community health. Due to early discharge.
2020 - ...(ANSWERS)....2/3 of all nurses will be practicing in the community
Canada health act: Universality - ...(ANSWERS)....All insured residents are entitled
to the same level of health care
Canada Health Act: accessibility - ...(ANSWERS)....Reasonable access to
healthcare facilities
Canada Health Act: comprehensiveness of services - ...(ANSWERS)....All health
services must be insured
, Canada Health Act: portability - ...(ANSWERS)....individuals have access to
healthcare in other provinces and territories without cost or penalty
Canada Health Act: Public Administration - ...(ANSWERS)....all administration of
provincial health insurance must be carried out by a public authority on a non-
profit basis
Purpose of Health Canada - ...(ANSWERS)....Safeguards population health, by
surveillance, prevention, legislation and research.
Health Canada focuses on - ...(ANSWERS)....Environmental health, disease
outbreaks, drug products, food safety.
1930's realizations - ...(ANSWERS)....Canadians wanted government to take over
healthcare. Poverty was a result of sociopolitical factors not individual weakness.
1970s Lalonde Report - ...(ANSWERS)....Initiated health promotion. Development
of first health determinants.
What were the first determinants of health - ...(ANSWERS)....Biology, lifestyle,
healthcare and environment
1978- Alma Ata Declaration - ...(ANSWERS)....Primary health care was defined
Expert Strategies, Review of Key Quizzes, and
Practice Questions for Guaranteed Success / Newest
2025/2026
Community? - ...(ANSWERS)....People and relationships. Commonly shared
agencies, institutions or environment.
What is community health nursing? - ...(ANSWERS)....All nurses who work IN and
WITH the community.
Focus of community health nursing - ...(ANSWERS)....Health of individual and
population
What's under the umbrella? - ...(ANSWERS)....Public, Home, Occupational Health
What does community nursing involve? - ...(ANSWERS)....Direct care,
coordinating care, planning services, programs and policies.
Collaboration involves who - ...(ANSWERS)....Individuals, caregivers, families,
communities and governments
Population? - ...(ANSWERS)....Large group of people who share 1 or more
personal or environmental characteristic. Ex. All high risk children
,Aggregate - ...(ANSWERS)....Groups within a population. Ex. High risk infants
younger than 1 year of age
Population Health - ...(ANSWERS)....Health outcomes of a population. Measured
by determinants of health and health status.
1980-1990 - ...(ANSWERS)....Shift from illness prevention to health promotion.
2001 - ...(ANSWERS)....Home care costs less than institutional care
2002 - ...(ANSWERS)....Romanow identified home care as the most rapidly
growing area of community health. Due to early discharge.
2020 - ...(ANSWERS)....2/3 of all nurses will be practicing in the community
Canada health act: Universality - ...(ANSWERS)....All insured residents are entitled
to the same level of health care
Canada Health Act: accessibility - ...(ANSWERS)....Reasonable access to
healthcare facilities
Canada Health Act: comprehensiveness of services - ...(ANSWERS)....All health
services must be insured
, Canada Health Act: portability - ...(ANSWERS)....individuals have access to
healthcare in other provinces and territories without cost or penalty
Canada Health Act: Public Administration - ...(ANSWERS)....all administration of
provincial health insurance must be carried out by a public authority on a non-
profit basis
Purpose of Health Canada - ...(ANSWERS)....Safeguards population health, by
surveillance, prevention, legislation and research.
Health Canada focuses on - ...(ANSWERS)....Environmental health, disease
outbreaks, drug products, food safety.
1930's realizations - ...(ANSWERS)....Canadians wanted government to take over
healthcare. Poverty was a result of sociopolitical factors not individual weakness.
1970s Lalonde Report - ...(ANSWERS)....Initiated health promotion. Development
of first health determinants.
What were the first determinants of health - ...(ANSWERS)....Biology, lifestyle,
healthcare and environment
1978- Alma Ata Declaration - ...(ANSWERS)....Primary health care was defined
