NSG 3480 FINAL EXAM COMMUNITY HEALTH NEWEST
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
DETAILED ANSWERS.
NSG 3480
What is the primary prevention that the occupational health nurse is involved in? - -
ANS - -An occupational health nurses main job is to prevent injury and illness before
the occur, this is done by providing safety measures such as PPE
In the role of the home health nurse, how is the nursing process used? - - ANS - -The
role of the home health nurse is to be a health advocate for the patient. The nurse
must be able to identify the priority needs of not only the patient but the family as
well.
What is community/public health nursing? - - ANS - -Is associated with health and
the identification of populations at risk rather than with an episodic response to
patient demand.
What is the mission of public health? - - ANS - -The mission of public health is social
justice, which entitles all people to basic necessities such as adequate income and
health protection and accepts collective burdens to make it possible.
Public health assumes that it is society's responsibility to meet basic needs of the
people
T/F - - ANS - -T
,Community health nurses and public health nurses must align themselves together to
promote and preserve the health of populations for a common goal of influencing
sociocultural issues such as as human rights, homelessness, violence, disability and
stigma of illness, which provides safety for all individuals.
T/F - - ANS - -T
When the Healthy People 2020 was under development, there were 12 leading
indicators that were identified which reflected the major public health concerns of
those in the U.S. What are these 12 indicators? - - ANS - -access to health services,
clinical prevention services, environmental quality, injury and violence, maternal and
infant and child health, mental health, nutrition and physical activity and obesity, oral
health, reproductive and sexual health, social determinants, substance abuse,
tobacco
The Healthy People 2020 goals increase life expectancy. True or False - - ANS - -True
The leading health indicators can affect the health of individuals and communities,
and can be correlated with leading causes of morbidity and mortality. True or false - -
ANS - -True
list for examples of a high risk lifestyle, and what potential hazard is connected with
that specific lifestyle. - - ANS - -1) tobacco use linked to heart disease, stroke, and
cancer; 2) substance abuse is linked to accidents injuries, and violence; 3)
irresponsible, sexual behaviors linked to unwanted pregnancies, STDs - including HIV
and aids; 4) lack of access to healthcare linked to poor pregnancy outcomes,
untreated illnesses, and disabilities.
, Define Community Health - - ANS - -community health extends the realm of public
health to include organized health efforts at the community level through both
government and private efforts.
Define Primary Prevention - - ANS - -primary prevention relates to activities,
directed at preventing a problem before it occurs by altering susceptibility or
reducing exposure for susceptible individuals. Primary prevention consists of two
elements: general health, promotion and specific protection.
Define secondary prevention - - ANS - -secondary prevention refers to early
detection and prompt intervention during the period of early disease pathogenesis.
Secondary prevention is implemented after a problem has begun, but before signs
and symptoms appear, and targets those populations that have risk factors
Define tertiary prevention - - ANS - -tertiary prevention targets populations that have
experienced disease or injury, and focuses on limitation of disability and
rehabilitation. Aims of tertiary prevention are to keep health problems from getting
worse, to reduce the effects of disease and injury, and to restore individuals to their
optimal level of functioning.
Define thinking upstream - - ANS - -the concepts of prevention and population -
focused care figure prominently into a conceptual orientation to nursing practice,
referred to as thinking upstream.
Define Health related quality of life - - ANS - -this concept of health includes aspects
of physical and mental health and their determinants and measures functional status,
participation, and well-being. HRQOL expand the definition of health — beyond simply
opposing the negative concepts of disease and death — by integrating, mental and
physical health concepts.
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
DETAILED ANSWERS.
NSG 3480
What is the primary prevention that the occupational health nurse is involved in? - -
ANS - -An occupational health nurses main job is to prevent injury and illness before
the occur, this is done by providing safety measures such as PPE
In the role of the home health nurse, how is the nursing process used? - - ANS - -The
role of the home health nurse is to be a health advocate for the patient. The nurse
must be able to identify the priority needs of not only the patient but the family as
well.
What is community/public health nursing? - - ANS - -Is associated with health and
the identification of populations at risk rather than with an episodic response to
patient demand.
What is the mission of public health? - - ANS - -The mission of public health is social
justice, which entitles all people to basic necessities such as adequate income and
health protection and accepts collective burdens to make it possible.
Public health assumes that it is society's responsibility to meet basic needs of the
people
T/F - - ANS - -T
,Community health nurses and public health nurses must align themselves together to
promote and preserve the health of populations for a common goal of influencing
sociocultural issues such as as human rights, homelessness, violence, disability and
stigma of illness, which provides safety for all individuals.
T/F - - ANS - -T
When the Healthy People 2020 was under development, there were 12 leading
indicators that were identified which reflected the major public health concerns of
those in the U.S. What are these 12 indicators? - - ANS - -access to health services,
clinical prevention services, environmental quality, injury and violence, maternal and
infant and child health, mental health, nutrition and physical activity and obesity, oral
health, reproductive and sexual health, social determinants, substance abuse,
tobacco
The Healthy People 2020 goals increase life expectancy. True or False - - ANS - -True
The leading health indicators can affect the health of individuals and communities,
and can be correlated with leading causes of morbidity and mortality. True or false - -
ANS - -True
list for examples of a high risk lifestyle, and what potential hazard is connected with
that specific lifestyle. - - ANS - -1) tobacco use linked to heart disease, stroke, and
cancer; 2) substance abuse is linked to accidents injuries, and violence; 3)
irresponsible, sexual behaviors linked to unwanted pregnancies, STDs - including HIV
and aids; 4) lack of access to healthcare linked to poor pregnancy outcomes,
untreated illnesses, and disabilities.
, Define Community Health - - ANS - -community health extends the realm of public
health to include organized health efforts at the community level through both
government and private efforts.
Define Primary Prevention - - ANS - -primary prevention relates to activities,
directed at preventing a problem before it occurs by altering susceptibility or
reducing exposure for susceptible individuals. Primary prevention consists of two
elements: general health, promotion and specific protection.
Define secondary prevention - - ANS - -secondary prevention refers to early
detection and prompt intervention during the period of early disease pathogenesis.
Secondary prevention is implemented after a problem has begun, but before signs
and symptoms appear, and targets those populations that have risk factors
Define tertiary prevention - - ANS - -tertiary prevention targets populations that have
experienced disease or injury, and focuses on limitation of disability and
rehabilitation. Aims of tertiary prevention are to keep health problems from getting
worse, to reduce the effects of disease and injury, and to restore individuals to their
optimal level of functioning.
Define thinking upstream - - ANS - -the concepts of prevention and population -
focused care figure prominently into a conceptual orientation to nursing practice,
referred to as thinking upstream.
Define Health related quality of life - - ANS - -this concept of health includes aspects
of physical and mental health and their determinants and measures functional status,
participation, and well-being. HRQOL expand the definition of health — beyond simply
opposing the negative concepts of disease and death — by integrating, mental and
physical health concepts.
