NURS 432; Midterm Exam Study Guide
QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED
GRADED A+ PASSED
what is the definition of a population - correct answer ✔✔ - group of people who may or may
not interact with each other but who have common health concerns/needs
examples of populations - correct answer ✔✔ people of same age, people with disabilities,
same race/ethnicity
what are the aims of healthy people 2030 - correct answer ✔✔ - Attain healthy, thriving lives
and well-being free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
- Eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and attain health literacy to improve the
health and well-being of all.
- Create social, physical, and economic environments that promote attaining the full potential
for health and well-being for all - "Vital Conditions"
3 core functions for public health - correct answer ✔✔ -assessment
-policy development
-assurance
3 core functions for public health: assessment - correct answer ✔✔ - Monitor health status to
identify health problems
- Diagnose and investigate health problems and hazards in the community
Evaluate the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population based health
services
,3 core functions for public health: policy development - correct answer ✔✔ - Develop policies
and plans that support individual and community health efforts
- Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
Inform, educate, and empower people with respect to health issue
3 core functions for public health: assurance - correct answer ✔✔ - Link people to needed
personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
- Assure a competent public and personal health care workforce
- Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
- Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
Conduct research into innovative solutions for health problems
what is a health outcome - correct answer ✔✔ - Anything that might indicate health or well
being of a population
- Could include measures of illness, aspects of health, quality of life
examples of health outcomes - correct answer ✔✔ - Cardiovascular disease
- HIV
- Depression/suicide
what is the definition of population health - correct answer ✔✔ - Field of study that focuses on
the health needs of a specific group of people
- Population health address health needs of entire groups
- These health needs are affected by factors influencing individuals, neighborhoods,
communities, and society at large
what are the duties of a population health nurse - correct answer ✔✔ - Focus on the health of
the overall population
, - Attention to determinants of health and their interactions
- Decision making based on scientific evidence of health status, health determinants, and the
effectiveness of interventions
- "upstream" investment in strategies that maintain and promote health and address root
causes of health and illness
- Application of multiple strategies
- Collaboration across sectors and levels of society
definition of microaggression - correct answer ✔✔ o are unintentional, daily, quick statements
or actions of a discriminatory nature, based on dominant culture ideology; discriminatory belief
systems
o Racial: daily commonplace insults and racial slights that cumulatively affect the psychological
well-being of people of color (e.g. belittlement, whether intentional or unintentional)
o Can be directed at any marginalized group and be multi layered
examples of microaggressions - correct answer ✔✔ - For transgender people - 'so have you had
the surgery yet?'
- For LGBQ people - 'that's so gay'
- For nursing students - 'you're so smart, why didn't you become a doctor?'
definition of prejudice - correct answer ✔✔ o Beliefs about groups of people based on specific
characteristics of identities that make one group better than another
o The groups have hierarchical differences that are measured or judged
definition of systemic racism - correct answer ✔✔ o An umbrella term for the deep-seated
inequality in society and antiblack ideologies; it is both historical and ongoing
QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED
GRADED A+ PASSED
what is the definition of a population - correct answer ✔✔ - group of people who may or may
not interact with each other but who have common health concerns/needs
examples of populations - correct answer ✔✔ people of same age, people with disabilities,
same race/ethnicity
what are the aims of healthy people 2030 - correct answer ✔✔ - Attain healthy, thriving lives
and well-being free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
- Eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and attain health literacy to improve the
health and well-being of all.
- Create social, physical, and economic environments that promote attaining the full potential
for health and well-being for all - "Vital Conditions"
3 core functions for public health - correct answer ✔✔ -assessment
-policy development
-assurance
3 core functions for public health: assessment - correct answer ✔✔ - Monitor health status to
identify health problems
- Diagnose and investigate health problems and hazards in the community
Evaluate the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population based health
services
,3 core functions for public health: policy development - correct answer ✔✔ - Develop policies
and plans that support individual and community health efforts
- Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
Inform, educate, and empower people with respect to health issue
3 core functions for public health: assurance - correct answer ✔✔ - Link people to needed
personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
- Assure a competent public and personal health care workforce
- Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
- Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
Conduct research into innovative solutions for health problems
what is a health outcome - correct answer ✔✔ - Anything that might indicate health or well
being of a population
- Could include measures of illness, aspects of health, quality of life
examples of health outcomes - correct answer ✔✔ - Cardiovascular disease
- HIV
- Depression/suicide
what is the definition of population health - correct answer ✔✔ - Field of study that focuses on
the health needs of a specific group of people
- Population health address health needs of entire groups
- These health needs are affected by factors influencing individuals, neighborhoods,
communities, and society at large
what are the duties of a population health nurse - correct answer ✔✔ - Focus on the health of
the overall population
, - Attention to determinants of health and their interactions
- Decision making based on scientific evidence of health status, health determinants, and the
effectiveness of interventions
- "upstream" investment in strategies that maintain and promote health and address root
causes of health and illness
- Application of multiple strategies
- Collaboration across sectors and levels of society
definition of microaggression - correct answer ✔✔ o are unintentional, daily, quick statements
or actions of a discriminatory nature, based on dominant culture ideology; discriminatory belief
systems
o Racial: daily commonplace insults and racial slights that cumulatively affect the psychological
well-being of people of color (e.g. belittlement, whether intentional or unintentional)
o Can be directed at any marginalized group and be multi layered
examples of microaggressions - correct answer ✔✔ - For transgender people - 'so have you had
the surgery yet?'
- For LGBQ people - 'that's so gay'
- For nursing students - 'you're so smart, why didn't you become a doctor?'
definition of prejudice - correct answer ✔✔ o Beliefs about groups of people based on specific
characteristics of identities that make one group better than another
o The groups have hierarchical differences that are measured or judged
definition of systemic racism - correct answer ✔✔ o An umbrella term for the deep-seated
inequality in society and antiblack ideologies; it is both historical and ongoing
