Public Health Nursing

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Test Bank for Public Health Nursing : Population-Centered Health Care in the Community by Marcia Stanhope and Jeanette Lancaster 11th Edition

Public Health Systems Operate under changing demographic and epidemiological trends. Demographic Trends Shifts in population characteristics affecting health. Epidemiological Trends Changes in disease patterns and risk factors. Emerging Diseases New diseases that arise in populations. Re-emerging Diseases Previously controlled diseases that resurface. Health Technologies Innovations improving healthcare delivery and communication. Environmental Hazards Risks associated with environm...

Define public health. 1. According to APHA (2018), "public health promotes and protects the health of people and the communities where they live, learn, work, and play." According to the IOM (1988), public health is... "what we, as a society, do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy" "to generate organized community effort to address the public interest in health by applying scientific and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health...

The nurse is developing programs to promote health care in marginalized populations. Which group should be included? Select all that apply. One, some, or all responses may be correct. Homeless Drug abusers LGBTQ community Which cultural group would the nurse identify as being at high risk of malnutrition due to cultural food preferences? American Indian/Alaskan Natives Affecting 90 percent of adults entering health care institutions, which national health problem would the public healt...

A nurse is educating the community about modifiable behaviors. Which of the following is the nurse most likely to discuss? a. Smoking, poor diet, and alcohol consumption b. Cancer, emphysema, and cardiovascular disease c. Age and gender d. Genetic abnormalities ANS: A Modifiable behaviors remain the major contributors to deaths in the United States. Tobacco use, poor diet, physical inactivity, and alcohol consumption are examples of modifiable behaviors. Cancer, emphysema, cardiovascular d...

The federal agency of the public health system that is most involved with the health and welfare of United States citizens is the: Department of Health and Human Services If a 25-year-old woman visits a community health center to obtain a gynecological examination and birth control pills, these activities are termed _____ care. Primary health According to Baker at al. (2005), the public health systems in the U.S. infrastructure are build on: The workforce Information and knowledge systems...

aggregate Mass or grouping of individuals considered as a whole Loosely associated with one another collaboration the action of working with someone to produce or create something community* Collection of people who interact with one another and whose common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity or belonging EX-Citizens of a town Group of farmers Prison community Tiny village in Appalachia Members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Professional nurses comm...

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING • a systematic process by which: The health and health care needs of a population are assessed in order to identify subpopulations, families and individuals who would benefit from health promotion or who are at risk of illness, injury, disability or premature death The Health Care Delivery System - - is the network of health facilities and personnel which carries out the task of rendering health care to the people Nation's Health Care Delivery System Has a tremend...

What was one of Mary Breckenridge's innovative contributions to health care in the United States? Introducing the first nurse-midwifery training . The most important contribution made by Florence Nightingale to community-oriented nursing was which of the following? Expanding the role of nursing to include health-promotion practices The Social Security Act of 1935 was designed to prevent the reoccurrence of the problems of the depression. Title VI of this act provided funding for expanded ...