NUR 404: Exam 1, Part 1 - Ch 1, 2, 3, 4 Questions With
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public health nursing
promoting and protecting the health of populations using
knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences
o focuses on protection, promotion, and prevention
benefits (of public health nursing)
safer, cleaner, increase in life expectancy, decrease in death rates
and in deaths r/t heart disease and strokes
core functions
assessment, policy development, assurance
assessment (core functions)
monitor health, diagnose and investigate
policy development (core functions)
making a policy based on the assessment's need for the
community
assurance (core functions)
ensure that the necessary services are provided to promote and
protect public health
community based nursing
- manage acute and chronic conditions
, - practice focus is on illness care of individuals and families
across the lifespan
ex - hopsice, homecare
community oriented nursing
- prevent disease and disability, promote, protect, and maintain
health
- practice focus is on prevention of illness in the community
and maintenence
- bigger, broader
primary prevention
prevention of problems before they occur
vaccines, education on sunscreen
examples of primary prevention
secondary prevention
early detection and intervention, early dx and tx
screenings (mammorgams, papsmears, DRE)
secondary prevention examples
tertiary prevention
correction and prevention of deterioration of a disease state
- pt already has disease
administering insulin, cath care, chemo, rad
tertiary prevention examples
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public health nursing
promoting and protecting the health of populations using
knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences
o focuses on protection, promotion, and prevention
benefits (of public health nursing)
safer, cleaner, increase in life expectancy, decrease in death rates
and in deaths r/t heart disease and strokes
core functions
assessment, policy development, assurance
assessment (core functions)
monitor health, diagnose and investigate
policy development (core functions)
making a policy based on the assessment's need for the
community
assurance (core functions)
ensure that the necessary services are provided to promote and
protect public health
community based nursing
- manage acute and chronic conditions
, - practice focus is on illness care of individuals and families
across the lifespan
ex - hopsice, homecare
community oriented nursing
- prevent disease and disability, promote, protect, and maintain
health
- practice focus is on prevention of illness in the community
and maintenence
- bigger, broader
primary prevention
prevention of problems before they occur
vaccines, education on sunscreen
examples of primary prevention
secondary prevention
early detection and intervention, early dx and tx
screenings (mammorgams, papsmears, DRE)
secondary prevention examples
tertiary prevention
correction and prevention of deterioration of a disease state
- pt already has disease
administering insulin, cath care, chemo, rad
tertiary prevention examples
