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I. Basis for Public Health Nursing Knowledge and Skills
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1. Public Health and Nursing Practice
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2. Optimizing Population Health l o l o
3. Epidemiology and Nursing Practice l o l o l o
4. Introduction to Community Assessment l o l o l o
5. Health Program Planning
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6. Environmental Health l o
II. Community Health Across Populations: Public Health Issues
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7. Health Disparities and the Social Determinants of Health
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8. Health and Vulnerable Populations
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9. Communicable Diseases l o
10. Noncommunicable l o Diseases
11. Mental Health l o
12. Substance Use and the Health of Communities
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13. Injury and Violence
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III. Public Health Planning
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14. Health Planning for Local Public Health Departments
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15. Health Planning for Acute Care Settings
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16. Health Planning for Primary Care Settings
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17. Health Planning with Rural and Urban Communities
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18. Health Planning for Maternal-Infant and Child Health Settings
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19. Health Planning for School Settings
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20. Health Planning for Occupational and Environmental Health
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21. Health Planning, Public Health Policy, and Finance
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22. Health Planning for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management
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Caring for
TEST BANK Public/Community Health and Nursing
Practice:Caring for Populations 3rd Edition by Christine k lok
L. Savage, Chapters 1 - 22, Complete k
, Public/Community Health and Nursing Practice:
Caring for
TABLE OF CONTENTS
lo lo
I. Basis for Public Health Nursing Knowledge and Skills
l o l o l o l o l o l o l o
1. Public Health and Nursing Practice
l o l o l o l o
2. Optimizing Population Health l o l o
3. Epidemiology and Nursing Practice l o l o l o
4. Introduction to Community Assessment l o l o l o
5. Health Program Planning
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6. Environmental Health l o
II. Community Health Across Populations: Public Health Issues
l o l o l o l o l o l o
7. Health Disparities and the Social Determinants of Health
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8. Health and Vulnerable Populations
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9. Communicable Diseases l o
10. Noncommunicable l o Diseases
11. Mental Health l o
12. Substance Use and the Health of Communities
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13. Injury and Violence
l o l o
III. Public Health Planning
l o l o
14. Health Planning for Local Public Health Departments
l o l o l o l o l o l o
15. Health Planning for Acute Care Settings
l o l o l o l o l o
16. Health Planning for Primary Care Settings
l o l o l o l o l o
17. Health Planning with Rural and Urban Communities
l o l o l o l o l o l o
18. Health Planning for Maternal-Infant and Child Health Settings
l o l o l o l o l o l o l o
19. Health Planning for School Settings
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20. Health Planning for Occupational and Environmental Health
l o l o l o l o l o l o
21. Health Planning, Public Health Policy, and Finance
l o l o l o l o l o l o
22. Health Planning for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management
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3. Epidemic; population lo
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2. A nursing student is studying public health. She learns that, according to
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C.E.A. Winslow’s definition, some of the goals of public health
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lo include disease prevention, promoting health, control of
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lo communicable infections,and lo _.
1. Risk assessment for disease lo lo lo
2. Promotion of primary care lo lo lo
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3. Organization of medical and nursing services for lo lo lo lo lo lo
lo the earlydiagnosis and preventive treatment of
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lo disease
4. Governmental safety regulations lo lo
3. If the international medical community was working to contain
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l o several worldwide pandemics, they would look to the World
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lo Health Organization(WHO), which is:
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1. The public health arm of the United Nations.
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2. Working to improve health and well-being for lo lo lo lo lo lo
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3. Working with nurses to promote public health interventions.
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4. All of the above.
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4. The Institute of Medicine (IOM), now known as the Health and
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lo Engineering, and Medicine, stated in their report, The Future of the
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l o Public’s Health, that there are three core functions that society
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lo carries out to collectively supportthe optimum conditions for
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1. Prevention
2. Assessment