NURSING TEST

Community Nursing Questions & Answers correct What is a community? -A group of people that share geographic, civic, or social parameters. -A group that shares one or more personal characteristics -Vary in characteristics and health needs -Determined by the degree to which the community's collective health needs are identified and met What is community health nursing? -Nursing practice in the community with the primary focus on the health care of individuals, families, and groups i...

Community nursing Questions & Answers correct environmental health all the physical, chemical, and biological factors external to a person and all the related factors impacting behaviors. environmental factors Those "nonbiological" factors that are involved in a person's surroundings such as the nature of the person's parents, the person's friends, and the person's behavioral choices. DPSEEA An acronym for a conceptual model, developed by the World Health Orga...

Community Nursing Ch. 10 Questions and Answers Clinical medicine and epidemiology differ from each other in the major aspect of: A. practice focus. B. health monitoring. C. determinants of health and disease. D. evaluation of interventions. A. practice focus. Analytic epidemiology differ from each other in the major aspect of: D. "why" of disease patterns A nurse is concerned about the accuracy of the PPD test in identifying cases of TB exposure for follow up chest x-r...

Community Nursing Midterm Questions and Answers correct What is a client a part of? a population, aggregrate/group, family, individual What is a Community Health Nurse- CHN? - Umbrella term - Working with, not just for the community - Establishing partnerships w clients - Independent -> community partnerships/interdisciplinary teams Define community - People and the relationships that emerge from commonly sharing: 1) Agency/Institution and 2) Physical environment - In ...

Community Health Nursing Midterm Questions and Answers correct What is an example of Tertiary prevention? a. Intervention that aims to interrupt the course of disease b. Process of empowering people to increase control c. Seeking to detect disease early in its progression d. Measures taken to prevent the occurrence of disease a. Intervention that aims to interrupt the course of disease B/C: Tertiary prevention is a type of intervention that begins once the disease has become obvious; ...

4143 Community Nursing In-Class Quizzes Questions and Answers correct A community health program developed to improve the care of the people in rural Appalachian Kentucky was known as the Frontier Nursing Service The person noted for contributions to the establishment of district nursing is William Rathbone Neighborhood centers that provided health care and social welfare programs were called Settlement homes What is Bessie M. Hawes known for? Building a health center f...

Community Nursing Questions & Answers correct How can a community be best defined? A collection of individuals who share at least one common characteristic Which of these statements is true when describing population-focused nursing practice? Assessment includes a comprehensive look at the health status of the community. Which of these statements is not true about the interventions of population-focused public health nursing practice? Interventions focus on only secondary and t...

Community, Community Health Nursing Definitions and Roles Questions and Answers correct Community health nursing Synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice applied to promoting and preserving the health of populations. The practice is general and comprehensive. It is not limited to a particular age group or diagnosis, and it is continuing, not episodic. The dominant responsibility is to the population as a whole; nursing directed to individuals, families, or groups contributes to...

Community Nursing Chapter 4 Questions and Answers correct A nurse reviewed information before meeting with the community residents who were attending a program on healthful living. Which best describes the action by the nurse? a. Disease prevention b. Health promotion c. Health improvement d. Specific protection ANS: B Health promotion is any combination of health education and related support for health behaviors. It is not specific protection or disease prevention because no specifi...

Community Nursing- Quiz 1 Questions and Answers includes individuals, groups or aggregates, communities, populations or society clients umbrella term sued to define nursing specialities, applies to all nurses who work in and with the community community health nursing people and the relationships that emerge among them as they develop and commonly share agencies, institutions or a physical environment community a large group of people who have at least 1 characteristic i...

Community Nursing Chapter 6 Questions & Answers correct Which best describes how care can be appropriately given in a community? a. Provide individualized care to unique individuals as much as resources allow. b. Consider the community itself as the "client." c. Administer care according to the priorities of the local health department. d. Prioritize care for the sickest populations first. ANS: B As it is clearly impossible and impractical to give service to each person in a com...

Week 4- Community Nursing Questions and Answers correct What are the 5 key actions for health promotion in the Ottawa charter ? o Build healthy public policy o Create supportive environments for health o Strengthen community action for health o Develop personal skills o Re-orient health services What is the mission of the CHNC? •The mission of the CHNC is to advance practice to improve the health of Canadians What is the purpose of Standards of practice? the purpose of th...

Community Nursing Chapter 7 Questions & Answers correct A community health nurse working as a school health nurse conducted a community assessment and determined that the focus of programs and health education for the academic year should address the problem of childhood obesity. In planning, it is important for the nurse to allow time for individual nursing assessment and education for children who are overweight or obese and to plan classroom education programs. The nurse is demonstrating an ...

Community Nursing Exam #1 Questions & Answers correct 3 major changes in health care in the 20th century 1. Patient/Client centered care 2. Technology 3. Personal responsibility for health What is "Public Health" -What society collectively does to ensure that conditions exist in which people can be healthy Community Health nursing -Use of systematic processes to deliver care to individuals, families, and community groups with a focus on promotion, preserving, protec...

Community Nursing - Exam 1 Questions & Answers correct Define public health nursing. What is the goal of public health. The practice of promoting and protecting the health (and preventing disease) of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences Goals: assuring conditions where people can be healthy, providing maximum benefit to the largest # of people What is epidemiology? What is the nurse's role in the community? = study of health-related tre...

Chapter 3 Community-Based Nursing Practice Questions & Answers correct 1. Public health nursing differs from community health nursing in that public health nursing A. Focuses on individuals and families. B. Understands the needs of a population. C. Ignores political processes. D. Considers the individual as one member of a group ANS: B Public health nursing requires understanding the needs of a population. A public health nurse understands factors that influence the political processes us...

Community & Public Health Nursing - exam 1 Questions and Answers Vulnerable population groups are those that, in comparison with the population as a whole, have which of the following characteristics? Greater likelihood of exposure to risk factors To provide effective care and advocacy for individuals, families and populations living in poverty, nurses must first: Examine their personal beliefs, values, and experiences Which of the following best represents the concept of homel...

community nursing course Questions & Answers correct IOM definition of public health the work of society to ensure that conditions around them are healthy ones public health system is: managed and required by laws at all levels (local, state, federal) examples of federal public health system: Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Food and Drug Administration, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality examp...

Community Nursing Exam Practice 2.0 Questions & Answers correct The definition that most accurately reflects the meaning of the term health inequities is: a. Health inequities are the accumulation of multiple factors that lead to poor health b. Health inequities occur when people are more inclined to become ill and usually do not seek appropriate care c. Health inequities are unfair differences in health that could be avoided with reasonable action d. Health inequities are wide variations...

community nursing practice questions & Answers correct a nurse manager at a community agency is developing an orientation program for newly hired nurses. When discussing the differences between community-based and community-oriented nursing, the nurse should include which of the following as examples of community-based nursing? (select all that apply.) A. a home health nurse performing wound care for a client who is immobile. C. a school nurse teaching a student who has asthma about medicatio...