Nur 403-Exam 1|64 Questions and
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Difference between Community health nursing and public health - -
-Define Public Health - -what we as a society do collectively to assure the
conditions in which people can be healthy (IOM)
-Define Population - -a collection of individuals who have one or more
personal or environmental characteristics in common
-Define Population based care (population focused practice) - -emphasizes
on the promotion of health, prevention of disease/disability, and the creation
of conditions in which people can be healthy
-Population centered practice seeks - -healthful change for the whole
community's benefit
-Define Health - -a state of physical, mental and social well being and the
ability to function and not merely the absence of illness and infirmity (Terris
pg 379)
-Define Health Risk - -factors that determine or influence whether disease
or other unhealthy results occur (pg 628)
-The Goals of Community Health are - -1) care of ill, disabled, injured, in non
horpital setting
2) Support well being and development through life cycle
3)promotion of human relatedness and mutual caring
4)Promotion of self responsibility about well being
5)promotion of relative safety in environment
-Principles of Healthy People 2020 are - -
-Four main goals of Healthy People 2020 are
Elephants Ate Eagles Cruelly - -1) elimination of preventable disease,
disability, injury and premature death
2) achievement of health equity
3) elimination of health disparities
4) Creation of social and physical environments that will promote good
health and healthy development and behavior at every stage of life
-Identify factors affecting health outcomes - -
, -Determinants of health are - -factors that influence health status
throughout the life cycle
-The determinants of health are - -income, education, employment, social
support, biology/genetics,, physical environment, housing, transportation,
and personal health practices
-Determinants of health - -factors, exposures, characteristics, behaviors,
and contexts that determine/influence the patterns. They can be individual,
relational/social, communal, or environmental.
-Ethical principles - -
-The goal of community assessment is to
Elephants Prance Carefully, Practicing Excellent Form - -1) Establish a
baseline of information
2) Prepare an inventory of a community's available resources
3) Create a deeper understanding of how existing services do and do not
meet the need of individuals and their families
4) Providing a comprehensive picture
5) Enhance an understanding of cultural groups in the community
6) Forge a consensus about the community's needs
-The five purposes of community assessment are - -needs identification,
problem clarification, desire analysis, resource identification, & resource
utilization
-When the "community is the client" the nursing focus is - -on the collective
or common good of the population
-Identify various approaches to community assessment - -
-Difference between concrete boundaries and conceptual boundaries - -
Concrete boundaries are geographical, political and situational
Conceptual boundaries are social ties, social interactions, service area,
interest area and problem solving
-The different methods to obtain data for a community assessment are - -
observation, environment description, survey, interviews, community
forums, census tract data, resource analysis, epidemiological data analysis,
& demographic data analysis
-Five methods of collecting data are - -interviews, participant observation,
secondary analysis of existing data, surveys, and windshield surveys
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