NSG 221
What are Aggregates? - ANS Subgroups or subpopulations that have some common characteristics or
concerns
What is a Community? - ANS Group or collection of locally based individuals interacting in social units
and sharing common interests, characteristics, values, and/or goals
Mission of public health nursing - ANS social justice- all people get necessities met such as adequate
income and health protection and collective burdens to make it possible.
Health defined - ANS complete well being physical, mental, and social
-The extent to which an individual or group is able to realize aspirations and satisfy needs; and to change
or cope with the environment. Health is seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living;
it is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, and physical capacities.
What is community health nursing? - ANS The synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice
applied to promoting and preserving the health of populations
What is public health practice? - ANS knowledge of nursing, social, and public health sciences to
promote and protect the health of the populations
Systematic process of public health practice - ANS -assessment
-planning
-implementation
-evaluation
,Responsibly of public health practice? - ANS the population as a whole
What is community health NP? - ANS synthesis of NP and public health to PROMOTE and PRESERVE the
health of the populations
-collaborative and based in research/theory
What is the care goal of the community health NP? - ANS general and comprehensive NOT episodic
What type of nursing is directed at preventing progression of disease @ the earliest period using levels
of prevention? - ANS community health NP
What is the responsibility of the community health NP? - ANS population as a whole BUT is directed to
individuals, families, and groups.
What is a community BASED NP? - ANS focuses on individuals & families: where they live and go to
school.
What is the care of the community based NP? - ANS setting specific and emphasis is on acute and
chronic illness
What is population focused nursing? - ANS entire population- specific groups of people not bound by
geography
What is based in the assessment of the populations health status? - ANS Population focused nursing
What considers the broad determinates of health? - ANS Population focused nursing
, What is the emphasis of population focused nursing? - ANS all levels of prevention
Where does the population focused nurse intervene? - ANS -communities
-systems
-individuals
-families
What is community health? - ANS extends realm of public health to include organized health efforts at
the community level through BOTH government and private efforts.
What are the two focuses of community health? - ANS 1) epidemiology or body of knowledge of
particular problem and its solution
2) info about the community
What is public health? - ANS "through organized community effort"
-collective politcal activity: policy change
What are the factors that affect the health status of a community? - ANS -care access
-economic conditions
-social and environmental issues
-cultural practices
What are the core public health functions? - ANS -assessment
-policy development
-assurance
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