NUR 443 Community Health Nursing Exam 1 Questions with Latest Update
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Community health nursing - Answer-The synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice.
The major goal is to preserve the health of the community and surrounding populations by focusing on health promotion & maintenance of individuals, families, and groups within the community.
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NUR 443 Community Health Nursing
Exam 1 Questions with Latest Update
Community health nursing - Answer-The synthesis of nursing practice and public health
practice.
The major goal is to preserve the health of the community and surrounding populations
by focusing on health promotion & maintenance of individuals, families, and groups
within the community.
Associated with health and the identification of populations at risk rather than an
episodic response to patient demand.
"The Science and Art of (1) preventing disease, (2) prolonging life, and (3) promoting
health and efficiency through organized community effort." -Winslow
What is a community focus? - Answer-Health promotion and health maintenance in the
community.
Geopolitical community - Answer-Defined or formed by natural and/or man-made
boundaries and include cities, counties, states, and nations.
Ex. School districts, census tracts, zip codes, neighborhoods.
Phenomenological communities - Answer-Relational, interactive groups; the place or
setting is more abstract and people share a group perspective or identity based on
culture, values, history, interests, and goals.
Ex. schools, colleges, churches, social networks.
Community of solution - Answer-A collection of people who form a group specifically to
address a common need or concern.
Ex. The Sierra Club: members lobby for the preservation of natural resource lands
Population - Answer-A group of people having common personal or environmental
characteristics; can also refer to all the people in a defined community.
Aggregate - Answer-Subgroups or subpopulation that have some common
characteristics or concerns.
Groups - Answer--Two or more persons engaged in repeated communication
-Repeated face to face contact
-Identify with one another
, -Inter-dependent
-Common purpose or goals
Population Groups - Answer-Aggregates with common needs, such as a common
diagnosis or problem.
Organizations - Answer--A large, unorganized collection of people in a common location
with shared governance and goals
-Type of social system
-Includes 2 or more groups
-Linked complex network of social relations
-Common values and goals
Community-Oriented Primary Care - Answer-
Public Health Nursing - Answer-A field of professional practice in nursing and in public
health where technical nursing, interpersonal, analytical, and organizational skills are
applied to problems of health as they affect the community.
History of Public/Community Health Nursing (P/CHN)
Sociodemographic Changes - Answer--1600s: Sisters of Charity as visiting nurses
-Reformation changed role of caring for the ill
-1800s: beginning of public health concerns with the Shattuck report
-1700s: Industrial revolution
-Immigration, industrialization, and urbanization
Roles of Nurses in history of P/CHN - Answer-Florence Nightingale & Lillian Wald
CHN roles: advocate, caregiver, care manager, casefinder, counselor, educator,
epidemiologist, group leader, health planner, manager
Lillian Wald - Answer--First CHN
-Founded Henry St. Settlement
-Founded Visiting Nurse Service of NYC
-Instrumental in beginning school nursing
-Began Dept. of Special Ed. in schools
-Developed PHN program at Columbia
-Established the Children's Bureau
-Worked with the original Civil Liberties Bureau
-First President of the National Association of PHN
Upstream Thinking - Answer-Encouraging HCPs to refocus their efforts towards
preventative and "upstream" activities.
Socio-structural or structural perspective - Answer--Organized social relationships
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