NSG 505 Public Health Nursing Exam 1 Questions and Correct Answers
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Course
NURS 505
Institution
NURS 505
Define community a group of people often living in a defined geographical area, who share a common culture, values & norms, and are arranged in a social structure according to relationships which the community has developed over a period of time
Components of community Geopolitical/geographic Comm...
NSG 505 Public Health Nursing Exam 1
Questions and Correct Answers
Define community ✅a group of people often living in a defined geographical area, who
share a common culture, values & norms, and are arranged in a social structure
according to relationships which the community has developed over a period of time
Components of community ✅Geopolitical/geographic
Common interest/phenomenological
Community of solution
Primordial prevention ✅-maintaining health and avoiding risk all together
-e.g. maintaining appropriate weight, BP, lipids, glucose, eating well, exercising
Primary prevention ✅an intervention implemented BEFORE there is evidence of
disease or injury
*risk reduction
Secondary prevention ✅an intervention implemented after a disease process has
begun, but before symptoms
-early identification (through screening) and treatment
e.g. screening pregnant people for substance use during prenatal visits and referring
them to treatment
Tertiary prevention ✅an intervention implemented after a disease or injury is
established
*preventing sequalae
e.g. treat people with opioid use disorder
Quaternary prevention ✅action taken to identify at risk of overmedicalization, to protect
patient from new medical invasion
an action take to protect patients from medical interventions that are LIKELY TO
CAUSE MORE HARM THAN GOOD
Core Public Health Functions ✅assessment, policy development, assurance
Roles of the PHN ✅Clinician, educator, advocate, manager, collaborator, leadership,
researcher
, Nonmaleficence ✅to do no harm; taking steps to avoid negative consequences
Respect ✅treating people as unique, equal individuals
Autonomy ✅freedom of choice, individuals rights to make their own choices in the
decision making process
fully informed
Beneficence ✅doing good
taking action to ensure positive outcomes on behalf of clients and communities
Veracity ✅telling the truth
contributes to opportunity for greater community involvement and decision making
Fidelity ✅doing what you say you'll do, keeping your word
Justice ✅treating people fairly and equally --> promotes equity
Distributive justice ✅benefits should be given first to patients that need them the most
Egalitarian justice ✅decision based on equal distribution to everyone regardless of
needs
Restorative justice ✅determines the benefits should be given to those that have been
wronged by a prior injustice
Social justice ✅fair and equitable distribution of wealth, economic opportunity, and
access to privileges in our society
Epidemic ✅when a disease occurrence exceeded the normal/expected frequency in a
community
e.g. measles, opioid use
Pandemic ✅when epidemic goes global and becomes a world wide concern
Endemic ✅when a disease is continually found in an area/population
e.g. West Nile virus
counts ✅raw number of cases
e.g. localized measles outbreak at particular school
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