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NUR 408 Exam 1 questions with correct answer1.
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- NURS 408
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NUR 408 Exam 1 questions with correct answersPopulation Focused Nursing Correct Answer-Foundations of Practice
Introduction Correct Answer-Renewed interest public health and in
population-focused health care in the United States
New need for public health nursing:
-time and opportunity challenge
-growing costs
-changing U.S. demography
-bioterrorism
-epidemic prevention
Population-focused approach
Prevention emphasis
What is Health? Correct Answer-Definition of Health
-Health, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a "state
of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity."
-"...what we, as a society, do collectively to assure the conditions in
which people can be healthy."
,Perceptions of Health
Measures of Health
-Health as a Continuum
-Illness-wellness continuum
-population health and the care continuum
-mental health continuum
Factors Influencing Health
-Biophysical: age, gender, genetics
-Behavioral: smoking, diet, alcohol, exercise, risk taking
-Psychosocial: stress management, self efficacy, self esteem
-Societal: social networks, geography/environmental, socioeconomic
status
-Environmental: air, water, city vs. country side, lead exposure, factory
exposure
-Health Systems: access to resources
Public Health Practice Correct Answer--Foundation for healthy
population
-Solid history of preventive improvements
,-Institute of Medicine Report 2012: emphasis on funding public health
services, emphasis on population-based prevention
CDC: Top Ten Public Health Achievements of the 20th Century Correct
Answer--Immunizations
-Motor Vehicle Safety
-Control of infectious disease: quarantine, understanding how and why
diseases spread
-Safer and healthier food supply
-Healthier mothers and babies: prenatal care
-Family planning: Spacing births
-Fluoridation of Drinking Water
-Reduction of tobacco use
-Declines in deaths from heart disease and stroke
-Workplace safety
Determinants of Health Correct Answer--The range of social, ecological,
political, commercial and cultural factors that influence health status
-Complex and interrelating factors that contribute to a person's current
state of health and their chances of maintaining good health and
becoming ill or injured
, -Social determinants are conditions in which people live, their income,
social status, education, literacy level, home and work environments,
support networks, gender, culture, and the availability of health services
Upstream vs. Downstream
*Do not worry too much about the chart* Correct Answer-Upstream:
Policy and Programs
-Corporations and other businesses
-Government agencies
-Schools
Social inequities:
-Race/ethnicities
-Gender
-Immigration status
-Sexual orientation
Midstream:
Physical environment
-Housing
-Land use
-Transportation
-Residential segregation
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