CMAN 380

What is public health? correct answers prevention, environment, health care- resources available to the patient, more generalized to the entire population focus Public health nursing is... correct answers the practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences. Public health nursing focuses on... correct answers improving population health by emphasizing prevention, and attending to multiple determinants o...

community health nursing correct answers -synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice applied to promoting and preserving the health of populations -general and comprehensive, not limited to an age/diagnosis -continuing, not episodic public health nursing correct answers The practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences What are the goals for community/public health? correct answers -c...

goal of epidemiology` correct answers to improve health outcomes in a population rate correct answers number of events/populations at risk x 100,000 incidence correct answers number of new cases of an illness/injury that occurs within a specific time prevalence correct answers measures all of the existing cases at a given point in time prospective study correct answers establishes a causal association and a temporal relationship, all subjects are free of disease, data ...

What approach have nurses historically used when providing care and paying attention to costs? a. Giving the best possible nursing care regardless of ability to pay b. Giving whatever care the nurse has the expertise to give c. Giving whatever care the patient could afford d. Giving whatever care the patient desired and for which he or she was willing to pay correct answers a. Giving the best possible nursing care regardless of ability to pay Historically, cost was not considered r...

What is the Poverty Threshold? correct answers Poverty threshold: based on census • Used to estimate level of poverty of Americans • Used for statistical purposes • Income used to computer poverty status (before taxes) What is the Poverty Guideline? correct answers • Federal poverty level • Simplified for administrative purpose to define financial eligibility o When was the Social Security Act passed? correct answers 1935 o Define the Benefit Programs under Social...

Material through correct answers Health risks & behavioral changes teaching-learning process Global Health US health & social service programs Social Security Medicare Medicaid LTC USDA Food programs TANF What is the leading cause of death for 1-44 years old? correct answers unintentional injury What is the leading cause of death for 45-64 years old? correct answers malignant neoplasms (cancer) What is the leading cause of death for 65 years old and older? correct a...