NUR 404 Exam 1 (100% correct answers)

Community Based Nursing Practice correct answers -Illness oriented care -manages acute and chronic conditions -a result of increased hospital cost Community-oriented nursing practice correct answers -promotes quality of life -primary focus is on health care of communities and populations -preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease Public Health Core Functions correct answers assessment, policy development, assurance Assessment correct answers systematically collecting data, monitoring health status, and making info available Policy Development correct answers using scientific knowledge to develop comprehensive public health policies Assurance correct answers refers to the role of public health in making sure that essential community health services are available Population focused (nursing) practice correct answers how health outcomes and disparities impact the population focuses on sanitation and control of infectious disease through immunization Public Health correct answers scientific discipline that includes the study of epidemiology, statistics, and assessment what society does to ensure that conditions exist in which people can be healthy Levels of prevention correct answers primary, secondary, tertiary Primary prevention correct answers Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring Secondary prevention correct answers focuses on early identification of individuals or communities experiencing illness, providing treatment, and conducting activities that are geared to prevent worsening health status screening Tertiary prevention correct answers aims to prevent the long-term consequences of a chronic illness or disability and to support optimal functioning treatment