QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Florence Nightingale's Environment Theory
Impact of environment on health. Focus on preventative care:
Wash hands etc.
Health Belief Model
Addresses the relationship between a person's beliefs and behaviors
1. Modifying variables
2. Perceived ability/susceptibility
3. Perceived Benefits vs Barriers
4. Cues to action
Modifying variables (HBM)
An individual's personal factors that affect whether the new behavior is adopted
(Race, gender, age, economy and education)
Perceived ability and susceptibility of getting a disease
If they feel like they are more likely to get it the more likely they will take action
Perceived Benefits vs Barriers of taking action
See more benefits than barriers then they will take action, vice versa
Cues to action (HBM)
Factors that activate "readiness to change"
Advice from doctors, seeing advertisements, etc
Community-based nursing
Acute and chronic care of individuals and families to strengthen their capacity for self-
care and promote independence in decision making.
(Home health nurse)
Community-oriented nursing
, Focus on communities, populations
- health promotion, disease prevention, education
- indirect nursing activities
(PHN)
Respect for autonomy
refers to respecting patients' rights to make decisions about their own healthcare
Nonmaleficence
do no harm
Beneficence
Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action
Distributive Justice
Perceived fairness of the amount and allocation of rewards among individuals
Epidemiology Triangle
agent, host, environment
Agent
(Epidemiological Triangle)
Animate or inanimate factor that must be present of lacking for a condition/ disease to
develop. The agent is what is causing the problem.
Ex. leak of a dangerous chemical, outbreak of Ebola virus
Host
(Epidemiological Triangle)
A living species (human/ animal) that is capable of being infected or affected by the
agent.
Individual exposed to agent resulting in a condition/ disease. (age, sex, race, lifestyle,
immune status)
Environment
(Epidemiological Triangle)
All that is internal or external to a given host or agent that is affected by the agent.
External conditions (physical, biological, education, socioeconomic status, healthcare
access, social support, culture, climate).
Incidence vs. Prevalence