NURS 410. Test 1 (2024) || Complete Questions & 100% Correct Answers
NURS 410. Test 1 (2024) || Complete Questions & 100% Correct Answers
Define public health - ANSWER - The efforts, science, art and approaches used by all sectors of society to assure, maintain, protect, promote and improve the...
NURS 410. Test 1 (2024) || Complete
Questions & 100% Correct Answers
Define public health - ANSWER - The efforts, science, art and approaches used by all sectors of society to assure, maintain, protect, promote and improve the health of thr people.
Who is the client of a public health nurse? - ANSWER - Population/ community
When did Public Health Service start in the US? - ANSWER - 1798
When was Medicare and Medicaid created? - ANSWER - 1965
What is the National institute of health? - ANSWER - A part of the USDHHS, is the nations medical research agency.
U.s. Dept of health and human services which was created 1953, does what for the US ? - ANSWER - The US govt principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves
What is the Center for disease control that was created in 1946? - ANSWER - Works 24/7 days a week to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the United States one of the major operating components of the USDHHS
What is the food and drug Administration? - ANSWER - Responsible for the safety and security of most of our nations food supply, all cosmetics, dietary supplements and products that give operation. Regulates tobacco products.
What is the agency of healthcare research and quality - ANSWER - Charge of improving the quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare for all Americans. Supports health services research promotes evidence-based decision-
making.
What are the core functions of public health? - ANSWER - Assessment, policy development, assurance
Core function assessment does what exactly? - ANSWER - Monitors health status for community health problems and diagnose and investigate health problems and hazards in the community
What is the core function of policy development and public health? - ANSWER - Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues, mobilize community partnerships to ID and solve health problems, develop policies in plans that support individual and community health efforts.
What is the core function of assurance in public health? - ANSWER - Enforce law and regulations to protect health, Link people who need it. personal health services, ensure competent public health and personal healthcare workforce, Evaluate effectiveness accessibility and quality of personal and population-based health services Research for new insight and innovation solutions to health problems
What is public health nursing? - ANSWER - Practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences
A population focused, community oriented nursing practice that emphasizes the Prevention of Disease and Diability
What are the three P's a public education? - ANSWER - Population, prevention, and promotion
What must nurses in public health become specialist in? - ANSWER - Lifestyle health related behaviors and strategies aimed at lifestyle promotion and the evaluation of such programs
Summarize the Health belief model - ANSWER - If the patient does not perceive a threat of a disease to them. they will not change.
What is community based nursing? - ANSWER - This is home health aide focuses on acute and chronic care
What is community public health? - ANSWER - Focuses on prevention populations and health promotion
What are the three levels of practice in public health? - ANSWER - Individual/family community systems
What is the individual focus practice of public health. - ANSWER - Changes knowledge attitudes beliefs practice and behaviors of individuals. They receive services because their identified as belonging to a population at risk.
What is community focus practice and public health? - ANSWER - Aims to change community norms, community attitudes, awareness, practices, and behaviors.
What is system focus practice of public health? - ANSWER - Changes organizations, policies, laws, and power structures A nurse meets with a number of parents about kids safety on skateboards.
1 individual 2 community
3 systems - ANSWER - Community
The nurse talks to a child who hurt his knee while skateboarding. This is what type of Public health?
1 individual 2 community
3 systems - ANSWER - Individual
School nurse speaks with the principal about banning skateboards from school property.
1 individual 2 community
3 systems - ANSWER - Systems
School nurse meets with the health department to discuss strategies to increase immunization rates of children.
1 Out reach 2 case finding 3 advocacy 4 social marketing 5 collaboration - ANSWER - Collaboration
Nurse works with a child with cystic fibrosis to coordinate the services that are in the community.
1 out reach
2 collaboration
3 case management
4 Community organizing - ANSWER - Case management
Nurse visit a community where there have been several cases of TB. The nurse lets people know that they can get tested at the health department.
1 out reach 2 case findings 3 advocacy 4 health teaching - ANSWER - Out reach
the community has had an increase incidence of skateboard injuries. Which intervention
would be considered community focused?
1. Enacting laws to ban skateboards
2. TV ads about wearing helmets
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