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NURS 303 MIDTERM EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FALL 2024 GRADED A+
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NURS 303 MIDTERM EXAM PREP QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS FALL 2024 GRADED A+
What is a disaster?
Any natural or human-made incident that causes disruption, destruction, and/or
devastation requiring external assistance.
The number of reported natural and human-made disasters continues to rise
worldwide.
What are the four stages of disaster management cycle and nursing role?
Prevention (or mitigation)
Preparedness
Response
Recovery
What is the Nursing role applied to Disaster Management?
Nursing skills and competencies:
Assessment
Priority setting
Collaboration
Addressing both preventive and acute care needs
,Public Health Nurses provide health education, screening, mass clinic expertise,
essential public health services, community resource referral, psychological first
aid, and rapid needs assessment
YOU HAVE TO PRIORITIZE
What are social determinants of health?
Lack of adequate social, educational, and economic resources predisposes people
to vulnerability and disparities in health outcomes.
What is the intrapersonal level?
individual characteristics that influence behavior: knowledge, skills, self-efficacy
What is the interpersonal (family, friends, peers social networks) level?
interpersonal processes and groups providing identity and support
What is the Community (social, networks, norms) level?
community norms/regulations
,What is the Organizational (churches, stores, community orgs, regulations,
informal structures) level?
rules, regulations, policies, structures constraining or promoting behaviors
What is the Public policy (local, state, federal, international) level?
policies and laws that impact, regulate, or support healthy practices and actions
On the Health Pyramid, What is the smallest impact?
Counseling & education: eat healthy, be physically active
On the Health Pyramid, What is the biggest impact?
ocioeconomic factors: poverty, education, housing, inequality
, What are the healthy people 2020 goals and objectives?
To achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all
groups àrequires a broad approach
o Healthy equity: attainment of the highest level of health for all people. Requires
valuing everyone equally with focused and ongoing societal efforts to address
avoidable inequalities
· Global health
o Reduce the number of cases of malaria reported in the US
o Reduce the TB case rate for foreign-born persons living in the US
o Increase the number of GDD regional centers worldwide to detect and contain
emerging health threats
o Increase the # of public health professionals trained by the GDD programs
worldwide
o Increase diagnostic testing capacity in host countries and regionally through the
GDD regional centers
What can you tell me about population health practice?
The health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such
outcomes within the group; health outcomes, patterns of health determinants, and
policies & interventions that link these two
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