NR 442 Exam 1 Study Questions and
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Public Health The Mission ✅Social justice,
which entitles all people to basic necessities such as income, health protection and
accepts collective burden to make it possible.
Winslow's definition of public health ✅the science and art of preventing disease,
prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices
of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals
prevent
prolong
Promote
public health core functions ✅1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
monitor health
Dx and investigate
inform, educate, empower
mobilize community partnerships
develop policies
enforce laws
evaluate
research
Policy Development examples ✅Target:
Mobilize Community Partnership
Develop policies
Examples:
Collaboration with state, local or community hospitals, CDC, IDPH, etc
Mandated clinical documentation in patient's records
Mandated screening/ questionnaire of patients
assurance examples ✅Target:
Enforce Laws
Link to and provide care
Competent workforce
Evaluate
,Research
Examples:
Case review; development of reporting guidelines
Referral of clients to appropriate services
Training completion of identified healthcare workers, nurses, providers
Follow-up care management; evaluation of care
Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Vaccine research ongoing
Assessment examples ✅Target:
Diagnose and Investigate
Inform , educate and empower
Examples:
Ebola Screening; use of questionnaire
Use of mass media, hotline number, information dissemination strategies
Healthy People 2030 ✅Vision
A society in which all people can achieve their full potential for health and well-being
across the lifespan.
Overarching Goals
Attain healthy, thriving lives and well-being free of preventable disease, disability, injury,
and premature death.
Eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and attain health literacy to improve
the health and well-being of all.
Create social, physical, and economic environments that promote attaining the full
potential for health and well-being for all.
Promote healthy development, healthy behaviors, and well-being across all life stages.
Engage leadership, key constituents, and the public across multiple sectors to take
action and design policies that improve the health and well-being of all.
Healthy People 2030 Leading Health Indicators ✅•Children, adolescents, and adults
who use the oral health care system (2+ years)
•Consumption of calories from added sugars by persons aged 2 years and over (2+
years)
•Drug overdose deaths
, •Exposure to unhealthy air
•Homicides
•Household food insecurity and hunger
•Persons who are vaccinated annually against seasonal influenza
•Persons who know their HIV status (13+ years)
•Persons with medical insurance (<65 years)
•Suicides
social determinants of health ✅The conditions in which people are born, grow, live,
work, and age, shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources at global,
national, and local levels
personal, social, economic, and environmental factors
safe housing
decrease violence
discrimination
increase income
access to food
clean air and water
population-focused nursing ✅concentrates on specific groups of people and focuses
on health promotion and disease prevention, regardless of geographic location
Provision of essential services ✅research and solutions
Determinants of health ✅the range of personal, social, economic, and environmental
factors that influence health status
food desert ✅An area that has a substantial amount of low-income residents and has
poor access to a grocery store, defined in most cases as further than 1 mile.
aggregate ✅subgroup of a community
Ex: smokers
Community-oriented nursing ✅nursing that has as its primary focus the health care of
either the community or a population of individuals, families, and groups
cares for aggregates and high risk groups with goal of promoting health and prevention
of disease
community-based nursing ✅the provision of acute care and care for chronic health
problems to individuals and families in the community
