1. How is popu- a collection of individuals who have one or more personal
lation defined? or environmental things in common. AKA aggregate
What else may it
be called?
2. What are the Assessment which includes activities that involve collect-
public health ing and analyzing and disseminating information.
core functions? Policy development- making health policies.
Assurance- making sure that something does happen for
the benefit of the community.
3. What is commu- focus' on individual and families illnesses. Ex: clinics
nity- based nurs-
ing? What are
some examples?
4. What is com- nursing that has its primary focus on the health care
munity oriented of either the community or a population of individuals,
nursing? families, and groups
5. What are the dis- it focuses on communities as a whole and in promoting
tinguishing char- health and protecting communities as whole.
acteristics of
public health
nursing? What
are more exam-
ples of PHN?
6. What are the key 1. Focus on prevention
features of the 2. Social determinants of health
Public Health 3.0 3. engage multiple sectors to come with ideas
agenda?
7. How does tech- it makes it easier for public health to have access to their
nology en- health care data.
hance popula-
tion health?
8. Differentiate be- Primary= prevention of illness, education on smoking ces-
tween levels of sation.
, NRSN 1026- Community Health Nursing
prevention and Secondary= screening for illness, mammogram
apply to exam- Tertiary= treatment of illness. Giving medications to dia-
ples? betes patients.
9. What are the bar- Mindsets of only being bedside. "Im just one person I
riers to specializ- cannot make a difference"
ing in population
health?
10. How did the in- Migration and urbanization resulted in increase demands
dustrial revolu- of care.
tion impact pop-
ulation health?
11. What is the it guaranteed medical care for the poor, blind and the
Elizabethan Poor lame. Minimal care was given in almshouses supported
Law? by the local government. It was similar to medicaid.
12. What is the Shat- changes to improve the publics health to take place as
tuck Report? such as sanitation. These were also the guidelines for
modern public health organization were eventually devel-
oped.
13. Who is Lillian Lillian Wald established the Henry Street settlement and
Wald? What was school nursing and later emerged as leader of public
her influence on health nursing during its early decades. She created this.
nursing?
14. What is the Fron- the frontier nursing service nurses were trained in nursing
tier Nursing Ser- public health and midwifery. Women in labor are likely
vice? Who estab- to receive care from this program. Mary Breckenridge
lished FNS? established this service.
15. What are the In the 1950's Bachelors nursing programs typically includ-
major changes ed public health nursing concepts . Junior and Community
in public health colleges began offering nursing programs. In the 1980's,
nursing that oc- laws began to be passed that discouraged the use of
curred in each alcohol, drugs, tobacco. NP's also were increasingly used
decade? to provide care. Lastly, public health programs suffered
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