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NU 400- Community Midterm Exam100% Correct!!
What does medicine do? - ANSWERSaves lives one at a time
What does public health do? - ANSWERSaves lives millions at a time
what are the 10 components of essential public health services - ANSWER
Public Health Practice - 3 Core Functions - ANSWERAssessment
Policy Development
Assurance
What is assessment function in public health - ANSWER•Systematic data collection on the population
•Monitoring of population's health status
•Making information available on health of community
what is policy development function in public health - ANSWER•Need to provide leadership in
developing policies that support the health of the population
• Including using scientific knowledge in making decisions about policy
What is assurance function in public health - ANSWER•Role of public health in making sure that
essential community-oriented health services are available
• May include providing essential health services for those who would otherwise not receive them.
•Ensures a competent public health and personal health care workforce is available.
Principles of Public Health Nursing (ANA): who is the client - ANSWERthe population
Principles of Public Health Nursing (ANA) primary obligation - ANSWERto achieve the greatest good
for the greatest number of people or people as a whole
Principles of Public Health Nursing (ANA): Public health nurses collaborate with the - ANSWERthe
client as an equal partner.
Principles of Public Health Nursing (ANA) what is the priority prevention - ANSWERPrimary
prevention is the priority in selecting appropriate activities.
ANA Scope and Standards of Public Health Nursing - ANSWER•The community is the client.
•PHN focuses on strategies that create health, environmental, social and economic conditions that
populations can thrive.
, •Optimal use of available resources and create of evidence-based strategies to assure overall
improvement of health.
•Collaboration with other professions, populations, organization, stakeholder groups is the most
effective way to promote the health of the people.
•PHN is an Agent of Change
Who invented the smallpox vaccine? - ANSWEREdward Jenner
1796
Key Elements of Community Assessment - ANSWERDefining a community
Community diagnosis (definition)
Windshield Survey
How do you define a community - ANSWER•Research data from both primary and secondary data
sources
•Goal is to assess the entire community at-large
Community Diagnosis definition - ANSWERDiagnosis a Community Health Gap
What is a windshield survey? - ANSWERa systematic observation of a community made from a
moving vehicle
-an initial assessment of a community
-provides information on the geography, the environment, and the people who reside in the
community
- done while driving through a community
What kind of data is qualitative - ANSWERObservational
what kind of data is quantitative - ANSWERnumerical
PHN Interventions - ANSWER•Surveillance
•Community Assessments
•Disease and Health Investigation
•Screening
•Outreach
•Case Finding
•Referral and follow-up
•Case Management
•Delegate Functions
•Counseling
•Collaboration
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