NUR 452 exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
3 major sources of error can affect the reliability of tests Correct
Answers Various inherent in the trait being measured
Observer variation
Consistency of the instrument
3 P's of public health Correct Answers Population
Prevention
Promotion
attributes and criteria of health promotion Correct Answers
Optimization of health-
Maintain high-level wellness
Prevent illness
Early detection and management of disease
CDC online data collection Correct Answers provides the
incidence & prevalence of diseases
tells you about injuries too
Characteristics of a successful screening program Correct
Answers Validity--sensitivity, Specificity
reliability
Capable of large group administration - Fast admin and results,
Inexpensive (personnel and materials)
,Innocuous - few side effects, minimally invasive (drawing labs
and rectal things are more invasive, don't fit in this category)
High Yield - able to detect enough new cases -amount previous
unrecognized but now diagnosed and treated as result of
screening program (scoliosis does not fit here bc not common)
collecting data with Existing Data sources - secondary analysis
Correct Answers National sources - internet - for demographic
or epi data
Special interests groups - MADD, American Lung Association,
American Heart Association etc
Longitudinal research - Alameda county and framingham heart
study (from schools of PH)
State and Local - health departments, city planning agencies,
community resource guides (ex Community Information and
Referral)
*purpose: To save time and effort and perhaps have new insights
Can collect data 24/7 on your community sights from these
sights (census, CDC, FDA, EPA) bc they are online:
community assessment Correct Answers start collecting data -
Use Functional Health Patterns as a framework
Requires the following 3 steps:
,1. Gathering existing data (existing, readily available data) &
generating missing data (developing data that does not already
exist)
2. Developing a composite database (putting all data together).
This is the FHP template.
3. Interpreting the database to identify community problems and
strengths
[ place a (+) after strengths/resources and (-) after problems and
needs]
community BASED nursing Correct Answers Focus on illness
care of individuals and family
Family or individual initiates the service
Goal: take care of individual with disease/illness
Manage acute and chronic illness in the community
community BASED nursing examples Correct Answers taking
care of someone with a acute/chronic condition in somewhere
other than a hospital (hospice, homecare, etc)
focus on individual or family only. A philosophy that guides
family-centered illness care
provider driven
community focused nursing process Correct Answers The
same as nursing process, but look at it in a different way when
looking at the community
, community oriented level of prevention Correct Answers
focuses on primary and secondary prevention (health promotion
and prevention)
community planning Correct Answers Analyzing the
community health problems identified in the community nursing
diagnoses (done to some extent with the RT and AEB)
Establishing priorities among the Nursing diagnoses/problems
Establishing goals and objectives**
Identifying intervention activities that will accomplish the
objectives
Prioritization matrix
Community reconnaissance Correct Answers surfing the web,
like a windshield survey
community-oriented nursing Correct Answers Clients are
individuals, families, groups, populations, or communities.
Major goal is to care for/preserve/protect/maintain the
communities health (COMMUNITY = CLIENT)
Looks at the population, not just a sick person (screening BP and
someone has high BP, look at what to do for that
population/community)
3 major sources of error can affect the reliability of tests Correct
Answers Various inherent in the trait being measured
Observer variation
Consistency of the instrument
3 P's of public health Correct Answers Population
Prevention
Promotion
attributes and criteria of health promotion Correct Answers
Optimization of health-
Maintain high-level wellness
Prevent illness
Early detection and management of disease
CDC online data collection Correct Answers provides the
incidence & prevalence of diseases
tells you about injuries too
Characteristics of a successful screening program Correct
Answers Validity--sensitivity, Specificity
reliability
Capable of large group administration - Fast admin and results,
Inexpensive (personnel and materials)
,Innocuous - few side effects, minimally invasive (drawing labs
and rectal things are more invasive, don't fit in this category)
High Yield - able to detect enough new cases -amount previous
unrecognized but now diagnosed and treated as result of
screening program (scoliosis does not fit here bc not common)
collecting data with Existing Data sources - secondary analysis
Correct Answers National sources - internet - for demographic
or epi data
Special interests groups - MADD, American Lung Association,
American Heart Association etc
Longitudinal research - Alameda county and framingham heart
study (from schools of PH)
State and Local - health departments, city planning agencies,
community resource guides (ex Community Information and
Referral)
*purpose: To save time and effort and perhaps have new insights
Can collect data 24/7 on your community sights from these
sights (census, CDC, FDA, EPA) bc they are online:
community assessment Correct Answers start collecting data -
Use Functional Health Patterns as a framework
Requires the following 3 steps:
,1. Gathering existing data (existing, readily available data) &
generating missing data (developing data that does not already
exist)
2. Developing a composite database (putting all data together).
This is the FHP template.
3. Interpreting the database to identify community problems and
strengths
[ place a (+) after strengths/resources and (-) after problems and
needs]
community BASED nursing Correct Answers Focus on illness
care of individuals and family
Family or individual initiates the service
Goal: take care of individual with disease/illness
Manage acute and chronic illness in the community
community BASED nursing examples Correct Answers taking
care of someone with a acute/chronic condition in somewhere
other than a hospital (hospice, homecare, etc)
focus on individual or family only. A philosophy that guides
family-centered illness care
provider driven
community focused nursing process Correct Answers The
same as nursing process, but look at it in a different way when
looking at the community
, community oriented level of prevention Correct Answers
focuses on primary and secondary prevention (health promotion
and prevention)
community planning Correct Answers Analyzing the
community health problems identified in the community nursing
diagnoses (done to some extent with the RT and AEB)
Establishing priorities among the Nursing diagnoses/problems
Establishing goals and objectives**
Identifying intervention activities that will accomplish the
objectives
Prioritization matrix
Community reconnaissance Correct Answers surfing the web,
like a windshield survey
community-oriented nursing Correct Answers Clients are
individuals, families, groups, populations, or communities.
Major goal is to care for/preserve/protect/maintain the
communities health (COMMUNITY = CLIENT)
Looks at the population, not just a sick person (screening BP and
someone has high BP, look at what to do for that
population/community)
