EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
nightgale's theory of environment - CORRECT ANSWERS- *focuses on the
impact of a person's environment on their health
-focus is on preventative care
-washing hands, maintaining a clean environment ==> in order to prevent a
disease or spread of a disease
community health nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS- *the client is the
community or population as opposed to an individual
*two parts that fall underneath this
community based nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS- *providing illness care:
helping to take care of clients with acute or chronic conditions
*treating individuals and families
*ex: home health nurse, school nurse
community oriented nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS- *not focused on illness
care
*focused on education, disease prevention, trying to improve collected
health of the community
*focus on health education, health promotion, and disease promotion
*ex: public health nurses
health belief model - CORRECT ANSWERS- *assumes the person's primary
motivation in taking positive health actions it to avoid getting a disease
-the likelihood that they will take these actions are based on:
1. modifying variables: age, gender, race, economy and education
2. perceived severity and susceptibility of getting a disease
3. perceived benefits vs. barriers of taking action
4. cues to action: advice from doctors, media campaigns, etc.
respect for autonomy - CORRECT ANSWERS- *uplifting a patient's right for
self-determination
informatics - CORRECT ANSWERS- *incorporates nursing and information
technology and patient technology to develop and support nursing practice
and improve patient outcomes
, telehealth - CORRECT ANSWERS- *delivery of healthcare through technology
versus in person
-particular helpful in rural areas where they lack specialists, patients can
connect with specialists who don't have access
health policy - CORRECT ANSWERS- *nurses can always act as an advocate
for changes in health policy
*help lobby legislators
*serve in public office
*help form coaligitions: collaboration of groups to achieve a goal, hopes to
improve community health
nonmaleficence - CORRECT ANSWERS- *not doing any harm
beneficience - CORRECT ANSWERS- *doing good or what is best for the
patient
distributive justices - CORRECT ANSWERS- *fair allocation of resources in the
community
epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWERS- *the study of the spread, transmission,
or incidence of the disease or injury
3 components of the epidemiology triangle - CORRECT ANSWERS- *agent:
the thing that is causing the disease
*host: the human or animal that is being affected by the disease
*environment
incidence - CORRECT ANSWERS- *number of new cases of disease or injury
in a population during a specified period of time
prevalence - CORRECT ANSWERS- *the number of all cases (which includes
new or previous cases) of disease or injury in a population during a specified
period of time.
obsticles to education - CORRECT ANSWERS- *age
*culture
*illiteracy
*language barrier
*lack of access
*lack of motivation
visual - CORRECT ANSWERS- *respond better to videos or presentations