NURS 3007 - Week 3 Questions With Complete Solutions

What are the CHNs 5 standards of practice correct answer: 1. Promoting health 2. Capacity building 3. Building relationships 4. Facilitating access and equity 5. Demonstrating professional responsibility and accountability What is the process by which CHNs base their community health decisions. Also name the components of this process correct answer: Community health nursing process (shocker) Comprehensive community assessment Planning Implementation Evaluation What model ruled supreme up to the mid 1950s and how did it define health correct answer: Medical model Health = the absence of disease What was the problemo with the medical model? correct answer: It led to placing health and illness on opposing ends of the spectrum with health being measured by negative indicators e.g. morbidity, mortality. The WHO proposed what definition of health in 1947 correct answer: Health as a state of complete physical, mental, social well being and not merely absence of disease. This view of health appreciates the balance of physical-mental-social. The influence of what discipline led to the consideration of aggregates as well as individuals in the definition of health. correct answer: Epidemiology The perspective of health as growth and an ongoing process throughout the lifespan was in introduced by who? correct answer: Dewey, Erikson, Piaget What was the Ottawa Charter definition of health correct answer: To reach a state of complete physical, social, mental well being an individual or group must be able to identify and to realize aspirations, to satisfy needs, and to change or cope with an environment. Define injury prevention correct answer: Strategies to help clients prevent and reduce risk of injury. Primary, Secondary, Tertiary levels Ex. Use of bike helmets to prevent head injuries Define disease correct answer: Presence of abnormal alterations in the function of the human body that fit within the medical model Define illness correct answer: An individual's personal experience/reaction to a disease whereby he/she is unable to function at the desired "usual" level Define disease prevention correct answer: Actions taken by the health sector to prevent the occurence of disease (primary), to detect and stop disease development in those at risk (secondary), and to reduce the negative effects of the disease (tertiary). Define health protection correct answer: Whereas disease prevention focuses on anticipation and avoidance of immediate health risks, health protection focuses on health maintenance by actually dealing with the immediate risk. Disease prevention acts as an umbrella term for... correct