Community Health Test 1 NU 426 Questions and Correct Answers
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Course
NUR 426
Institution
NUR 426
What is the difference between community health and public health? Community health - improvement of the collective health within a geographically defined area
Public health - activities that a society does to create conditions where people can be healthy
What are the 10 leading health indicators...
Community Health Test 1 NU 426
Questions and Correct Answers
What is the difference between community health and public health? ✅Community
health - improvement of the collective health within a geographically defined area
Public health - activities that a society does to create conditions where people can be
healthy
What are the 10 leading health indicators? ✅1) Physical activity
2) Tobacco use
3) Responsible sexual behavior
4) Injury and violence
5) Immunization
6) Obesity
7) Substance use
8) Mental health
9) Environmental quality
10) Access to healthcare
How is public health nursing practice linked to acute care nursing practice?
✅Increased public health related practices improve quality of life, illness management,
and health outcomes, which leads to a decreased need and better outcomes for acute
care.
What are the two main components of community health practice? ✅Health promotion
and disease prevention
Community health goals Healthy People 2020: ✅1) Attain high quality, longer lives free
of preventable illness
2) Achieve health equity of all groups, eliminate demographic disparities
3) Create social environments that promote good health for all
What are the three levels of prevention? ✅1) Primary prevention - prevent an illness
from occurring.
2) Secondary prevention - early dx and prompt treatment.
3) Tertiary prevention - Rehabilitation.
What are the three core public health functions basic to community health nursing?
✅1) Assessment - analysis of needs and status of community.
, 2) Policy development
3) Assurance - availability of necessary services throughout the community.
What is evidence based practice? ✅Use of evidence or research findings along with
clinical judgment and patients' wishes in making decisions about how to care for
patients
What are the steps in the EBP process? ✅1) Ask a question
2) Search and collect the best evidence
3) Critically appraise the evidence
4) Integrate the evidence with clinical expertise and patient preferences
5) Evaluate outcomes of the decision
6) Disseminate the outcomes of the decision or change
What is the nurse's role in conducting research? ✅1) Identify an area of interest
2) Make a research question
3) Review the literature
4) Select a conceptual model
5) Choose a research design (Experimental, non experimental or descriptive.)
6) Obtain approval for research
7) Collect and analyze data
8) Interpret results
9) Publish findings
Describe the nature of values ✅- A personally held belief
- Function as standards that guide actions and behaviors
What are three key values in professional decision making? ✅- Self determination
- Wellbeing
- Equity (fair or equal treatment)
Explain the concept of culture. ✅Beliefs, values, and behavior
What is the significance of cultural diversity to community health? ✅Cultural diversity
(cultural plurality): variety of cultural patterns coexisting within a designated geographic
area. Cultural diversity creates an increased need for cultural sensitivity in the nurse, as
well as awareness of cultural practices.
What is ethnocentrism? ✅Ethnocentrism: belief or feeling that one's own culture is
best. This can prevent the nurse from showing appropriate respect for cultures different
from the nurse's own.
What are five characteristics shared by all cultures? ✅Culture is:
1) Learned
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