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nu 400 midterm Exam 100% Verified!!medicine def - ANSWERsaves lives one at a time
public health def - ANSWERsaves millions of lives at a time, agent of time
core functions of public health - ANSWER1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
10 essential public health services - ANSWER1. Evaluate
2. Monitor health
3. Diagnose & Investigate
4. Educate
5. Mobilize community partnerships
6. Develop policies
7. Enforce laws
8. Link to/provide care
9. Assure a competent workforce
10. Research
Role of the Public Health Nurse - ANSWER-community assessment
-promote healthy lifestyles
-provide safe & healthy environment
geopolitical community - ANSWERGroup of ppl who live within identified boundaries and governing
systems
phenomenological community - ANSWERGroup of ppl who have interpersonal and intrapersonal
connections
community diagnosis - ANSWERThe identification and quantification of health problems in a
community as a whole in terms of mortality and morbidity rates and ratios, and identification of their
problem correlates/contributing causes for the purpose of defining those at risk or those in need of
health care
, windshield survey - ANSWERObservation of a community while driving a car or riding public
transportation to collect data for a community assessment
primary prevention - ANSWER-Prevent problems before they occur
-Alter exposures or reduce susceptibility to disease
primary prevention examples - ANSWEREx: immunizations, smoking prevention, seatbelt safety
secondary prevention - ANSWERearly detection & intervention
secondary prevention examples - ANSWERscreening programs: pap smear, mammogram, rapid HIV
testing of asymptomatic ppl
tertiary prevention - ANSWERprevention of deterioration once the disease is present, slow
progression
tertiary prevention examples - ANSWERphysical therapy, rehab
epidemiology - ANSWERStudy of the distribution and determinants of states of health and illness in
human populations
epidemiological triangle model (components) - ANSWER-Host (human)
-Agent (bacteria, virus, factor, element, force)
-Environment (woods, grass)
-Vector (deer tick)
john snow - ANSWERtransmission of cholera
florence nightingale - ANSWER-Sanitary reforms for Crimean war in Europe
-preventable/contagious diseases were the primary cause of mortality
-Founder of nursing profession
clara barton - ANSWER-"angel of the battlefield" or "florence nightingale of America"
-risked her life to bring supplies and support to soldiers in the field during the civil war
-founded the American Red Cross
lillian wald - ANSWER-contributed to human rights
-coined the term public health nurse, considered founder of public health nursing
mary breckinridge - ANSWER-public health nurse during WWI
-founded the frontier nursing service in kentucky: provide health care to children in remote/rural
areas
wheel of causation model - ANSWER-De-emphasizes the agent as the sole cause of disease
-emphasizes other components contributing to disease: biologic, social, physical environments &
genetics
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