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Community Health Nursing Exam 1|59 multiple questions all with correct answers
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Definition 1 of 59
The study of the amount and distribution of disease constitutes descriptive epidemiology.
Patterns identified through descriptive epidemiology may indicate possible causes.
When these possible causes are investigated with different and more advanced epidemiologic
methods, this is analytic epidemiology.
Analytic vs. Descriptive Epidemiology
Population vs. aggregate
Needs assessment
Health promotion
Definition 2 of 59
number of newly reported cases that occur during a specified period of time; most sensitive
indicator of changing health in a community
Crude rates
Prevalence rate
Incidence rates
Risk
Definition 3 of 59
takes into account specific subset and important variables
Prevalence rate
Relative risk
Incidence rates
Adjusted rate
,Definition 4 of 59
actions focus on modifying economic, political, and environmental factors which are
precursors to poor health
Health promotion
Downstream thinking
Upstream thinking
Holistic thinking
Definition 5 of 59
home visits to mothers and children, support services for immigrants, the first school health
and industrial health programs, and many other services
The henry street settlement was a historical site for art exhibitions
The henry street settlement only offered recreational activities for children
The henry street settlement focused exclusively on legal aid for immigrants
The Henry Street Settlement was a model comprehensive health care center that
provided many services, including
Definition 6 of 59
and a mechanism for directing attention upstream and examining opportunities for nursing
intervention at the population level
Ph is prevention and promotion of population health at the
Milio's framework for prevention (1976) is a historical account of nursing practices
Milio's framework for prevention (1976) provides a complement to the HBM
Milio's framework for prevention (1976) advocates for reducing healthcare costs Only
,Definition 7 of 59
Proportionate mortality rate is calculated using the number of deaths resulting from a specific
cause in a specific time period as the numerator and the total number of deaths in the same
time period as the denominator.
In crude death rates, the numerator is the number of deaths, and the denominator is the
average population size or the population size at midyear multiplied by a constant
Risk Prevalence Rates Incidence
Crude Rates
PMR
Odds Ratio
Adjusted Rate
Definition 8 of 59
A conceptual model to assist the nurse in community health planning.
Helps to focus the time, energy, and programmatic resources available to community health
nursing clients.
Focuses the nurse on long-term, "bigger picture" issues related to community health practice,
such as social justice or power.
Analytic Epidemiology
Upstream thinking
Indicators of Health
Upstream thinking is
, Definition 9 of 59
the world of the perceiver determines action
The Henry Street Settlement was a model comprehensive health care center that
provided many services, including
Political and economic interventions are the most effective way to address
The health belief model (HBM) evolved from the premise that
Odds ration is very similar to risk raito if
Definition 10 of 59
individual self-care needs and explains the level of nursing interventions required to assist
clients to obtain optimal health
Theory helps nursing by
Orem's self-care deficit theory is based on
Nursing Theory improves community nursing by
Hill's Criteria for Causality
Definition 11 of 59
#deaths over population
do not account for important factors
Rate
Crude Rates
Incidence Rates
Prevalence Rate
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