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Module 1: Foundations of Community Health Nursing 100% Verified
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3 core functions of public health - ANSWER Assessment Policy development Assurance
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Module 1: Foundations of CommunityHealth Nursing 100% Verified
Public Health - ANSWER What communities and members of society do to ensure the
health of its' citizens. Also known as community health.
3 core functions of public health - ANSWER Assessment
Policy development
Assurance
Assessment - ANSWER Examining a community in terms of their health and health
status.
Data collection and analysis.
Ethical responsibility to communicate back to that community about the information that
we have - dissemination of knowledge.
Policy Development - ANSWER A responsibility to engage in the policy process to
ensure that policies are in place to ensure the community's health.
Ensure that any policy decision that is being made are based on science and evidence
Assurance - ANSWER Ensuring that we have a current, competent workforce.
Ensuring that nurses working in the community have appropriate credentials.
Assure that essential health benefits are available to all people in the community.
Fair distribution of benefits and burdens.
Work with un-insured, under-insured, and transient populations.
Transient populations - ANSWER Migrant workers, homeless, undocumented citizens.
Un-insured - ANSWER Illegal residents of a county; those who cannot afford insurance.
Often safety-net organizations will not ask for their status upon check in.
3 key statements about public health - ANSWER 1 - people come from somewhere and
go back to that place
2- relationships and partnerships are critical
3- we work with communities, not to or for them.
Community-based nursing - ANSWER Care that occurs in the community; tends to have
an illness care focus. Care of acute and chronic conditions. Goal is to increase the
capacity of the individual or their family for self-care and management of the condition.
Nursing activities are direct, one-on-one, illness care.
Ex- home care, school nurse, staff nurse in clinic.
Community-oriented nursing - ANSWER Has a focus on populations. There is emphasis
on health promotion, disease prevention, and health protection. There is a responsibility
, to understand the connection between individual, population, community health, and the
environment. Nursing activities are indirect; such as program management. Ex- director
of nursing in health department.
The Public Health Code of Ethics - ANSWER -Prevent harm
-Do no harm
-Promote good
-Respect individual and community rights
-Respect autonomy and diversity
-Provide confidentiality, competency, trustworthiness, and advocacy.
Quality data - ANSWER Minimal bias present
Quantity of data - ANSWER The number of studies, participants, or strength of effect
Consistency of data - ANSWER The results are repeatable.
Total quality management (TQM) - ANSWER An approach that seeks to improve quality
and performance which meets or exceeds expectation.
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) - ANSWER An approach to quality management
that emphasizes the organization and its processes and systems and uses objective
data to analyze and improve processes.
Effectiveness - ANSWER Providing services to those who will benefit.
Timeliness - ANSWER Reducing waits and harmful delays in providing and receiving
care
Client-centered - ANSWER Ensuring client values guide decision making
Equity - ANSWER Providing equal care without discriminating against gender, race,
sexual orientation, SES
Safety - ANSWER Avoiding injuries to clients from the care intended to help them
Efficiency - ANSWER Avoiding waste in supplies, ideas, or energy.
Epidemiology - ANSWER The study of health-related trends in populations for the
purposes of disease prevention, health maintenance, and health protection.
Epidemiological triangle - ANSWER Relationship between the agent, host, and
environment.
Agent - ANSWER The physical, infectious, or chemical factor that causes the disease.
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