Community Health

Community health nurses correct answer: promote the health and welfare of clients across the lifespan and from diverse populations. Nightingale's Theory of Environment correct answer: ›› the relationship between an individual's environment and health ›› Depicts health as a continuum ›› Emphasizes preventive care Health Belief Model correct answer: ›› to predict or explain health behaviors ›› preventive health behaviors are taken primarily for the purpose of avoi...

What is evidence based practice? correct answer: Knowledge and expertise from research combined with knowledge gained from clinical practice. What steps should be taken in case of a disaster? correct answer: 1. Mitigate (make less severe) 2. Prepare for it 3. Respond to it 4. Recover What steps are involved in the Evidence Based Practice process? correct answer: 1. Formulate question 2. Systematic search for applicable evidence 3. Appraise evidence 4. Decision making (does practic...

autonomy correct answer: individuals select those actions that fulfill their goals, clients decision nonmaleficience correct answer: no harm is done when applying standards of care beneficience correct answer: maximize possible benefits and minimize possible harms distributive justice correct answer: fair distribution of the benefits and burden in society based on the needs and contributions of its members epidemiology correct answer: investigative study of disease trends in pop...

Community-Oriented Nursing correct answer: Focus: Health of the community as a whole. Client: Community Activity: Surveillance and evaluation of the community's collective health, and the implementation of strategies to promote health and prevent disease. Community-Based Nursing correct answer: Focus: Health of individuals, families, and groups within a community. Client: Individuals, family, or group of individuals Activity: Provision of direct primary care in the settings where indiv...

acceptability the relationship between the client's attitudes about providers and providers' attitudes about acceptable client characteristics. access ability to obtain health care services in a timely manner, at a reasonable cost, by a qualified practitioner, at an accessible location. accessibility the relationship between the location of the services and the client's location. accommodation the relationship between how services are organized (e.g., hours of operation, ...