____________ and ____________ are two important PH nurses. - ANSWERFlo. Nightingale; Lillian
Wald
Public health: - ANSWERThe science , art, and practice of protecting and improving the health of
populations
Public health is shifting from providing care to the _______to the ____________ or aggregate. -
ANSWERindividual; population
What are the three core functions to public health: - ANSWERAssessment=>policy development=>
Assurance
Assessment entails: - ANSWERsystamatic collection of data, montioring health status, making info
avalible to the public
Policy Deveolpment entails: - ANSWERProvide leadership in developing policies that support the
health of the population, which includes scientific knowledge in making decsions about policy
Assurance entails: - ANSWERmaking sure essential comm. health services are avalible/ giving services
for individuals that not receive care previously/ ensures competent care
Public health focuses on health and prevention ( T or F) - ANSWERTrue
Public health is typically done at the community or population level ( T or F) - ANSWERTrue
Public health is concerned for ____ members of the community , especially the __________. -
ANSWERAll; Marginalized
The population is often refered to as the : - ANSWERaggregate
A population is a group of people who have at least _____ thing in common and can be described in
terms of ____________ or common characteristic. - ANSWERone; geography
there are often ________ within a popuation. - ANSWERsub populations
Community health nursing : - ANSWERsystematic process of delivering care to improve the health of
a commuity through the delivery of personal health care services to individuals , families, groups.
Community based nursing rferes to setting the ______ of the nurse and focuses primarily on
individuals and families. - ANSWERrole
PHN Interventions are the actions taken of : - ANSWERindividuals, families,groups, systems=> impact
the health status of the community.
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