Community Health Nursing Overview

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What is the primary focus of community based nursing?

  • Surveillance and evaluation of community health
  • Implementing strategies to promote health in the community
  • Managing acute and chronic conditions (correct)
  • Prevent disease and promote community health

What is the purpose of community oriented nursing?

  • Promoting quality of life and keeping the community healthy (correct)
  • Surveillance and evaluation of communities' health
  • Managing acute and chronic conditions in the community
  • Implementing strategies to prevent disease in the community

In which setting do community health nurses typically provide illness care?

  • Hospital setting
  • Schools, parish, or camps (correct)
  • Workplace setting
  • Community centers

What is the main goal of the quad council?

<p>To develop recommendations on public health nursing competencies (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of public health nursing?

<p>Promoting health and preventing disease in the population (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of Healthy People 2030?

<p>To eliminate preventable disease, disability, and injury (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes tertiary prevention from primary and secondary prevention?

<p>It attempts to limit progression of established diseases (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which individual is known for introducing principles of asepsis and infection control?

<p>Florence Nightingale (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What organization did Lillian Wald create to prevent disease in workers and promote productivity?

<p>Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MLIC) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is included in the three core functions of public health?

<p>Assessment, policy development, assurance (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who established the first nursing school in England?

<p>Florence Nightingale (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Organizing community efforts that help prevent disease and promote health by using science and technical knowledge' is the definition of which concept?

<p><strong>Public Health</strong> (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental characteristics' is the definition of which concept?

<p>Population (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the emphasis of primary prevention?

<p>Promoting health and preventing disease (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the main goals of public health nursing?

<p>Promoting health and preventing disease at a population level (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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