Public Health Nursing Overview

Collective societal efforts to ensure health conditions for people.

Organized efforts to promote health and prevent disease using scientific knowledge.

Envisioning healthy people in healthy communities.

Includes safer environments, increased life expectancy, and reduced deaths.

Assessment, policy development, and assurance.

Designed to limit disease progression or disability.

Focused on early detection and treatment of diseases in acute stages.

Meets basic healthcare needs at an affordable cost, includes both public health and primary care.

A collection of individuals sharing similar characteristics, defined by geography or special interest.

Aims to manage acute and chronic conditions, providing comprehensive, coordinated care in community settings.

Focuses on health promotion and disease prevention for individuals and groups within a community.

Barriers to leadership roles, developing nurse leaders, and addressing social determinants of health.

A pivotal document in public health history that highlighted the need for organized public health systems.

Began in 1850 with state health departments and local boards, emphasized sanitation and health education.

Guaranteed minimal medical care for the poor, blind, and lame, typically through almshouses.

Introduced midwifery in the US, reducing pregnancy complications and maternal mortality.

Aimed at improving maternal and child health with federal funds for health departments.

Led to establishment of nursing institutions due to inadequate home care structures.

Used visiting nurses to care for sick policyholders, focusing on education and data collection.

Term from 1886 emphasizing nursing's role in health education and financial support for initiatives.

Focused on professional training and the evolution of nursing roles to meet societal needs.

Systematically collecting data on health and monitoring community health status.

Tracking the health status of a population to identify issues.

Creating policies that support population health using scientific knowledge.

Collaborating with community entities to identify and solve health issues.

Ensuring the availability of community-oriented health services.

Having skilled public health and healthcare workers available.

Assessing the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of health services.

Regulations that protect health and ensure safety in the community.

Pioneer in nursing education advocating for 2-year junior college programs to address nursing shortages.

Public health nursing was mandated for baccalaureate nursing education programs in 1950.

Founded Frontier Nursing Service in 1925, promoting nursing in rural areas.

A global health crisis that turned various buildings into makeshift hospitals for patients.

Health care reform law aimed at providing affordable, quality health care and preventive services.

Pioneer of modern nursing, focused on health promotion and sanitation.

Nurses trained in midwifery to support childbirth and maternal health.

A nursing approach focused on the health of the entire community.

Strategies aimed at preventing health issues in communities.

Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation in nursing.

A framework identifying public health priorities for community health improvement.

Nursing that addresses the health needs of a community collectively.

Efforts to improve individual and community health through various initiatives.

Founder of Public Health Nursing and leader in community health programs.