Test Your Knowledge on the 8 Principles of Public Health Nursing

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Which of the following is not a tenet of community health nursing?

  • Individual-based care (correct)
  • Policy development
  • Assurance
  • Population-based assessment

What is the primary focus of community health nursing intervention strategies?

  • Providing individual-based care
  • Creating healthy social conditions
  • Creating healthy environmental conditions (correct)
  • Creating healthy economic conditions

What is the dominant concern and obligation in community health nursing practice?

  • The needs of individual patients
  • The greater good of all of the people or population as a whole (correct)
  • The financial interests of healthcare organizations
  • The preferences of healthcare providers

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Study Notes

  • Public health nursing organization developed 8 principles of public health nursing
  • Principles define the uniqueness of population-based, community-oriented practice
  • Philosophy and scope of practice are unique, not the settings
  • Tenets of community health nursing include population-based assessment, policy development and assurance
  • All processes must include partnering with representatives of the people
  • Primary prevention is given priority
  • Intervention strategies are selected to create healthy environmental, social, and economics conditions
  • Community health nursing practice includes an obligation to actively reach out to all who might benefit from an intervention or service
  • Dominant concern and obligation is for the greater good of all of the people or population as a whole
  • Health of the people is most effectively promoted and protected through collaboration with members of other professions and organizations.

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