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Flashcards by shanice.simmons8, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by shanice.simmons8
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| Question | Answer |
| Define: Community Health Nursing | synthesis of nursing practice and public health practices applied to promoting and preserving the health of the population |
| What is the focus of Community Health nursing? | prevention of illness promotion and maintence of health |
| Define:Expanded Role of Nurse | Enlargement of the nurse role and responsibility beyond the traditional nursing scope of practice |
| State the expanded role of the nurse | -work with population rather than individual clients -encompass communities and the opportunity to affect health status of population -determines the needs of the population at risk and design intervention to address the needs - learning about ever changing health and the opportunity to shape the delivery of service. |
| Define Public Health Nursing | Practice of promoting and protecting the health of population using knowledge from nursing and public health |
| Focus of Public Health Nursing | assessment and identification of sub population who are at risk of injury, disease, threat of disease or poor recovery and focusing resources so that services are available and accessible |
| Concept of Community | -collection of people who interact with one another -common interest or background -people with usual conditions |
| Community Based Care Concepts | collaborative Care Self care-client & Family -Continuity of care -Communication -NUrsing Practice -Nursing Process |
| Three types of Community | Geographic Common-interest Community of Solution |
| Population | People occupying an area or all of those who share one or more characteristics not necessarily interact or feel sense of belonging |
| aggregate | Mass or grouping of individuals considered as a whole loosely associated |
| 3 Characteristics of healthy community | safe and healthy environment offers access to health care services, focusing on both treatment and prevention for all members -has roads playground school and other services to meet the needs of the population |
| define: Illness | state of being relatively unhealthy |
| 10 leading health indictaors | -responsible sex practices -tobacco use -Injury and violence -Mental health -Immunization -Physical Activity |
| 6 components of community Health practice | promotion of health prevention of health problems -tx of disorders - rehabilation -evaluation -Research |
| Health promotion goal | raise the level of wellness for individuals, families, populations and communities |
| three ways health promotion goal achieved | -increase the span of healthy for all persons -reducing health disparities among population groups -access to preventive services for all |
| 3 goals of healthy people 2020 | encourage collarbration across communities and sectors -empower individuals toward making informed health decesions -measure the impact and prevention activities |
| Primary level of prevention | protection to prevent occurrence of disease; promote healthy lifestyle e.g immunizations |
| secondary prevention | early identification of disease before it becomes symptomatic in order to halt progression of the pathologic process e.g screening examinations |
| tertiary Prevention | minimize severity and disability of disease through appropriate therapy |
| 8 characteristics of CHN | -population is unit of care -primary obligation is to achieve greatest good for greatest amount of people -working with client as an equal partner - primary prevention is the priority -strategies are selected to create health environmental, social and economic conditions in which populations may thrive -obligation to reach out to all who benefit from a specific activity - optimal use of resources to ensure best overall improvement in health population -collaboration with a variety of other professions organizations and entities is the most effective way to promote health and protect health of people |
| 6 ways Public Health is directed towards "assisting every citizen to realize his birth right and longevity" | --sanitation of the environment -control of communicable infections -education of the individual personal hygiene -prolonging life and efficiency through organized community effort -organization of medical an nursing services for the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of disease -science and art of preventing disease |
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