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public health nurse

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links health to population health
helps health of population

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home health nurse

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focuses on individuals, caregivers and families
prevention and health restoration

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family practice nurses

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health prevention, screening and education
assess and treat acute illnesses
disease management

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health

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influenced by environment
holistic
subjective

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community dynamic

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communication, leadership, decision making

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WHO success factors for a health community

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community/citizen engagement
multi-sectoral collaboration
political commitment
health public policy
asset-based community development

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Community health nursing standards of practice

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health promotion
prevention and health protection
health maintenance restoration and palliation
professional relationships
capacity building
health equity
evidenced informed practice
professional responsibility and accountability

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population health interventions

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policy and program development to address social, economic and physical environment factors that effect decision making

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Health promotion

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process allows people control and improve their health

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capacity building

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process to strengthen the ability of individual or group to develop and implement health prevention initiatives and to create positive.
process starts with identifying existing strengths.

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health inequity

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systematic, socially produced
differences in health status between groups

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built environment

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man-made design of communities
houses, schools

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community assessment

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economic, recreation, physical environment, education, safety and transport, politics and government, health and social services, communication

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PISO

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population, intervention, setting, outcome

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risk assessment

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CHNs identify and target clients who are likely to get a disease and/or unhealthy behaviours

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nursing diagnosis

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clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes

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aggerate

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group with a common interest, demographic, culture heritage, social economical levels

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levels of health prevention*

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primary, secondary and tertiary

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primary prevention

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intervening before health effects

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secondary prevention

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screening to identity diseases in earliest stages

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tertiary prevention

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managing disease post diagnosis to slow or stop progression

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levels of healthcare: primary

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promotes health through upstream approach using potential risks to avoid illness

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levels of healthcare: secondary

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promotes health through early identification of diseases and conditions for timely treatment of them
ei. colonoscopies

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levels of healthcare: tertiary

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initiated once individual becomes symptomatic or disease or injury is evident

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primary health care
primary care, disease prevention, health promotion, population health and community development
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primary care
person centered approach to care delivery at the point of entry into healthcare system
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3 components of primary health care
1.integrated health services to meet people's health needs throughout their life 2. addressing broader determinants of health through multisectoral policy and action 3.empowering individuals families and communities to take charge of their own health
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acute care nurses
focus on patient with complex, critical and chronic illnesses
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np
Focus on health assessment and management, chronic disease management, health promotion and illness prevention
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health promotion upstream approach
prevention and promotion strategies on high level intervention
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health promotion midstream approach
address material circumstances (housing, food, employment)
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health promotion downstream approach
addresses immediate health needs at individuals family or community level
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types of health promotion programs
info dissemination -lifestyle and behaviour change programs -health risk appraisal and wellness assessment programs -environmental control programs
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nursing process
diagnosing, planning, implementing (doing stage), evaluating (have goals been met)
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perinatal health
-health before conception -services to women who are childbearing age -(preconception care, pregnancy, childbirth)
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prenatal health
care for expecting mother and fetus
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infant health
care for infant from birth until childhood
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healthy babies healthy children
-funded by Ontario government -supports pregnant women and families with kids 0-3
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Nurse-Family Partnership Program (NFP)
for low-income or first time mothers -used until child's Promoting healthy behaviours Supporting the establishment of healthy relationships Connecting women and families to necessary supports
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
causes of stress that children may suffer early in life. (ei. abuse, neglect, violence)
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sexual health
a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well being related to sexuality
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intimate sexuality
your sexuality
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relational sexuality
a person's sexuality is related to people in their lives
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cultural sexuality
how you world defines, discusses and differently values elements of sexuality
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gender Identity
how you define and understand your gender
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gender expression
ways you demonstrate gender through clothing, actions and demeauour
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domestic violence
can be violence by anyone in a household
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intimate partner violence
perpetrated by 1 member of a romantic or sexual relationship toward another member
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signs of IPV and DV
spiral fractures history of urinary tract infections partner hesitant about leaving client alone with a healthcare provide
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SAFE
stress and safety afraid and abused friends and family emergency
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reporting abuse and violence
if someone is under 18, you don't need consent to report (you can be charged if you don't) -all RNs are legally require to report if a colleagues is doing something that may be considered abuse.
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home health care nursing
chronic and rehabilitative -helps maintain independence for patients -prevention, health restoration, maintenance or palliation
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chronic care
patient with chronic condition who need health services from health care professional
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palliative care
improves quality of life for people with life altering conditions -partial relieving symptoms
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end of life
improve quality of life for people who are need death
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roles of end of life and palliative
improve quality of life, relieve suffering, help prepare family, addressing physical, psychological, spiritual and social needs
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palliative performance scale
11 point scale -degree of ambulation -ability to do activities and self-care -intake -level of conscious
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hospice palliative care
holistic approach to address pain and symptom management, and care giver support
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MAID
performed by Np and physicians to directly administer substance or some patients can administer to themselves
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first injectable vaccine
sarah nelmes had cowpox james phipps was inoculated with her cowpox he then became mildly ill after he was inoculated from scabs of small pox and was unaffected
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federal government's responsibility for vaccines
vaccine regulation and monitoring -promotions of immunizations
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provincial government's responsibility for vaccines
administration and delivery -purchases them
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school nurse
PHN and promotes child immunizations
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immunization of school pupils act
ISPA -all kids are required to be vaccinated to attend schools
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who checks vaccine safety
health Canada evaluates before administered -health Canada and public health agency of Canada monitor safety and effectiveness
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infectious agent
microorganism that causes infection
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reservoir
where germs lives and grows
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outbreak
when cases of disease in excess of what would normally be expected in a defined community, or area
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epidemic
unexpected increase in disease cases in a specific location
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pandemic
an exponential increase in disease cases with a wide area of coverage beyond borders
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endemic
a consistent presence of disease isolated to a specific region
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outbreak management
process of containing an outbreak to promote recovery and reduce further disease spread
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case management
-collaborative -PHNs coordinate with other members of the IP team, the client, and the family to facilitate the delivery of health services.
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epidemiology
The study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why
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Disaster
Events that occur suddenly, whether by a force of nature, a biological hazard, infectious disease or human error
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stages of disaster management
prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery
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prevention or mitigation
-includes development of policies and procedures -ex. vaccination programs
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Precautionary Principle
is a type of primary prevention: problems and risks are avoided by not engaging in certain activities until it is certain that the activities will not lead to harm
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preparedness
minimizes the effects of a disaster -ex. planning rescues
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response
-Begins at the onset of the emergency. -prevent illness, injury, and destruct on.
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Nursing Roles in Disaster
-one of the first groups to respond -work triage care
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recovery
-Community unit y to restore, repair, and rebuild after disaster -Learning from success and mistakes
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Alcohol
most commonly used substance and 2nd highest etiological risk factor for disease Carcinogen (7 types of cancer)
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Harm reduction
approach to healthcare delivery, programs, or policies, implemented to reduce secondary harm for individuals who engage in high activities that have poor outcomes -Goal is not to stop high-risk behaviours but reduce the harms/ meeting them where they are at
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Safe injection sites
Given clean needles and supplies, monitored for potential overdose
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Nursing support and interventions harm reduction
-feedback -responsibility for change and use -advice to cut down or stop -menu of change options/strategies -empathy -self-efficacy
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At risk
a group or population that has a higher risk of a particular illness or negative life outcome
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Unsheltered homelessness
living on the streets or in places not intended for human habitation
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Emergency sheltered homelessness
individuals staying in overnight shelters for the homeless and for those impacted by family violence
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Provisionally accommodated homelessness
individuals whose accommodation is temporary or lacks security of tenure
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At risk of homelessness
people who are not homeless but whose current economic or housing situation is precarious or does not meet public health and safety standards
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primary health care principles
accessibility, public participation, health promotion, appropriate technology, intersectoral
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Ottawa charter
worldwide call for action, presenting strategies and approaches for health promotion
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key actions for health promotion
building healthy public policy creating supportive environments for health strengthening community action developing personal skills reorientating health service to prevent disease and promote health

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