intro to community health- ATI

Question 1

goal and core functions of CHN/PHN

Answer 1

-goal: promote health and prevent disease
-core functions: assessment, policy development, and assurance

Question 2

determinants of health domains

Answer 2

-physical & social environment
-health behaviors and coping skills
-access to health services
-healthy child development
-employment and working conditions

Question 3

health indicators

Answer 3

-morbidity and mortality
-risk factors
-health service coverage
-health system resourses

Question 4

community oriented nursing focus, goal, and activities

Answer 4

-focus: aggregates, communities, populations
-goal: health promotion, disease prevention
-activities: usually indirect
-broader in scope-

Question 5

community based nursing focus, goal, and activites

Answer 5

-focus: individuals and families
-goal: mgmt of acute or chronic conditions
-activities: direct (one-on-one); illness care, mgmt of acute or chronic conditions in group settings

Question 6

population focused nursing

Answer 6

-assess populations to determine needs, intervening to promote and protect health, disease prevention within specific populations
-utilizes pubic health intervention wheel
-community partnership are critical for successful application of health promotion and disease prevention strategies

Question 7

key principles for PHN

Answer 7

-emphasize primary prevention
-work to achieve greater good for largest number of individuals
-recognize pt has partner in health
-uses resource widely to promote best outcome

Question 8

principles guiding community health nursing practice

Answer 8

-ehtics
-advocacy
-EBP
-quality
-collaboration
-communication

Question 9

CHN role in access to health care

Answer 9

-advocate
-help shift from acute care to primary prevention measures
-assist in elevating health literacy for clients and communities
-evaluate quality of services and determine if it meets the needs of the individuals and communities served
-identify barriers that community members and vulnerable populations face when accessing health services