Exam 1 Study Guide - Chapter 2

Question 1

What are the core public health functions?

Answer 1

assessment

policy development

assurance

Question 2

What is assessment?

Answer 2

regular collection, analysis, and information sharing about health conditions, risks, and resources in a community

Question 3

What is policy development?

Answer 3

use of assessment data to develop policy and direct resources toward those policies

Question 4

What is assurance?

Answer 4

availability of necessary services throughout the community

Question 5

T/F the Assessment function of public health involves informing clients and communities.

Answer 5

false

Question 6

What are the different community health roles?

Answer 6

• clinician
• educator
• advocate
• manager
• collaborator
• leadership
• researcher

Question 7

What are the functions and actions of a clinician?

Answer 7

• care provider
• focus on holism, health promotion, and prevention while using expanded skills

Question 8

What are the functions and actions of the educator?

Answer 8

• health teacher
• plan for community-wide impact

Question 9

What are the functions and actions of the advocate?

Answer 9

• pleader of the client’s cause or actor on behalf of the client
• goals include
  
  1. support the client’s self-determination and independence
  2. make the system responsive and relevant to the client’s needs

Advocates must…
- be assertive
- take risks
- communicate and negotiate well
- identify and obtain resources for the client

Question 10

What are the functions and actions of the manager?

Answer 10

• administrative direction of goals: plan, organize, lead, control, evaluate
• participative approach with community

Question 11

What are the functions and actions of the collaborator?

Answer 11

• joint working with others
• multidisciplinary collegiality and leadership

Question 12

What are the functions and actions of the leadership?

Answer 12

• action as a change agent

Question 13

What are the functions and actions of the researcher?

Answer 13

• systematic investigation, collection, and analysis of data for solving problems
• evidence-based findings to community settings

Question 14

Roles of beginning professional nursing practice were grouped into broad roles that include care of which of the following?
A Provider
B Designer
C Manager
D Coordinator
E Reimburser

Answer 14

A B C D

Question 15

T/F A nurse acting as an advocate would help assist clients with navigating the health care system.

Answer 15

true

Question 16

Setting for Community Health Nurse Practice:

Answer 16

• homes
• ambulatory service
• schools
  -occupational health
• residential institutions
• faith communities
• community at large (domestic and international)

Question 17

T/F A halfway house is an example of the home as a setting for community health nursing.

Answer 17

false - considered a residential institution setting