Ch. 1 Overview of Community Health Nursing

Question 1

Essentials of community nursing
(4)

Answer 1

Determinants of health

health indicators

nurses

community

Question 2

Public health nursing

Answer 2

population- focused

goal is promoting health and preventing disease

10 essential services
(three core are assessment, policy development, assurance)

Question 3

Public Health Intervention Wheel

Answer 3

Minnesota Dep. of Health

used for public health interventions

Question 4

Key principles of public health nursing

Answer 4

• emphasize primary prevention
• work to achieve the greatest good for the largest number of individuals
• recognize that the client is a partner in health
• use resources widely to promote the best outcomes

Question 5

Principles guiding community health nursing

Answer 5

ethics

advocacy

EBP

quality

professional collaboration and communication

Question 6

advocacy

Answer 6

role of informer, supporter, and mediator

Question 7

TQM

Answer 7

total quality management

approach that seeks to improve quality and performance which meets or exceeds expectations

Question 8

Continuous quality Improvement (CQI)

Answer 8

effectiveness

timeliness

client-centered

equity

safety

efficiency- avoiding waste in supplies, ideas, energy