Chapter 1

Question 1

Aggregate

Answer 1

population or defined group.

Question 2

Assessment

Answer 2

systematic data collection on the population, monitoring of the population’s health status, and making information available on the health of the community.

Question 3

Assurance

Answer 3

the role of public health agencies in ensuring that essential population-centered health services are available, which may include providing essential personal health services for those who would otherwise not receive them. Assurance also refers to making certain that a competent public health and personal health care workforce is available.

Question 4

Capitation

Answer 4

a payment system whereby one fee is charged the client to pay for all services received or needed.

Question 5

Community-based nursing

Answer 5

setting-specific practice in which care is provided for “sick” individuals and families where they live, work, and go to school. The emphasis of practice is acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous services. Nurses who deliver community-based care are generalists or specialists in maternal-infant, pediatric, adult, or psychiatric-mental health nursing.

Question 6

Community Health Improvement Process

Answer 6

a method for improving the health of the population on a community-wide basis. The method brings together key elements of the public health and personal health care systems in one framework.

Question 7

Community health nurses

Answer 7

all nurses who practice in the community, whether or not they have had preparation in public health nursing.

Question 8

Cottage industry

Answer 8

an industry whose labor force is small or may consist of family units working at home with their own equipment. A single-purpose industry.

Question 9

Integrated systems

Answer 9

a system of care delivery that provides linkages between a variety of health care providers and agencies.

Question 10

Managed care

Answer 10

refers to integrating payment for services with delivery of services and emphasizing cost-effective service delivery along a continuum of care.

Question 11

Policy development

Answer 11

developing policies that support the health of the population, including the use of the scientific knowledge base in making decisions about policy.

Question 12

Population

Answer 12

collection of individuals who have one or more personal or environmental characteristics in common.

Question 13

Population-focused practice

Answer 13

problems and solutions are implemented for or with a defined population or subpopulation in mind.

Question 14

Public health

Answer 14

organized community efforts designed to prevent disease and promote health.

Question 15

Public health core functions

Answer 15

the core functions of public health are assessment, policy development, and assurance.

Question 16

Public health nursing

Answer 16

the synthesis of nursing theory and public health theory applied to promoting and preserving the health of populations. The focus of practice is the community as a whole and the effect of the community’s health status (resources) on the health of individuals, families, and groups. Care is provided within the context of preventing disease and disability and promoting and protecting the health of the community as a whole.

Question 17

Quad Concil

Answer 17

a group of public health nursing organizations that has developed levels of skills to be obtained by public health nurses for each of the competencies.

Question 18

Subpopulations

Answer 18

particular segments of a population