Chapter 1 (Part 2)

Question 1

is a science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health and efficiency through organized community effort

Answer 1

Public Health (C.E. Winslow)

Question 2

Public Health (C.E. Winslow) is for

Answer 2

1. Sanitation of the environment
2. Control of communicable infections
3. Education of the individual in personal hygiene
4. Organization of medical and nursing services for the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of disease
5. Development of the social machinery to ensure everyone a standard of living adequate for the maintenance of health, so organizing these benefits as to enable every citizen to realize his birthright of health and longevity.

Question 3

a field of professional practice in nursing and in public health in which technical nursing, interpersonal, analytical, and organizational skills are applied to problems of health as they affect the community

Answer 3

Public Health Nursing

Question 4

In PH, it is seen as a subspecialty nursing practice generally delivered within “official” or government agencies.

Answer 4

PHN

Question 5

Theoretical Models

Answer 5

1. Health Belief Model (HBM)
2. Milio’s Framework for Prevention
3. Nola Pender’s Health Promotion
4. Lawrence Green’s PRECEDE-proceed Model

Question 6

Community health nursing is a specialized field of nursing practice. Its basic knowledge and skills are anchored on nursing theories and important concepts from the science of public health such as:

Answer 6

1. emphasis on the importance of the “greatest good for the greatest number”;
2. assessing health needs, planning, implementing and evaluating the impact of health services on population groups;
3. priority of health-promotive and disease-preventive strategies over curative interventions;
4. tools for measuring and analyzing community health problems;
5. Application of principles of management and organization in the delivery of health services to the community.

Question 7

Different Fields in CHN

Answer 7

1. Occupational Health Nursing
2. School Health Nursing
3. Mental Health Nursing

Question 8

is nursing in the work place; it is community health nursing focused on people in their places of work.

Answer 8

Occupational health nursing

Question 9

is the specialty practice that provides for and delivers health care services to workers and worker population.

Answer 9

Occupational health nursing

Question 10

practice focuses on promotion, protection, and restoration of worker’s health within the context of a safe and healthy work environment.

Answer 10

OHN

Question 11

is research-based with an emphasis on optimizing health, preventing illness and injury, and reducing health hazards.

Answer 11

The foundation of occupational health nursing practice

Question 12

aimed at assisting workers in all occupations to cope with actual and potential stresses in relation to their work and work environment

Answer 12

OHN

Question 13

is primarily determined by the characteristics of their clientele, which is their age, developmental stage and their common health problems and concerns.

Answer 13

School Health Nursing

Question 14

aims at promoting the health of school children and preventing health problems that would hinder their learning and performance of their developmental tasks.

Answer 14

School Health Nursing

Question 15

deals with patient with mental disorders.

Answer 15

Mental Health Nursing