Chapter 3: nursing roles, functions, and practice settings

Question 1

Blueprint for Action for Community Health Nursing in Canada

Answer 1

informs direction of CHNs in their practices and protects and promotes health of canadians

Question 2

Blueprints 6 areas for action

Answer 2

work across provinces and territories at full scope, supporting nursing leadership development, successful collaboration within nursing, transform care system into system for community health, strong education, improve access of professional development

Question 3

Ottawa Charter

Answer 3

build healthy public policy, create supportive environments for health, strengthen community action for health, develop personal skills, reorient health services

Question 4

primordial prevention

Answer 4

prevents establishment of social, economin, environmental, and behavioural conditions

Question 5

primary prevention

Answer 5

prevention of illness or injury through health promotion before they occur

Question 6

secondary prevention

Answer 6

screening, early detection, treatment

Question 7

tertiary prevention

Answer 7

maintaining and restoring health of people with chronic conditions

Question 8

quaternary prevention

Answer 8

action to identify people at risk of overmedicalization

Question 9

community health nurse professional model of practice 4 main components

Answer 9

the client, CHNs/nursing practice, community organization, system

Question 10

the client (component of community health nurse professional model of practice)

Answer 10

the core of practice; can be the individual, families, groups, communities

Question 11

CHN/Nursing practice (component of community health nurse professional model of practice)

Answer 11

code of ethics informs practice

Question 12

Community organization (component of community health nurse professional model of practice)

Answer 12

influenced by management practices, delivery structures and process, professional relationships and partnerships

Question 13

System (component of community health nurse professional model of practice)

Answer 13

government support and determinants of health

Question 14

purpose of standards of practice

Answer 14

define the scope and depth of nursing practice in the community and establish expectations

Question 15

use of standards of practice

Answer 15

measure performance of community health nursing practice, support professional development, inform nursing education, guide development of knowledge through research

Question 16

7 standards of practice

Answer 16

• health promotion
• health prevention/protection
• health maintenance
• professional relationships
• capacity building
• health equity
• evidence informed practice
• professional responsibility and accountability

Question 17

key characteristics of CHNs

Answer 17

high independence, autonomy, resourcefulness, client collaboration

Question 18

community oriented approach

Answer 18

aimed at health promotion and disease prevention in an entire population/community and is very population/community focused

Question 19

community based approach

Answer 19

nursing care provided outside of the hospital

Question 20

The Canadian Patient Safety Institute definition of community based care

Answer 20

coordinated and integrated approach to care provided in a range of community settings

Question 21

wise practices

Answer 21

incorporate traditional knowledge, cosmology, and ways of life to guide health practices within indigenous communities

Question 22

community health nurse

Answer 22

works with people where they live, work, learn, worship, and play to promote health

Question 23

public health nurse

Answer 23

utilizes knowledge from many areas in order to promote, protect, and maintain the health of the population

Question 24

essential functions of public health

Answer 24

health promotion, disease and injury prevention, health protection, health surveillance, population health assessment, emergency preparedness and response

Question 25

health promotion framework

Answer 25

nurses enable clients to increase control over factors and conditions influencing their health

Question 26

population health promotion framework

Answer 26

nurses focus on improving health status of the client population

Question 27

home health nursing

Answer 27

provide clinical care in clients home, school, or workplace and focus on disease management, rehab, education, and support to allow clients to live in their community longer
- receive funding from not for profit agencies s well as provincial/territorial government

Question 28

primary care nurse

Answer 28

episodic and chronic care delivery alongside other healthcare professionals

Question 29

Telehealth nurse

Answer 29

health care services delivered through computer assisted communication technology
- may be federal/provincial funding or private funding through physician offices

Question 30

Outreach/Street nurse

Answer 30

secondary and tertiary health care services provided to people who are homeless

Question 31

Rural nursing

Answer 31

focus on roles of PHN/HHN?primary care in a rural setting

Question 32

Occupational health nurse

Answer 32

focus on workplace health promotion/maintenance/restoration/injury and disease prevention

Question 33

Parish nursing

Answer 33

work in faith communities and care called to minister and are affirmed by a faith to promote health, healing and wholeness

Question 34

Forensic nursing

Answer 34

focus on nursing care forensic sciences in the judicial system

Question 35

Community mental health nursing

Answer 35

mental health care of people with serious mental illness living in the community

Question 36

Military nursing

Answer 36

commissioned member of the Canadian Forces Medical Service that has the title of nursing officer

Question 37

Health equity

Answer 37

“attainment of the highest level of health for all people”
- everyone regardless of socially determined circumstances has equal opportunity to attain full health potential