Community Assessment Flashcards
1
Q
how do you define “community?”
A
- a community is a social group determined by geographic boundaries and common values and interests
- its members know and interact w/ one another
- it functions w/in a particular social structure and exhibits and creates, norms, values, and social institutions
2
Q
3 things needed for a community
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- people
- place
- function
3
Q
define “aggregate”
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- a collection of individuals who have in common one or more personal or environmental characteristics
- ie. nursing students, children with sickle cell
4
Q
who is the client in community assessments?
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- the community is the client only when the nursing focus on the collective or common good of the population instead of on individual health
5
Q
community oriented practice
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- seeks healthful change for the whole community’s benefit
- nurses may work with individuals, families or other interacting gorups, aggregates or institutions
- the resulting changes are intended to affect the whole community
6
Q
3 common characteristics/dimensions of community health
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- status
- structure
- process
7
Q
data collection for community assessment
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- obtain usable info from community and about its health
- systematic collection of data about community health requires gathering or compiling existing data and generating missing data
- data is then interpreted and community health problems and community abilities are identified
8
Q
data assessment
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- data is analyzed
- themes are noted
- problems, strengths, and needs for action are identified
- lay participation is important to the process
9
Q
5 key methods of obtaining data in community assessment
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- informant interviewing
- participant observation
- secondary analysis of existing data
- surveys
- windshield surveys
10
Q
issues of community assessment
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- gaining entry is major hurdle of assessment
- once entry is attained, role negotiation must begin
11
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community nursing dx
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- “risk of”: identifies specific problem faced by community
- “among”: specifies the community the nurse will be working with in relations to identified problem
- “related to”: identifies factors contributing to the problem
