Exam 1 - Chapter 6 Flashcards
Nurses give individualized care to unique individuals. How can care be appropriately given in a community?
Consider community itself as the “patient”
Which is the most accurate way to explain community health nursing?
Focusing care on community as a whole
Which activity might be most helpful to a person in whom a serious chronic illness has been diagnosed?
Join a support group of others with the same illness
What is a major factor in determining which persons or groups are most likely to be helpful to a particular individual?
Environmental proximity
How do people typically respond when asked of what community are they a member?
Geographic community (neighborhood or city)
What is possibly the easiest and fastest way to obtain an overview of the community?
Windshield survey
In what way are the U.S. Census Bureau surveys helpful to a community health nurse?
Demographic data sugest distribution of age, sex, race, and ethnicity
A public health nurse wanted statistics on the disability, illness, and other health-related variables for the state. Where should the community health nurse go for the most extensive data?
National Center for Health Statistics
When would a community health nurse try to collect data on a health issue?
No sources of previous data
All the needed objective data on a specific health problem were available. Why then would a community health nurse interview community residents about the health problem?
Obtain residents personal insights and beliefs about the problem
What possible problem could arise when the nurse begins to collect information about a particular health problem from community residents?
Residents might begin to expect service to be given to address the problem
Which group of persons might the community health nurse most want to interview?
Long-time residents who were informal leaders in the community
A nurse was debating about which approach to use to both obtain data about community needs and encourage community participation in their resolution. Which approach would be most effective in meeting both goals?
Establish focus groups with selected participants
Which aspect of the completed nursing diagnosis summarizes the assessment data collated by the community health nurse?
Identifications of the health risk
What will a community health nurse use to most accurately determine whether a planned intervention was successful?
Current problem data to compare with original baseline data
