Kaplan Community Flashcards
What are examples of secondary prevention? (4)
- Early detection and treatment of disease.
- Screening.
- Contact investigation.
- Case-finding.
The period of time at the onset of signs or symptoms of the disease. It can range from mild signs and symptoms, to moderate symptoms, or to severe expression of illness.
Clinical Stage
A study that looks forward to find a causal relationship.
Prospective
Investigations in which numbers are used to measure variables such as characteristics, concepts, or things. Ex: counting the facilities.
Quantitative Assessment
What phase is pre-pathogenesis and includes the first 2 stages of the disease process (susceptibility, adaptation)?
Phase 1
A study that looks backward in time to find a casual relationship.
Retrospective study
Planning for the future to avoid physical and or psychological problems is?
Primary prevention
Tracks the incident of communicable diseases. Searches for causal relationships in health and illness and reduces debilitating injuries in the workplace.
Epidemiology
Placement of the etonogestrel/ethinyl estradiol vaginal ring for contraception is an example of what prevention?
Primary prevention
- an intervention that is implemented before there is evidence of disease or injury.
Relationship between cause and effect which allows community health nurse to understand why conditions-illness develops.
Causality
What are the goals of the community? (3)
- Maximizing the well-being of members.
- Promoting survival
- Meeting the needs of the community members.
What are examples of tertiary prevention? (3)
- After disease has resulted in damage.
- Limiting disability.
- Rehabilitating clients to have highest level of functioning.
Counseling clients with emphysema about pollution indexes is an example of what prevention?
Secondary prevention in reaction to a confirmed diagnosis.
What phase includes pathogenesis and stage 3 and 4 (onset and culmination)?
Phase 2
Reflects demographic information of residents, including age, sex, marital status, and occupation.
Composition
What are the major types of investigations typically planned by the community health nurse? (5)
- Policy setting and implementation
- Screening programs
- Increasing community self-help
- Establishment of services
- Health education programs
A correct procedure for drawing up two different insulins in one syringe is an example of what prevention?
Secondary prevention
All interact to cause disease or conditions that harm the community.
Host Agent Environment Model
A person who shields or prevents the addict from experiencing the consequences of the addition.
An enabler
Activities that assist a person to develop resources that improve quality of life.
Health Promotion
Factor that causes or contributes to the illness or condition.
Agent
What is the primary goal for the community health nurse to accomplish by acting as a client advocate?
Self-determination, maintaining the clients independence.
Purpose is to move individuals, groups, and communities closer to optimal well-being by educating.
Health Promotion.
Providing instruction to clients diagnosed with illnesses in order to prevent exacerbation is an example of what prevention?
Tertiary prevention in the form of rehabilitation
Affecting health.
Biophysical Factor
Begins with a single problem and assesses the community.
Problem-oriented assessment
The community health nurse focuses on a single dimension of community. Useful way for a team to conduct a more thorough community assessment.
Community subsystem assessment
The pre-exposure period in which the individual is vulnerable or at risk to acquire the infection.
Susceptible
Having a yearly physical and laboratory work done is an example of what prevention?
Secondary prevention
- An intervention that is implemented after a disease has begun but before it is symptomatic.
Seeks to discover all relevant community health information.
Comprehensive assessment
Affecting Mental Health
A psychosocial
All people with a particular health condition existing in a given population at a given point in time. Calculate by divide the number or person with the characteristic by the total number in the population.
Prevalence Rate
Use of a soft toothbrush while on warfarin for A-fib is an example of what prevention?
Tertiary
-Implemented after a disease or injury.
What are the 4 stages of the disease progression?
Stage 1: Susceptibility
Stage 2: Adaptation
Stage 3: Onset
Stage 4: Culmination
Uses numerical measured that describe the well-being of communities.
Community social index
When the organism multiplies to sufficient numbers to produce a host reaction.
Incubation period
Examples of enabling behaviors (3)
- Not allowing addict to experience consequences of addition.
- Does not always understand.
- Enabled to continue to addiction.
Requires discussion, listening, and gathering insights and opinions.
Qualitative Assessment
External factors that contribute to the host’s susceptibility or resistance.
Environment
A group of people sharing at least one characteristic such as age, gender, race, risk factor or disease. Interventions include: Community organizations, health teaching, case management, advocacy, screening, disease and health event investigations.
Population-Focused Practice
Helping cardiac surgery clients find access to exercise equipment is an example of what prevention?
Tertiary prevention in the form of rehabilitation.
Is a common starting place in evaluation of a community. Involves studying data already available on a community and then gathering a certain amount of first hand data in order to gain a working knowledge of the community.
Familiarization assessment
Human or animal who nourishes the disease-causing agent..
Host
Purpose is to move individuals, groups, and communities closer to optimal well-being by educating. Assist a person to develop resources that improve quality of life.
Health Promotion
What are example of primary prevention? (4)
- Precedes the development of disease.
- Education about health promotion activities.
- Immunizations.
- Wear protective devices to prevent injury.
Instructing older adults with osteoporosis about the benefits of walking is an example of what prevention?
Tertiary prevention
Which signs would be expected for the individual experiencing caregiver strain? (9)
- Crying frequently
- Loss of interest in pleasurable activities
- Change in sleeping habits
- Easily angered by the care recipient
- Preoccupation with care routine
- Inability to complete caregiving tasks
- Difficulty performing activities and/or providing care needed
- Apprehension of institutionalization of care receiver
- Altered caregiver’s activities and/or health
Family members living with a person abusing drugs or alcohol?
Codependents
Teaching parenting classes to parents in their second trimester of pregnancy is an example of what prevention?
Primary prevention
What stages do primary, secondary and tertiary preventions occur?
- Stage 1 and 2
- Stage 3
- Stage 4
The number of residents in the physical space of land available.
Density
