Role of the Nurse in Community

Question 1

Community

Answer 1

-A sense of sharing or relationship
-May speak a common language
-Share certain rituals
-Fellowships of common relations/feeling

Question 2

Population

Answer 2

-Particular group of people living in a specific place
-Any group of people subject to a specific study

Question 3

Aggretate

Answer 3

-Group of individuals with at least one shared characteristic either personal or environmental

Question 4

Community examples

Answer 4

-Nursing department
-St. Kates/campus
-Senior living communities

Question 5

Indicators of a healthy community

Answer 5

-Access to healthcare
-Injury/ violence rate
-Environmental Quality
-Tobacco/alcohol use
-Obesity rates & physical activity

Question 6

Role of nurse in community health

Answer 6

-Focus on how individuals, families, and groups affect the community as a whole
-Individual, family, group to the community(specific to broad)

Question 7

Role of nurse in public health

Answer 7

-Focus on the community as a whole and the eventual effect of the communities health status on the health of individuals, families, and groups
-Focus on large-scale programs for the entire community to be involved in
-Broad to specific

Question 8

Primary Interventions

Answer 8

-Goal to promote health and prevent disease
ex. health education

Question 9

Secondary Interventions

Answer 9

-Goal to reduce the impact of the disease process through early detection and treatment
ex. STI Screening, Mobile mammograms

Question 10

Tertiary Interventions

Answer 10

-Goal is to halt disease progression and restore client functioning
ex. school nurse, a collab with other professions

Question 11

Community health careers

Answer 11

-school nurse
-parish nurse
-occupational health
-public health clinics
-Home healthcare/ hospice

Question 12

Home Care Nursing

Answer 12

-Goals: The client’s self-care ability and independence will improve(boost self-care) & caregivers will gain the ability to assist clients with ongoing health needs
-Often tertiary interventions
-Care In-home as an individual or family

Question 13

Home Care Considerations

Answer 13

-You are a guest in the client’s home
-Can’t control someone else’s home
-Need to have time management/ be flexible
-Bring your own supplies and be creative
-Understand what constitutes billable services and reimbursement structure

Question 14

Client/patient in community care

Answer 14

-The community you are caring for

Question 15

Home Care safety considerations

Answer 15

-Speak up if the home is not safe for the client or yourself
-Do you feel safe/ is someone making you uncomfortable
-Can you provide care in the environment

Question 16

Windshield Survey

Answer 16

-General survey(first look)
-Drive through community and check out the area

Question 17

Healthy people 2030

Answer 17

• National Initive
  -Guidelines to give structure to public health
  -changes every 10 year