front 1 Public Health Nursing differs from Community Health Nursing...how? | back 1 Public Health Nursing understands the needs of a population. |
front 2 Community Health Nursing | back 2 Focuses on the health care of individuals, families, and groups within a community |
front 3 Community Based Nursing Care takes place where?... | back 3 It takes place within community settings such as homes or clinics in order to provide services close to where patients live. This reduces cost of health care for the patient and provides direct access to nurses. Requires a strong knowledge base in family theory. |
front 4 A Community-Based Nursing Center | back 4 Functions as the first level of contact between members of a community and the health care delivery system. |
front 5 A Specialist in public health nursing requires... | back 5 a graduate level education focusing in public health science. |
front 6 The 3 componets of the Community Assessment | back 6 * Stucture (locale)
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front 7 Stucture (locale) includes: | back 7 *name of community or neighborhood
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front 8 Population (people) includes: | back 8 *age distribution
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front 9 Social Systems include: | back 9 *education system
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front 10 Vulnerable Populations are... | back 10 groups of patienst who are most likely to develop health problems as a result of excess health risks, who are limited to access to health care services, or who depend on tohers for care. |
front 11 Who are most likely to be vulnerable poplulations? | back 11 *individuals living in poverty
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front 12 When Assessing Members of Vulnerable Populations | back 12 evaluate and understand a patient's and family's cultural beliefs, values and practices to determine their specific needs and the intervenions that will most likely be successful in improving thier state of health. Also see box 3-2 on page 34 for more. |
front 13 The Healthy People Initiative | back 13 was created to establish ongoing health care goals. |
front 14 Overall goals of Healthy People 2020 are.. | back 14 to increase life expectancy and quality of life and eliminate health disarities through and improved delivery of health care services. |
front 15 Substance abuse is.. | back 15 a term that describes more that the use of illegal drugs. It also includes the abuse of alcohol and prescribed medicatons such as antianxiaty agents and opiod analgesics. |
front 16 To be successful Community-Based Nursing you will be these things... | back 16 *a caregiver
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front 17 As Caregiver | back 17 This is first and foremost. In this setting you manage and care for the health of the community, in addition you individualize care within the context of the patient's community so long-term success is more likely. |
front 18 As Case Manager | back 18 The ability to establish an appropriate plan of care based on assessment of patients and families and to coordinate needed resources and services for the patient's well-being across a continuum of care. |
front 19 As Change Agent | back 19 This involves identifying and implementing new and more effective approaches to problems. |
front 20 As Patient Advocate | back 20 It is important to provide the information necessary for patients to make informed decisions in choosing and using services appropriately. |
front 21 As Collaborator | back 21 You will need to be competent in working not only with individuals and their families but also with other related health care disciplines. |
front 22 As Counselor | back 22 You help patients identify and clarify health problems and choose appropriate courses of action to solve those problems. Knowing community resources is a critical factor. |
front 23 As Educator | back 23 You have the opportunity to work with single individuals and groups of patients. Establishing relationships with community servic organizations offers educational support to a wide range of patient groups. |
front 24 As Epidemiologist | back 24 you are involved in case finding, health teaching, and tracking incident rates of an illiness. |
front 25 Patients are more likely to accept a change if.. | back 25 it is more advantageous, compatiable, realistic, and easy to adopt. |