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42 Cards in this Set
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What are the principles guiding community health nursing practice? |
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What are the ethical considerations in Public Health? |
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Community health nurses are concerned with what?
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Protecting, promoting, preserving, and maintaining health, as well as preventing disease.
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Definition & Situation of Respect for Autonomy |
Individuals select those actions that fulfill their goals Respecting a client's right to self-determination (making a decision not to pursue chemotherapy) |
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Definition & Situation of Nonmaleficence |
No harm is done when applying standards of care Developing plans of care that include a system for monitoring and evaluating outcomes |
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Definition & Situation of Beneficence |
Maximize possible benefits and minimize possible harms Assessing risks and benefits when planning interventions |
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Definition & Situation of Distributive Justice |
Fair distribution of the benefits and burden in society is based on the needs and contributions of its members Determining eligibility for health care services based on income and fiscal resources |
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Epidemiology is the study of what? |
Health-related trends in populations for the purpose of disease prevention, health maintenance, and health protection |
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Epidemiology relies on (1)______________ data to determine the rate of (2)_________ of disease and the (3)_____________ of people affected. It also is used to evaluate the effectiveness of disease (4)______________ and health (5)_______________ activities and to determine the extent to which goals have been (6)_____. |
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Epidemiology provides a (1)________ understanding of the (2)______, (3)___________, and (4)_____________ of disease and injury. |
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Epidemiology involves the study of the (1)_____________ among an (2)_____, a (3)______, and an (4)______________. This is referred to as the (5)_______________ (6)_____________. |
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What is the agent in the epidemiological triangle? |
The animate or inanimate object that causes the disease |
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What is the host in the epidemiological triangle? |
The living being that is affected by the agent |
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What is the environment in the epidemiological triangle? |
The setting or surrounding that sustains the host |
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What are susceptible hosts in the epidemiological triangle? |
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What are the chemical agents in the epidemiological triangle? |
drugs toxins |
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What are the physical agents in the epidemiological triangle? |
noise temperature |
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What are the infectious agents in the epidemiological triangle? |
viruses bacteria |
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What are the physical environment in the epidemiological triangle? |
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What are the social environment in the epidemiological triangle? |
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What are the epidemiological calculations? |
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Incidence |
Number of new cases in the population at a specific time |
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Prevalence |
Number of existing cases in the population at a specific time |
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Crude Mortality Rate |
Number of deaths / population total |
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Infant Mortality Rate |
Number of infant deaths before 1 year of age in a year / numbers of live births in the same year |
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Attack Rate |
Number of people exposed to a specific agent who develop the disease / total number of people exposed |
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What is considered an epidemic? |
It is when the rate of disease exceeds the usual level of the condition in a defined population |
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Community health nurses regularly provide health education in order to promote, maintain, and restore the health of populations. This is accomplished through a variety of means, such as community ___________ programs. |
education
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In designing community education programs, nurses must take into account the (1)_________ that make learning difficult. Some of these obstacles include (2)____, (3)________ barriers, (4)______ reading and (5)___________ skills, (6)__________ barriers, barriers to (7)_______, and lack of (8)______________. Effective community health education requires (9)_____________. |
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What are the learning theories used in community health nursing? |
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Behavioral Theory |
Use of reinforcement methods to change learner's behaviors |
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Cognitive Theory |
Use of sensory input and repetition to change learner's patterns of thought, thereby changing behaviors |
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Critical Theory |
Use of ongoing discussion and inquiry to increase learner's depth of knowledge thereby changing thinking and behaviors |
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Developmental Theory |
Use of techniques specific to learner's developmental stages to determine readiness to learn, and to impart knowledge |
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Humanistic Theory |
Assists learners to grow by emphasizing emotions and relationships and believing that free choice will prompt actions that are in their own best interest |
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Social Learning Theory |
Links information to beliefs and values to change or shift the learner expectations |
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Community health nurses enhance the provision of education by addressing _________ styles. |
learning |
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Visual Learners learn through "(1)________" and methods such as (2)_______ taking, (3)________ viewing, and (4)_______________. These learners "think in (5)_________" |
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Auditory learners learn through "(1)_________" and methods such as (2)________ lectures, (3)____________, and (4)__________ loud. These learners "interpret meaning while (5)___________" |
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Tactile-kinesthetic learners learn through "(1)_______" and methods such as (2)______ and (3)_______, (4)_______-on approaches, and (5)________ demonstration. These learners gain "meaning through (6)_____________" |
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How to develop a Community Health Education Plan? |
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What is considered a conducive learning environment? |
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