Public Health
Which of the three core functions of public health ensures that essential community services are available and accessible to all?
What is assurance
A nurse delivers culturally sensitive nutrition education to a large community group. Which role is primarily demonstrated?
What is educator.
Community health nursing differs from acute care because its focus is on what type of prevention?
What is a prevention.
These three core functions—assessment, policy development, and assurance—form the foundation of public health nursing.
What are the core functions of public health?
This pioneer founded the Henry Street Settlement and was instrumental in starting school nursing in the U.S.
Who is Lillian Wald?
A nurse gathers county-level data on obesity and collaborates with policymakers to develop a nutrition initiative. Which two public health functions are demonstrated?
What is assessment and policy development.
A public health nurse collaborates with local officials and school staff to address a surge in youth vaping. Which roles are combined?
What are the roles of collaborator and leader.
A nurse notices high rates of respiratory illness among residents near an industrial plant and conducts air quality testing. What concept of community health is being applied?
What is a community of solution?
This term refers to a group of people who share a common interest or geographic location and interact with one another.
What is a community?
Which setting allows nurses to provide day or evening services without overnight stays?
What is ambulatory settings?
What distinguishes population health from public health?
What is population health focuses on outcomes within specific groups, while public health emphasizes organized community efforts and systems-level protection.
A nurse develops a case management system to coordinate chronic disease follow-up. Which role is central?
What is the role of manager.
What is the relationship between community health nursing and social determinants of health (SDOH)?
What is CHNs address SDOH to reduce disparities and promote equitable health outcomes.
This type of group is defined by shared characteristics or traits but members may not interact with each other directly.
What is a population?
A nurse implements a flu vaccination campaign at a local workplace. Which setting is this?
What is occupational health?
The nurse advocates for legislation requiring free childhood vaccinations. Which essential public health service is represented?
What is develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
Conducting a community survey and analyzing trends to inform programming exemplifies which role?
What is the role of researcher?
A community health nurse develops an asthma education program after analyzing local emergency room data. What process is being demonstrated?
What is an evidence-based community assessment.
This model explains why some people take action to stay healthy while others do not, based on how serious they think a disease is and how much they believe their actions will help prevent it.
What is the Health Belief Model?
She reformed sanitation practices in wartime hospitals and is known as the founder of modern nursing.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
The 10 Essential Public Health Services provide a framework for protecting and improving community health. Name three of these essential services.
What are
Assess and monitor population health status, factors, and needs.
Investigate, diagnose, and address health problems and hazards.
Communicate effectively to inform and educate about health.
Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships.
Create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws that impact health.
Utilize legal and regulatory actions to protect public health.
Assure an effective system that enables equitable access to services.
Build and support a diverse and skilled public health workforce.
Improve and innovate through evaluation, research, and quality improvement.
Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health.
Advocating for equitable access to prenatal care for uninsured populations exemplifies which advanced C/PHN role?
What is advocate.
A community health nurse notices high rates of childhood asthma in a low-income neighborhood and works with local schools to start an asthma education and screening program.
What is developing a community partnership based on identified health needs?
This theoretical model explains how individuals move through stages of readiness when changing health behaviors, from precontemplation to maintenance.
What is the Transtheoretical Model or Stages of Change Model?
Name two major contributions Lillian Wald made beyond the Henry Street Settlement.
What are founded school nursing, influenced child labor laws, and established the National Organization for Public Health Nursing (NOPHN).