Public Health and Nursing Practice
This model is based on the assumption that there are multiple determinants of health
What is the ecological model?
The study of factors that influence health and disease in populations.
What is epidemiology?
Knowledge that allows a nurse to appreciate another's culture.
What is cultural humility?
A virus that commonly occurs in December/February.
What is influenza?
Types of diseases which cannot be prevented or cured through vaccination/medication.
What are non communicable diseases?
The nurse is coordinating comprehensive services for children who have complex health needs ( e.g. diabetes, mental illness)
What is the case manager role?
This phase of disaster preparedness focuses on reducing risks and minimizing the impact of future disasters through actions like building levees, and creating evacuation plans.
What is mitigation?
This type of study follows a specific population over time.
What is a cohort study?
A mass of people that make up a unit to measure and understand
What is a population?
Identified the Broad Street pump as the source of a cholera epidemic in London.
Who is John Snow?
Pregnant women, Children, LGBTQ+ Youth, and Individuals with mental illness and substance abuse issues.
Who are vulnerable populations?
A person who has been infected but has not yet shown signs of the disease.
Who is an incubating carrier?
The number of years a person could be expected to live based on the current mortality rates in a specific setting, usually a country.
What is life expectancy?
Vision, hearing and scoliosis screening are an example of which level of prevention?
What is secondary prevention?
This system plays a critical role in disaster response by ensuring timely communication, and coordinating information flow among agencies and the public during emergencies.
What is the emergency information system (EIS)?
Consistency in measurement over repeated usage with testing tools.
What is reliability?
Focuses on improving health by emphasizing prevention and a commitment to health equity
What is public health nursing?
Contains Three components of Host, Agent and Environment.
What is the epidemiological triangle?
Refers to a person’s or community’s capacity to obtain support from available social connections
What is social capital?
This type of immunity refers to the host carrying antibodies to the agent in the blood.
What is humoral immunity?
What are the 2 top leading causes of death?
Defined as unwanted aggressive behavior by youth toward another youth who is not a sibling or dating partner.
What is bullying?
This type of disaster event is characterized by a sudden release of energy, often caused by explosions, and can result in shockwaves, and structural damage, requiring immediate emergency response.
What is a blast event?
An individual's ability to access protective factors that exist to withstand chronic stress.
What is resilience?
A collaborative research and action for promoting health to all.
What is global health?
The external factors that can influence the host’s vulnerability to the risk factors related to the disease.
What is the environment part of the epidemiological triangle?
When people have limited access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to maintain a healthy life.
What is food insecurity?
The period of time between exposure and first signs of disease.
What is the incubation period?
Presence of the following: High B P, Obesity and smoking
What are risk factors for heart diseases and stroke?
This medical breakthrough, first used widely in the 20th century, has led to the eradication of smallpox and drastically reduced the prevalence of polio, and other infectious diseases worldwide.
What is vaccination?
This U.S. federal agency is responsible for coordinating disaster response, providing aid to affected communities, and supporting mitigation and preparedness efforts nationwide.
What is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)?
Tuberculosis and Streptococcal infections are examples of which type of infectious organism?
What are bacteria?
Set of goals with specific objectives to improve health across the life span.
What is healthy people 2030?
Total current cases of all people with the disease.
What is the prevalence pot?
What are the social determinants of health?
Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis are examples of which type of diseases?
What are sexually transmitted diseases?
Implementation of tobacco and alcohol cessation programs are an example of which level of prevention?
What is tertiary prevention?
This principle in education emphasizes placing children with disabilities in regular classrooms whenever possible to ensure they learn alongside their peers.
What is the least restrictive environment (LRE)?
This process, used during a national disaster, involves prioritizing patients based on the severity of their injuries to ensure that limited medical resources are allocated effectively.
What is triage?
This 2010 legislation led to a significant reduction in the uninsured rate, and prohibited insurance companies from denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions.
What is the ACA?