The Sick and Not so Sick
Data from the CDC comes from
What is the local health department?
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
What are the stages of death and dying?
The nurse who is well acquainted with personnel committees of the community and an active participant of political activities that contribute to the holistic growth and healthy functioning
What is parish nursing?
The government organization responsible for developing and coordinating disaster response
What is FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)?
Decrease the number of US homes that are found to have lead based paint or related hazards
What is the Healthy People 2020 objective?
the diagram to depict a high probability of what effected what outcome
What is the Web of Causation?
1. Life expectancy of 6 months or less according to physician's estimates
2.Must not be undergoing active treatment
Who are people eligible for hospice benefits?
An individual that gives care to children as direct caregivers, educators, counselors, consultants, and case managers.
What is the function of a School nurse?
If you are on an island, prepare the only way out in case of flooding or storm
What is an evacuation plan?
Living in high crime neighborhoods, in communities without adequate recreation or health resources, in communities that have major noise or chemical pollution are examples of :
What are environmental risk factors?
In the population of a small community, within a year there were 10 cases of Lyme's disease
What is prevelance?
Phase of the home health visit that establishes the purpose of the visit
What is the start of care?
One who advocates for clients working with providers, discharge planning, payers, and linking community services.
Educates client in health promotion and safety also acting as an agent for provider services that are necessary
What are roles of Case managers?
this is when you segregate the victims who are wounded but are OK, from the victims who need lots of care.
What is triage?
Completing a family genogram and assessing health risks to contract for family health activities is associated with:
What is primary prevention?
The tool used to detect and monitor epidemics in public about the conditions and factors that determine imbalance of outcomes
What are social determinants of health?
The result of toxins in the air (solvents, plastics, carpet, plywood, and the chemicals used in the home)
What is a Chemical soup?
The working poor whose only source of care depend on public funds
a significant problem for the poor in this country
What is poor access to health care?
Provides multiple volunteer services during disasters and information on giving blood
What is the Red Cross?
Develop individualized weight loss plans and counseling for individuals identified as obese on lifestyle changes is an example of:
What are examples of tertiary prevention?
Many factors impact the wellness of populations. It's all health emergencies. Once you have the data, you'd better disseminate it!
What is surveillance?
While driving a car or riding public transportation the nurse can observe many dimensions of the community's life and environment
What is a windshield survey?
despite the many advances in the US health care system, the system has been plagued with three problems.
What are cost, quality, and access?
•Occurrence, natural or man-made, causes human suffering & creates human needs that victims cannot alleviate without assistance
•Any natural or man-made incident that causes disruption, destruction, and/or devastation requiring external assistance
What is the definition of Disaster?
This segment of children in the US population faces many challenges to good health including lack of health insurance, poverty, language barriers, and substandard housing
What are immigrant children?