Public Health: Core Principles
Collection of people who share at least one characteristic
What is an aggregate?
First step in the nursing process for public health is to define the ______
What is community
Another name for homeless (hint starts with a t)
What is transient
Another word for cutaneous exposure
What is skin
The US Department of Health & Human Services is considered __________ (county, local, state, federal)
What is federal
Resource allocation is based on the needs of the _________ rather than a few
What is many?
Level of prevention: educating on a free needle exchange program to an IV drug user
What is tertiary prevention
Desire to not be vulnerable, degree people believe they have control over the outcome of events
What is locus of control
Time between invasion & first s/s
What is the incubation period
Nurses assessing their own personal beliefs & decisions about culture is the _______ step for cultural competence
What is first
Three core functions of public health
What are assessment, policy development, & assurance
The U.S. tracks health objectives through a framework with measurable health indicators (hint beginning of a decade)
What is HealthyPeople
The primary cause of vulnerability to health problems is a lack of ____________
What are resources
Three components of the epidemiological triangle
What are agent, host, & environment
The United States spends much _______ on preventative health services
What is less
Health care costs are the ______ (highest/lowest) in the world and the indicators of health are not the best worldwide.
What is highest
Not feeling connected to society
What is disenfranchised
Identify 6 Vulnerable Populations presentations
What are Gender Based Violence, Military & Families, HIV, Homeless, Disabilities, Human Trafficking, Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Foster Children, Veterans
Bacterial infection that causes paralysis and can be transmitted through dented cans
What is botulism
Personal health care that provides first contact and continuous, comprehensive, and coordinated care
What is primary care
Community _________ nursing focuses on population, goals are health promotion & disease prevention, usually indirect like program management
What is oriented
Community based nursing focuses on individuals/families, goals are management of conditions, direct illness care
___________ published standards that documentation must be accurate, factual, complete, timely, organized, and compliant with any applicable state and federal agencies.
What is the American Nurses Association
Most rapidly growing group experiencing poverty & homelessness
What are families with children
Constant presence of an infection in 1 group
What is an endemic
Identify 2 forces stimulating change in the U.S. Health Care System (hint think trends ex. technological trends)
What are demographic trends, social & economic trends, and health workforce trends