Definitions
What is health?
These are conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.
What are determinants of health?
This role involves ensuring clients' rights and speaking on their behalf.
What is an advocate?
The home visit of this nurse inspired modern community health nursing.
Who is Lillian Wald?
The three core functions of public health.
What are assessment, policy development, and assurance?
The subjective and objective evaluation of one's health is known as this.
What is the health continuum?
The unequal distribution of resources that leads to poor health outcome in certain groups.
What are health disparities?
This role focuses on imparting health knowledge, differing from bedside teaching.
What is an educator?
A setting where nurses care for working populations and address hazards at the workplace?
What is occupational health?
A set of national objectives guiding public health interventions.
What is Healthy People 2030?
THis concept refers to a group of people who share a geographic location, interest, or solution.
What is a community?
The concept that communities should not bear a disproportionate burden of environmental hazards.
What is environmental justice?
This clinician role includes holistic care, health promotion, and expanded skills.
What is a community/public health clinician?
A setting that serves children and includes developmental screenings and health education.
What are schools?
The key principles of public health nursing include this foundational priority.
What is primary prevention?
A broader concept that involves organized efforts to protect and improve population health.
What is public health?
The link between the determinants of health and this level of prevention forms the foundation of upstream thinking.
What is primary prevention?
This role helps guide care plans without supervising staff directly.
What is a manager?
These places serve those in hospice or long-term care.
What are residential institutions?
This ERA shifted focus to the general public.
What is public health nursing?
A population-focused, data-driven approach that aims to reduce disparities across large groups.
What is population health?
Name two examples of determinants of health that impact health.
What are income, education, access to healthcare, neighborhood, and social or community context?
This role uses evidence to improve population outcomes and guide practice.
What is a researcher?
A location where nurses may partner with religious organizations for outreach.
What are faith communities?
This comprehensive list describes what public health nurses aim to achieve in their work.
What are the 10 Essential Public Health Services?