NFDN 2006 Midterm Questions and Correct Solutions
Community - Answer -generally defined as a specific population of people, or a place where people live and work. Determined by geographic boundaries and/or common values and interests.Canada Health Act Principles - Answer -universality, accessibility, comprehensiveness of services, portability, public administration community health nursing - Answer -Umbrella term to define nursing specialities and applies to all nurses who work in and with community in a variety of areas. Emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention. Promotes and protects health of individuals, families, groups, communities, populations.Community Health nurse - Answer - Population - Answer -a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental characteristics Aggregates - Answer -subpopulation, groups within a population.Population Health - Answer -determining the health of a population using as measurements of health the determinants and health status indicators Health status indicator - Answer -well being, life expectancy, incidence and prevalence rate, mortality rate, burden of illness Levels of disease prevention - Answer -Primary prevention, secondary prevention, Tertiary prevention Primary prevention (disease) - Answer -seeks to prevent disease from begining Secondary Prevention (disease) - Answer -seeks to detect disease early in its progression in order to make early diagnosis and begin treatment Tertiary Prevention (disease) - Answer -begins once a disease has become obvious; aims to interrupt the course of the disease Downstream thinking - Answer -Taking a microscopic individual curative focus. Considering individual health concerns and treatments but does not consider the sociopolitical, economic and environmental variables Upstream Thinking - Answer -Macroscopic "big picture" population health approach, primary prevention perspective, considers all determinants of health. How can this be prevented?
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