NR 442 COMMUNITY HEALTH
NURSING 2024 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is a community? Correct Answer - a group of people who share something in common and interact with one another, who may exhibit a commitment with one another and may share a geographic boundary
- PRIMARY FOCUS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
What is social justice? Correct Answer - justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society
- e.g. fighting to alleviate issues with voting rights, refugee
crises, workers' rights, economic justice, healthcare, hunger, education, & gun violence
What is disparity? Correct Answer - the unequal treatment of one group by those in positions of power, compared with the treatment accorded other groups
- e.g. disparities in income, education access, clean water
access, etc.
Primary Prevention Correct Answer - prevention of problem before it occurs
- e.g. immunization
Secondary Prevention Correct Answer - early detection and intervention
- e.g. screening for an STD
- for diseases that can be controlled
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Tertiary Prevention Correct Answer - correction and prevention of deterioration of a disease state
- e.g. teaching insulin administration at home
True/False: The main focus of community health is prevention
Correct Answer True because it is more cost-effective
American Nurses Association (ANA) Correct Answer - The national professional membership association of nurses that works for the improvement of health standards and the availability of healthcare services, fosters high professional standards for the nursing profession, and advances the economic and general welfare of nurses
- Largest nurses group in the United States
True/False: The primary role of the nurse is patient advocacy
Correct Answer True, nurses are patient's advocates
What does endemic mean? Correct Answer - Diseases that are always present in a population (e.g. colds, flu pneumonia)
What does outbreak mean? Correct Answer - Diseases that are not always present in a population but flare up on occasion (e.g. measles, diphtheria)
What does an epidemic mean? Correct Answer - Outbreak that has gotten out of hand...disease in large proportion of the population; global epidemic - (e.g. HIV, COVID)
- Larger number of people infected at the same time, higher
incidence and prevalence, higher than usual rate
What does pandemic mean? Correct Answer - Effecting extremely high numbers of people, worldwide (e.g. Covid 19, HIV/AIDs)
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) Correct Answer - Considered the founder of organized, professional nursing
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