NR 442 Quiz 1 and Exam 1 Notes from Class (Chamberlain University Nursing student notes. These are flashcards based on my own notes for the sole purpose of studying. No changes will be made at any time after the quiz or exam has passed and contain only information I took for my own personal use. These should not be utilized as your main purpose of studying and one should utilize these flashcards as supplemental material to your own studying material) Completed!!!What is an aggregate? Answer - - A community compose of people who have common characteristics What are some examples of aggregates? Answer - - Senior citizens
- Ethnic backgrounds
- Religious organizations
- Space in time
- Social system
- Education
- Safety/ transportation 1 / 3
What does a community of solution mean? Answer - - Common problems that unite individuals What must a community have in order to qualify as a community? Answer - - Location
What does a Geographic community encompass? Answer - - Less formalized areas that lack official geopolitical boundaries What are aspects of a health community? Answer - - Physical environments
- Political government
- Health and Social services
- Communications
- Economics
- Recreation
- Geographic features
- Services
- Businesses
- Industries
- Settled villages
- Preindustrial cities
- Industrial cities
- Present stage
- Pneumonia
- Measles
What does the Healthy Cities and Healthy places model urge? Answer - - Positive health changes What does the Healthy Cities and Healthy places model stress? Answer - - interconnectedness between people, the public, and private sectors What is the windshield survey utilized for? Answer - - To make organized observations of the area and it people How might a windshield survey be performed? Answer - - Via Driving or Walking to gain an understanding of the environmental layout What does the Windshield survey locate? Answer - - Environmental layout
What are the stages in disease history? Answer - - Hunting and Gathering
What is the definition of an Endemic? Answer - - Diseases that are always present within the population What is an example of an Endemic disease? Answer - - Cold
What is the definition of an Epidemic? Answer - - Diseases that are not always in a population but flare up on occasion What is an example of an Epidemic? Answer - - Diphtheria
What is the definition of a pandemic? Answer - - The existence of disease in a large proportion of the population What are some types of pandemics? Answer - - Global pandemic What are some examples of pandemics? Answer - - HIV
- AIDS
- Influenza type A 2 / 3
What is Health Visiting? Answer - - Visiting homes to provide information to improve health What does Upstream Thinking actions focus on? Answer - Modification of the
following precursors of poor health throughout the world:
- economic
- Political
- Environmental
- Sense
- Sound
- Deaths
- Marriages
- Divorces
- Adoptions
- Suggests growth or decline
- increases stress, may increase exposure to a communicable disease
- Reflects community resources
- Suggests socioeconomic issues
- Influences nature of health problems
What does the census tract do? Answer - - It subdivides larger communities What does the Census Tract facilitate? Answer - - the organization of resident information in specific community geographic locales.What senses does a nurse utilize in the windshield survey? Answer - - Sight
What does a metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) consist of? Answer - - central city with more than 50,000 people including the associated suburban or adjacent counties that yields a total Metropolitan area with more than 100,000 people What forms the basis of data of the VITAL Statistics? Answer - - Births
What does the Community Assessment Parameter Geography influence? Answer - - Nature of the health problems and access to health care Why is the Community Assessment Parameter Population important? Answer - - Describes the population served and suggests their health risks and needs
Why is the Community Assessment Parameter Environment important? Answer - - It impacts the quality of life and the nature of the environmental health problems
Why is the Community Assessment Parameter Industry important? Answer - - Impacts the social class, access to health care, and resources
Why is the Community Assessment Parameter Education important? Answer -
Influences the following:
- socioeconomic status
- access to health care
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