- PRIMARY FOCUS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH

NR442 / NR-442 Exam 1 (Latest Update 2024 / 2025):

Community Health Nursing | Complete Guide with Questions and Verified ANSWERs | 100% Correct - Chamberlain Community - 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

Public Health Intervention Wheel: Levels of Practice - ANSWER - Community

• Individual
• System

System/group Level of Practice Example - ANSWER community health nurse working with the state health department and federal vaccine program to coordinate a response to an outbreak of measles in a migrant population.Community/Population Level of Practice Example - ANSWER public health nurses working with area high schools to give each student a profile of his or her health to promote nutritional and physical activity lifestyle changes to improve the student's health. 1 / 3

Individual Level of Practice Example - ANSWER nurse receives a referral to care for an individual with a diagnosed mental illness who would require regular monitoring of his medication compliance to prevent rehospitalization Core Functions of Public Health - ANSWER - assessment

• policy development
• assurance of availability

Primary Prevention - ANSWER - prevention of problem before it occurs

• immunization

Secondary Prevention - ANSWER - early detection and intervention

• screening for an STD
• for diseases that can be controlled

Tertiary Prevention - ANSWER - correction and prevention of deterioration of a disease state

• teaching insulin administration at home 2 / 3

What is the main focus of Public Health? - ANSWER PREVENTION What is the main focus of Medicine? - ANSWER disease management and diagnosis Childhood Obesity - ANSWER - focus on a healthier lifestyle

• reduce the rate the childhood obesity
• education

What causes more than half of Premature Deaths? - ANSWER behavior and environment reasons What has the greatest influence on Community Health? - ANSWER behavioral choices

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