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09/30/2012

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Term
when focusing on the community as a client the focus is on what?
Definition
nursing services
Term
community oriented-population focused practice requires nursing to focus on _______________ health rather than ____________health
Definition
focus on population health rather than individual
Term
overal goal of community oriented population focused practice
Definition
a healthy community
Term
theory contributions to community health help to do what 2 things?
Definition

1.  describe, clarify and guide CHN practice

2.  provides rationale for community-oriented care

Term
Nightingale's Theory of Environment as it relates to community based nursing
Definition
  • focuses on preventive care for populations
  • theory based on improving environment conditions to improve health
Term
Quote-Orem's theory is the what?
Definition
concept of self care learned , goal oriented actions to preserve and promote life, health, and well-being
Term
according to Orem the concept of self-care focuses what?
Definition
focuses empowerment of persons and groups to promote health and provide care for themselves
Term
according to orem..examples of basic demographics
Definition

age

gender

developmental status

health status

health care systems

socio-cultural

spiritual orientation

family system

patterns of living

Term
according to Orem things that are part of Socioeconomic Status (SES)
Definition

education

income/employment

housing

Zoning-city/urban/rural/commercial

Mobility

Growth/decline

Term
in Orem look at SCDTN from what perspective?
Definition
community perspective
Term

example of Air requisite for community health according to orem

1. individual

2. family

3.  community

Definition

1.  COPD related to smoking prevalence

2.  Decrease second hand smoke in homes and public buildings

3.Ozone days,  policy for smoking in public buildings and establishments

 

Term

examples of Water according to Orem for commumity

1.  Individual

2. family

3.  community

 

Definition

1.  test water for contamination

2. none listed

3.  instruct importance of testing to prevent enteric diseases related to water supply

 

Term

examples of prevention of hazards for community health for the

1. individual

2.family

3. community

Definition

1.  instruct to decrease alcohol use among young and middle age adults

2.  instruct to decrease alcohol among family members

3.   develop and offer programs and drinking and driving, MADD organizations

Term
what is difference between thinking upstream vs. thinking down?
Definition
thinking upstream is the actions that foucs on modifying economics, politics, and environmental factors related to improving health status
Term

thinking upstream vs thinking downstream

which is proactive, vs. reactive

Definition

upstream is proactive

downstream is reactive

Term
Microscopic community health
Definition
  • looks at mainly individuals r/t health and illness
  • emphasizes idividual behavioral responses to illness/lifestyle
  • interventions focused on modify behavior to change perceptions of belief systems 
Term
macroscopic community health
Definition
  • looks at interfamily and intercommunity theme in health/illness
  • looks at population factors
  • empasizes social, economic, and environmental issues
  • modifying social and environmental variables
  • being a social and political activist 
Term

the community population

the "who"

Definition

the people/population

size,

 density,

 composition(age, gender, family),

 growth or decline,

culture/race/ethnicity

social class/eduacation level of HOH

mobility

health/morbidity/mortality

Term
difference between territorial bonds and relational bonds
Definition

territorial(where and when)

geopolitical

community of interest

community of solution

 

relational bonds (phenomenological)

Term
the community as a social system
Definition

the how and why

Term
healthy communities have a sense of what?
Definition

community cohesion

  • "collaborate effectively in IDing community needs/problems"
  • achieve working consensus on goals and objectives
  • agree on implementation of goals
  • collaborate on required action
Term
define community assessment
Definition
a process by which data are compiled regarding a community health status and from which a nursing dx are derived
Term
community needs assessment
Definition
a process of determining te real and perceived needs of a defined community
Term
6 methods for community assessment
Definition

comprehensive

problem-oriented

familiarization

subsystem assessment

epidemiological

community assets-strengths and capacities of a community

Term
comprehensive community assessment
Definition
total community assessment
Term
problem oriented community assessment
Definition
assess in relation to specific health problem
Term
familiarization in community assessment
Definition
studying data available within a community (may use a winshield survey)
Term
epidemiological community assessment
Definition
id aggrigates at risk
Term
community assets-strengths and capacities of a community
Definition

involves linking of

specific skills of interest

local associations

local institutions

Term
difference betweeen indirect and direct observation in community data
Definition

direct

winshield survey

participant observation

key informant interviews

community forums/focus groups

indirect

Term
community level diagnosis is what?
Definition
  • generalized from community/aggregate assessment
  • intervention directed to total community/aggregate
  • total community/aggregate is beneficiary
Term
determining te healt of a community and aggregate uses what?
Definition
the diagnostic reasoning process
Term
what is the diagnostic reasoning process
Definition

ID health risks

ID factors and health indicators associated with risks

Validate existing health problems

Term
nursing dx for communities are based upon what things?
Definition
  • inaccessible and unavailable services
  • mortality and morbidity rates
  • communicalbe disease rates
  • specific populations at risk
  • health promotion needs for populations
  • community dysfunction
  • environmental hazards 
Term
format for community diagnosis
Definition
increased risk or prevalence of disability/disease among community/aggregate related to etiology as evidence by health indicators
Term

risk of :

 

among:

 

related to:

 

as evidence:

Definition

risk of:  id's a specific problem/health risk

 

among:  a specific community/client group

 

related to : characteristics of community and environment that places group at risk

 

as evidence by:  signs/symptoms supporting label

Term
remember that your etiologies (r/t) and s and s (AEB) must be from what not what?
Definition
must be from your local community assessment, not from the state and national data
Term
what is a needs assessment?
Definition
a planning tool that : ID's sub-populations most in need of services, determines the most acceptable ways for services to be offered
Term
research has shown that individuals health decisions and behaviors are related to their perceptions of needs.
Definition
Term
secondary data sources aka? and what are they?
Definition

subpopulation

 

church, schools, and fire districts

towns

health and other vital statistics

Term
7 steps of aggrigate
Definition

1. a needs assessment

2. action oriented community diagnosis

3.  from target population to community

4.  gaining entry into a community

5.  id'ing community informants and felt needs

6.  analyzing needs with a community

7.  presenting findings to a community

 

Term
define health literacy (as defined by the US dept. of health and human services)
Definition
the degree to which have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions
Term
what are some factors included in health literacy?
Definition

communication skills of lay persons and professionals

lay and professional knowledge of health topics

culture

demands of the healthcare and public health systems

demands of the situation/context

 

Term
how does health literacy relate to community health nursing?
Definition
  • a community's literacy level is important factor in health program planning
  • health literacy affects a person's ability to
    • navigate the healthcare system
    • sare personal info
    • engage in self-care/chronic disease mgt.
    • understand mathematical concepts(ex. probability and risk)
  • community nurses have the ability/opportunity to ID areas patients and communities may be struggling in, eval. the problem, and implement solutions/interventions 

 

Term

vision statement of health literacy includes 3 main points, that a health literate society is one that

 

Definition

1.  provides everyone with access to accurate and actionalble health information

2.  delivers person centered health information and services

3.  supports lifelong learning  and skills to promote good health

Term
health literacy may be what?
Definition
the sixth vital sign
Term
use what type of language when educating and talking to pts?
Definition
living room language
Term
use what technique when teaching skill?
Definition
teach back
Term
difference between health education and patient/client education
Definition

health education:  focuses on health promotion and disease prevention, educating and empowering people, to avoid disease, make lifestyle changes, improve health for themselves

 

patient/client education:  a series of planned teaching-learning activities designed for individuals, families, and groups who have a ID'd alternative health status

Term
define disease prevention
Definition

behavior motivated to

reduce threat of disease

detect early

maintain functioning within the illness

(look at a risk population, prevent disease)

Term
define health promotion
Definition

behavior-achieving a greater level of health

self care

ex. diet, exercise

Term
outcome of health promotion is __________________
Definition
self-responsibility for health
Term
with health promotion do you want to avoid illnes or promote health?
Definition
want to change patterns of behavior to promote health rather than to avoid illness
Term
in health promotion is focus on population or individuals?
Definition
focus on persons and populations as a whold
Term

what are three models tat relate to the health and health education of the individual and the aggregate?

 

2 for community?

Definition

1. orem

2. health belief model

3. Pender's Health promotion Model

 

community

1.  PRECEDE model

2. Primary Health care model

Term

discuss the health belief model>

 

value?

goal?

focus?

Definition

it describes the impact of individual's perceptions on preventive health behaviors actions

 

value- health (absence of disease)

goal- avoidance of disease

focus- increase "threat"

Term
6 keys of the health belief model
Definition
  1. personal susceptibility to a disease
  2. perceived severity of a disease
  3. perceived benefits of preventative behavior
  4. perceived barriers to taking action
  5. cues to encourage taking action
  6. self-efficacy-the ability to take action to achieve te desired outcome. 
Term
3 pts of the health belief model
Definition

individual perceptions

modifying factors of action

likelihood

Term
what model is a complement to the HBM?
Definition
pender's health promotion model
Term
pender's health promotion model does what things?
Definition

explains the likelihood that healthy lifestyle patterns or health promoting behaviors will occur

belief- people change behavior to feel better physically, psychologically, socially and spiritually (not to just avoid disease)

increased emphasis on self-efficacy

adds-perceived control and perceived importance of health

Term

which model pender's health  protective model is directed toward health protecting behavior?

 

health promoting?

Definition

health protecting- HBM

health promotion-HP

Term
what model takes actions to improve well-being and develop human potential?
Definition

pender health promotion model

 

Term
which model takes actions to prevent disease due to fear or threat?
Definition
health belief model
Term
discuss what the Predede-Proceed model is?
Definition

precede-needs assessment

proceed- implementation

 

focuses heavily on the assessment and ID of strengths and weaknesses for planning and evaluating community health education

Term
what model consistently involves the client in problem solving?
Definition
precede/proceed model
Term

define the parts of the community model - precede

 

Definition

Predisposing

Reinforcing and

Enabling

Causes in

Educational

Diagnosis and

Evaluation

Term
2 key assumptions of the Precede community model
Definition

1. health is multi-factoral (environmental, social, etc)

2.  health education programs must be multidiementional

outcomes oriented! toward the community

Term
the goal of teaching is _____
Definition
learning
Term
effective teaching is the responsibility of the ________
Definition
educator
Term
learning is the responsibility of the ______
Definition
learner
Term

domains of learning

cognitive-

affective-

psychomotor learning-

Definition

cognitive-knowing (facts and concepts)

affective-judging and deciding

proper attitudes is necessary for lifestyle changes

psychomotor-action or skill

performing or doing

Term

in the cognitive domain (the thinking process)

what is blooms taxonomy of learning

Definition

6. evaluation

5.  syntesis (integrates)

4.  analysis(examines)

3.  application(uses learning)

2.  comprehension(understands)

1.  knowledge(recalls knows)

Term

blooms taxonomy of learning domain-affective (emotions, feelings or attitudes)

 

Definition

5.  internalizing(adoption)

4.  conceptualization(integrates)

3.  valuing(appreciates)

2.  responding(reacts)

1.  receiving(listening)

Term

blooms taxonomy of learning domain-psychomotor domain

demonstration and performance skills

 

Definition

3.  physically intellectually and emotionally capable of skill

2.  sensory image to perform skill trough senses

1.  practice and master skill

Term
when do you do program planning
Definition

-the assessment is completed

-data as been analyzed

-problems have been ID'd and prioritized for the population at risk

-and a desire to change exists

Term
questions to ask when setting goals
Definition

1. is it realistic

2.  is it attainable (literature to support your outcomes)

3.  measurable

4.  is it set within a given timeframe

5.  is it acceptible to the population

Term
goals need to be what 2 things
Definition
measurable and specific
Term
what are objectives?
Definition

statements which indicate specific way to accomplishing goals

will help you measure progress toward the goals

3 specific things

1. what will be different

2.  by when?

3.  how will the results be measured?

Term

in evaluation when who evaluates the process?

the outcome?

Definition

process-teacher

outcome-learner

Term
discuss formative or process evaluation
Definition
  • provides feedback to determine a need for modification
  • is ongoing
  • provides direction for change in goals and interventions
  • this monitoring is periodic
Term
discuss outcome/summative evaluation
Definition
  • it is a final goal
  • addresses overall effectiveness and goal attainment
  • completed at end of program
  • provides data if objectives were met or not met
Term
a good proposal does what?
Definition
ties te evaluation to the program model design and assumptions
Term
begin to define the evaluationa as you begin what?
Definition
to define the project
Term
what is the intervention wheel?
Definition

formerly known as the public health intervention model (PHI) model

 

developed ad model for population based public health nursing practice

describe the full scope of PH practice

explain how their practice contributes to the improvement of population health

Term
the intervention wheel depicts what?
Definition
how public health improves popultion health through interventions on a community, individual, and systems level
Term
the intervention wheel utilizes ____ public health interventions
Definition
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Term
id attributes of a community
Definition
  • population/people(size, density, composition, age/gender, family)
  • location,, physical environment(boundaries ocation of health services, geographic, housing, climate, flora/fauna, human-made environment
  • territorial bonds (whena nd where)-geopolitical, community of interest, community of solution
  • relational bond(phenomenological)-interest orientation, feeling
  • social system/psycosocial/function-family, economic, educational, religious, welfare, political, recreational, legal, communication
Term
purpose of the community assessment
Definition
a process by which data are compiled regarding a community health status and from which a nursing dx is done
Term
community oriented-population nursing care
Definition
is shaped by the characteristics and needs of a given community and employs population-based skills.  requires nursing to focus on population health rather than individual health resulting in an overall goal of a healthy community
Term
characteristics of healthy community
Definition

sense of community cohesion

  • collaborate effectively in IDing community needs and problems
  • achieve working consesnus on goals and objectives
  • agree on implementation of goals
  • collaborate on required action

crime, educational system, economy, environmental factors, housing, transportation, leisure activities, taxes

 

Term
define a needs assessment
Definition
a planning tool that ID's subpopulations most in need of services, determines the most acceptable ways for services to be offered
Term
comprehensive assessment
Definition
total community assessment
Term
problem-oriented needs assessment
Definition
assess in relation to specific health problem
Term
familiarization needs assessment
Definition
studying data available within a community, may use a winshield survey
Term
subsystem community assessment
Definition
community subsystem assessment focuses on one specific community subsytem, how this subsystem is influenced by the whole community
Term
phenomenological community asessment
Definition
A phenomenological community is a group of people who have shared or like-minded relationships, values, interests, beliefs and goals
Term
methods utilized in community assessments
Definition

direct observation

  1. winshield survey
  2. participant observation
  3. key informant interviews
  4. community forums/focus groups

indirect observations

  1. existing data sources
  2. surveys
Term
the diagnostic reasoning process is used why?
Definition

ID health risk

ID factors and health indicators associated with risk

validate existing health problems

Term
nsg dx for communities are based on:
Definition

inaccessible and unavailable services

mortality and morbidity rates

communicable disease rates

specific populations at risk

health promotion needs for populations

community dysfunction

environmetal hazards (MUEKE)

Term
format for writing community level diagnosis
Definition
increased risk for disability/disease among community/agrigate related to etiology as evidence by health indicators
Term
health education
Definition
focuses on health promotion and disease prevention, educating and empowering people to avoid disease/make lifestyle changes/ improve health for themselves
Term
define disease prevention
Definition
behavior modified to reduce threats of disease, detect early, maintain functioning within the illness
Term
define health promotion
Definition

behavior, achieving a greater level of health, self care

outcomes of health promotion, outcome is self responsibility for health, change patterns of behavior to promote health rather than to avoid illness, focus on persons and populations as a whole

Term
examples of effective community education programs
Definition

school based programs

worksite programs

church based programs

hospital based programs

neighborhood programs

community wide programs

 

Term
goals of community education programs
Definition
broad, but achievable statements of what needs to be  accomplished
Term
setting community goals- ask what questions
Definition

what do you expect to occur as a result of your program?

is it realistic?

attainable (literature to support?)

measurable?

set within a given time frame?
is it acceptable for the population?

Term
goals need to be what 2 things?
Definition
measurable and specific
Term
idividual focus interventions
Definition

individual and families within a population

knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, practices, and behaviors

alone or part of a family , class or group

Term
system focus interventions
Definition
changes in organizations, policies, laws, adn power structures that impact health
Term
how many homeless on any given night in the US?
Definition
600,000
Term
a homeless individual is defined as which of the following?
Definition
an individual who spends most nights at public/private places not designated for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings
Term
children wholives in parks, abandoned buildings, or vehicles are classified as which of the following ?
Definition
homeless
Term
which group of homeless individuals is known for their involvement in survival sex?
Definition
adolescents
Term
what model supports upstream thinking with the purpose to improve homelessness through reduction of structural conditions contributing to homelessness?
Definition
social justice
Term
Mr. A has a dx of schizophrenia.  He has difficulty finding suitable housing due to his schizophrenia.   this is an example of ?
Definition
Marginalizaion- the process of social and political peripheralization of individuals /groups based on real or perceived differences from the majority.  Marginalization makes access to the goods and services of a community more difficult
Term
you are working as a nurse in a mental health facility.  You are involved with pts. who have varied dx's One of your pts. family members asks what biological problem causes all of these people to have mental illness.  You respond that most experts believe which of the following?
Definition
many factors cause the problem-no data for definitive biological cause for mental illness.  scholars have concluded that mental illness is multifactorial and complex
Term
community mental health emphasizes what?
Definition
delivery of care for the mentally ill in community outpt. clinics, halfway houses, and group homes
Term
the most frequently diagnosed mental illness in the united states is
Definition
depression-  according to the NIMH the most frequently diagnosed mental illnesses are the "affective disorders"  depression is a affective disorder
Term
the initiative that sought to move health care of the mentally ill from long-term settings into the community, resulting in deinstitutionalization was what?
Definition
community mental health centers act (1963 with amendments in 1964 and 1965)
Term

all of the following are biological factors that have been hypothesized as contributing to the development of mental illness except

a.  genetics

b.  Hormones

c.  neurotoransmitters

d.  structural brain anomalies

Definition
b. hormones
Term

which of the following is not a risk factor for intimate partner violence?

 

a.  female 24 yrs of age

b.  middle income family

c.  woman who were abused as children

d.  alcoholic partner 

Definition
b.  middle income family
Term
an example  by the community health nurse would suggest that an elderly client may be the survifor of abuse by a caregiver?
Definition
the client has multiple bruises on her upper arms, caregiver states "she fell off of her chair"- because arm bruises are incompatible with fall
Term
a client's husband admits to you that he has been physically abusive to his wife.  he tells you " I just can't  seem to help myself.  I come home form a hard day at work, and she starts asking me to do things around the house.  It's just too much, so I slap her to make her shut up."  an appropriate response would be...
Definition
I can see you are upset by your behavior.  Seeking help is the first step. Let me refer you to someone to help you learn to deal with your feelings without being abusive.-  theraputic communication includes acknowledging the client's feelings without approval or disapproval, and then referring to appropriate community resources for help.
Term
what group is at highest risk for elder abuse?
Definition
70 year old female client with dimentia being cared for at home.
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