. Differentiate between community oriented and community based nursing practice. (Define each
and give an example)
a. Community oriented nurse: provides health care through community diagnosis and
investigation of m
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. Differentiate between community oriented and community based nursing practice. (Define each
and give an example)
a. Community oriented nurse: provides health care through community diagnosis and
investigation of major health and environmental problems, health and surveillance, and
monitoring and evaluation of community and population health status for the purpose
of preventing disease and disability and promoting, protecting, and maintaining health
in order to create conditions in which people can be healthy
b. A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle schools
and high schools is providing:
i. Community oriented care
c. Community based nursing: a setting specific practice whereby care is provided for “sick”
individuals and families where they live, work, and go to school. The emphasis is acute
and chronic care.
2. Define the practice goals of both public health nursing and community health nursing
( ie Public health nursing is population focused and community oriented, uses political processes
for interventions that target health promotion and disease prevention)
a. The role and goals of the community health nursing practice can best be described
as:
a. population-level strategies aimed at promoting, preserving, and maintaining
the health of populations through the delivery of personal health care
services to individuals, families, and groups in an effort to improve the
health of the community as a whole.
b. CHN (Community Health Nursing) is a community-based practice. Which best
explains this statement?
a. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
b. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs
and problems
c. The service are based on the available resources within the community
d. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified
c. Public health nursing specialists are interested in which of the following topic(s)?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Educational materials for individuals with HIV/AIDS
b. Evaluation of an outreach program for at-risk pregnant teenagers
c. Community subpopulations with high rates of type 2 diabetes
d. new technologies to monitor diabetes
e. prevalence of hypertension among various age, race, and gender groups
d. Which of the following is the most prominent feature of public health nursing?
a. It involves providing home care to sick people who are not confined in the
hospital
b. Services are provided free of charge to people within the catchment area
c. The public health nurse functions as part of a team providing a public health
nursing service
d. Public health nursing focuses on preventive, not curative services
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