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46 Cards in this Set
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Public Health is...
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an organized community approach designed to prevent disease, promote health, and protect populations.
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Public Health is or is not a branch of medicine?
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IS NOT
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Public Health Agency Functions:
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*provide & disseminate health info
*provide leadership in health planning *provide essential public health and environmental services *analyze statistics on births to monitor community health status *file a certificate for every birth or death in the area |
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A health professional who uses data in a systematic way to help identify needs, questions to be addressed, abilities, and available resources IS...
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assessor
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A nurse who works to enhance continuity and provide appropriate care for clients whose health problems are actually or potentially chronic and complex, IS...
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case manager
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meeting collective needs by identifying problems and managing behaviors within the community and btwn the community & larger society, IS...
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community health
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the agencies responsible for implementing and enforcing local, state, and federal public health codes and ordinances and providing essential public health programs to a community, IS...
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local public health agencies
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Health workers who make a special focused effort to find ppl with specific health problems for the purpose of increasing their access to health services, IS...
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outreach workers
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Organized efforts designed to fulfill society's interest in ensuring conditions in which ppl can be healthy, IS...
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PUBLIC HEALTH
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"The practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences", IS...
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Public Health Nursing
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Programs designed with the goal of improving a population's health status, IS...
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public health programs
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An agency or source in the community with whom nurses communicate and to which clients are sent for assistance, IS...
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referral resource
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State Public Health Agency,
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each of the US states and territories has a single identified official state public health agency, managed by a state health commissioner.
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Level of Prevention?
partner with community to conduct community health assessment to identify community assets and gaps |
Primary
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Level of Prevention?
Partner with community to develop programs in response to identified gaps |
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Level of Prevention?
Provide information about safe sex practices |
Primary
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Edu day care centers and families about the dangers of lead-based paints |
Primary
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Inspect day care centers, nursing homes, and hospitals to ensure client safety and quality of care |
Primary
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Level of Prevention?
Advocate for issues such as mandatory seatbelt legislation, smoke-free environment, universal access to health care |
Primary
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Provide no charge infant car seats accompanied by classes in the use of safety seats |
Primary
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Identify environmental hazards such as housing quality, playground safety, pedestrian safety, product safety, and work with community and policymakers to mitigate the identified hazards. |
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Conduct ongoing disease surveillance for communicable disease |
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Identify and treat clients in a STD clinic or TB clinic |
Secondary
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Conduct contacting and tracing for individuals exposed to active cases of TB or STDS |
Secondary
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Conducting lead-screening activities for children |
Secondary
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Implement screening programs for genetic disorders and metabolic deficiencies in newborns, breast, cervical, and testicular cancer, DM, HTN, sensory impairments in children, and ensure followup services for clients with positive results |
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Implement control measures when an outbreak is identified |
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Provide case management services that link the clients with chronic illness to health care and community support services. |
Tertiary
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Provide case management services that link clients with serious mental illness to mental health and community support systems |
Tertiary
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Core Public Health Competencies 8 Domains:
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1. analytic assessment skills
2. basic public health sciences skills 3. cultural competency skills 4. communication skills 5. community dimensions of practice skills 6. financial planning and management skills 7. leadership and systems thinking skills 8. policy development and program planning skills |
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Medicaid managed care system shift...
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from primary care services to public health agencies
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The synthesis of nursing theory and public health theory applied to promoting, preserving, and maintaining the health of populations through the delivery of personal health services to individuals, families, and communities.... IS,
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Nursing Practice in Community Health
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7 priorities for PH in the 21st century..
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1. understand the emphasis on broad determinants of health
2. develop a policy focus on population health 3. strengthen the public health infrastructure 4. build partnerships 5. develop systems of accountability 6. emphasize evidence based practice |
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Education Requirements for Public Health Nurses
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*ACHNE (association of community health nursing educators) = need at least baccalaureate degree to practice
*Certification for Nurses Working in Community Health (american nurses' credentialing center- ANCC & voluntary MSN or MPH and minimum of 500 hrs of faculty supervised practice in PH) *Core Public Health Competencies |
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2 Major Goals of Health People Objectives:
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1. to increase the quality & years of healthy life
2. to eliminate health disparities |
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Functions of a Public Health Nurse include...
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Advocate, case manager, referral resource, assessor, educator, primary caregivers, role model, disaster responders
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Disaster Responders - key point in their effectiveness...
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they need to develop assessment and plan PRIOR to disaster
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GOAL OF LOCAL HEALTH DEPT..
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to safeguard the public's health and improve the community's health status
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LOCAL HEALTH DEPT RESPONSIBLE FOR...
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implementing and enforcing local, state, and federal public health codes & ordinances and providing essential services.
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The organized community approach to prevent disease, promote health, and protect populations, IS...
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community health
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The major emerging issues in public health that affect nursing in community health are...
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increased rates of drug-resistant community-acquired pathogens; social issues (i.e., welfare reform); heath care disparities; behaviorally influenced issues (i.e., chronic disease, violence, substance abuse); and access to service issues (i.e., gaps in service).
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PARTNERSHIP is important for
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public health nursing
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The ability to provide a strong public health system is dependent on preparing nurses at the baccalaureate and master's levels BECAUSE...
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Rapid changes in public health are providing challenges to nurses, in that neither the time nor the staff is available to provide as much on-the-job training as is needed to learn or upgrade skills and knowledge of staff.
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The monitoring of communicable diseases is one of the most important roles for nursing during disasters. During the September 11, 2001, airplane attacks and the October 2001 anthrax attacks, nurses at the federal, state, and local levels immediately implemented...
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...active enhanced surveillance activities. At each step, the data were analyzed for evidence of unusual disease trends.
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Although communicable disease control is a core public health service, the role of public health as ... ...in a widespread public health emergency is a new role.
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incident commander
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What are the roles of the federal, state, and local levels of public health?
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*The federal level develops regulations.
*The state level is responsible for monitoring the health status and enforcing laws and regulations. *Both the federal and state levels fund public health *The local level implements public health. |
