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Affective domain
A domain of learning that includes changes in attitudes and the development of values
Andragogy
The art and science of teaching adults and individuals with some knowledge about a health-related topic.
Behavioral theory
A theory that approaches the study of learning by concentrating on behaviors that can be observed and measured.
Cognitive domain
A domain of learning that includes memory, recognition, understanding, and application and is divided into a hierarchical class of behaviors.
Cognitive theory
A theory that maintains that by changing thought patterns and providing information, learners’ behavior will change
Critical theory
A theory that approaches learning as an ongoing dialogue. The process of discourse ultimately changes thinking and behavior.
Developmental theory
A theory that maintains that learning occurs in context with developmental stages. Readiness to learn depends on the individual’s developmental stage
Education
The establishment and arrangement of events to facilitate learning
Healthy People 2010 Educational Objectives
Educational objectives that have been established to improve the health of citizens of the United states.
Humanistic theory
A theory that describes the influence that feelings, emotions, and personal relationships have on behavior. If people are given free choice, they will do what is best for them.
Learning
The process of gaining knowledge and skills that lead to behavioral changes
Long-term evaluation
Geared toward following and assessing the behavior of an individual, family, community, or population over time.
Pedagogy
The art and science of teaching children and individuals with little knowledge about health-related topics.
Psychomotor domain
A domain of learning that includes the performance of skills that require some degree of neuromuscular coordination
Short-term evaluation
Focuses on identifying behavioral effects of health education programs determining
whether changes are caused by the educational program.
Social Learning Theory
A theory that builds on the principles of behavioral theory by postulating that behavior is a function of an individual’s expectations about the value of an outcome or self-efficacy. If individuals believe that an outcome is desired and attainable, they are more likely to change their behavior to achieve that goal.
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Professional organization for pediatricians that sets policy statements for child health.
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
An act passed in 1990 that mandated individuals with mental and physical disabilities be brought to the mainstream of American life.
Case manager
A school nurse who performs a number of general activities concerning health problems of the children.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Branch of the US Public Health Service whose primary responsibility is to propose, coordinate, and evaluate changes in the surveillance of disease in the US.
Community outreach
Role of a nurse who gives care outside of defined setting
Consultant
One who provides professional advice, services, or information
Counselor
Role of a nurse when mental health support is provided.
Crisis team
School staff designated to deal with crises at school
Direct caregiver
Role of a nurse giving health care to the ill or injured
Full service school-based health centers (FSSBHCs)
Federal program providing comprehensive health care in a crisis situation.
Health educator
Role of a nurse providing teaching on health topics
Individualized education plan (IEP)
Plan to decide educational accommodations for disabled children.
Individualized health plan (IHP)
Plan to decide health needs of disabled children in school
PL 93-112 Section 504 of the Rehab Act of 1973
Federal law requiring services for persons with handicaps
PL 94-142 Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Federal law requiring education for all children with handicaps.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Educational services that must be provided for disabled children from birth through age 22.
Primary prevention
Health promotion and education
Researcher
Role of a nurse to investigate phenomena related to health
Safe Kids Campaign
Federal program to provide education to children about safety.
School-based health centers (SBHC)
Federal program providing health care, dental care, and mental health care to children and families in schools.
School Health Policies and Programs Study 2000
A federally study of CDC-funded school health programs
School-linked program
A school health program run by a community health agency
Secondary prevention
Procedures to prevent exposures to blood-borne diseases
Tertiary prevention
Continued long-term health care
Agent
Causative factor invading a host through an environment favorable to produce disease, such as a biological or chemical agent
Environment
All those factors internal and external to the client that influence and are influenced by the host and agent-host interactions.
Hazard Communication Standard
The “right-to-know” standard that requires all manufacturing firms to inventory toxic agents, label them, develop information sheets, and educate employees about these agents
Host
Human or animal that provides adequate living conditions for any infectious agent.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
The branch of the US public health service that is responsible for investigation workplace illnesses, accidents, and hazards.
Occupational health hazards
Dangerous processes, conditions, or materials within a work environment that can result in harm to an employee
Occupational health history
Questions added to a health assessment that provide data necessary to rule out or confirm job-induced symptoms or illnesses.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Federal agency charged with improving worker health and safety by establishing standards and regulations and by educating workers.
Work-health interactions
Influence of work on health shown by stats on illnesses, injuries, and deaths associated with employment
Workers’ Compensation
Compensation given to an employee for an injury that occurred while the employee was working.
Worksite walk-through
An assessment of the workplace conducted by the nurse.
Aggregate
A population group
Assessment
Systemic data collection about a population. This includes monitoring the population’s health status and providing information about the health of the community
Assurance
The public health role of making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available.
Community
People and the relationships that emerge among them as they develop and use in common some agencies and institutions and share a physical environment
Community-based
Occurs outside an institution; services are provided to individuals and families in a community.
Community-based nursing
The provision of acute care and care for chronic health problems to individuals and families in the community
Community health nursing
Nursing practice in the community, with the primary focus on the health care of individuals, families, and groups in a community. The goal is to preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health
Community-oriented nursing
Nursing that has as its primary focus the health care of either the community or a population of individuals, families, and groups.
Policy development
Providing leadership in the developing policies that support the health of the population
Population
A collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental characteristics
Population-focused
Emphasizes populations who live in a community
Population-focused practice
The core of public health, a practice that emphasizes health protection, health promotion, and disease prevention of a population
Primary health care services
Both primary and public health services that are designed to meet the basic needs of people in communities at an affordable cost.
Public health
Community efforts designed to prevent disease and promote health. It can be what members of a society do collectively to ensure conditions that support health.
Public health nursing
A specialty of nursing that synthesizes nursing and the science of public health to provide care to populations
Secondary health care services
Services designed to detect and treat disease in the early acute stage
Subpopulations
Subsets of the population who share similar characteristics, for example. People older than 65 yrs who live in a residential home is a subpopulation of a larger population.
Tertiary health care services
Services designed to limit the progression of disease or disability
American Nurses Association (ANA)
A national association for RNs in the US founded in 1896
American Public Health Association (APHA)
National organization founded in 1872 to facilitate interdisciplinary efforts and promote public health.
American Red Cross
A national organization founded in 1881 through the efforts of Clara Barton that seeks to reduce human suffering through various health, safety, and disaster-relief programs in affiliation with the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Mary Breckinridge
Pioneering nurse who established the Frontier Nursing Service to deliver much-needed community health services to families in rural KY.
District nursing
A system in early public health nursing in which a nurse was assigned to each district in a town to provide a wide variety of health services to needy people
Frontier Nursing Service
Provides community health services to rural families in KY. Development of outpost centers throughout the mountain areas to provide midwifery and nursing, medical, and dental care.
Instructive district nursing
An early term for visiting nursing; began in Boston, emphasized health education and care to families
Florence Nightingale
An English nurse who is credited with establishing nursing as a discipline.
Official health agencies
Those operated by state or local governments to provide a wide range of public health services, including community and public health nursing services.
Settlement houses
Neighborhood centers providing social and health services
William Rathbone
A British philanthropist who founded the first district nursing association in Liverpool. With Florence Nightingale, he advocated for district nursing throughout England.
Social Security act of 1935
Enacted to protect the health of people and included funds for education and employment of public health nurses.
Visiting nursing associations
Agencies staffed by nurses who provide care where the patient needs it and most often ini the home
Visiting nurses
Nurses who provide care wherever the client may call home
Lillian Wald
The first public health nurse in the US and an influential social reformer. One notable contribution was founding the Henry Street Settlement in NY.
Advanced-practice nursing
A nurse who holds graduate preparation in a nursing specialty area.
Community-oriented primary care (COPC)
A community-responsive model of health care delivery that integrates both primary care and public health by combining the care of individuals and families with a focus on the community.
Declaration of Alma-Ata
Resolution supporting primary health care for all people by 2000
Digital divide
Gap in computer and internet access btw population groups.
Disease prevention
Activities that have as their goal the protection of people from becoming ill because of actual or potential health threats.
Health
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being; not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
A method for delivering health care whereby people pay a fixed fee for primary care, emergency care, and hospital care that is provided by a designated group of providers.
Health promotion
Activities that have as their goal the development of human attitudes and behaviors that maintain or enhance well-being
Managed care
An integrated system for providing health care services so that consumers must abide by certain rules designated to achieve cost savings.
Managed care organization
An organization that provides or arranges by contract for specific health care services such as hospital care, outpatient visits, and prescription drugs
National Health Services Corps
A commissioned corps for health personnel who provide care in designated underserved areas.
Preferred provider organization (PPO)
An organization of health care providers who contract on a fee-for-service basis with third-party payers, such as an HMO, to provide comprehensive medical services to subscribers.
Primary care
The providing of integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community.
US Department of Health and Human Services
Federal agency most heavily involved in health and welfare.