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Exam 1: NUR206/ NUR 206 (New 2025/ 2026
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what is the primary focus of community based nursing? Answer: the care of ill individuals and families across lifespans
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what is a family crisis? how to know when this is occurring? Answer:
- family is not able to cope with events and becomes dysfunctional
- someone might say "I can't handle this" or "I can't do this"
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what is a genome? Answer: this tells the provider about the patients genetic makeup, the conditions that run in the family (ex: diabetes, heart problems, high cholesterol, obesity, ect.)
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What are ecomaps? Answer: provide information about the patients environment, the family's interactions socially with other groups and organizations
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what do home visits assess? Answer: they assess healthcare needs, identify health promotion interventions, and provide skilled care
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what priority things must a nurse do to evaluate a family to get the information they need at a home visit? Answer:
- the assessment should be interactive
- slow the process down to build trust
- always be very therapeutic
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what is the initiation phase of a home visit? Answer:
- clarifying the source of referral
- clarify the purpose
- share information of the reason with the family
Answer:
- record how the visit went
- plan for the next visit
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what is the family structure? Answer: the roles and positions of each family member, it changes overtime and there is no "right" model of structure
- it is up to the patient to determine who's in their family
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what findings would make the nurse feel the family has unhealthy characteristics? Answer: when some of the family members are not participating in traditions
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what is the Healthy People 202 objective for families? Answer:
- increasing the proportion of parents who use positive parenting
- increasing the percentage of adolescents who talk to their parents
- increase percentage of Americans who have access to food
- increasing the percentage of children who have medial requirements at home
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who is included in the vulnerable population? Answer: homeless, mentally ill, substance users, veterans, and migrant workers
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what is the primary cause of vulnerability? Answer: poverty
- other factors are: unemployment and poor education
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what is an example of primary prevention to the vulnerable? Answer:
- providing a portable immunization chart for them to keep with them
- provide teaching about balanced diet and exercise
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what is an example of secondary prevention for the vulnerable in prison? Answer:
- routine TB screening for the clients and the nursing staff
- teaching homeless how to read their own TB tests
Founder of public health nursing thought you must treat social and economic problems not just take care of the sick
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Mary Breckinridge Answer: Established the Frontier Nursing Service- pioneer nurse/midwifery
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Flornece Nightingale Answer: Founder of modern nursing also known as the lady with the lamp
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what are risk factors for SIDS? Answer: prone or side lying position, sleeping on soft surfaces, smoking during pregnancy, overheating, late/no prenatal care, young maternal age, preterm birth, male gender
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what are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality for adolescents according to Healthy People 2020? Answer:
bullying, dating violence, sexual violence
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how should a nurse assess an adolescents risk for violence in a relationship? Answer: the nurse should ask the client to describe the relationship (not when the relationship began)
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what should a school nurse assess on the playground area for? Answer:
- make sure there are soft surfaces on the floor such as gravel, mulch, and sand
- should have a barrier to separate children from traffic
- rope swings are not recommended due to strangulation
- should be free from hooks where child can puncture skin
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how should firearms be stored? Answer: unloaded, locked, and the ammunition stored separately in a locked device
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how does tertiary prevention come into play when doing planning care for a child diagnosed with a chronic condition?
the increase in the number of older adults, increase in fertility, and we have more immunizations so people are living longer
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what is the Family and Medical Leave Act? Answer: provides protection to employment and insurance for caregivers who require a leave of absence to care for a sick family member
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what is the biggest concern with the elderly? how do we assess this? Answer:
- abuse
- ask them if they feel safe, who shops for them, who pays their bills
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what is the American Disabilities Act? Answer: it protects individuals with mental and physical disabilities to not be discriminated against
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what is the Healthy People 2020 objective for school nursing? Answer:
the reduce the number of missed school days with students with chronic asthma
- to improve the attendance of students with chronic conditions
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what is the focus of the Frontier Nursing Service? Answer: focuses on vaccinations, infant mortality rates, and access to health care in rural areas
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what does the Institute of Medicine focus on? Answer: the development of policy that impacts overall public health
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what does the NCHS focus on? Answer: data collection related to population demographics
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what do community Oriented nurses assess? Answer: they assess the healthier clients, they go over their risk factors and how to help with them
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what are some examples of primary prevention for a child with asthma? Answer:
- teach the parents how to prevent flare ups
- teach that ppl with asthma are more susceptible to illness
- teach parents not to smoke around kids with asthma
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describe primary levels of prevention Answer:
- preventing diseases and illnesses from happening
- decreasing vulnerability
- decreasing risk factors
- teaching healthy people
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describe secondary levels of prevention Answer:
- screening for early diagnoses
- ppl with an undiagnosed disease
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describe tertiary levels of prevention
Answer:
- treatment
- preventing further deterioration from a disease
- this is for people with a diagnosed disease
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examples of primary prevention in schools Answer:
- healthy promotion activities
- teach healthy lifestyles
- give immunizations
- teach about risks associated with obesity
- educate about healthy nutritional choices
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examples of secondary prevention in schools Answer:
- screen for health problems
- care for an injury/illness (ex: stomach ache or cut)
- analyze children's height and weight growth
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examples of tertiary prevention in schools Answer:
- care for chronic health problems (ex: asthma)
- health referrals and continuity of care
- work to improve the quality of food
