Community Health Nursing Theories
- Nightingale's Theory of Environment
- Health Belief Model
- Likelihood of Taking Action Factors - CORRECT ANSWER
... [Show More] *Nightingale's Theory of Environment*:
Focuses on impact of a person's environment on their health. Focus in on preventative care (washing
hands, clean environment).
*Health Belief Model*: Assumes a persons primary motivation in taking positive health actions is to
avoid getting a disease.
*Likelihood of taking action is based on*:
1. Modifying variables (age, gender, race, economy, education)
2. Perceived severity and susceptibility of getting the disease
3. Perceived benefits vs. barriers of taking action
4. Cues to action (i.e. advice of doctor, media campaign)
Community-Based Nursing versus Community-Oriented Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER The community or
population is the "client" in community health nursing.
*Community-Based Nursing*: Focused on ILLNESS care (acute or chronic conditions) for individuals and
families.
- Examples: Home Health nurse doing wound care, School nurse administering epi-pen.
*Community-Oriented Nursing: Focused on improving the collective health of the community.
- Examples: Health education and promotion, disease prevention activities. No illness care! Communityoriented nursing = public health nursing.
Community Health Nursing versus Public Health Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER *Community Health
Nursing*: Delivers health care services to individuals, families, and groups. Includes community-based
nursing (illness care for individuals and families) AND community-oriented nursing (community focused
care, with an emphasis on education and disease prevention).
*Public Health Nursing*: Disease prevention and health promotion of communities and populations.
They re not providing direct care to individuals! Public health nursing = community-oriented nursing.
Four Ethical Principles in Community Health Nursing
- Respect for Autonomy
- Non-Maleficence
- Beneficence
- Distributive Justice - CORRECT ANSWER *Respect for Authority*: Respect a patient's right to selfdetermination.
*Non-Maleficence*: Do no harm
*Beneficence*: Do what is best (i.e. maximize benefits)
*Distributive Justice*: Fair allocation of resources in community.
Epidemiology and Components of Epidemiology Triangle - CORRECT ANSWER *Epidemiology*: Study of
spread, transmission, and incidence of disease/injury.
*Components of Epidemiology Triangle*
- *Agent*: What is causing the disease (i.e. bacteria, toxin, noise)
- *Host*: Human/animal being affected by the disease
- *Environment*: Physical environment (water/food supply, geography). Social environment (access to
health care, work conditions, poverty).
Incidence vs. Prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER *Incidence*: Number of NEW case of disease/injury in a
population during a specified period of time.
*Prevalence*: Number of ALL cases (new and pre-existing) of disease/injury in a population during a
specified period of time.
Community Health Education and Healthy People 2020 - CORRECT ANSWER *Community Health
Education*
- *Obstacles*: Age culture, illiteracy, language barriers, lack of access, lack of motivation.
- *Learning Styles*: visual (video, presentations), auditory (verbal lectures, discussions), tactilekinesthetic (hands-on, return demonstration).
*Healthy People 2020*: Includes national health goals based on major risk to health and wellness of U.S.
population (i.e.: Diabetes,Cancer, Older Adults, LGBT health).
Primary vs. Secondary vs. Tertiary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER *Primary Prevention*: Prevents
initial occurrence of disease.
- i.e. education, immunizations, prenatal classes.
*Secondary Prevention*: Focuses on early detection of disease, limiting severity of disease.
- i.e. screenings, disease surveillance, control of outbreaks. [Show Less]