Community Public Health Nursing Flashcards
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A nurse is implementing a community-wide smoking cessation program. Which strategy reflects a POPULATION-BASED approach?
Answer: Advocating for smoke-free workplace legislation
Advocating for policy change creates an environment that affects smoking behavior across the entire population.
According to the COHN scope of practice, occupational health nurses collaborate with which team member to identify workplace chemical hazards?
Answer: Industrial hygienist
Industrial hygienists specialize in recognizing, evaluating, and controlling occupational chemical, physical, and biological hazards.
A community nurse is evaluating program effectiveness using the logic model. Which component represents the long-term desired change?
Answer: Outcomes/Impact
In a logic model, outcomes/impact represent the long-term changes in conditions, behaviors, or status resulting from a program.
When a public health nurse identifies a cluster of tuberculosis cases in a shelter, the FIRST action is to:
Answer: Report the cluster to the local health department
Mandatory reporting to the local health department initiates the official public health response and contact investigation.
Health literacy is BEST defined as:
Answer: The capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information to make informed decisions
Health literacy encompasses finding, understanding, and using health information — it is a cognitive and social skill, not simply reading ability.
Which community assessment data source provides age, race, income, and household composition at the neighborhood level?
Answer: US Census Bureau / American Community Survey
The US Census and ACS provide detailed sociodemographic data at geographic levels as small as census tracts.
A nurse is teaching a group of migrant farmworkers about heat illness prevention. Cultural competence requires the nurse to FIRST:
Answer: Assess language preferences and health literacy of the group
Culturally competent education begins with assessing the audience's language, literacy, and cultural context before selecting teaching methods.