Community Nursing and Preventive Care Study Guide
Learn to differentiate between community-oriented and community-based nursing approaches. Understand the three levels of preventive care: primary (prevention), secondary (early detection), and tertiary (rehabilitation). This guide is essential for understanding public health nursing principles and their application in community settings.
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Community and Prevention-Oriented Population Health
Community and Prevention-Oriented Population Health
This content explores public health nursing through population health management, community-based practice, and the three core functions of assessment, policy development, and assurance.
- public health nursing
- population health management
- community-based nursing
- community-oriented nursing
- primary prevention
- secondary prevention
- tertiary prevention
- core functions of public health nursing
- assessment
- policy development
- assurance
- health disparities
- subpopulation
Introduction to Population Health and Public Health Nursing
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Epidemiological Concepts and US Health Care Systems
Epidemiological Application and Basic Concepts
The study of the occurrence and distribution of health-related diseases or events in specified populations and the application of this knowledge to control the health problem.
- Epidemiology definition
- Risk factors
- Protective factors
- Epidemiologic triangle
- Agent, host, and environment
- Web of causality
- Descriptive epidemiology
- Analytic epidemiology
- Disease surveillance
- Multifactorial etiology
Fundamentals of Descriptive and Analytic Epidemiology
This topic covers descriptive epidemiology through person, place, and time, alongside analytic epidemiology, experimental studies, and measures of disease frequency.
- Descriptive Epidemiology
- Person, Place, and Time
- Secular trends
- Point epidemic
- Cyclical time patterns
- Case Reports
- Case Series
- Cross-sectional studies
- Incidence
- Prevalence
- Morbidity
- Mortality
- Attack Rate
- Analytic Epidemiology
- Experimental Studies
- Clinical trials
- Causality
Principles of Causality and Screening Tests
This content covers principles of causality and the application of screening tests as secondary prevention interventions to determine disease likelihood.
- Principles of Causality
- Dose-Response Effect
- Screening Tests
- Secondary Prevention
- Gold Standards
- Validity
- Sensitivity
- Specificity
- False Negatives
- False Positives
- Reliability
Primary Health Care and US Systems
This topic covers primary health care definitions, the public health system, and current health care system costs and access in the United States.
- Primary Health Care (PHC)
- Managed care
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- SCHIP
- Public Health System
- Health Care Delivery Reform
- Health disparities
- Health equity
- Health literacy
Forces Stimulating US Health Care Change
Evolving global and domestic challenges drive changes in the US health care system through demographic, social, economic, health workforce, and technological trends.
- Demographic trends
- Social and economic trends
- Health workforce trends
- Technological trends
- Mortality and infectious diseases
- Chronic and degenerative diseases
- Nursing shortage
- Community-based care
- Electronic medical records
- Acute care focus
Community Nursing Focus and Preventive Care
Community Nursing Focus and Preventive Care
Distinguishing between community oriented and community based nursing focus while defining levels of preventive care.
- Community oriented nursing focus
- Community based nursing focus
- Primary prevention
- Secondary prevention
- Tertiary prevention
- Health promotion
- Disease prevention
- Early detection
- Rehabilitation
Community Nursing Focus and Preventive Care
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Characterizing Public Health Nursing
Characterizing Public Health Nursing
Public health nursing is population-focused, community-oriented, and health and prevention focused with interventions at the community and population level.
- Public health nursing characteristics
- Essential areas for PHN specialist preparation
- Public health core functions
- Community care trends
- Epidemiology
- Biostatistics
- Community assessment
- Program planning and evaluation
- Assessment
- Policy development
- Assurance
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