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NURSING 426 - Community Health Exam 1 Study Guide/NURSING 426 - Community Health Exam 1 Study Guide. Chapter 1: Introduction to Community/Public Health Nursing [6] - Definition of public health: o Public health is the Science & Art of 1) preventing disease, 2) prolonging life, and 3) promoting health & efficiency through organized community effort - Core public health functions o Box 1-1 Core Public Health Functions Assessment: Regular collection, analysis, and information sharing about health c...

NURSING 426 - Community Health Exam 2 Study Guide/NURSING 426 - Community Health Exam 2 Study Guide. Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity & Community Health Nursing [4] Transcultural nursing terminology o Culture universal: refers to the “commonalities of values, norms of behavior, and life patterns that are similarly held among cultures about human behavior and lifestyles and form the bases for formulating theories for developing cross-cultural laws of human behavior” o Cultural imposit...

NURSING 426 - Community Health Exam 1 Study Guide/NURSING 426 - Community Health Exam 1 Study Guide. Chapter 1: Introduction to Community/Public Health Nursing [6] - Definition of public health: o Public health is the Science & Art of 1) preventing disease, 2) prolonging life, and 3) promoting health & efficiency through organized community effort - Core public health functions o Box 1-1 Core Public Health Functions Assessment: Regular collection, analysis, and information sharin...

NURSING 426 - Community Health Final Exam Study Guide/NURSING 426 - Community Health Final Exam Study Guide. Topics listed in blueprint are the bolded points Chapter 1: Introduction to Community/PHN [2] Levels of Prevention (primary, secondary, tertiary) Primary Prevention o Prevention of problems BEFORE they occur o Health promotion & health protection o 2 Elements 1) General Health Promotion enhance resiliency protective factors target essentially WELL populations 2...

Care_of_Critically_ill_Patients_with_Respiratory Problems {PE, ARF, ARDS, Mechanical Ventilation} • • Rapid onset of respiratory problem • Chronic respiratory problems are more common, acute problems do arise that can interfere with GAS EXCHANGE and tissue PERFUSION to such a degree that death can occur quickly. • These problems effect the cardiac system by forcing the heart to work harder to compensate for lung- related impairment of gas exchange. • Thus, prompt recognition and...

PHARMACOLOGY ATI PROCTOR EXAM NUR 222

NURSING 217 - S.U. Nutrition Case Study/NURSING 217 - S.U. Nutrition Case Study. 1. Amy is diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa. List four (4) characteristics associated with this eating disorder. Four characteristics associated with anorexia nervosa include: - Limited caloric intake - Omission of healthy foods - Excessive exercise routines - Obsessive behaviors 2. List two common ways to obtain information about Amy’s food intake. Two common ways to obtain information about her food intake are the...

NUR 416 - Med Surg II Study Guide Exam 1. Chapter 3: Pain Pain is subjective, it’s what the patient tells you. Pain can have physiological and psychosocial impulses attached to it. Treatment to pain is individualized and can vary. Pain: unpleasant sensory and emotional experience ● It can be related to actual or potential tissue damage ● Self report is the most reliable factor ● Pain is the most common reason patients seek medical care ● It is the major economic problem. Sometimes peop...

Cultural and linguistic competence: congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system among professionals that enables work in cross-cultural situations Culturally competent: Understanding and attending to total context of patient’s situation including the following: Immigration status, Stress and social factors, Cultural similarities and differences Caregivers apply a universal concept of understanding to all contextual aspects of care EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE EBP is ...

MED SURG 403 - Care of patients with burns outline./MED SURG 403 - Care of patients with burns outline. BURNS • Tissue destruction caused by a burn injury leads to local and systemic problems that affect FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE and lead to protein losses; sepsis; and changes in metabolic, endocrine, respiratory, cardiac, hematologic, and immune functioning. • The extent of problems is related to age, general health, extent of injury, depth of injury, and the specific body area injured....