Flashcard: Community Health Nursing Principles — 10 carte

Community Health Nursing — definition?

Focuses on population health through prevention and promotion.

Community Health Nursing — focus?

Promoting and restoring community health.

Public health milestones — example?

Smallpox eradication in 1980.

Health Behavior Models — purpose?

Guide to understanding health actions.

Health Belief Model — purpose?

Predicts health behaviors based on perceptions and beliefs.

Nursing Roles — responsibilities?

Advocate, educator, facilitator in communities.

Public Health Milestone — smallpox?

Eradicated globally in 1980.

Epidemiology — study of?

Disease distribution and determinants.

Health Promotion — strategies?

Enable control, improve well-being.

Cultural Competence — goal?

Provide respectful, effective care.