NUR 423 E1 Review

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Historically, gains in the health of populations have come largely from public health efforts

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(1) safety and adequacy of food supplies; (2) the provision of safe water; (3) sewage disposal; (4) public safety from biological threats; and (5) personal behavioral changes, including reproductive behavior.

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Public health core function- Assessment

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Assessment refers to systematically collecting data on the population, monitoring the population’s health status, and making information available about the health of the community.

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Public health core function-Policy Development

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Policy development refers to the need to provide leadership in developing policies that support the health of the population, including the use of the scientific knowledge base in making decisions about policy

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Public health core function- Assurance

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Assurance refers to the role of public health in ensuring that essential community-oriented health services are available, which may include providing essential personal health services for those who would otherwise not receive them.

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Healthy People 2030

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A vision of a society in which all people can achieve their full potential for health and well-being across the lifespan with a mission to promote, strengthen, and evaluate the nation’s efforts to improve the health and well-being of all people.

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Culturally competent nurses

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learn about the cultures of the clients whom they serve and they respect people from other cultures and value diversity; this helps them provide more responsive care.

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Cultural nursing assessment

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Nurses ask clients about their ethnic background, language, education, religious affiliation, dietary practices, family relationships, hospital experiences, occupation and socioeconomic status, cultural beliefs, and language.

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Environmental health risks can be assessed in various ways.

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assess environmental factors such as air, water, soil, or food. Or you could assess by setting, such as urban, rural, or suburban. You can also divide the environment into functional locations, such as home, school, workplace, and community. Each of these locations may provide unique environmental exposures and overlapping exposures.

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In 1900 what was the leading cause of death in the US

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Communicable diseases

now there is improved sanitation, nutrition, antiobiotics, vaccines

TB, typhoid fever, respiratory diseases, diarrheal diseases

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As people live longer, what has replaced communicable diseases as the leading cause of death

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heart disease, cancer, stroke

Money goes towards chronic illness and hospital stays