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Population Health for Nurses

Chapter 1

Population Health for NursesChapter 1

Chapter 1

Review Questions

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b. Population health aims to improve health outcomes for groups of people, with a special focus on public policy and environmental, social, and behavioral factors that impact health for all.
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c. Individual-level interventions work to improve the health of one client at a time.
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a. A central tenet of population health is emphasizing preventive efforts and proactively facilitating health instead of reacting to diseases as they come.
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b. A midstream approach to improving health outcomes involves activities that happen in a specific organization, such as a lunchtime walking program.
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b. Health education workshops can reach a large group of clients in a community and provide them with knowledge and skills to support their own health, prevent disease, and even promote health among their families and friends.
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d. General mortality is the number of deaths across a large population. Reports of general mortality include information about the leading causes of death across the population and estimates of years of potential life lost when people die prematurely.
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b. Siloed health care is also the practice of treating one condition or disease at a time without consideration of other diagnoses or the client’s living environment, education, social situation, and family, among other characteristics.
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a. Population-based practices in nursing focus on improving the health of populations through proactive, not reactive, approaches to health and wellness.
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d. Transitional care involves coordination of clients as they move between different care settings of the health care continuum. It should facilitate a smooth transition for the client and minimize the risk for errors.
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b. Ambulatory care provides health services on an outpatient basis in clinics and health centers. Ambulatory care can meet health needs through targeted clinics or specialized health services, such as for a chronic condition.
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