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The essential care made universally available and accessible to individuals and families in the community by means acceptable to them and at a cost that the community and country can afford is termed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as:

parameters. In a nursing process, the public health nurse and her subordinates are going through what step?

   

a. Health Promotion b. Public health nursing c. Primary health care d. Community health nursing

   

a. Assessment b. Planning nursing action c. Implementation of planned care d. Evaluation of care and services rendered

Developing parameters for evaluation is under the planning phase. Assessment phase involves data collection, initiation of contact, analyzing and interpreting data. In the implementation of care what is planned is put into action. In the evaluation of care part, the performance is appraised and identification of needed alterations is done. 6. During what phase of nursing process do data analysis and interpretation is done and mutual trust and confidence is developed?

PHC is defined by the WHO as the essential care made universally available and accessible to individuals and families in the community by means acceptable to them and at a cost that the community and country can afford. Public Health is defined as science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, promoting health and efficiency through organized community effort for the sanitation of the environment. Community health nursing is defined as a service rendered by a professional nurse with communities, groups, families, individuals at home, in health centers, clinics, schools, places of work for promotion of health, prevention of illness and care of the sick at home and rehabilitation. 2. In a certain area, a district hospital is providing care given by physicians with basic healthtraining. Minor surgeries and some simple laboratory examinations are executed also in this hospital. Basing on the given data this facility is of what level?

   

a. Assessment b. Planning nursing action c. Implementation of planned care d. Evaluation of care and services rendered

Assessment phase involves data collection, initiation of contact, analyzing and interpreting data. Mutual trust and confidence is important in this step to obtain the needed data. 7. Coordinating care and services and the utilization of community resources is under what step in the nursing process?

   

a. Primary b. Secondary c. Tertiary d. B and C

   

a. Assessment b. Planning nursing action c. Implementation of planned care d. Evaluation of care and services rendered

Secondary levels are providing care given by physicians with basic health training. A primary level of care is devolved to the cities and the municipalities where the health care provided is given by center physicians, PHN s, rural health midwives and barangay health workers. Tertiary level of care is rendered by specialists in health facilities. 3. The Philippine Heart Center is under what level of health care?

In the implementation of care what is planned is put into action. Care and services are put into action, community resources are utilized and provided health services are monitored and supervised. 8. There are three classic frameworks from which nursing care is delivered which an improvement in any of the three tends to produce a favorable change in the two. Physical settings, instrumentalities and conditions are all part of what element?

   

a. Primary b. Secondary c. Tertiary d. B and C

Tertiary level of care is rendered by specialists in health facilities. Secondary levels are providing care given by physicians with basic health training. A primary level of care is devolved to the cities and the municipalities where the health care provided is given by center physicians, PHN s, rural health midwives and barangay health workers. 4. Public health nurses have various functions in the field. Bringing activities or group systematically into proper relation and harmony with other is under what function of a public health nurse?

   

a. Structural elements b. Outcome elements c. Process elements d. Planned elements

Structural elements include physical settings, instrumentalities and conditions. Process elements include steps of the nursing process itself and outcome elements are changes in the client s health status that result from nursing intervention. 9. Mang Binoy was diagnosed with diabetes Type II. In one of the public health nurse s visit she encouraged Mang Binoy to execute regular exercise and observe his diet. Compliance with treatment regimen was also stressed out. After a month the client s condition was improved due to strict treatment compliance. This is under which framework?

   

a. Management function b. Nursing care function c. Supervisory function d. Collaborating and coordinating function

Bringing activities or group systematically into proper relation and harmony with other is implementing collaborating and coordinating function of a public health nurse. 5. During a meeting, the public health nurse together with the other barangay health workers and midwives, are developing evaluation

   

a. Structural elements b. Outcome elements c. Process elements d. Planned elements

Outcome elements are changes in the client s health status that result from nursing intervention.

10. Home visit allows a public health nurse to assess the home and family situations in order to provide the necessary nursing care. Public Nurse Chedie knows that principles are involves in preparing for a home visit. Which of the following least likely describe the principles in home visit preparation?

d. Citizen panels

when organizations are working together with groups to deal with community issues a coalition is organized structurally. Grass-roots are informal structures in the community like the neighborhood residents. Networks and consortia develop because of certain concerns. Citizen panels are organized by group of citizens about 5-10 to form a partnership with a government agency. 15. A group of neighborhood residents organized a structure to deal with some matters in the community. This is what type of organizational structure?

   

a. A home visit should have a purpose b. Before a home visit is done a family record should be read c. Delivery of the care involves all the members of the family d. The plan for a home visit should be time bounded.

A home visit should be flexible. Being time-bounded is not included in its principles. 11. Which of the following shows the correct sequence of steps in a home visit?

a. Greet the patient and introduce self, state purpose of visit, perform bag technique, perform nursing care, make an appointment for a return visit, document data

   

a. Coalition b. Grass-roots c. Networks and consortia d. Citizen panels

Grass-roots are informal structures in the community like the neighborhood residents. When organizations are working together with groups to deal with community issues a coalition is organized structurally. Networks and consortia develop because of certain concerns. Citizen panels are organized by group of citizens about 5-10 to form a partnership with a government agency. 16. Mr. Dela torre is leading a group of about 5-10 citizens to create a partnership with the government agency. This is an organizational structure called:

b. Greet the patient and introduce self, perform bag technique , state purpose of visit, perform nursing care, make an appointment for a return visit, document data

c. Greet the patient and introduce self, perform nursing care, document data, perform bag technique, make an appointment for a return visit, document data

d. Greet the patient and introduce self, state purpose of visit, perform bag technique, perform nursing care, document data and make an appointment for a return visit

Greet the patient and introduce self, state purpose of visit, perform bag technique, perform nursing care, document data and make an appointment for a return visit 12. In caring for a sick individual in a home isolation technique should be implemented. Which of the following correctly describes this technique at a home?

   

a. Coalition b. Grass-roots c. Networks and consortia d. Citizen panels

Citizen panels are organized by group of citizens about 5-10 to form a partnership with a government agency. Grass-roots are informal structures in the community like the neighborhood residents. When organizations are working together with groups to deal with community issues a coalition is organized structurally. Networks and consortia develop because of certain concerns. 17. The guiding principle in health promotion efforts is known as:

   

a. All soiled articles with discharges should be boiled in water 30 minutes before laundering. b. Articles used by the patient can be placed in a hamper used by all members of the family. c. The one caring for the sick individual should be drinking antibiotics. d. All articles with discharges from the patient should be burned.

All articles soiled with patient s discharges should be boiled in water 30 minutes before laundering. Articles of the patient should not mix with the other members of the family. The one caring for the sick should wear a gown used only inside the patient s room. 13. Health risk profile is a component of analysis. Behavioral risk assessment includes the following except:

   

a. Rural Health Law b. Local Government Code c. Ottawa Charter d. Triple Whammy

Ottawa charter for health promotion was adopted by 212 participants from 38 countries which defines health promotion broadly as the process of enabling people to increase control aver and to improve their health. Rural Health Law or EO 288 is a reorganization act that created 8 regional health offices. A triple whammy consists of an epidemiologic shift, SARS and Avian Flu that in one brought a devastating effect in the country years ago. 18. For health to be improved a foundation of which basic prerequisite should be secured?

   

a. Dietary habit b. Low educational level c. Smoking d. Sedentary lifestyle

Behavioral health risk assessment include dietary habits and other lifestyle concerns. Low educational level is a social indicator. 14. Organizations are working together with groups to deal with community issues. This type of organizational structure is typically noted in:

   

a. Shelter b. Peace c. Stable Ecosystem d. All of the above

  

a. Coalition b. Grass-roots c. Networks and consortia

Prerequisites for health according to the Ottawa Charter are: peace, shelter, education, food, income, a stable ecosystem, sustainable resources, social justice and equity.

19. The process of assisting individuals, acting separately or collectively to make informed decisions about matters that affects the personal health of self and others is termed as:

genetic, age, sex, ethnic group, physiologic, immunologic, inter-current disease, human behavior (E.g. food handling, personal hygiene). Extrinsic factors are environmental factors such as physical environment (climate), biologic environment (flora), and socio-economic environment (occupation). 24. Extrinsic factors are the enumerated choices apart from:

   

a. Health promotion b. Health service c. Health education d. Primary health care

Health education is the process of assisting individuals, acting separately or collectively to make informed decisions about matters that affects the personal health of self and others. Health promotion is the strategy between the people and their environment, using their personal choice and social responsibility in health. Primary health care is essential care made universally available and accessible to individuals and families in the community by means acceptable to them and at a cost that the community and country can afford. 20. The epidemiologic triangle consists of three components which are the following except:

   

a. Climate b. Flora c. Occupation d. Food handling

Extrinsic factors are environmental factors such as physical environment (climate), biologic environment (flora), and socio-economic environment (occupation). 25. The sum total of all external condition and influences that affects the development of an organism pertains to:

   

a. Host b. Mode of transmission c. Agent d. Environment

   

a. Infectious agents b. Biological environment c. Environment d. Socio-economic environment

Environment is the sum total of all external condition and influences that affects the development of an organism. Biological and socio-economic together with physical environment are components of this.

The epidemiologic triangle consists of three components host, environment and agent. The model implies that each must be analyzed and understood for comprehensions and prediction of patterns of disease. 21. The organism that harbors and provide nourishment for another organism is called a:

   

a. Host b. Mode of transmission c. Agent d. Environment

The HOST is any organism that harbors and provides nourishment for another organism. 22. The strategy between the people and their environment, using their personal choice and social responsibility in health is known as:

   

a. Health promotion b. Health service c. Health education d. Primary health care

Health promotion is the strategy between the people and their environment, using their personal choice and social responsibility in health. Primary health care is essential care made universally available and accessible to individuals and families in the community by means acceptable to them and at a cost that the community and country can afford. Health education is the process of assisting individuals, acting separately or collectively to make informed decisions about matters that affects the personal health of self and others. 23. The following is a part of intrinsic factor that may cause a disease to occur:

   

a. Climate b. Flora c. Occupation d. Food handling

Intrinsic factors are inherent and basic influences that can cause en exposure, susceptibility or response to agents. Included in these factors are