Community Health Nursing - Exam 3

sender

the person that initiates the communication process

message

the information or content that is being communicated from the sender to the receiver

encoding

the process of converting a message into symbols or language for transmission

channel

the medium used to convey the message, such as verbal, nonverbal, or social networking

decoding

the process by which the receiver interprets or makes sense of the message

receiver

the individual or group who receives the message from the sender

feedback loop

the process of returning information to the sender about the message's meaning and clarity

active listening

engaging fully with the speaker to understand their message by providing feedback and asking clarifying questions

barriers to effective communication

Factors that hinder the communication process

• includes selective perception, filtering information, emotional influence, language barriers, and nursing language

health literacy

the ability of individuals to obtain, process, and understand basic health information needed to make informed health decisions

group development stages

The phases that groups go through

• includes forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning

forming

group is created with a central purpose

storming

group starts to work together

norming

sign of cohesiveness

performing

most productive stage, hands on stage

adjourning

wrapping up, message has been recieved

collaborative partnership

a working relationship based on mutual respect and shared goals between health professionals and clients

contracting

a partnership is developed, with agreement about purpose of relationship and conditions under which it will be carried out, there are both formal and informal styles

• involves partnership, mutuality, commitment, format, negotiation

group communication settings

group-teaching and public speaking

electronic health records

EHR’s, digital versions of patients' paper charts that improve the efficiency, quality of care, and data management in healthcare

mobile health

mHealth, use of mobile devices for health communication and promoting healthcare services

geographic information systems

GIS, mapping programs that analyze relationships between locations and health conditions

social determinants of health

conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age that affect their health

health disparities

differences in health outcomes among different population groups

higher health

higher social status = ______ _______

lower health

lower social status = ______ _______

health promotion

strategies aimed at encouraging healthy behaviors and improving overall health

teaching-learning principles

guidelines related to how education is conveyed and received, including client readiness and participation

teaching methods

various approaches used to deliver educational content, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations

planned changed process

1. recognize symptoms

2. diagnose needs

3. analyze alternative options

4. select a change

5. plan the change

6. implement the change

7. evaluate the change

8. stabilize the change

family health nursing

nursing care to improve family health potential

traditional family structure

includes nuclear, single adult, and multigenerational families

contemporary family structure

includes single-parent, LGBTQ, and foster families

marital trends

decrease in marriages and increase in cohabitation

home visit duration

over 20 minutes but not less than 60 minutes

community oriented care

healthcare focused on community health improvement

population focused care

healthcare targeting specific population groups

donabedian model

framework for evaluating healthcare quality

healthy people 2030

framework for evaluating healthcare quality

primary data

information gathered directly from community members

secondary data

existing records about community health

eight principles of community health nursing

1. focus on the community

2. give priority to community needs

3. work in partnership with people

4. focus on primary prevention

5. promote a healthy environment

6. target all who might benefit

7. promote optimum allocation of resources

8. collaborate with others in the community

policy

a relatively stable, purposive course of action taken over time to deal with a problem or matter of concern

types of policy

1. public

2. health

3. substantive

4. procedural

5. distributive

6. regulatory

public policy

issued by national, state, or local government

health policy

involves health and health care

substantive policy

involves an action or activity

procedural policy

involves a procedure to obtain an outcome

distributive policy

involves allocation of services of benefits

regulatory policy

puts limits on activities or behaviors…ex. joint commission

characteristics of disasters

• causation - natural or man-made

• casualties - number of human beings injured or killed by or as a direct result of an incident

• scope - range of its effect, either geographically or in terms of the number of persons affected

• intensity - the level of destruction and devastation it causes

multiple casualty incident

>2 but <100 casualites

mass casualty

> or = to 100 casualties

directly affected by disaster

people who experienced the disaster

dead and survivors

indirectly affected by disaster

relatives or friends of persons directly affected

phases of disaster management

1. prevention/mitigation stage

2. preparedness

3. response

4. recovery

red

triage color meaning critical/urgent

yellow

triage color meaning delayed

green

triage color meaning minor/walking wounded

black

triage color meaning dead/non-salvageable

terrorism

unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or and segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives

agents: biologic, chemical, nuclear

environmental protection agency

EPA, focuses on protecting human health and the environment

types of disasters

mass casualty incidents, terrorism, natural disasters, outbreaks, epidemics, pandemics, biologic, chemical, and nuclear or radiation incident