Tuberculosis Case Management: Public Health and Nursing Overview

Flashcards covering the fundamentals of public health, the nursing process, standards of practice, and the history and role of public health nursing in TB management.

Health (WHO Definition)

A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease.

Public Health (IOM Definition)

What we, as a society do, collectively, to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy.

Public Health Laws

Legislation, regulations, and court decisions enacted by federal, state, and local governments to protect the community’s well being.

Assessment (Public Health Core Function)

Systematic data collection, monitoring, and providing information on the health of a community.

Policy Development (Public Health Core Function)

Provision of leadership in the advancement of rules and regulations that support the health of populations utilizing scientific knowledge in decision-making.

Assurance (Public Health Core Function)

The role of making sure that essential health services are available community-wide, including a competent healthcare workforce.

Contemporary Nursing Practice

A profession addressing human responses to health experiences through the integration of objective and subjective data, application of scientific knowledge, and caring relationships.

Nursing Process

The problem-solving method used in nursing practice, consisting of assessment and diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

Assessment (Nursing Process)

The systematic collection and analysis of data culminating in a nursing diagnosis; identified as the first standard for professional nursing practice.

Nursing Diagnosis

A statement of clinical judgment that conveys the nursing assessment and provides the basis for selecting strategies to achieve patient care outcomes.

North Atlantic Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)

The advocate for the most widely accepted structure for the nursing diagnostic statement.

Planning (Nursing Process)

The phase involving the establishment of intervention strategies, including stated outcomes with a time frame and measurement criteria.

Implementation (Nursing Process)

The execution and completion of nursing strategies identified in the planning phase, requiring communication of the plan to all participants.

Evaluation (Nursing Process)

The final, ongoing phase that documents patient responses and the extent to which expected outcomes have been achieved.

Competency

The integration of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors, and the delivery of care according to expectations or standards.

Standards

Authoritative statements intended to foster quality patient care and excellence in practice, providing means for measuring professional performance.

Internal Standards

Criteria for practice established within an institution, such as policies, procedures, job descriptions, agency rules, and nursing care plans.

External Standards

Standards set by an authority outside an agency, such as accrediting guidelines, nursing theories, or the American Nurses Association.

Standards of Care

Patient-centered standards representing a competent level of care as demonstrated by the nursing process.

Standards of Professional Performance

Provider-centered standards representing a competent level of behavior in the professional role.

District Nurses

Trained nursing graduates in the 1860s who provided care for the poor in their homes and taught family members how to perform tasks.

Lillian Wald

The first public health nurse who established the Henry Street Settlement House and used epidemiology and statistics to explain causes of TB.

Laennec Society of Baltimore

A society founded in 1899 to investigate the social conditions of people with TB, believing treatment answers could be found in the home.

Public Health Nursing

The synthesis of nursing theory and public health theory applied to promoting and preserving the health of populations.

Public Health Nurse Generalist

A nurse holding a bachelor of science degree who applies basic concepts of public health and comprehensive healthcare planning.

Public Health Nurse Specialist

A nurse with a masters or doctoral degree who applies advanced knowledge in public health sciences, health policy, and research.

Quad Council of Public Health Nursing Organizations

A group consisting of four organizations that established the Scope and Standards of Public Health Nursing Practice.

Directly Observed Therapy (DOT)

A standard of care used in TB management to ensure treatment adherence, often implemented in settings like schools.