Community Health Nursing Review

Main Topics

• Web Resources:

  • Links to various Quizlet resources related to community health nursing:

  • ATI Community Health Flash Cards 1

  • ATI Community Health Flash Cards 2

  • ATI Community Health Flash Cards 3

  • Community Health Nursing ATI Flash Cards

Epidemiology, Prevention, and Surveillance

• Epidemiology:

  • Focuses on the study of how diseases affect the health and illness of populations.

• Key Concepts:

  • Incidence:

  • Definition: The number of new cases of a disease that occur in a specific population during a specified time period.

  • Importance: Helps assess the risk of developing a disease.

  • Prevalence:

  • Definition: The total number of cases of a disease in a given population at a specified time.

  • Importance: Indicates how widespread a disease is.

  • Levels of Prevention:

  • Primary Prevention:

    • Definition: Interventions that prevent the onset of disease (e.g., vaccination).

  • Secondary Prevention:

    • Definition: Early detection and treatment of disease to reduce its impact (e.g., screening).

  • Tertiary Prevention:

    • Definition: Reducing the impact of the disease once it has been diagnosed (e.g., rehabilitation).

• Web Resources:

  • Epidemiology ATI Flash Cards

  • Epidemiology Nursing Flash Cards

  • Levels of Prevention Flash Cards

Evidence-Based Practice, PICOT, and Quality Improvement

• Evidence-Based Practice (EBP):

  • The integration of clinical expertise, patient values, and the best research evidence into the decision-making process for patient care.

• PICOT Format:

  • Framework for developing clinical questions:

  • Patient/Population

  • Intervention

  • Comparison

  • Outcome

  • Time

• Quality Improvement:

  • A systematic approach to the analysis of practice performance and efforts to improve performance.

  • PDSA Cycle:

  • Plan: Identify a goal or a change to be tested.

  • Do: Implement the change on a small scale.

  • Study: Analyze the results to learn from the experience.

  • Act: Decide whether to adopt, adapt, or abandon the change.

• Web Resources:

  • EBP Nursing ATI Flash Cards

  • PICOT Questions Nursing Flash Cards

  • Quality Improvement PDSA ATI Flash Cards

Public Health, Policy, and Medicare/Medicaid

• Public Health:

  • Focuses on protecting and improving the health of populations through education, policy making, and research.

• Health Policy:

  • Refers to the decisions and actions taken to promote the public’s health and well-being.

• Medicare and Medicaid:

  • Medicare: A federal program providing health coverage for individuals aged 65 and older and certain younger individuals with disabilities.

  • Medicaid: A state and federal program providing health coverage for low-income individuals and families.

• Web Resources:

  • Health Policy Nursing ATI Flash Cards

  • Medicare Medicaid ATI Flash Cards

  • Community Health Policy Flash Cards

Community Health and Vulnerable Populations

• Vulnerable Populations:

  • Groups at higher risk for poor health outcomes due to social, economic, environmental, and other barriers.

  • At-risks groups include:

  • Migrant populations

  • Rural communities

  • Low-income families

  • LGBTQ+ individuals

• Web Resources:

  • Vulnerable Populations Nursing ATI Flash Cards

  • Community Health Vulnerable Populations Flash Cards

Disaster and Triage

• Disaster Nursing:

  • Involves providing care during mass casualty events or large-scale emergencies.

• Triage:

  • The process of determining the priority of patients' treatments based on the severity of their condition.

  • START Triage System:

  • A method used for rapid assessment of patients:

    • Red Tag: Immediate care required.

    • Yellow Tag: Delayed care.

    • Green Tag: Minor injuries.

    • Black Tag: Deceased or injuries are not survivable.

• Web Resources:

  • Disaster Nursing ATI Flash Cards

  • Triage START SALT Flash Cards

Family, Pediatrics, and Abuse

• Pediatric Care:

  • Knowledge of developmental stages and age-specific considerations for children.

• Abuse Awareness:

  • Importance of identifying signs of abuse across various demographics:

  • Child abuse

  • Elder abuse

  • Intimate partner violence (IPV)

• Web Resources:

  • Pediatric Abuse Nursing ATI Flash Cards

  • Family Nursing Screening Flash Cards

High-Yield Study Tips

• Important Topics for ATI Exams:

  • Primary vs. Secondary vs. Tertiary Prevention

  • Epidemiological Triangle (agent-host-environment)

  • PICOT Questions

  • START Triage System (red, yellow, green, black tags)

  • Medicare vs. Medicaid

  • Understanding Vulnerable Populations (migrant, rural, low-income)

  • Signs of Abuse (child, elder, intimate partner violence)