EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
Exam 1 will include content covered in class on 8/17, 8/22, Virtual application in ATI and SIM.
CHAPTER 1
Definitions: Community health nursing, community, population, aggregates and public health
Core public health functions and examples of each function
Essential public health services
#1 priority area of Healthy people 2030, and Healthy People 2030 Leading Health Indicators for
all ages
Social Determinants of health and their relation to health outcomes. PLEASE REVIEW THE
WEBSITE: https://health.gov/healthypeople
Levels of prevention and know applicable examples, UPSTREAM AND DOWN STREAM
THINKING
Chapter 2
Definitions: Endemic, epidemic, pandemic
Public health achievements in the US and the role of nurse pioneers
CHAPTER 3
Know theories that apply to individual behavior change: OREM’s theory, Millio’s theory and the
health believe model. Which will be most applicable to Upstream community health nursing
interventions?
Chapter 4
Know the key concepts and assumptions of the Health believe model as they apply to health
promotion and risk reduction
Know the constructs, stages of change and assumptions of The Transtheoretical Model of change
Chapter 5
Definitions: virulence, pathogenicity, incidence, prevalence, specificity, sensitivity, screening
and surveillance
Incidence calculation example: You watch a group of the 5,000 people in your town. During a
five-year period, 25 individuals are newly diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. What is the annual
incidence of diabetes mellitus for your town?
(25 new cases diabetes mellitus)/(5,000 people x 5 years) =
(25 new cases) / (25,000 people-year) =
0.001 cases/people-year =
