Exam 1 Blueprint - Spring 2024 50 Questions Module 1 - Foundations of Public Health Nursing (8 questions) o Understand how the U.S. ranks in healthcare in comparison to money spent in healthcare. . A recent study shows that, although the US spends more money on healthcare than any of the other 10 high income countries included, in comparison, the US has a shorter life expectancy and ranks lowest in performance among key health indicators, including access to healthcare, administrative efficiency, healthcare outcomes, and health equity. • "illness care system" vs the healthcare system o Social determinants of health (SDOH) - be able to identify areas of SDOH; identify targeted interventions which may remove barriers . Definition: Create social, physical, and economic environments that promote attaining the full potential for health and well-being for all. . SDOH have a major impact on pple's health, well being and quailty of life. . 5 domains: economic stability, education access and quality, healthcare access and quality, neighborhood and built environment, social and community context. . Example of SDOH: Test bankfi safe housing, transportation and neighborhoods, racism, discrimination and violence. . Interventions: Triple Aim sought to optimize the US healthcare system performance, by simultaneously addressing 3 dimensions: 1) enhancing the pt experience 2) lowering healthcare cost 3) improving population health. . The PPACA (patient protection and affordable care act) provided increased access to health insurance, promote payment and delivery system reform with an emphasis on performance, and supported integration across the continuum of the healthcare system · Healthy people 2030 goal: increase educational programs, help ppl earn steady income, increase access to comprehensive, high quality healthcare services, create neighborhoods and environment that promotes health and safety, and increase social and community support. o What is the purpose of having a population health course in a BSN degree program . Definition: the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group .. population health outcomes are products of many determinants of health, including healthcare, public health, genetics behavior, social factors, and environmental factors. • AACN created an updated version of the ESSENTIALS to ensure all colleges include teaching on population health: " core competencies for professional nursing education, population health was identified as one of the 10 domains that describe critical areas of competence and provide framework for nursing practice. According to the AACN, population health stance, the healthcare delivery continuum from public health prevention to disease management of population, and describes collaborative activities with both traditional and traditional partnership, from affected communities, public health industry, academia, healthcare, local government entries, and others for the improvement of equitable population health outcomes." · The overall goal is to position nurses as both collaborators and leaders in population health.
o Know the purpose of public health · Seeks to promote and protect the health of all people in all the communities where they live, learn, work and play. · Test bank: public healthfi facilitating a community wide smoking cessation program