The administrator of an organization is preparing a posting for an onl

QUESTION

The administrator of an organization is preparing a posting for an online employment web site and includes the following sentence:

“Nurses in this role have the main objective of primary prevention with the goal of achieving health equity.” For which type of organization is the administrator seeking a registered nurse to hire?
1. Parish
2. School
3. Home health
4. Public health

ANSWER:

Correct Answer: 4

Public health nurses address population health priorities through identification, implementation, and evaluation of universal and targeted evidence-based programs and services. Primary prevention with the goal of achieving health equity is the main objective of public health nurses. Parish nursing is the specialized practice of professional nursing that focuses on the intentional care of the spirit as part of the process of promoting holistic health and preventing or minimizing illness in a faith community. School nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety, including a healthy environment; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy, and learning. Home care encompasses a wide range of health services delivered at home and throughout the community to recovering, disabled, or chronically or terminally ill persons in need of medical, nursing, social, or therapeutic treatment and/or assistance with the essentials of daily living.