What are the three levels of prevention and activities that community health nurses should consider in order to promote health across the adult women and men life span?

NUR4636 – Community Health Nursing

Case Study

Chapter 23

Adult Women and Men

The school nurse is preparing for a week long community health nurse rotation. The

preparation includes reviewing and preparing a brief summary about common

issues affecting adult women and men. The community health nurse is going to ask

the student key questions to ensure that proper preparation for the rotation has

been completed.

1. The 20th century saw a shift in the leading causes of death from

communicable diseases to noncommunicable diseases. Currently, what are

the five leading causes of death in adults?

2. Chronic illness is an issue of increasing concern for both men and women as

life expectancies increase. What are the three levels of prevention and

activities that community health nurses should consider in order to promote

health across the adult women and men life span?

3. The student nurse visits a woman’s home with the community health nurse.

What are some important facts that the community health nurse and student

nurse can share with this woman to help raise awareness regarding heart

disease?

4. The community health nurse has to do a short program in the local senior

center on mortality from unintentional injuries in the United States. The

student nurse shares some key facts about mortality from unintentional

injuries in the United States based on age. What is the top unintentional

injuries mortality among adult groups?