Epidemiology for Nurses
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Epidemiology for Nurses provides a foundational understanding of how disease and health-related events are distributed, detected, and controlled within populations. The course introduces key concepts such as measures of disease frequency, patterns of disease occurrence, study designs, outbreak investigation, and the application of epidemiological principles to nursing practice. Emphasizing practical skills, it prepares nurses to interpret epidemiological data, participate in public health surveillance, contribute to evidence-based decision-making, and implement strategies for disease prevention and health promotion in diverse community settings.
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Foundations for Population Health in Community Public Health Nursing 5th Edition by
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Chapter 1: Community- and Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve Population Health
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Q1) Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
A) Asking community leaders what interventions should be chosen
B) Assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventions
C) Using data from the main health care institutions in the community to determine needed health services
D) Working with community groups to create policies to improve the environment
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following actions best represents public health nursing?
A) Assessing the effectiveness of the high school health clinic
B) Caring for clients in their home following their outpatient surgeries
C) Providing care to children and their families at the school clinic
D) Administering follow-up care for pediatric clients at an outpatient clinic
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following best describes community-oriented nursing?
A) Focusing on the provision of care to individuals and families
B) Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
C) Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
D) Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) Why did American citizens become interested in establishing government-sponsored boards of health?
A) They were afraid of infectious diseases such as yellow fever.
B) The government could force the poverty-stricken to accept care.
C) Such boards could tax and thereby ensure adequate funds to pay for care.
D) Such a system would allow for accurate records of births and deaths.
Answer: A
Q2) A nurse is considering applying for a position as a public health nurse.Which of the following would be a reason this position would be appealing?
A) Its autonomy and independence
B) Its focus on acute care and immediately visible outcomes
C) Its collaboration with other health care professionals
D) Its flexibility and higher wages
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: The Changing Ushealth and Public Health Care Systems
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Q1) A nurse is working at a state health department.Which of the following duties would most likely be completed in this setting?
A) Administering the Medicaid program
B) Assessing the health needs of the state's citizens
C) Employing and supervising school health nurses
D) Establishing and maintaining child immunization clinics
Answer: A,B
Q2) What do demographic figures suggest about the ways in which the population of the United States is changing?
A) Foreign-born immigrant population is increasing.
B) Hispanics are the largest minority group population.
C) Leading causes of death are from infectious diseases.
D) Mortality for both genders in all age groups declined.
Answer: A,B,D
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Chapter 4: Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice
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Q1) How are ethics and public policies similar?
A) Both are abstract principles that often differ in actual practice.
B) Both are best achieved by persons in high political office who can effect change.
C) Both strive for the public good.
D) Both use general principles in making decisions.
Q2) Some nurses are debating about the appropriate action to take in relation to a particular family.One member of the family is ill,and the other family members have chosen to continue working rather than take time off to care for the ill family member.One nurse states,"It's not up to us; it's the family's decision.They know what is best for them." Which of the following ethical approaches is being used by this nurse?
A) Communitarianism
B) Deontology
C) Principlism
D) Utilitarianism
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Chapter 5: Cultural Influences in Nursing in Community Health
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Q1) When teaching a nutrition class to a student group with a large Hispanic population,the school nurse incorporates foods such as salsa and other healthy dishes familiar to Hispanic students into the presentation.Which of the following best describes the action taken by the nurse?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Both primary and secondary prevention
Q2) For a bedridden Muslim patient,the nurse rearranges the room and moves the bed so that it faces toward Mecca for the patient's daily prayers.Which of the following is the nurse demonstrating through these actions?
A) Accommodation
B) Awareness
C) Brokering
D) Imposition
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Chapter 6: Environmental Health
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Q1) Which of the following are the major sources of air pollution in the United States?
A) Burning of fossil fuels
B) Waste incineration
C) Wood burning fireplaces
D) Motor vehicles
Q2) A nurse is completing a basic health assessment.Which of the following questions should be asked by an environmentally aware nurse?
A) "Is anyone else in your family having these symptoms?"
B) "How many people live in your home?"
C) "What jobs have you held longest?"
D) "Where did you live 10 years ago?"
Q3) A community citizen reports to the public health nurse that the city water in one neighborhood has had an unusual taste for the past few months.Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
A) Check the most recent consumer confidence report.
B) Consult the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
C) Notify the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
D) Place a call to the poison control center.
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Chapter 7: Government, The Law, and Policy Activism
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Q1) Who is responsible for determining the scope of practice for registered nurses?
A) American Nurses Association
B) Federal legislators
C) State legislators
D) US Department of Health and Human Services
Q2) Which of the following best defines the word politics?
A) The art of influencing others
B) The outcome of governmental policies
C) A provision of power for making decisions
D) The result of legislative action
Q3) Which of the following agencies has the most influence on the health and welfare of US citizens?
A) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
B) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
C) US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)
D) World Health Organization (WHO)
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Chapter 8: Economic Influences
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Q1) A nurse is providing care to a child whose parents do not receive health insurance as an employee benefit and who do not have the financial resources to pay for health care out of pocket.Which of the following resources should the nurse recommend to the family?
A) A managed care organization
B) An emergency department
C) Medicaid
D) Medicare
Q2) A Medicare recipient has elected to pay a monthly premium for Medicare that will cover expenses such as laboratory services and equipment.Which of the following best describes this part of Medicare?
A) Part A
B) Part B
C) Part C
D) Part D
Q3) Which person is most likely to be uninsured?
A) An 82-year-old woman with chronic medical problems
B) A 2-year-old whose mother is on welfare
C) A 50-year-old business man who works for a large corporation
D) A 24-year-old man who works part-time at a small business
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Chapter 9: Epidemiological Applications
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Q1) Several small communities have applied for grant funding from the state department of health to help decrease their teenage pregnancy rate.Which of the following communities should the nurse suggest receive funding first?
A) Community A-with 23 single teenage pregnancies in a city of 500
B) Community B-with 45 single teenage pregnancies in a city of 1000
C) Community C-with 90 single teenage pregnancies in a city of 2000
D) Community D-with 90 single teenage pregnancies in a city of 1500
Q2) A nurse advises a client with osteoporosis to have three servings of milk or dairy products daily.Which of the following levels of prevention is being used by the nurse?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Treatment, but not prevention
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Chapter 10: Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) A community health nurse is determining the best way to address an outbreak of a new infectious disease using evidence-based practice.Which of the following actions would the nurse most likely take?
A) Review policies and procedures.
B) Review outcomes of clinical trials.
C) Review several nursing textbooks.
D) Review reputable sites on the Internet.
Q2) A nurse is familiar with evidence-based practice (EBP)and wants to implement it into the care of clients.Which of the following would present the biggest challenge?
A) Assessing one's current practice and accessing evidence-based resources
B) Convincing administration that EBP is beneficial
C) Distinguishing EBP from practice based on old standards
D) Showing clients that EBP will improve their health outcomes
Q3) Which of the following groups is pressuring clinicians the most to use evidence-based practice (EBP)?
A) Administrators
B) Insurance companies
C) Nurses
D) Physicians
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Chapter 11: Using Health Education and Groups in the Community
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Q1) Which of the following statements regarding the Health Belief Model is accurate?
A) Cues to action are an important component of the model.
B) Multiple methods of education should be used when implementing this model.
C) The first stage experienced in this model is the pre-contemplation stage.
D) To successfully implement this model, ongoing maintenance of the behavior must be considered.
Q2) When evaluating an educational program,the nurse discovers that only 25% of community members met the learning objectives.Which of the following parts of the program should be improved?
A) Educator
B) Content
C) Learners
D) Objectives
Q3) A nurse is using the technique of motivational interviewing when working with a client.Which of the following statements by the client indicates the client is ready to make the change?
A) "I should change."
B) "I am willing to change."
C) "It's important to change."
D) "I want to change."
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Chapter 12: Community Assessment and Evaluation
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Q1) A nurse is assessing the structure of a community's health.Which of the following data will the nurse examine?
A) The community's commitment to health
B) Health risk profiles of selected aggregates
C) Statistics of morbidity and mortality in comparison with similar communities
D) Treatment and service use patterns from local health agencies and care providers
Q2) A new nurse is overwhelmed with the needs of the community.Which of the following should be the first priority of the nurse?
A) A problem that affects the most disadvantaged residents in the community
B) A problem that is very easy and inexpensive to address
C) A problem that is of high concern to the community
D) A problem in an area in which the nurse has a great deal of expertise
Q3) A nurse is assessing a community's openness to change.Which of the following variables indicate that the community is ready?
A) Commitment to current processes and policies
B) High socioeconomic status in the community as a whole
C) Long history of dependence on the community health agency and its staff
D) Minimal level of social participation by community members
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Chapter 13: Case Management
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Q1) A client spends a great deal of his time on the Internet or reading articles related to diabetes and its long-term effects.One day the client asks why the nurse has not suggested a life care plan.Which of the following would be the best response by the nurse?
A) "Life care plans are only for young persons who are newly diagnosed."
B) "Life care plans are primarily used to determine long-term financial needs for legal reasons."
C) "You are receiving appropriate care for your diabetes without serious side effects, so a life care plan isn't really appropriate."
D) "I was waiting for you to express interest in having a life care plan."
Q2) Which of the following public health nurse applicants is the least qualified for a position of case manager in a rural county?
A) A 24-year-old who has a master's degree in public health
B) A 34-year-old who will be moving from a large city
C) A 44-year-old who was born and raised in the community
D) A 54-year-old who, until recently, was a member of the community's school board
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Chapter 14: Disaster Management
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Q1) Which of the following older adults is most in need of psychological support?
A) The older adult who keeps asking if loans will be available for him to rebuild
B) The older adult who keeps asking if he can go back home yet
C) The older adult who keeps lamenting the loss of his family photos
D) The older adult who keeps talking about how expensive his home theater was and how he will never be able to afford to replace it
Q2) A nurse is working with a community during the preparedness stage of disaster management.Which of the following events would the nurse anticipate occurring?
A) Heightened inspection and increased security in the community
B) Incorporation of provision of pets into local disaster plans
C) Purchase of personal protective equipment for all citizens
D) Assembly of disaster kits for the home, workplace, and car
Q3) Which of the following organizations would direct nurses' response to a countywide disaster?
A) American Red Cross
B) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
C) Emergency Management Agency
D) The local public health department
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Chapter 15: Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
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Q1) The outpatient health care data show a notable increase in asthma over the numbers treated the previous year.Which of the following actions should the public health nurse take first?
A) Analyze educational health programs offered to the public last year.
B) Congratulate the public health staff on the success of their asthma awareness program.
C) Determine whether there are any other data sources that might confirm or dispute the apparent increase in asthma.
D) Review data with the outpatient clinic staff such as confirming repeat visits versus newly diagnosed cases.
Q2) Which aspect of a biological agent is probably the most frightening to those exposed?
A) Infectivity
B) Invasiveness
C) Pathogenicity
D) Virulence
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Chapter 16: Program Management
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the purpose of strategic planning?
A) To anticipate client needs now and in the future
B) To match client needs, provider strengths, and agency resources
C) To maximize effective use of agency resources
D) To utilize provider strengths and competencies
Q2) Which of the following best describes the steps in program management?
A) Assess, plan, implement, evaluate
B) Identify, initiate, implement
C) Organize, operationalize, mobilize, subsidize
D) Substantiate, negotiate, evaluate
Q3) Which of the following methods would be the most interactive approach to assessing a community's need?
A) Define needs based on the current health status of the community.
B) Examine past needs as identified by the agency as well as the community.
C) Project future needs based on current trends.
D) Use past and current data to project future needs.
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Chapter 17: Managing Quality and Safety
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Q1) An agency has not created a continuous quality improvement program.Which of the following actions should the agency take to help ensure quality care within the institution?
A) Ensure appropriate policies and procedures are followed.
B) Employ highly recommended and credentialed professionals to give care.
C) Use administrative action to ensure that quality care is given to clients.
D) Write quality care plans for the most typical problems of clients.
Q2) Stakeholders developing a new community-oriented clinic plan want to include a quality assurance (QA)program.Which of the following would be the first step in measuring the structure component?
A) Criteria that will be used to measure quality
B) Philosophy and objectives of the organization
C) Requirements of accrediting agencies
D) Standards the QA program wishes to achieve
Q3) Which of the following describes the principal problem with early efforts at ensuring quality of care?
A) No one knows how to measure quality care.
B) Professionals resisted and sabotaged such efforts.
C) Standards emphasized structure, not process.
D) There were no standards as to what represented quality care.
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Chapter 18: Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment
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Q1) Which of the following must be firmly established before beginning a family assessment?
A) Why the data are needed
B) How best to interview each individual in the family
C) The most convenient time for you to visit the family
D) The rationale or purpose of the visit
Q2) A nurse organizes care for a family by focusing on the common tasks of family life and considering a longitudinal view of the family life cycle.Which theory is being applied?
A) Family systems
B) Bioecological systems
C) Family developmental
D) Family nursing
Q3) A nurse is working with a family who is confronting major challenges to their health.Which of the following approaches would be most helpful for the nurse to use?
A) Allowing the family to be noncompliant
B) Building on the family's strengths and resilience
C) Labeling the family as resistant
D) Recognizing that the family is dysfunctional
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Chapter 19: Family Health Risks
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Q1) A nurse wants to empower the family of a mother who has been newly diagnosed with breast cancer.Which of the following actions would the nurse most likely take?
A) Apply for emergency financial assistance on the family's behalf.
B) Arrange for community members to assist with child care.
C) Invite the mother to join a cancer support group.
D) Teach the family how to navigate the health care system.
Q2) Using the Neuman Systems Model,which of the following questions would the nurse ask a client to assess physiological health?
A) "What helps you to cope with situations involving your wife's cancer?"
B) "How has your child's illness affected the behavior of your other children?"
C) "Tell me about any illnesses your other family members have."
D) "Who do you turn to for support outside your immediate family?"
Q3) A nurse is drawing a genogram.Which of the following would the nurse use to demonstrate a marriage relationship between two individuals?
A) A broken horizontal line
B) An X through a circle
C) A solid horizontal line
D) A solid vertical line
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Chapter 20: Health Risks Across the Life Span
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Q1) Which of the following factors has the largest impact on health disparities among all populations?
A) Ethnicity
B) Education level
C) Lifestyle choices
D) Poverty
Q2) A nurse is implementing a tertiary prevention program to promote health among middle-aged women with diabetes.Which of the following best describes the intervention being implemented by the nurse?
A) Developing lifestyle improvement programs for women at risk for diabetes
B) Presenting lifestyle management presentations at women's conferences
C) Monitoring blood glucose levels closely and modifying diet accordingly
D) Screening glucose levels of women at risk for development of diabetes
Q3) Which statement about eating disorders is correct?
A) Individuals with anorexia frequently complain about weight loss.
B) Purging is associated with anorexia.
C) Most women with bulimia are concerned with the shape and weight of their body.
D) Bulimia is considered to have more medical complications than anorexia.
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Q1) A large financial grant was being offered to whichever health facility wanted to accept the responsibility for giving care to local vulnerable populations.Which of the following actions would most likely be taken by the local medical centers?
A) Agree to collaboratively apply for the funds in a cooperative proposal.
B) Individually compete eagerly for the additional funds now available.
C) Reach out enthusiastically to this previously underserved population group.
D) Strongly consider not applying, because this population will be expensive to treat.
Q2) A nurse offers homeless clients yearly tuberculosis (TB)screening and free treatment for those who test positive for TB.Which of the following levels of prevention is being used?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Secondary and tertiary prevention
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Chapter 22: Rural Health and Migrant Health
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Q1) An employer provides a migrant farm family the day off to visit the health clinic in a nearby community and tells them to take all of the time they need.However,the family arrives at the clinic appearing very stressed.In addition to the health issue,which of the following would most likely be a fear experienced by the family?
A) Their personal belongings may be stolen while they are at the clinic.
B) Immigration officials will send them back to their home country.
C) The clinic personnel will look down on them and be biased against them.
D) They weren't getting paid for that day, and continued employment is never certain.
Q2) Which of the following is the most accurate description of a migrant farmworker?
A) A person who does farm work as the primary means of employment, although other work may be done when the seasonal work ends
B) A person who immigrates to the United States to "follow the crops" in performing seasonal farm work
C) A person who moves from place to place to earn money performing seasonal agricultural work
D) A person who specializes in the development of rural land for the purpose of farming
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Chapter 23: Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness
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Q1) A nurse is working to improve her self-awareness in order to provide better client-centered care to clients living in poverty.Which of the following questions should the nurse ask herself?
A) What would I do if I lived in poverty?
B) What can be done to get poor people motivated to work?
C) How have the media images of poor persons shaped my image of poverty?
D) How can community resources assist those living in poverty?
Q2) The nurse is making a postpartum visit to a teenage mother and her month-old infant.Which of the following assessments would be most important?
A) Assessing for mother's ability to fulfill her own growth and development tasks
B) Assessing for mother's knowledge about normal infant growth and development
C) Assessing how much the teenage mother's own mother is helping her cope with child care
D) Assessing whether the baby's father is being helpful to the mother
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Chapter 24: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community
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Q1) A nurse is developing a community-based activity aimed at preventing substance abuse in the community.Which of the following interventions would the nurse most likely implement?
A) Support an increase in the availability of recreational facilities.
B) Lobby to state legislators to approve a higher cigarette tax.
C) Educate preschoolers about the long-term side effects of drugs and alcohol.
D) Provide general screenings for substance abuse.
Q2) A school health nurse is asked by a parent group to explain risk factors for alcoholism.Which of the following information should the nurse include?
A) Alcoholism is determined primarily by the family environment.
B) Alcoholism is determined partly by genetic factors.
C) Persons who are alcoholics are usually women.
D) Persons born with fetal alcohol syndrome are alcoholics from birth.
Q3) A client requests help to stop smoking.Which of the following methods would be the best for the nurse to suggest to the client?
A) A combination of interventions, beginning with changing the environment
B) Acupuncture to reduce the nicotine cravings
C) Behavior modification through hypnosis
D) Nicotine replacement products
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Chapter 25: Violence and Human Abuse
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Q1) Which of the following is a common factor typically found in those who abuse others?
A) Fear and belief that others are "out to get them"
B) Poor self-esteem and unawareness of alternatives
C) Previous observations of violent behaviors to manage conflict
D) Difficulty keeping commitments
Q2) Which of the following statements best explains the primary reason why violence is so high among young African-American men?
A) Men tend to be more violent than women.
B) They are young and thus lack maturity.
C) Unemployment is higher in this population.
D) Violent tendencies are transferred genetically along racial lines.
Q3) Which of the following statements is the best explanation as to why some countries are more violent than others?
A) Civilized societies are less violent than primitive societies.
B) Geographical differences are the primary factor.
C) Population differences are the main determinant-for example, having more males than females.
D) Violence is a learned behavior controlled or allowed by social norms.
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Chapter 26: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
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Q1) Which of the following is the most common vector-borne disease worldwide?
A) Dengue
B) Malaria
C) Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
D) Yellow fever
Q2) The advanced practice nurse explains that the client has an upper respiratory infection (URI)and suggests several measures that might make the client more comfortable.Which of the following best describes why the nurse doesn't just prescribe antibiotics as the client repeatedly requests?
A) Antibiotics are expensive, whereas the support measures would be almost free of cost.
B) Viral diseases are not affected by antibiotics.
C) Clinics cannot afford to continually give antibiotics to anyone who asks for them.
D) The more antibiotics are prescribed, the more infectious agents develop resistance to such drugs.
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Chapter 27: HIV Infection, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Q1) A nurse was reading PPD tests 24 hours after another nurse had administered them.Which of the following findings would cause the nurse to interpret the test as positive?
A) 15 mm of erythema in a client with HIV infection
B) 5 mm of induration in an immigrant from a country where TB is endemic
C) A 5-mm ruptured pustule with purulent drainage in a homeless client
D) 10 mm of swelling and increased firmness in a client recently released from a correctional facility
Q2) A nurse is concerned about the prevalence of tuberculosis among migrant farmworkers.Which of the following activities would be best to use when implementing tertiary prevention?
A) Administer purified protein derivative (PPD) to contacts of those with tuberculosis.
B) Initiate directly observed therapy (DOT) for tuberculosis treatment.
C) Provide education about the prevention of tuberculosis to members of the migrant community.
D) Use skin tests to screen migrant health workers for tuberculosis infection.
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Chapter 28: Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and
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Q1) A community mental health nurse is implementing a tertiary prevention activity.Which of the following interventions is most likely being completed?
A) Disseminating information about mental health to community organizations
B) Partnering with school health nurses for early identification of children who have evidence of mental health problems
C) Providing case management services that link clients with serious mental illnesses to mental health and community support services
D) Screening high-risk clients for the presence of mental disorders
Q2) Which of the following is the underlying science or area of study on which public health is based?
A) Biostatistics
B) Epidemiology
C) Medicine
D) Social sciences
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Chapter 29: The Faith Community Nurse
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Q1) Which of the following statements by a parish nurse exhibits a lack of understanding of the concept of pastoral care?
A) "By working with my clients to help them identify their spiritual strengths, I am drawing on pastoral care aspects of practice."
B) "To incorporate pastoral care, I should involve the pastor in ministering to the members of the congregation."
C) "I use pastoral care when I emphasize the spiritual dimension of nursing when providing care."
D) "When I lend support to my clients during times of joy, as well as during their times of sorrow, this illustrates an important aspect of pastoral care."
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes how clients and parish nurses typically perceive spiritual health?
A) It exists at the point that cure is attained.
B) It has a tangential relation to well-being.
C) It is part of an ongoing dynamic process.
D) It is usually unchanging across the life span.
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Chapter 30: The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) A nurse completes a self-assessment of performance as part of the home health nurse's annual evaluation.Which of the following terms best describes this activity?
A) Collaboration
B) Quality of care
C) Performance appraisal
D) Resource utilization
Q2) Which of the following clients over 65 years of age meets the criteria for Medicare reimbursement for home health nursing?
A) The client who needs assistance with bathing and meal preparation
B) The client who needs assistance with house cleaning and meal preparation
C) The client who needs sitter services because she wanders from home and becomes lost
D) The client whose family members need to learn how to care for his surgical wound
Q3) Which of the following comments was most likely stated by a home health nurse?
A) "Every time I see a client, it costs $80."
B) "Health care costs are killing our economy."
C) "I can't believe how much clients are charged for things."
D) "Medicaid costs are such a large portion of our state's budget."
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Chapter 31: The Nurse in the Schools
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Q1) A pregnant teen asks the school nurse to provide information on abortion and a list of health care providers who offer such services.If the school nurse has very strong personal beliefs against abortion,which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Call in another nurse to care for this client.
B) Explain, from the nurse's perspective, all the reasons that abortion should be made illegal.
C) Offer the student a combination of oral contraceptives to induce spontaneous abortion.
D) Provide information on alternatives to abortion and give the client information on adoption agencies.
Q2) A school nurse is administering medications at the school.Which of the following guidelines should be followed?
A) A current drug reference should be available in case information is needed
B) The nurse should administer medications brought in from home by the child in a plastic bag
C) Medications cannot be administered without a physician order
D) Narcotics and controlled substances should be kept in a locked cabinet
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Chapter 32: The Nurse in Occupational Health
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Q1) A nurse who works for a hospital in employee health notes that several nurses from one unit have missed work after contracting a communicable disease from a patient.Which of the following best describes the host factor?
A) Each sick nurse
B) The communicable disease
C) The hospital
D) The patient
Q2) The occupational health nurse suggests that an employee work only half-days for three weeks and then return to full-time employment.Which of the following best describes the rationale for this suggestion?
A) To provide an example to other employees to ensure future cooperation with safety measures
B) To enforce an economic penalty for not obeying nurse's instructions regarding safety measures
C) To ensure that all employees keep their positions during an economic downturn
D) To continue employment and income with limited duty as a rehabilitation effort after an injury
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