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Epidemiology studies which of the following to understand the causes of health and disease?
A. IndividualsB. FamiliesC. PopulationsD. Groups
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A nurse completes a cost-accounting study on a program that targets obese adults, helping them to adopt healthier lifestyle choices. The nurse would like to compare the program's cost to the cost savi
A. Cost-efficiency studyB. Cost-accounting study.C. Cost-effectiveness studyD. Cost-benefit study
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A nurse gathers information about the condition of homes, the size of lots, neighborhood hangouts, road conditions, and modes of transportation. Which method of data collection is being used?
A. Windshield surveyB. Focus groupC. Informant interviewsD. Participant observation
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What is the interaction between an agent, a host, and the environment called?
A. Web of causalityB. RiskC. Natural history of diseaseD. Epidemiologic triangle
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A nurse is working in a community that is experiencing the honeymoon phase after a disaster. Which of the following is characteristic of this phase?
A. Community organizations rebuild the community.B. Survivors share their stories.C. First responders work tirelessly to save others.D. Medical personnel experience exhaustion.
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Which is a feature of public health surveillance?
A. Planning national programsB. Sharing of the results with othersC. Defining public health policyD. Evaluating interventions
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A nurse is teaching a group of clients newly diagnosed with diabetes how to give themselves injections. Which of the following formats would be most appropriate for the nurse to use?
A. DemonstrationB. Non-native language sessionC. LectureD. Health fair
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Which data source provides information about the function of the community?
A. County health departmentB. Local restaurantC. Elected officialsD. Civic groups
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A large amount of data related to hypertension rates in a community is collected and analyzed. What is the next step in the surveillance process?
A. Collecting data from multiple valid sourcesB. Asking political officials to finance a hypertensiC. Evaluating the impact on the surveillance systemD. interpreting the data and disseminating it to deci
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A nurse is leading a team responsible for evaluating the health of a community using the Community Health Promotion Model. Based on this model, what steps would you expect the nurse to complete?
A. Restructuring the public health policy in the commB. Ensuring high technological access before the planC. Assessing the communityD. Soliciting the consent of every member of the comm
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A public health nurse (PHN) collaborates with local community leaders to develop a local campaign educating about the importance of wearing a seat belt. Which of the following client systems of the in
A. IndividualB. CommunityC. FamilyD. Aggregate
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A nurse is investigating a potential bioterrorism attack. What evidence would a nurse find if a bioterrorism attack occurred?
A. Many cases of influenzaB. A case of cholera in a local politician following C. Dengue fever in a group of students who just returD. An unusual illness in a population
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A community health nurse cares for a client with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Which of the following should the nurse be aware of?
A. Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRE) fB. People with MRSA usually have a chronic illness.C. MRSA is becoming more common in the communityD. MRSA is a hospital-acquired infection and not ofte
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A nurse responding to a disaster places the priority on which disaster response?
A. Reestablishing sanitary barriers and focusing on bB. Cleaning up the environmentC. Bringing in as many aid workers and nurses as possD. Handling the stress reaction of the victims
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Why do acts of bioterrorism or natural disasters often have more casualties?
A. Those with chronic conditions cannot escape in timB. Victims have little time to make evacuation preparC. The early warning systems are not effective.
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A nurse is working in a public health center. A patient who has been newly diagnosed as HIV positive comes for counseling. By law, which of the following actions must be taken by the nurse?
A. Give antiviral medications to the patient.B. Report the HIV-infected person to the state healthC. Refer the patient to the social worker for case maD. Ask the person to name all his or her sexual conta
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Which part of the immunological system suffers the greatest damage resulting from HIV infection?
A. MonocytesB. MacrophagesC. CD4+ T-lymphocytesD. Dendrite cells
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A nurse promotes the use of universal precautions by all health care workers. Which of the following best describes the action that the nurse took?
A. Secondary preventionB. Tertiary preventionC. Health care-associated infectionD. Primary prevention
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A nurse is trying to develop community partnerships. Which of the following interventions would be the most appropriate for the nurse to use?
A. Rely on the power of local officials.B. Involve the community residents.C. Include a variety of disciplines.D. Use nurses as the source of information and leader
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A nurse working at a nursing center has been asked to develop materials about a health promotion topic that can be used at the center. Which of the following topics would the nurse most likely select?
A. Smoking cessation and weight management techniquesB. Advanced care of the chronically ill elderly at hoC. Providing financial support for nursing studentsD. How to access specialty services
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A nurse is using the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Which of the following situations is the nurse most likely experiencing?
A. Counseling an employee that his insurance will remB. Adhering to client confidentiality when providing C. Supervising staff to ensure that all work has beenD. An employee takes additional time off of work to c
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The SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak was an epidemic that spread over several countries. Which of the following terms describes what happened?
A. HoloendemicB. Mixed outbreakC. HyperendemicD. Pandemic
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A nurse is working with a group of clients diagnosed with diabetes and is teaching a class about avoiding the long-term effects of diabetes. The nurse begins the class by reviewing the basic physiolog
A. Providing learning guidanceB. Presenting the materialC. Gaining attentionD. Stimulating recall of prior learning
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A community identifies cardiovascular disease as a priority need because its mortality rate is four times higher than the rate identified in Healthy People 2020. Which of the following describes the t
A. ReactiveB. Pre-activeC. InactiveD. Interactive
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What is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States?
A. Lyme diseaseB. Rocky mountain spotted feverC. Yellow FeverD. Malaria
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