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NURS 4150 Exam 1 – Public Health Nursing & Epidemiology Q&A

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Prepare for your NURS 4150 Exam 1 with this comprehensive Q&A guide covering public health principles, epidemiology, aging theories, prevention levels, and key nursing responsibilities—all with detailed, verified answers.

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NURS4150 EXAM #1 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS


10 Keys to Healthy Aging - correct answer- 1.
Controlling hypertension
2. Stop smoking
3. Cancer screenings
4. Immunizations
5. Regulating blood glucose
6. Lowering cholesterol
7. Physically active
8. Preventing bone weakness
9. Maintaining social contact
10. Combating depression


4 Types of Violent Acts - correct answer- Physical,
sexual, psychological, and neglect


8 Principles of Public Health Nursing - correct answer-
1. Client is the population

,2. Primary obligation = greatest good for greatest # of the
population
3. Client = equal partner
4. Primary prevention is the priority
5. Focuses on strategies that create healthy environmental,
social, and economic conditions
6. Obligated to actively identify/reach out to the populations
that would benefit from a service/program
7. Optimal use of available resources
8. Collaborate!


Active Surveillance - correct answer- Involves the
deployment of public health professionals to identify cases of a
disease or health condition under surveillance


Arthropods - correct answer- Malaria, dengue fever,
Lyme disease, and bubonic plague


Assessment - correct answer- The evaluation of data on
the release of hazardous substances into the environment in
order to assess any past, current, or future impacts on public
health, and then respond with the appropriate action

, Assurance - correct answer- Ensuring that needed
public health services are available


Attack Rate - correct answer- Frequency of a disease,
allows us to compare rates


Attributable Risk - correct answer- If the risk factor
didn't exist, how many cases would be eliminated? (If no one
smoked, how many cases of lung cancer would be eliminated?)


Bacterial - correct answer- Bacterial meningitis,
anthrax, bubonic plague, tuberculosis, and streptococcal
infections


Bandura Theory of Social Learning - correct answer-
Emphasizes the importance of observing, modeling, and
imitating the behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions of
others; considers both environmental and cognitive factors
interact to influence human learning/behavior


Behavioral Risk Factors - correct answer- Human
behaviors that influence health

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