Community Health Exam 2 Questions
and Answers A+ Graded
A Public health nurse working with a family living in poverty recognizes that
they are more likely to be exposed to environmental hazards because they
have (select all that apply):
A.) Limited funds to pay for health care
B.) Poorer nutrition
c.) Homes more likely located closer to hazardous waste sites
D.) Less education
E.) Cleaner than average air - -A.) Limited funds to pay for health care
B.) Poorer nutrition
c.) Homes more likely located closer to hazardous waste sites
D.) Less education
- Why is it important for nurses to understand the premises of
environmental health?
A.) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for policies that
support healthy environments.
B.) Toxicologists often consult nurses about environmental pollutants.
C.) Pollutant exposures such as lead are reported by nurses t the
Environmental Protection Agency.
D.) Many Americans live in areas that do not meet current national air quality
standards - -A.) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for
policies that support healthy environments.
- An example of secondary prevention is :
A.) Screening children for lead poisoning
B.) working with communities on emergency preparedness plans
C.) Developing social networking interventions t modify community norms
D.) Educating patients with strokes as rehab centers to help organize to help
optimize their functioning - -A.) Screening children for lead poisoning
- Which example contains the components necessary to form an
epidemiologic triangle?
A.) Pesticides, water, food
B.) Lead, mercury, soil
C.) trichloroethylene, water, infants
D.) Children under 12, elderly, temperature - -C.) trichloroethylene, water,
infants
, - Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) are written by the chemical
manufacturer and made available to any employee or their representative as
required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This
is an example of environmental health approach of:
A.) Environmental exposure history
B.) Environmental health assessment
C.) Right to know
D.) Risk assessment - -C.) Right to know
- A community health nurse asks her client "When was residence built?" The
nurse is asking this question because she is conducting the client's:
A.) Environmental health assessment
B.) Environmental history
C.) Risk assessment
D.) Risk community - -B.) Environmental history
- Good lead surveillance programs help with early detection of rising blood
levels in children. This activity can best be described as public health:
A.) Primary prevention
B.) Risk exposure history
C.) Secondary prevention
D.) Tertiary prevention - -C.) Secondary prevention
- Which activity demonstrates the use of a tertiary prevention strategy?
A.) Providing immunizations
B.) Conducting lead screening activities for children
C.) Providing case management services for clients with chronic illness
D.) Identifying and treating clients in a TB clinic - -C.) Providing case
management services for clients with chronic illness
- John snow played a critical role in the development of modern disease
surveillance when he:
A.) Devised a more statistically valid method of analyzing epidemiologic data
B.) Discovered casual agents for anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera
C.) Tracked the incidence of tuberculosis in the tenements of New York City
D.) Used geographic mapping to demonstrates the connection between
water supply and cholera - -D.) Used geographic mapping to demonstrates
the connection between water supply and cholera
and Answers A+ Graded
A Public health nurse working with a family living in poverty recognizes that
they are more likely to be exposed to environmental hazards because they
have (select all that apply):
A.) Limited funds to pay for health care
B.) Poorer nutrition
c.) Homes more likely located closer to hazardous waste sites
D.) Less education
E.) Cleaner than average air - -A.) Limited funds to pay for health care
B.) Poorer nutrition
c.) Homes more likely located closer to hazardous waste sites
D.) Less education
- Why is it important for nurses to understand the premises of
environmental health?
A.) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for policies that
support healthy environments.
B.) Toxicologists often consult nurses about environmental pollutants.
C.) Pollutant exposures such as lead are reported by nurses t the
Environmental Protection Agency.
D.) Many Americans live in areas that do not meet current national air quality
standards - -A.) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for
policies that support healthy environments.
- An example of secondary prevention is :
A.) Screening children for lead poisoning
B.) working with communities on emergency preparedness plans
C.) Developing social networking interventions t modify community norms
D.) Educating patients with strokes as rehab centers to help organize to help
optimize their functioning - -A.) Screening children for lead poisoning
- Which example contains the components necessary to form an
epidemiologic triangle?
A.) Pesticides, water, food
B.) Lead, mercury, soil
C.) trichloroethylene, water, infants
D.) Children under 12, elderly, temperature - -C.) trichloroethylene, water,
infants
, - Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) are written by the chemical
manufacturer and made available to any employee or their representative as
required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This
is an example of environmental health approach of:
A.) Environmental exposure history
B.) Environmental health assessment
C.) Right to know
D.) Risk assessment - -C.) Right to know
- A community health nurse asks her client "When was residence built?" The
nurse is asking this question because she is conducting the client's:
A.) Environmental health assessment
B.) Environmental history
C.) Risk assessment
D.) Risk community - -B.) Environmental history
- Good lead surveillance programs help with early detection of rising blood
levels in children. This activity can best be described as public health:
A.) Primary prevention
B.) Risk exposure history
C.) Secondary prevention
D.) Tertiary prevention - -C.) Secondary prevention
- Which activity demonstrates the use of a tertiary prevention strategy?
A.) Providing immunizations
B.) Conducting lead screening activities for children
C.) Providing case management services for clients with chronic illness
D.) Identifying and treating clients in a TB clinic - -C.) Providing case
management services for clients with chronic illness
- John snow played a critical role in the development of modern disease
surveillance when he:
A.) Devised a more statistically valid method of analyzing epidemiologic data
B.) Discovered casual agents for anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera
C.) Tracked the incidence of tuberculosis in the tenements of New York City
D.) Used geographic mapping to demonstrates the connection between
water supply and cholera - -D.) Used geographic mapping to demonstrates
the connection between water supply and cholera
