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Chapter 3: Epidemiology and Nursing
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John Snow, considered the founder of epidemiology, realized the
source of the London's cholera epidemic through:
1.Developing a frequency distribution of deaths.
2.Mapping of the food supply.
3.Interviewing the families of the sick.
4.Performing autopsies.
Ans: 1
The history and development of epidemiology has gone through
several developmental phases. The nursing student learns that these
phases came about in history in what order?
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1.Risk factor phase, infectious disease phase, and sanitary phase
2.Infectious disease phase, risk factor phase, and sanitary phase
3.Sanitary phase, infectious disease phase, and risk factor phase
4.Agent phase, host phase, and environment phase
Ans: 3
A public health nurse (PHN) is asked by the hospital administration to
find out why there are so many pediatric asthma patients coming to
the emergency department (ED) for treatment and to develop a
plan to reduce admissions by 10%. The PHN knows the first step, prior
to developing an intervention, is to understand the multiple risk
factors involved. Which framework would best help the PHN
understand the multiple risk factors contributing to asthma in this
population?
1.The epidemiological triangle
Chapter 3: Epidemiology and Nursing
Practice Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
John Snow, considered the founder of epidemiology, realized the
source of the London's cholera epidemic through:
1.Developing a frequency distribution of deaths.
2.Mapping of the food supply.
3.Interviewing the families of the sick.
4.Performing autopsies.
Ans: 1
The history and development of epidemiology has gone through
several developmental phases. The nursing student learns that these
phases came about in history in what order?
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1.Risk factor phase, infectious disease phase, and sanitary phase
2.Infectious disease phase, risk factor phase, and sanitary phase
3.Sanitary phase, infectious disease phase, and risk factor phase
4.Agent phase, host phase, and environment phase
Ans: 3
A public health nurse (PHN) is asked by the hospital administration to
find out why there are so many pediatric asthma patients coming to
the emergency department (ED) for treatment and to develop a
plan to reduce admissions by 10%. The PHN knows the first step, prior
to developing an intervention, is to understand the multiple risk
factors involved. Which framework would best help the PHN
understand the multiple risk factors contributing to asthma in this
population?
1.The epidemiological triangle
