ANSWERS YEAR 2024/2025
What are community health nurses concerned with? - verified
answers-protecting, promoting, preserving and maintaining
health, as well as preventing disease.
How should community nurses use their resources. - verified
answers-Must benefit the greatest number of citizens.
What is epidemiology? - verified answers-investigative study of
disease trends in populations to prevent disease and maintain
health.
The agent - verified answers-animate or inanimate object that
causes the disease. (bacteria, virus, pesticide, food additive,
etc.)
The host - verified answers-living being that is affected by the
agent. (human or animal).
The environment - verified answers-the setting or surrounding
that sustains the host (place of transmission: day-care, body of
water, country
Incidence: - verified answers-number of new cases in the
population at a specific time divided by population total X
1,000= number per 1,000
Prevalence: - verified answers-Number of existing cases in the
population at a specific time divided by population total X
1,000= number per 1,000
Mortality rate: - verified answers-number of deaths divided by
population total X 1,000=number per 1,000
, Attack rate: - verified answers-number of people exposed to a
specific agent who develop the disease divided by total number
of people exposed.
Development of a community health program plan - verified
answers-Identify the needs of community: assessment.
plan the program
implement the program
evaluate the effectiveness of program.
Primary disease prevention: - verified answers-focus on
prevention of the initial occurrence of disease or injury. Includes
nutrition counselling, family planning, smoking cessation, safety
education (seat belt helmet use), prenatal classes.
Secondary prevention: - verified answers-focus is on early
detection of disease and treatment with goal of limiting severity
and adverse effects. includes: screenings (cancer, diabetes,
HTN, TB lead exposure) and treatments (STI, TB)
tertiary prevention: - verified answers-focus is on maximization
of recovery after injury or illness. Includes: exercise rehab,
nutrition counselling, case management, support groups.
Interpreters - verified answers-NOT family members. Need to
have health-related terminology knowledge. Give teaching
material in client's primary language.
Medicare: - verified answers-older than 65 and receiving Social
Security, disability benefits for 2 years, have ALS or kidney
failure on dialysis or transplant to qualify.
Medicare part A - verified answers-hospital care, home care,
limited skilled nursing care
Part B - verified answers-medical care, diagnostic services,
physiotherapy.