answers
Hazards in what 3 environments can but employees at risk for work-
related health concerns? Ans✓✓✓ Physical, Organizational, and
psychosocial
How are aging and chronic disease associated? Ans✓✓✓ aging causes
an accumulation of modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases
How are cancers classified? Ans✓✓✓ Carcinomas - affecting cells that
line organs and cover cover the surface of the body
Leukemia or Lymphoma - affecting the cells of the blood or immune
system
Sarcoma - affecting cells of bone, muscle and connective tissue
How are health services measured? Ans✓✓✓ Acceptability
Accessibility
Appropriateness
Competency
Continuity
Efficient
Safety
How can diabetes be prevented? Ans✓✓✓ There are no preventative
measures for type 1 diabetes
,Lost of 5% of body weight can reduce risk of impaired glucose tolerance
by 60%
Medications can also help prevent pre-diabetes from becoming type 2
How can nurses use the knowledge of reportable STIs? Ans✓✓✓ See
the trends, Check assumptions, figure out what and where we can do
better, educate/build relationships.
How do they test for gonorrhea? Ans✓✓✓ Using nucleic acid
amplification testing (NAAT) via urine sample or cervical swab.
Can be tested 48+ hrs after possible exposure
How do we measure the physical environment? Ans✓✓✓ health status
non-medical determinants of health
health system performance
community and health system characteristics
How does age affect the labour force? Ans✓✓✓ People are working
longer, into later life.
How does cancer spread? Ans✓✓✓ Metastasis
How does gender affect the labour force? Ans✓✓✓ Gender- Type of
work- risk
employment rate of mothers has been rising
, How is chlamydia tested for? Ans✓✓✓ Using nucleic acid
amplification testing (NAAT) via urine sample, vaginal swab and/or
cervical swab.
Can be tested 48+ hrs after possible exposure.
How is syphilis diagnosed? Ans✓✓✓ clinical diagnosis, darkfeild
microscope
How is syphilis treated? Ans✓✓✓ penicillin
How is Type 2 diabetes managed? Ans✓✓✓ diet and exercise firstly, if
this does not work than Metformin and insulin shots may be required
If someone is diagnosed with pre-diabetes will they get diabetes?
Ans✓✓✓ They will but with proper interventions they can delay the
onset by up to 10years
What approaches to action do we need to take when looking at HCD?
Ans✓✓✓ Socio-economic model (income) to build human capital and
health selections model (health) to build social capital.
What are Albertas cancer plan strategies? Ans✓✓✓ 1.Transform
Alberta's approach to cancer by creating comprehensive and coordinated
system of prevention, screening, and care