NURS 456: Community Questions with Correct
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Absenteeism due to illness has increased recently in the local middle school. The increase is
noted to be related to exacerbation of asthma symptoms in the student population. Which
would be the most effective approach in decreasing absenteeism among this population?
A) Develop an asthma education and surveillance program that addresses students,
families, and faculty
members.
B) Develop a policy to exclude students with a diagnosis of asthma from admission to the
school.
C) Create an asthma prevention plan within the school environment, based in the school
nurse's office.
D) Create an education program for faculty related to the prevention of exacerbation of
asthma systems.
A) Develop an asthma education and surveillance program that addresses students,
families, and faculty
members.
(consider things that can be changed when people face disease)
Which key factors contribute to the rise of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-
income countries? (Select all that apply.)
A) Tobacco use
B) Insufficient physical activity
C) Unclean water
,D) High blood pressure
E) Lack of contraceptive use
Ans: A, B, D
Several levels of public health surveillance are necessary to protect the nation's health. At
what level are
healthcare providers and health facilities required to report certain infectious diseases?
A Local
B State
C Federal
D International
Ans: B
In infectious disease epidemiology, just the presence of an infectious agent is not sufficient
to produce an infectious disease. Which host factors determine whether a person is at risk
for an infection or an infectious
disease? (Select all that apply.)
A) Age
B) Sex
C) Occupation
D) Physical and emotional health
E) Immune status
Ans: A, B, D, E
Agents
,Causes of disease
Agents can have structural or biochemical properties that make the more virulent or difficult
to treat such as biofilms, antibiotic resistance & toxins
Biofilms
multicellular complex of organisms that help evade host response
EX. plaque on teeth
Toxigenicity
The ability if an agent to produce toxins that increase virulence by causing tissue damage
Ex. Botulism
Antibiotic resistance
Growing health problem
Lack of compliance & overuse has lead to development of strains that are resistant
Borrellia Burgdorferi
A County in which 2 confirmed cases have previously been acquired or in which established
populations of known tick vectors are infected with
Borellia Burgdorferi.
, History of tick bite is not required
What pathogen comes from eating raw or undercooked poultry?
Campylobacter is widespread in the intestinal tract of many wild &
domestic animals
Nursing students in an enclosed classroom begin to become ill with a gastrointestinal
illness. The public health department identifies this occurrence as an emerging epidemic
and isolates the population that is ill. According to microbial adaptation, those who survive
the illness will then do which of the following?
A) Recover with adaptive organism reintroduction into the environment
B) Develop improved defenses against reinfection
C) Become hosts to the organism, which is symbiotic in nature
Physical and emotional health
Immune status
D) Become carriers of the infection, ultimately leading to an epidemic
Ans: B
An 80-year-old client is being treated for chronic urinary tract infections. She has received
multiple antibiotics in the past 6 months. The physician orders a urine culture. The results
of the urine culture are as follows: Staphylococcus aureus >100,000 colonies and
demonstrated resistance to sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim (Bactrim), penicillin,
methicillin, and erythromycin. The client is diagnosed with methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on the basis of the findings of her urine test. Based on the
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Absenteeism due to illness has increased recently in the local middle school. The increase is
noted to be related to exacerbation of asthma symptoms in the student population. Which
would be the most effective approach in decreasing absenteeism among this population?
A) Develop an asthma education and surveillance program that addresses students,
families, and faculty
members.
B) Develop a policy to exclude students with a diagnosis of asthma from admission to the
school.
C) Create an asthma prevention plan within the school environment, based in the school
nurse's office.
D) Create an education program for faculty related to the prevention of exacerbation of
asthma systems.
A) Develop an asthma education and surveillance program that addresses students,
families, and faculty
members.
(consider things that can be changed when people face disease)
Which key factors contribute to the rise of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-
income countries? (Select all that apply.)
A) Tobacco use
B) Insufficient physical activity
C) Unclean water
,D) High blood pressure
E) Lack of contraceptive use
Ans: A, B, D
Several levels of public health surveillance are necessary to protect the nation's health. At
what level are
healthcare providers and health facilities required to report certain infectious diseases?
A Local
B State
C Federal
D International
Ans: B
In infectious disease epidemiology, just the presence of an infectious agent is not sufficient
to produce an infectious disease. Which host factors determine whether a person is at risk
for an infection or an infectious
disease? (Select all that apply.)
A) Age
B) Sex
C) Occupation
D) Physical and emotional health
E) Immune status
Ans: A, B, D, E
Agents
,Causes of disease
Agents can have structural or biochemical properties that make the more virulent or difficult
to treat such as biofilms, antibiotic resistance & toxins
Biofilms
multicellular complex of organisms that help evade host response
EX. plaque on teeth
Toxigenicity
The ability if an agent to produce toxins that increase virulence by causing tissue damage
Ex. Botulism
Antibiotic resistance
Growing health problem
Lack of compliance & overuse has lead to development of strains that are resistant
Borrellia Burgdorferi
A County in which 2 confirmed cases have previously been acquired or in which established
populations of known tick vectors are infected with
Borellia Burgdorferi.
, History of tick bite is not required
What pathogen comes from eating raw or undercooked poultry?
Campylobacter is widespread in the intestinal tract of many wild &
domestic animals
Nursing students in an enclosed classroom begin to become ill with a gastrointestinal
illness. The public health department identifies this occurrence as an emerging epidemic
and isolates the population that is ill. According to microbial adaptation, those who survive
the illness will then do which of the following?
A) Recover with adaptive organism reintroduction into the environment
B) Develop improved defenses against reinfection
C) Become hosts to the organism, which is symbiotic in nature
Physical and emotional health
Immune status
D) Become carriers of the infection, ultimately leading to an epidemic
Ans: B
An 80-year-old client is being treated for chronic urinary tract infections. She has received
multiple antibiotics in the past 6 months. The physician orders a urine culture. The results
of the urine culture are as follows: Staphylococcus aureus >100,000 colonies and
demonstrated resistance to sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim (Bactrim), penicillin,
methicillin, and erythromycin. The client is diagnosed with methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on the basis of the findings of her urine test. Based on the
