Chapter 09: Epidemiological Applications
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A nurse is using analytic ANS: B
epidemiology when conducting a Epidemiology refers not only to infectious
research project. Which of the epidemics but also to other health-related events.
following projects is the nurse most Analytic epidemiology looks at the etiology
likely completing? (origins or causes) of disease.
a.
Reviewing communicable disease
statistics
b.
Determining factors contributing to
childhood obesity
c.
Analyzing locations where family
violence is increasing
d.
Documenting population
characteristics for healthy older
citizens
,A nurse is employed as a nurse ANS: B
epidemiologist. Which of the Epidemiology differs from clinical medicine, which
following activities would most likely focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of disease
be completed by the nurse? in individuals. Epidemiology monitors the health of
a. the population.
Eliciting the health history of a client
presenting with an illness
b.
Evaluating the number of clients
presenting with similar diseases
c.
Performing a physical examination of
an ill client
d.
Providing treatment and health
education to a client with a disease
Which of the following actions by ANS: B
Florence Nightingale demonstrates Nightingale examined the relationship between the
her role as an epidemiologist? environment and the recovery of the soldiers.
a. Using simple epidemiological measures, she was
She convinced other women to join able to show that improving environmental
her in giving nursing care to all the conditions and adding nursing care decreased the
soldiers. mortality rates of the soldiers. Nightingale used
b. statistics to document decreased mortality rates
She demonstrated that a safer when the environmental factors were improved.
environment resulted in decreased
mortality rate.
c.
She obtained safe water and better
food supplies and fought the lice
and rats.
d.
She met with each soldier each
evening to say goodnight, thereby
giving psychological support.
, Which of the following statements ANS: C
describes how nursing in the In the community, nurses often use epidemiology,
community is more challenging than since the factors that affect the individual, family,
nursing in an acute care setting? and population group cannot be as easily
a. controlled as in acute care settings. It is essentially
There is limited access to information impossible to control the environment in the
useful to the nurse in giving care in community.
the community.
b.
More paperwork and forms are
required when giving care in the
home.
c.
It is more challenging to control the
environment in the community.
d.
Specialization isn't possible in the
community setting.
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A nurse is using analytic ANS: B
epidemiology when conducting a Epidemiology refers not only to infectious
research project. Which of the epidemics but also to other health-related events.
following projects is the nurse most Analytic epidemiology looks at the etiology
likely completing? (origins or causes) of disease.
a.
Reviewing communicable disease
statistics
b.
Determining factors contributing to
childhood obesity
c.
Analyzing locations where family
violence is increasing
d.
Documenting population
characteristics for healthy older
citizens
,A nurse is employed as a nurse ANS: B
epidemiologist. Which of the Epidemiology differs from clinical medicine, which
following activities would most likely focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of disease
be completed by the nurse? in individuals. Epidemiology monitors the health of
a. the population.
Eliciting the health history of a client
presenting with an illness
b.
Evaluating the number of clients
presenting with similar diseases
c.
Performing a physical examination of
an ill client
d.
Providing treatment and health
education to a client with a disease
Which of the following actions by ANS: B
Florence Nightingale demonstrates Nightingale examined the relationship between the
her role as an epidemiologist? environment and the recovery of the soldiers.
a. Using simple epidemiological measures, she was
She convinced other women to join able to show that improving environmental
her in giving nursing care to all the conditions and adding nursing care decreased the
soldiers. mortality rates of the soldiers. Nightingale used
b. statistics to document decreased mortality rates
She demonstrated that a safer when the environmental factors were improved.
environment resulted in decreased
mortality rate.
c.
She obtained safe water and better
food supplies and fought the lice
and rats.
d.
She met with each soldier each
evening to say goodnight, thereby
giving psychological support.
, Which of the following statements ANS: C
describes how nursing in the In the community, nurses often use epidemiology,
community is more challenging than since the factors that affect the individual, family,
nursing in an acute care setting? and population group cannot be as easily
a. controlled as in acute care settings. It is essentially
There is limited access to information impossible to control the environment in the
useful to the nurse in giving care in community.
the community.
b.
More paperwork and forms are
required when giving care in the
home.
c.
It is more challenging to control the
environment in the community.
d.
Specialization isn't possible in the
community setting.
