NR 442 - Exam 1, community health exam 1 Questions with
Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: Community
Answer: - a group of people who share something in common and interact with one another, who may
exhibit a commitment with one another and may share a geographic boundary
- PRIMARY FOCUS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
Question 2: Public Health Intervention Wheel: Levels of Practice
Answer: - Community
- Individual
- System
Question 3: System/group Level of Practice Example
Answer: community health nurse working with the state health department and federal vaccine program
to coordinate a response to an outbreak of measles in a migrant population.
Question 4: Community/Population Level of Practice Example
Answer: public health nurses working with area high schools to give each student a profile of his or her
health to promote nutritional and physical activity lifestyle changes to improve the student's health.
Question 5: Individual Level of Practice Example
Answer: nurse receives a referral to care for an individual with a diagnosed mental illness who would
require regular monitoring of his medication compliance to prevent rehospitalization
Question 6: Core Functions of Public Health
Answer: - assessment
- policy development
- assurance of availability
Question 7: Primary Prevention
Answer: - prevention of problem before it occurs
- immunization
Question 8: Secondary Prevention
Answer: - early detection and intervention
- screening for an STD
- for diseases that can be controlled
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,Question 9: Tertiary Prevention
Answer: - correction and prevention of deterioration of a disease state
- teaching insulin administration at home
Question 10: What is the main focus of Public Health?
Answer: PREVENTION
Question 11: What is the main focus of Medicine?
Answer: disease management and diagnosis
Question 12: Childhood Obesity
Answer: - focus on a healthier lifestyle
- reduce the rate the childhood obesity
- education
Question 13: What causes more than half of Premature Deaths?
Answer: behavior and environment reasons
Question 14: What has the greatest influence on Community Health?
Answer: behavioral choices
Question 15: What are the 3 elements of the Epidemiology Triangle?
Answer: - agent - host - environment
Question 16: Epidemiology Triangle
Answer: - depends on the extent of the host's exposure to an agent, the strength or virulence of the agent,
and the host's genetic or immunological susceptibility.
- also depends on the environmental conditions existing at the time of exposure
Question 17: Web of Causation
Answer: illustrates the complexity of relationships among causal variables
Question 18: Incidence Rate
Answer: describe the occurrence of new cases of a disease or condition in a community over a period of
time relative to the size of the population at risk for that disease or condition during that same time
period.
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, Question 19: Prevalence Rate
Answer: the number of all cases of a specific disease or condition in a population at a given point in time
relative to the population at the same point in time
Question 20: Endemic
Answer: Diseases that are always present in a population (e.g., colds and pneumonia)
Question 21: Epidemic
Answer: Diseases that are not always present in a population but flare up on occasion
(e.g., diphtheria and measles)
Question 22: Pandemic
Answer: The existence of disease in a large proportion of the population: a global epidemic (e.g., human
immunodeficiency virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and annual outbreaks of influenza type
A)
Question 23: Chronic vs Acute (prevalence)
Answer: chronic always has a higher prevalence than acute disease
Question 24: Passive Immunity
Answer: - natural contact with antibody
- hep a --) immunoglobin
- through blood or plasma EXAMPLE: Infant born with temporary antibodies to measles. Temporary or
through colostrum and breast milk
Question 25: Active Immunity
Answer: - Natural contact and infection with the antigen
- acquiring measles
Question 26: Leading Cause of Preventable Death
Answer: - smoking
- alcohol
- lifestyle choices
Question 27: Herd Immunity
Answer: those not immune to an infectious agent are protected if a certain proportion of the population
has been vaccinated or is otherwise immune
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Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: Community
Answer: - a group of people who share something in common and interact with one another, who may
exhibit a commitment with one another and may share a geographic boundary
- PRIMARY FOCUS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
Question 2: Public Health Intervention Wheel: Levels of Practice
Answer: - Community
- Individual
- System
Question 3: System/group Level of Practice Example
Answer: community health nurse working with the state health department and federal vaccine program
to coordinate a response to an outbreak of measles in a migrant population.
Question 4: Community/Population Level of Practice Example
Answer: public health nurses working with area high schools to give each student a profile of his or her
health to promote nutritional and physical activity lifestyle changes to improve the student's health.
Question 5: Individual Level of Practice Example
Answer: nurse receives a referral to care for an individual with a diagnosed mental illness who would
require regular monitoring of his medication compliance to prevent rehospitalization
Question 6: Core Functions of Public Health
Answer: - assessment
- policy development
- assurance of availability
Question 7: Primary Prevention
Answer: - prevention of problem before it occurs
- immunization
Question 8: Secondary Prevention
Answer: - early detection and intervention
- screening for an STD
- for diseases that can be controlled
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,Question 9: Tertiary Prevention
Answer: - correction and prevention of deterioration of a disease state
- teaching insulin administration at home
Question 10: What is the main focus of Public Health?
Answer: PREVENTION
Question 11: What is the main focus of Medicine?
Answer: disease management and diagnosis
Question 12: Childhood Obesity
Answer: - focus on a healthier lifestyle
- reduce the rate the childhood obesity
- education
Question 13: What causes more than half of Premature Deaths?
Answer: behavior and environment reasons
Question 14: What has the greatest influence on Community Health?
Answer: behavioral choices
Question 15: What are the 3 elements of the Epidemiology Triangle?
Answer: - agent - host - environment
Question 16: Epidemiology Triangle
Answer: - depends on the extent of the host's exposure to an agent, the strength or virulence of the agent,
and the host's genetic or immunological susceptibility.
- also depends on the environmental conditions existing at the time of exposure
Question 17: Web of Causation
Answer: illustrates the complexity of relationships among causal variables
Question 18: Incidence Rate
Answer: describe the occurrence of new cases of a disease or condition in a community over a period of
time relative to the size of the population at risk for that disease or condition during that same time
period.
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, Question 19: Prevalence Rate
Answer: the number of all cases of a specific disease or condition in a population at a given point in time
relative to the population at the same point in time
Question 20: Endemic
Answer: Diseases that are always present in a population (e.g., colds and pneumonia)
Question 21: Epidemic
Answer: Diseases that are not always present in a population but flare up on occasion
(e.g., diphtheria and measles)
Question 22: Pandemic
Answer: The existence of disease in a large proportion of the population: a global epidemic (e.g., human
immunodeficiency virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and annual outbreaks of influenza type
A)
Question 23: Chronic vs Acute (prevalence)
Answer: chronic always has a higher prevalence than acute disease
Question 24: Passive Immunity
Answer: - natural contact with antibody
- hep a --) immunoglobin
- through blood or plasma EXAMPLE: Infant born with temporary antibodies to measles. Temporary or
through colostrum and breast milk
Question 25: Active Immunity
Answer: - Natural contact and infection with the antigen
- acquiring measles
Question 26: Leading Cause of Preventable Death
Answer: - smoking
- alcohol
- lifestyle choices
Question 27: Herd Immunity
Answer: those not immune to an infectious agent are protected if a certain proportion of the population
has been vaccinated or is otherwise immune
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