Community exam 1 practice questions

Jennifer is a community health nurse in a large metropolitan area. According to the American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics (2001), community health nurses must align themselves with public health programs that promote and preserve the health of populations by influencing: A. socio economic issues B. psychosocial issues C. sociocultural issues D. developmental issues - C. sociocultural issues Disease prevention activities protect people from disease and the effects of disease. An example of primary disease prevention is: a. teaching people with diabetes how to prevent complications b. administering vaccines to children before kindergarten c. checking the skin of farm workers for signs of skin cancer d. identifying and testing individuals exposed to someone with tuberculosis. - b. administering vaccines to children before kindergarten A variety of health indicators are used by health providers, policy makers, and community health nurses to measure the health of the community. Indicators that illustrate the health status of a community and may be useful in analyzing health patterns over time include: Select all that apply a. Morbidity. b. Mortality. c. birth rates. d. life expectancy. e. cancer incidence rates. - a. Morbidit