NURS 444 Exam 2 Study Questions and
Correct Answers
Descriptive epidemiology ✅describes a disease according to its person, place, or time
Analytic epidemiology ✅looks at etiology of the disease and deals with determinants of
health and disease
EBP steps ✅1. Cultivating a spirit of inquiry
2. Form a PICOT question
3. Searching for the best evidence
4. Critically appraising evidence
5. Integrating evidence
6. Evaluating outcomes
7. Disseminating EBP results
Collaboration ✅a development of partnerships to achieve the best possible outcomes
that reflect particular needs to the patient, family, or community
Creating a CHAP ✅- goal
- sector
- priorities
- key stakeholder
- barriers
-resources
- justification
- objective
- action plan
SMART Goals ✅- Specific
- Measureable
- Achievable
- Realistic
- Time bound
Surveillance ✅Describes and monitors health events through ongoing and systematic
collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data for the purpose of planning,
implementing, and evaluating public health interventions.
Disease and other health investigation ✅Systematically gathers and analyzes data
regarding threats to the health of populations, ascertains the source of the threat,
identifies cases and others at risk, and determines control measures.
, Outreach ✅locates populations-of-interest or populations-at-risk and provides
information about the nature of the concern, what can be done about it, and how
services can be obtained.
Screening ✅Identifies individuals with unrecognized health risk factors or
asymptomatic disease conditions in populations
Case finding ✅locates individuals and families with identified risk factors and connects
them with resources
Referral and follow-up ✅assists individuals, families, groups, organizations, and/or
communities to identify and access necessary resources to prevent or resolve problems
or concerns.
Case management ✅optimizes self-care capabilities of individuals and families and the
capacity of systems and communities to coordinate and provide services
Delegated functions ✅Direct care tasks a registered professional nurse carries out
under the authority of a health care practitioner as allowed by law. Delegated functions
also include any direct care tasks a registered professional nurse entrusts to other
appropriate personnel to perform
Health teaching ✅Communicates facts, ideas, and skills that change knowledge,
attitudes, values, beliefs, behaviors, and practices of individuals, families, systems,
and/or communities.
Consultation ✅Seeks information and generates optional solutions to perceived
problems or issues through interactive problem solving with a community, system,
family or individual. The community, system, family or individual selects and acts on the
option best meeting the circumstances
Counseling ✅Establishes an interpersonal relationship with a community, a system,
family or individual intended to increase or enhance their capacity for self-care and
coping. Counseling engages the community, a system, family or individual at an
emotional level.
Collaboration ✅commits two or more persons or organizations to achieve a common
goal through enhancing the capacity of one or more of the members to promote and
protect health
Coalition building ✅promotes and develops alliances among organizations or
constituencies for a common purpose. It builds linkages, solves problems, and/or
enhances local leadership to address health concerns.
Correct Answers
Descriptive epidemiology ✅describes a disease according to its person, place, or time
Analytic epidemiology ✅looks at etiology of the disease and deals with determinants of
health and disease
EBP steps ✅1. Cultivating a spirit of inquiry
2. Form a PICOT question
3. Searching for the best evidence
4. Critically appraising evidence
5. Integrating evidence
6. Evaluating outcomes
7. Disseminating EBP results
Collaboration ✅a development of partnerships to achieve the best possible outcomes
that reflect particular needs to the patient, family, or community
Creating a CHAP ✅- goal
- sector
- priorities
- key stakeholder
- barriers
-resources
- justification
- objective
- action plan
SMART Goals ✅- Specific
- Measureable
- Achievable
- Realistic
- Time bound
Surveillance ✅Describes and monitors health events through ongoing and systematic
collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data for the purpose of planning,
implementing, and evaluating public health interventions.
Disease and other health investigation ✅Systematically gathers and analyzes data
regarding threats to the health of populations, ascertains the source of the threat,
identifies cases and others at risk, and determines control measures.
, Outreach ✅locates populations-of-interest or populations-at-risk and provides
information about the nature of the concern, what can be done about it, and how
services can be obtained.
Screening ✅Identifies individuals with unrecognized health risk factors or
asymptomatic disease conditions in populations
Case finding ✅locates individuals and families with identified risk factors and connects
them with resources
Referral and follow-up ✅assists individuals, families, groups, organizations, and/or
communities to identify and access necessary resources to prevent or resolve problems
or concerns.
Case management ✅optimizes self-care capabilities of individuals and families and the
capacity of systems and communities to coordinate and provide services
Delegated functions ✅Direct care tasks a registered professional nurse carries out
under the authority of a health care practitioner as allowed by law. Delegated functions
also include any direct care tasks a registered professional nurse entrusts to other
appropriate personnel to perform
Health teaching ✅Communicates facts, ideas, and skills that change knowledge,
attitudes, values, beliefs, behaviors, and practices of individuals, families, systems,
and/or communities.
Consultation ✅Seeks information and generates optional solutions to perceived
problems or issues through interactive problem solving with a community, system,
family or individual. The community, system, family or individual selects and acts on the
option best meeting the circumstances
Counseling ✅Establishes an interpersonal relationship with a community, a system,
family or individual intended to increase or enhance their capacity for self-care and
coping. Counseling engages the community, a system, family or individual at an
emotional level.
Collaboration ✅commits two or more persons or organizations to achieve a common
goal through enhancing the capacity of one or more of the members to promote and
protect health
Coalition building ✅promotes and develops alliances among organizations or
constituencies for a common purpose. It builds linkages, solves problems, and/or
enhances local leadership to address health concerns.
