TEST BANK CHAPTER 11- EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health
statistics to understand population health. The PHN asks the nursing student to develop
some questions for a survey about smoking behavior. Which question would be best at
eliciting information on period prevalence?
A
"Do you currently smoke?"
B
"Have you smoked within the last six months?"
D
"Have you ever smoked?"
D
"At what age did you start smoking?" - Answer-B
A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health
statistics to understand population health. The nursing student wants to administer a
survey about smoking behaviours to students in various grade levels within the school
district to identify the best grade to initiate health education. A follow-up survey will be
administered to assess the effectiveness of the educational program. What type of
research design would be best at providing the epidemiological information needed in
this scenario?
A
Cross-sectional study
B
Cohort design
C
Randomized control trial
D
Case-control methodology - Answer-A
A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health
statistics to understand population health. The PHN asks the nursing student how
participant privacy will be managed in the study. What strategy presented by the student
would be best at meeting this ethical concern?
A
Data will be used in a confidential manner
B
The survey will be anonymous
C
The participants will sign a consent form
D
Ethics approval will be sought - Answer-B
, A nurse in a large urban centre is working to provide secondary prevention. What action
is the best example of this goal?
A
Providing varicella-zoster immune globin (VZIG) to appropriate children after a
classmate is diagnosed with chickenpox
B
Screening mammography for the early detection of breast cancer
C
Routinely immunizing 1-year-old children for measles, mumps, and rubella
D
Tuberculosis (TB) testing exposed students at a high school after a student is
diagnosed with TB - Answer-A
The public health nurses (PHNs) are busy responding to seasonal influenza in a
community of approximately 75 000 people. An assisted living facility has an increased
number of influenza cases among the residents. A nurse is doing an inservice with the
nursing staff at the facility about the transmission of the influenza virus. Which is an
example of direct transmission?
A
Inhaling a droplet from a sneeze
B
Shaking a contaminated hand
C
Drinking tainted water
D
Touching a contaminated doorknob - Answer-B
The public health nurses (PHNs) are busy responding to seasonal influenza in a
community of approximately 75 000 people. An assisted living facility has an increased
number of influenza cases among the residents.The PHNs are trying to protect the
residents from the flu. What is an example of a primary prevention initiative?
A
Increasing assessments of the ill to identify complications early
B
Screening individuals for signs of influenza
C
Instructing individuals to sneeze into one's arm
D
Administering Tamiflu to ill residents - Answer-C
The public health nurses (PHNs) are busy responding to seasonal influenza in a
community of approximately 75 000 people. An assisted living facility has an increased
number of influenza cases among the residents. Family members of the residents have
been following FluWatch on the Public Health Agency of Canada web page. What type
of reporting is FluWatch?
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health
statistics to understand population health. The PHN asks the nursing student to develop
some questions for a survey about smoking behavior. Which question would be best at
eliciting information on period prevalence?
A
"Do you currently smoke?"
B
"Have you smoked within the last six months?"
D
"Have you ever smoked?"
D
"At what age did you start smoking?" - Answer-B
A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health
statistics to understand population health. The nursing student wants to administer a
survey about smoking behaviours to students in various grade levels within the school
district to identify the best grade to initiate health education. A follow-up survey will be
administered to assess the effectiveness of the educational program. What type of
research design would be best at providing the epidemiological information needed in
this scenario?
A
Cross-sectional study
B
Cohort design
C
Randomized control trial
D
Case-control methodology - Answer-A
A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health
statistics to understand population health. The PHN asks the nursing student how
participant privacy will be managed in the study. What strategy presented by the student
would be best at meeting this ethical concern?
A
Data will be used in a confidential manner
B
The survey will be anonymous
C
The participants will sign a consent form
D
Ethics approval will be sought - Answer-B
, A nurse in a large urban centre is working to provide secondary prevention. What action
is the best example of this goal?
A
Providing varicella-zoster immune globin (VZIG) to appropriate children after a
classmate is diagnosed with chickenpox
B
Screening mammography for the early detection of breast cancer
C
Routinely immunizing 1-year-old children for measles, mumps, and rubella
D
Tuberculosis (TB) testing exposed students at a high school after a student is
diagnosed with TB - Answer-A
The public health nurses (PHNs) are busy responding to seasonal influenza in a
community of approximately 75 000 people. An assisted living facility has an increased
number of influenza cases among the residents. A nurse is doing an inservice with the
nursing staff at the facility about the transmission of the influenza virus. Which is an
example of direct transmission?
A
Inhaling a droplet from a sneeze
B
Shaking a contaminated hand
C
Drinking tainted water
D
Touching a contaminated doorknob - Answer-B
The public health nurses (PHNs) are busy responding to seasonal influenza in a
community of approximately 75 000 people. An assisted living facility has an increased
number of influenza cases among the residents.The PHNs are trying to protect the
residents from the flu. What is an example of a primary prevention initiative?
A
Increasing assessments of the ill to identify complications early
B
Screening individuals for signs of influenza
C
Instructing individuals to sneeze into one's arm
D
Administering Tamiflu to ill residents - Answer-C
The public health nurses (PHNs) are busy responding to seasonal influenza in a
community of approximately 75 000 people. An assisted living facility has an increased
number of influenza cases among the residents. Family members of the residents have
been following FluWatch on the Public Health Agency of Canada web page. What type
of reporting is FluWatch?
