NUR 471 Final UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
What are basic measures to prevent communicable diseases? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Hand washing• Use PPE• Safe Handling of contaminated sharps equipment• Appropriate
disposal of potentially infectiousmaterials• Community sanitation• Pest Control• Vaccines•
Antimicrobial Medications
What are elements of surveillance? - CORRECT ANSWER - Laboratory reporting
• Individual case investigation
What does the WHO do? - CORRECT ANSWER - World Health Organization (WHO)
• WHO maintains surveillance of outbreaksaround the world, and publishes a weeklyreport
What are different types of food infections/intoxication
-communicable disease through food. - CORRECT ANSWER - Food infection: Sx in 12+
hours
Bacterial: Salmonella
Viral: Hepatitis A, Norovirus
Parasitic: Trichinosis roundworm
intoxication: Sx in min --> hrs (Table 26-4) Staphylococcus aureus toxin Clostridium
perfringens/botulism Lysteria
What are waterborne communicable diseases? - CORRECT ANSWER - Enter water
through animal or humanfeces
Bacteria: cholera, typhoid, e.coli,dysentery, salmonella, shigella
Virus: hepatitis A, rotavirus
Protozoa: amebic dysentery, giardia,cryptosporidium Transmission: fecal-oral
Surveillance: outbreak = 2+ cases
, What are vector borne communicable diseases? - CORRECT ANSWER - Non-human
carriers-(insects)
Transmission: Biological: Vector causes the disease Mechanical: Vector carries agent tohost
(contamination by flies,cockroaches
) Examples: Ticks: Lyme disease, Rocky mountainspotted fever Mosquitoes: Malaria Fleas /
rodents: Plague, Hantavirus
Define zoonoses - CORRECT ANSWER - Infection transmitted from vertebraeanimal to
human Transmission: bites, inhalation,ingestion, direct contact, anthropods(vectors)
Toxoplasmosis (protozoan of cats) Brucellosis (cattle, sheep, pigs,goats, deer, dogs,coyotes)
Rabies ( dogs, skunks, raccoons,bats)
Bovine TB
A disability may... - CORRECT ANSWER - may not always be obvious based on a
person'sappearance because not all disabilities are visible.• disabilities may be temporary (e.g.,
broken leg) orlifelong (e.g., Down syndrome)
What are characteristics of disabilities? - CORRECT ANSWER - Health and Disability
People may experience many types ofdisabilities, including difficulties with:
1. hearing
2. seeing
3. moving
4. thinking
5. learning
6. communicating
What are missed opportunities for care providers for those with disabilities? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Primary Level: People with disabilities miss care at health promotion•
Secondary Level: Health prevention levels• Accessing care• Dental services• Mammograms, Pap
test• Fitness activities• More likely to have tobacco use
and CORRECT Answers
What are basic measures to prevent communicable diseases? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Hand washing• Use PPE• Safe Handling of contaminated sharps equipment• Appropriate
disposal of potentially infectiousmaterials• Community sanitation• Pest Control• Vaccines•
Antimicrobial Medications
What are elements of surveillance? - CORRECT ANSWER - Laboratory reporting
• Individual case investigation
What does the WHO do? - CORRECT ANSWER - World Health Organization (WHO)
• WHO maintains surveillance of outbreaksaround the world, and publishes a weeklyreport
What are different types of food infections/intoxication
-communicable disease through food. - CORRECT ANSWER - Food infection: Sx in 12+
hours
Bacterial: Salmonella
Viral: Hepatitis A, Norovirus
Parasitic: Trichinosis roundworm
intoxication: Sx in min --> hrs (Table 26-4) Staphylococcus aureus toxin Clostridium
perfringens/botulism Lysteria
What are waterborne communicable diseases? - CORRECT ANSWER - Enter water
through animal or humanfeces
Bacteria: cholera, typhoid, e.coli,dysentery, salmonella, shigella
Virus: hepatitis A, rotavirus
Protozoa: amebic dysentery, giardia,cryptosporidium Transmission: fecal-oral
Surveillance: outbreak = 2+ cases
, What are vector borne communicable diseases? - CORRECT ANSWER - Non-human
carriers-(insects)
Transmission: Biological: Vector causes the disease Mechanical: Vector carries agent tohost
(contamination by flies,cockroaches
) Examples: Ticks: Lyme disease, Rocky mountainspotted fever Mosquitoes: Malaria Fleas /
rodents: Plague, Hantavirus
Define zoonoses - CORRECT ANSWER - Infection transmitted from vertebraeanimal to
human Transmission: bites, inhalation,ingestion, direct contact, anthropods(vectors)
Toxoplasmosis (protozoan of cats) Brucellosis (cattle, sheep, pigs,goats, deer, dogs,coyotes)
Rabies ( dogs, skunks, raccoons,bats)
Bovine TB
A disability may... - CORRECT ANSWER - may not always be obvious based on a
person'sappearance because not all disabilities are visible.• disabilities may be temporary (e.g.,
broken leg) orlifelong (e.g., Down syndrome)
What are characteristics of disabilities? - CORRECT ANSWER - Health and Disability
People may experience many types ofdisabilities, including difficulties with:
1. hearing
2. seeing
3. moving
4. thinking
5. learning
6. communicating
What are missed opportunities for care providers for those with disabilities? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Primary Level: People with disabilities miss care at health promotion•
Secondary Level: Health prevention levels• Accessing care• Dental services• Mammograms, Pap
test• Fitness activities• More likely to have tobacco use
