NURS 327 Midterm Exam with
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In 1988, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report on the future of public health
and its mission that defined public health as:
a. what public-private partnerships do to treat vulnerable populations.
b. what the government does to ensure that vital programs are in place.
c. what the U.S. Public Health Service does to prevent disease, promote health, and
deliver services.
d. what society does collectively to ensure the conditions in which people can be
healthy. - CORRECT ANSWER-d. what society does collectively to ensure the
conditions in which people can be healthy.
A state public health region reported 39 cases of meningitis in children 15 years of age
and younger to date this year. Seven of those children died. The total population of the
region is 780,000, of whom 84,000 are children age 15 years old and younger. Only four
cases of meningitis were reported in the public health region during the previous year.
No other public health region in the state has an incidence of meningitis that is higher
than expected for that region. Based on the information given, the relative frequency of
meningitis in the region at this time can best be described as:
a. endemic.
b. epidemic.
c. pandemic.
d. sporadic. - CORRECT ANSWER-b. epidemic.
Public health nursing practice is guided by the community's priorities as identified by
community:
A. assessment
B. diagnosis
C. interventions
D. planning - CORRECT ANSWER-A. assessment
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A nursing diagnosis of increased risk for delayed development, injury, and disease
because of inadequate parenting by a primary parent experiencing depression would
most likely indicate that the nursing process is being applied at the _______ level of
practice and the _______ level of prevention.
A. individual/family; secondary
B. community; primary
C. community; secondary
D. individual/family; primary - CORRECT ANSWER-D. individual/family; primary
The agency that assumes the responsibility for regulating health care and overseeing
the health status of Americans is which of the following?
A. Department of Homeland Security
B. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
C. Local Health Department
D. State Department of Health - CORRECT ANSWER-B. U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
The most important aspect of the nursing community assessment phase can best be
described as:
A. analyzing and synthesizing data
B. collecting and gathering data
C. formulating a community nursing diagnosis
D. identifying problem correlates - CORRECT ANSWER-C. formulating a community
nursing diagnosis
The public health nurse is planning community programs. Which program would the
nurse plan to incorporate utilitarianism?
A. Ensuring vaccinations in poorer neighborhoods
B. Providing vaccinations to low-income senior centers
C. Using stakeholders to determine priority areas for vaccinations
D. Widespread influenza vaccination events - CORRECT ANSWER-
The most important features of the Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2010 that
the community-oriented nurse needs to understand include which of the following?
(Select all that apply.)
A. Transforms the health care system from a sick care system to health care system
B. Uses piecemeal approach to strengthen the safety net
C. Replaces the rational equitable health care system
D. Provides insurance reform
E. Increases access to affordable health care insurance - CORRECT ANSWER-A, D,
and E
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