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A charge nurse is making room assignment for a client who has scabies. In which
of the following rooms should the nurse place the client?
- A negative-pressure isolation room
- A semi-private room with a client who has pediculosis capitis
- A positive-pressure isolation room
- A private room correct answer A private room
A community health nurse attends the American Public Health Association (APHA)
meeting annually to stay current in the field and to interact with colleagues across
the country. Which of the core functions of epidemiology is the nurse engaged in?
- Surveillance
- Linkages
- Evaluation
- Policy development correct answer Linkages
Reason:
- Surveillance: data collection, management, analysis, interpretation, and
dissemination relevant to public health treats.
- Evaluation: determining how well an intervention or program is functioning or
meeting expected goals and objectives.
- Policy development: Making recommendations and providing expert testimony
are activities associated with policy development.
,A community health nurse is calculating the number of deaths of school age
children in a county. Which of the following methods should the nurse use to
obtain this data?
- Case fatality rate
- Prevalence rate
- Cause-specific mortality rate
- Age-specific mortality rate correct answer Age-specific mortality rate
A community health nurse is calculating the top three causes of death in a county.
Which of the following mortality measures should the nurse use to obtain this
data?
- Crude mortality rate
- Proportionate mortality
- Case fatality
- Cause-specific mortality rate correct answer Cause-specific mortality rate
Reason:
- Crude mortality rate: an overall death rate of people of all ages and by all
causes.
- Proportionate mortality: proportion of death in a population is attributable to a
specific disease or cause (considers all causes)
- Case fatality: how deadly a specific disease is but not how many people have the
disease.
A community health nurse is educating a client about the implications of a false
negative result of a screening test. Which of the following statements by the
client indicates an understanding of a false negative screening?
, - "If I have a false negative screening, I may miss the opportunity for early
treatment."
- "If I have a false negative screening, I'll likely need more extensive testing."
- "If I have a false negative screening, I may undergo unnecessary treatment."
- "If I have a false negative screening, I may experience undue worry." correct
answer "If I have a false negative screening, I may miss the opportunity for early
treatment."
A community health nurse is educating a newly licensed nurse about sensitivity
and specificity using a two-by-two table. Which of the following statements by
the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the table related to false
negatives?
- "False negatives are represented in the table cell that indicates the person does
not have the disease and the test indicates disease."
- "False negatives are represented in the table cell that indicates the person does
not have the disease and the test does not indicate disease."
- "False negatives are represented in the table cell that indicates the person has
the disease and the test indicates the person has the disease."
- "False negatives are represented in the table cell that indicates the person has
the disease and the test does not indicate disease." correct answer "False
negatives are represented in the table cell that indicates the person has the
disease and the test does not indicate disease."
A community health nurse is preparing an in-service for staff to define the
conditions of causation in epidemiological studies. Which of the following
descriptions should the nurse use to define a temporal relationship to establish
causation?
- "A relationship is biologically possible, and it makes sense."
- "Increased exposure increases the risk of developing the disease."