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_____________ denotes a course of action to be followed by a
gov., business, or institution for an effect.
a) policy
b) laws
c) statuses
d) public health law Correct Answers a) policy
_____________ epidemiology focuses on the amount and
distribution of issues.
a) analytic
b) observational
c) descriptive
d) cross-sectional Correct Answers c) descriptive
________________ rates are the prevalence of new cases.
a) incidence
b) prevalence
c) crude
d) attack Correct Answers a) incidence
A client, accompanied by her son, spoke only Spanish while the
nurse did not. Which of the following actions should be taken by
the nurse to best meet the client's need?
a) Ask the woman if it's OK if the son translates for her
,b) Call until she finds a Spanish interpreter employed by the
agency
c) Let the son translate because he's obviously informed about
the problem
d) Use gestures and pantomime to make oneself clear Correct
Answers b) Call until she finds a Spanish interpreter employed
by the agency
A community composed of people who have common
characteristics is called a/an ____________
a) aggregate
b) individual
c) planned aggregate
d) geographic community Correct Answers a) aggregate
A food desert is a situation that occurs in which of the following
areas of environmental health?
a) built environment
b) food safety
c) healthy home
d) waste management Correct Answers b) food safety
A handicap is a disadvantage resulting from which of the
following listed below?
a) impairment
b) medical error
c) accident
d) error Correct Answers a) impairment
, A member of the Smith family lead her life by strictly adhering
to the Ten Commandments. Which one of the activity
orientations is being followed?
a) being
b) growing
c) doing
d) lineal relationships Correct Answers c) doing
A microscopic approach is focused on which of the following
listed below?
a) population
b) group
c) individual
d) community Correct Answers c) individual
A nurse from the local hospital reports a large number of
Hispanic patients who refuse intake of certain foods and fluids
because they are "hot" or "cold". This nurse states, "It doesn't
make sense to me. I can heat the food up as requested, and it is
still not eaten!" This nurse has not recognized that Hispanic
patients are acting according to what perspective about the cause
of illness?
a) biomedical
b) naturalistic
c) magicoreligious
d) scientific Correct Answers b) naturalistic