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CMAN 380 Exam 3 Questions and Correct
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Name the first nurse epidemiologist who pioneered the use of
statistics to improve public health.
A. Dorothea Dix
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Lillian Wald
D. Sue Barton
Ans: B. Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale used statistics to show changes in
outcomes as hospital conditions during the war improved
because of nurses.
The nurse noted that 15 people became very ill while eating at the
school banquet for the basketball team. To calculate the rate of illness,
what other fact does the nurse need?
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A. How many athletes were honored for being on the team
B. How many parents and family members attended the banquet
C. How many people ate at the banquet
D. What foods were served at the banquet
E. Who prepared and served the food at the banquet
Ans: C. How many people ate at the banquet
To be able to calculate the rate, the nurse needs to know how
many became ill (15) out of the total population (the missing
number) at the event. Therefore the nurse needs to know how
many people ate at the banquet.
A rate might be accurately defined as:
A. Another term for ratio.
B. A way of determining the incidence of disease in a group.
C. A way to make comparisons among equal-size populations.
D. The number of events divided by the number of persons at risk.
Ans: D. The number of events divided by the number of
persons at risk.
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A rate is a numerator of the actual number of events and a
denominator of the total population at risk converted to a
standard base to permit comparisons between various
population groups of whatever size.
The nurse was asked whether the agency should focus on young single
moms in Two Oaks or Centerville. Two Oaks had 50 single moms in a
village of 4000 persons, whereas Centerville had 150 single moms in an
urban area of 15,000 people. What would be the best reply?
A. As the nurse can be helpful to either neighborhood, the nurse can
choose.
B. The nurse needs more data.
C. The nurse should choose to focus on single moms in Centerville
D. The nurse should choose to focus on single moms in Two Oaks.
Ans: D. The nurse should choose to focus on single moms in
Two Oaks.
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It is apparent that Two Oaks has a higher rate of single moms
than Centerville does. Nurses must focus on high -risk groups—
and the single moms in Two Oaks are at higher risk.
What was one of the first public health measures legislated by the U.S.
federal government?
A. Fund local government provision of safe water.
B. Use the power to impose quarantine.
C. Inspect restaurants, bars, and other public eating facilities.
D. Regulate disposal of waste (garbage and feces).
E. Require pasteurization of all milk.
Ans: B. Use the power to impose quarantine.
Quarantine was the first measure used on a federal level to
restrict spread of infectious diseases.
Jacob Henle developed scientific criteria to link an organism to its
specific disease. What are his criteria, which we still use today?
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CMAN 380 Exam 3 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Name the first nurse epidemiologist who pioneered the use of
statistics to improve public health.
A. Dorothea Dix
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Lillian Wald
D. Sue Barton
Ans: B. Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale used statistics to show changes in
outcomes as hospital conditions during the war improved
because of nurses.
The nurse noted that 15 people became very ill while eating at the
school banquet for the basketball team. To calculate the rate of illness,
what other fact does the nurse need?
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A. How many athletes were honored for being on the team
B. How many parents and family members attended the banquet
C. How many people ate at the banquet
D. What foods were served at the banquet
E. Who prepared and served the food at the banquet
Ans: C. How many people ate at the banquet
To be able to calculate the rate, the nurse needs to know how
many became ill (15) out of the total population (the missing
number) at the event. Therefore the nurse needs to know how
many people ate at the banquet.
A rate might be accurately defined as:
A. Another term for ratio.
B. A way of determining the incidence of disease in a group.
C. A way to make comparisons among equal-size populations.
D. The number of events divided by the number of persons at risk.
Ans: D. The number of events divided by the number of
persons at risk.
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A rate is a numerator of the actual number of events and a
denominator of the total population at risk converted to a
standard base to permit comparisons between various
population groups of whatever size.
The nurse was asked whether the agency should focus on young single
moms in Two Oaks or Centerville. Two Oaks had 50 single moms in a
village of 4000 persons, whereas Centerville had 150 single moms in an
urban area of 15,000 people. What would be the best reply?
A. As the nurse can be helpful to either neighborhood, the nurse can
choose.
B. The nurse needs more data.
C. The nurse should choose to focus on single moms in Centerville
D. The nurse should choose to focus on single moms in Two Oaks.
Ans: D. The nurse should choose to focus on single moms in
Two Oaks.
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It is apparent that Two Oaks has a higher rate of single moms
than Centerville does. Nurses must focus on high -risk groups—
and the single moms in Two Oaks are at higher risk.
What was one of the first public health measures legislated by the U.S.
federal government?
A. Fund local government provision of safe water.
B. Use the power to impose quarantine.
C. Inspect restaurants, bars, and other public eating facilities.
D. Regulate disposal of waste (garbage and feces).
E. Require pasteurization of all milk.
Ans: B. Use the power to impose quarantine.
Quarantine was the first measure used on a federal level to
restrict spread of infectious diseases.
Jacob Henle developed scientific criteria to link an organism to its
specific disease. What are his criteria, which we still use today?
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