NUR 443 EXAM VERIFIED ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
- MOST RECENT EDITION 2026/2027
1. During the incubation stage of infection, is the disease communicable
before symptoms are present?
ANSWER : False.
2. What primary prevention activity should be implemented during a
measles outbreak to prevent spread?
ANSWER : Provide education to community members regarding
measles infection and transmission.
3. What is the primary prevention of Lyme disease?
ANSWER : Educate residents to wear long-sleeved, light-colored
clothing to cover exposed areas when outdoors.
4. What is the best way to prevent the further spread of a sexually
transmitted infection on campus?
ANSWER : Ensure each person with a case of the STI gets treated and
completes treatment.
5. Which statement best describes an agent during its incubation
period?
ANSWER : Symptoms of disease mark the end of the incubation period.
6. Why are hospitals careful to sanitize surfaces and equipment after
surgery?
ANSWER : To decrease transmission by fomites.
7. Smallpox is officially classified as what type of infectious disease?
ANSWER : Eradicated.
8. Which characteristics best describe agents like COVID-19 that cause
pandemics?
ANSWER : High pathogenicity and high virulence.
9. Which statement does not accurately describe carriers of infectious
disease?
ANSWER : They are unable to spread the agent to others.
, 10.Quarantining exposed community members during an outbreak
controls which factor?
ANSWER : The human reservoir.
11.Who is essential in providing maintenance care for home health
clients?
ANSWER : Family caregivers.
12.Which patient would hospice care be most appropriate for?
ANSWER : A patient with metastatic breast cancer who has
discontinued chemotherapy.
13.Home health agencies are similar in terms of which requirement?
ANSWER : Conditions of Participation (COP) for Medicare and
Medicaid.
14.What may become necessary for nurses to ensure competence in
home health care?
ANSWER : Certification.
15.After completing an initial assessment, what step in the nursing
process should the home health nurse take?
ANSWER : Diagnosis.
16.Why is it important for home health nurses to document nursing
services provided?
ANSWER : Reimbursement is dependent on the provision of skilled
care.
17.What model of care focuses on symptom management at the end of
life?
ANSWER : Palliative care.
18.Which factors contribute to the challenge of family responsibility in
home health care?
ANSWER : Able family members with multiple obligations, number of
women working outside the home, and limited social support systems.
19.Which illness is the leading cause of school absences related to
chronic illness?
ANSWER : Asthma.
20.Coordinating therapy visits for a child with cerebral palsy is an
example of which school nurse role?
ANSWER : Case manager.
- MOST RECENT EDITION 2026/2027
1. During the incubation stage of infection, is the disease communicable
before symptoms are present?
ANSWER : False.
2. What primary prevention activity should be implemented during a
measles outbreak to prevent spread?
ANSWER : Provide education to community members regarding
measles infection and transmission.
3. What is the primary prevention of Lyme disease?
ANSWER : Educate residents to wear long-sleeved, light-colored
clothing to cover exposed areas when outdoors.
4. What is the best way to prevent the further spread of a sexually
transmitted infection on campus?
ANSWER : Ensure each person with a case of the STI gets treated and
completes treatment.
5. Which statement best describes an agent during its incubation
period?
ANSWER : Symptoms of disease mark the end of the incubation period.
6. Why are hospitals careful to sanitize surfaces and equipment after
surgery?
ANSWER : To decrease transmission by fomites.
7. Smallpox is officially classified as what type of infectious disease?
ANSWER : Eradicated.
8. Which characteristics best describe agents like COVID-19 that cause
pandemics?
ANSWER : High pathogenicity and high virulence.
9. Which statement does not accurately describe carriers of infectious
disease?
ANSWER : They are unable to spread the agent to others.
, 10.Quarantining exposed community members during an outbreak
controls which factor?
ANSWER : The human reservoir.
11.Who is essential in providing maintenance care for home health
clients?
ANSWER : Family caregivers.
12.Which patient would hospice care be most appropriate for?
ANSWER : A patient with metastatic breast cancer who has
discontinued chemotherapy.
13.Home health agencies are similar in terms of which requirement?
ANSWER : Conditions of Participation (COP) for Medicare and
Medicaid.
14.What may become necessary for nurses to ensure competence in
home health care?
ANSWER : Certification.
15.After completing an initial assessment, what step in the nursing
process should the home health nurse take?
ANSWER : Diagnosis.
16.Why is it important for home health nurses to document nursing
services provided?
ANSWER : Reimbursement is dependent on the provision of skilled
care.
17.What model of care focuses on symptom management at the end of
life?
ANSWER : Palliative care.
18.Which factors contribute to the challenge of family responsibility in
home health care?
ANSWER : Able family members with multiple obligations, number of
women working outside the home, and limited social support systems.
19.Which illness is the leading cause of school absences related to
chronic illness?
ANSWER : Asthma.
20.Coordinating therapy visits for a child with cerebral palsy is an
example of which school nurse role?
ANSWER : Case manager.
