NUR 338 Exam Questions and All
Correct Answers.
Epidemic - Answer significant increase in a disease
Endemic - Answer numbers of disease within a population
Pandemic - Answer outbreaks around the globe
Humoral immunity: - Answer host carries antibodies
Cellular immunity - Answer specific to each type of cell
Natural immunity - Answer specifics-determined, innate resistance to an infectious agent
Active immunity - Answer exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to
produce antibodies to that disease
Passive immunity - Answer a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing
them through his or her own immune system
Acquired immunity - Answer derived from actual exposure to specific infectious agent, toxin
or appropriate vaccine
Herd immunity - Answer immunity in which a large proportion of people in a population are
not susceptible to a communicable disease and the few people who are susceptible will not
likely be exposed and contract the illness.
Basics of outbreak investigation - Answer 1. Prepare for field work
2. Establish the existence of an outbreak
3. Verify the diagnosis
4. Define and identify cases
5. Perform descriptive epidemiology
6. Develop hypotheses
7. Evaluate hypotheses
8. As necessary, reconsider/refine hypotheses and execute additional studies
, 9. Implement control and prevention measures
10. Communicate findings
Epidemiological investigation - Answer id who got sick, when they got sick, at what point it
happened, what made them sick?
Case Fatality Rate (CFR) - Answer Determines severity of outbreak
# of fatal cases/# of cases
Epidemic curve - Answer Plotted on graph
Shows # of cases on Y axis
X axis= date/time
Shows time elapsed from exposure to clinical symptoms
National Prevention Strategy - Answer ▪ prioritizes prevention by integrating
recommendations and actions across multiple settings to improve health and save lives
MAPP, community as a partner, public health nursing intervention wheel - Answer 6 Phases
1. Partnership
2. Visioning
3. Assessments:
▪ Residents
▪ Public health systems
▪ Community health
▪ Forces of change
4. Identifying Strategic Issues
5. Formulate goals and strategies
6. Action Cycle
Data collection methods - Answer Direct data
Report data
Direct data - Answer census figures, local agencies, community surveys, observations
report data - Answer community surveys, key informant interviews, resident interviews,
observations
Correct Answers.
Epidemic - Answer significant increase in a disease
Endemic - Answer numbers of disease within a population
Pandemic - Answer outbreaks around the globe
Humoral immunity: - Answer host carries antibodies
Cellular immunity - Answer specific to each type of cell
Natural immunity - Answer specifics-determined, innate resistance to an infectious agent
Active immunity - Answer exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to
produce antibodies to that disease
Passive immunity - Answer a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing
them through his or her own immune system
Acquired immunity - Answer derived from actual exposure to specific infectious agent, toxin
or appropriate vaccine
Herd immunity - Answer immunity in which a large proportion of people in a population are
not susceptible to a communicable disease and the few people who are susceptible will not
likely be exposed and contract the illness.
Basics of outbreak investigation - Answer 1. Prepare for field work
2. Establish the existence of an outbreak
3. Verify the diagnosis
4. Define and identify cases
5. Perform descriptive epidemiology
6. Develop hypotheses
7. Evaluate hypotheses
8. As necessary, reconsider/refine hypotheses and execute additional studies
, 9. Implement control and prevention measures
10. Communicate findings
Epidemiological investigation - Answer id who got sick, when they got sick, at what point it
happened, what made them sick?
Case Fatality Rate (CFR) - Answer Determines severity of outbreak
# of fatal cases/# of cases
Epidemic curve - Answer Plotted on graph
Shows # of cases on Y axis
X axis= date/time
Shows time elapsed from exposure to clinical symptoms
National Prevention Strategy - Answer ▪ prioritizes prevention by integrating
recommendations and actions across multiple settings to improve health and save lives
MAPP, community as a partner, public health nursing intervention wheel - Answer 6 Phases
1. Partnership
2. Visioning
3. Assessments:
▪ Residents
▪ Public health systems
▪ Community health
▪ Forces of change
4. Identifying Strategic Issues
5. Formulate goals and strategies
6. Action Cycle
Data collection methods - Answer Direct data
Report data
Direct data - Answer census figures, local agencies, community surveys, observations
report data - Answer community surveys, key informant interviews, resident interviews,
observations
