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6 N301 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED UPDATED 2025/2026
Terms in this set (26)
"an infectious disease transmissible (as from
communicable disease person to person) by direct contact with an
affected individual or the individual's
discharges or by indirect means (as by a
vector) — compare contagious disease. Merriam
Webster dictionary"
>> Legislative mandate
>> Prevent
Community Health >> Limit transmission
Nursing role in
Communicable
>> Protect
Disease control
>> Management of outbreaks
>> Endemic
Outbreaks of disease >> Epidemic
>> Pandemic
Disease presence in a defined geographical area or
Endemic population
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e.g. TB in foreign born residents in Canada
Disease rates higher then normally expected
Epidemic
e.g. influenza
Disease spread larger number, world wide
Pandemic
e.g. H1N1
>> Mortality reduction - Saved more lives than
any other medical intervention in past 50 years
Major Impact of Vaccines
>> Population growth
>> Small pox
2 diseases eradicated by
vaccines >> Polio
BC Guiding Framework: Goal 4: communicable disease prevention -
Goal 4 preventing and reducing communicable disease
transmission and reducing associated morbidity
and mortality
2 year old immunization how well are 2 year olds being immunized
rates >> 69 - 70% in BC
>> incidence
Measurements of disease >> incidence rate
>> prevalence
incidence the occurrence of new events in a population over a
period of time
Incidence rate the occurrence of new events in a population
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6 N301 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED UPDATED 2025/2026
Terms in this set (26)
"an infectious disease transmissible (as from
communicable disease person to person) by direct contact with an
affected individual or the individual's
discharges or by indirect means (as by a
vector) — compare contagious disease. Merriam
Webster dictionary"
>> Legislative mandate
>> Prevent
Community Health >> Limit transmission
Nursing role in
Communicable
>> Protect
Disease control
>> Management of outbreaks
>> Endemic
Outbreaks of disease >> Epidemic
>> Pandemic
Disease presence in a defined geographical area or
Endemic population
https://quizlet.com/ca/433288819/6-n301-communicable-disease- 1/
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, 8/21/25, 8:30
AM
e.g. TB in foreign born residents in Canada
Disease rates higher then normally expected
Epidemic
e.g. influenza
Disease spread larger number, world wide
Pandemic
e.g. H1N1
>> Mortality reduction - Saved more lives than
any other medical intervention in past 50 years
Major Impact of Vaccines
>> Population growth
>> Small pox
2 diseases eradicated by
vaccines >> Polio
BC Guiding Framework: Goal 4: communicable disease prevention -
Goal 4 preventing and reducing communicable disease
transmission and reducing associated morbidity
and mortality
2 year old immunization how well are 2 year olds being immunized
rates >> 69 - 70% in BC
>> incidence
Measurements of disease >> incidence rate
>> prevalence
incidence the occurrence of new events in a population over a
period of time
Incidence rate the occurrence of new events in a population
https://quizlet.com/ca/433288819/6-n301-communicable-disease- 2/
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