NUR 426 Knowledge quiz
The PHN recognizes that environmental science, epidemiology, biostatistics, biomedical
sciences, and ____ form the foundational subjects of public health.
Economics
The humanities
Social and behavioral sciences
Anthropology - answerSocial and behavioral sciences
A nursing student is studying public health. She learns that, according to C. E. A.
Winslow's definition, some of the goals of public health include disease prevention,
promoting health, control of communicable infections, and __________________.
Risk assessment for disease
Promotion of primary care
Organization of medical and nursing services for the early diagnosis and preventive
treatment of diseaseGovernmental safety regulations - answerOrganization of medical
and nursing services for the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of disease
As a PHN in a small local public health department, you understand that based on
federal mandates your public health department routinely performs all but which of the
following?
Surveillance of disease at the local level
Investigation of disease outbreaks
Licensing of local hospitals
Quarantine - answerLicensing of local hospitals
Based on the social-ecological model of health, which of the following are components
of health? (Select all that apply.)
Physical environments
Social environments
Social relations
Political systems
Health-care systems - answerPhysical environments
Social environments
Social relations
The public health nurses (PHNs) within the public health department (PHD)
experiencing a measles outbreak decide to do public service announcements (PSAs) on
The PHN recognizes that environmental science, epidemiology, biostatistics, biomedical
sciences, and ____ form the foundational subjects of public health.
Economics
The humanities
Social and behavioral sciences
Anthropology - answerSocial and behavioral sciences
A nursing student is studying public health. She learns that, according to C. E. A.
Winslow's definition, some of the goals of public health include disease prevention,
promoting health, control of communicable infections, and __________________.
Risk assessment for disease
Promotion of primary care
Organization of medical and nursing services for the early diagnosis and preventive
treatment of diseaseGovernmental safety regulations - answerOrganization of medical
and nursing services for the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of disease
As a PHN in a small local public health department, you understand that based on
federal mandates your public health department routinely performs all but which of the
following?
Surveillance of disease at the local level
Investigation of disease outbreaks
Licensing of local hospitals
Quarantine - answerLicensing of local hospitals
Based on the social-ecological model of health, which of the following are components
of health? (Select all that apply.)
Physical environments
Social environments
Social relations
Political systems
Health-care systems - answerPhysical environments
Social environments
Social relations
The public health nurses (PHNs) within the public health department (PHD)
experiencing a measles outbreak decide to do public service announcements (PSAs) on
