NUR 412 EPI QUESTIONS & ANSWERS SOLVERD 100%
CORRECT.
Which of the following are characteristics commonly found in blue zones?
(Select all that apply.) Answer - A sense of purpose
Regular physical activity
Right tribe
Mindful eating
Which of the following statements about chronic physical health conditions is
FALSE? Answer - Reporting of chronic physical health problems is mandatory
Which of the following chronic illnesses results in the greatest mortality in the
U.S.? Answer - heart disease
The community health nurse is conducting screening for hearing defects at a
local health fair. This is an example of: Answer - Secondary prevention
Which of the following examples of essential public health services falls within
the core function of assessment? Answer - A population health nurse makes
home health visits to investigate toxic exposures from a nearby park
Fluoridation of water would be an example of a population-level: Answer -
Primary prevention strategy
,A population health nurse is working to distribute clean syringes to drug
abusing sex workers. This is an example of which of the following? Answer -
Primary prevention
Which of the following is true regarding communities of common interest?
Answer - It is a group of people that have common interests that bind them
together
Which of the following is a characteristic of community health nursing? Answer
- It is grounded in social justice
A nurse teaches the importance of folic acid to a group of pregnant women.
This is considered which level of preventive care? Answer - Primary prevention
City ordinances that designate indoor smoking as illegal are an example of
which core function of public health? Answer - Policy development
A population health nurse has made a personal goal of working to educate
pregnant women about having healthy pregnancies and proper care of
newborns. This example aligns most appropriately with which of the goals of
Healthy People 2020? Answer - Promote quality of life, healthy development
and health behaviors across all life stages.
When speaking at a forum on community health, the public health nurse
expresses concern over chronic disease because: (Select all that apply.) Answer
- Chronic disease morbidity is on the rise
Some chronic disease is appearing at younger ages
Approximately half of the population has at least one chronic condition
Many individuals with chronic illness have more than one chronic condition
Chronic illnesses are very costly for the community
, Which of the following examples represents the core function of assessment?
Answer - Reporting a new case of cancer to the national cancer registry
Which of the following is NOT a core function of public health? Answer -
Health promotion
A population health nurse has identified an increase incidence in cases of
myocardial infarction in her community in the last year. He/she is working on
an initiative to improve the population's access to primary care clinics so that
services like screenings for hypertension and hyperlipidemia can be more easily
procured. The essence of this initiative falls under which core function of public
health? Answer - Assurance
one of the fundamental premises underlying the study of epidemiology is...
Answer - disease and illness patterns can be measured
A new screening test is developed to identify early stage pancreatic cancer.
Unfortunately, the condition is still considered incurable. What are potential
consequences of this new test? (Select all that apply.) Answer - prevalence will
increase
incidence will increase
A population health nurse wants to determine the cause of a rare neurological
disorder. Which study design would be most appropriate? Answer - Case-
control study
Using your knowledge of the natural history of a condition, at which stage of
the condition would you target primary prevention efforts? Answer -
Susceptibility stage
CORRECT.
Which of the following are characteristics commonly found in blue zones?
(Select all that apply.) Answer - A sense of purpose
Regular physical activity
Right tribe
Mindful eating
Which of the following statements about chronic physical health conditions is
FALSE? Answer - Reporting of chronic physical health problems is mandatory
Which of the following chronic illnesses results in the greatest mortality in the
U.S.? Answer - heart disease
The community health nurse is conducting screening for hearing defects at a
local health fair. This is an example of: Answer - Secondary prevention
Which of the following examples of essential public health services falls within
the core function of assessment? Answer - A population health nurse makes
home health visits to investigate toxic exposures from a nearby park
Fluoridation of water would be an example of a population-level: Answer -
Primary prevention strategy
,A population health nurse is working to distribute clean syringes to drug
abusing sex workers. This is an example of which of the following? Answer -
Primary prevention
Which of the following is true regarding communities of common interest?
Answer - It is a group of people that have common interests that bind them
together
Which of the following is a characteristic of community health nursing? Answer
- It is grounded in social justice
A nurse teaches the importance of folic acid to a group of pregnant women.
This is considered which level of preventive care? Answer - Primary prevention
City ordinances that designate indoor smoking as illegal are an example of
which core function of public health? Answer - Policy development
A population health nurse has made a personal goal of working to educate
pregnant women about having healthy pregnancies and proper care of
newborns. This example aligns most appropriately with which of the goals of
Healthy People 2020? Answer - Promote quality of life, healthy development
and health behaviors across all life stages.
When speaking at a forum on community health, the public health nurse
expresses concern over chronic disease because: (Select all that apply.) Answer
- Chronic disease morbidity is on the rise
Some chronic disease is appearing at younger ages
Approximately half of the population has at least one chronic condition
Many individuals with chronic illness have more than one chronic condition
Chronic illnesses are very costly for the community
, Which of the following examples represents the core function of assessment?
Answer - Reporting a new case of cancer to the national cancer registry
Which of the following is NOT a core function of public health? Answer -
Health promotion
A population health nurse has identified an increase incidence in cases of
myocardial infarction in her community in the last year. He/she is working on
an initiative to improve the population's access to primary care clinics so that
services like screenings for hypertension and hyperlipidemia can be more easily
procured. The essence of this initiative falls under which core function of public
health? Answer - Assurance
one of the fundamental premises underlying the study of epidemiology is...
Answer - disease and illness patterns can be measured
A new screening test is developed to identify early stage pancreatic cancer.
Unfortunately, the condition is still considered incurable. What are potential
consequences of this new test? (Select all that apply.) Answer - prevalence will
increase
incidence will increase
A population health nurse wants to determine the cause of a rare neurological
disorder. Which study design would be most appropriate? Answer - Case-
control study
Using your knowledge of the natural history of a condition, at which stage of
the condition would you target primary prevention efforts? Answer -
Susceptibility stage
