Immunization
This Polio vaccine is given intramuscularly?
Answer: Inactivated Polio Vaccine
The repeated micro-trauma which accumulates over time resulting in injuries to nerves, tendons, ligaments, and muscles are classified as what types of injuries?
Repetitive Stress Injuries
Which stage of community development is considered fragile and the needs of the transitional stage understood?
Stage 2: The building stage
These types of health centres, services a population of about 4000 and offer basic Maternal and Child Health services, health education, family planning, immunization, nutrition, home visits and curative services. It is staffed by a Mid-wife Community Health Aids and a visiting Public Health Nurse.
Type 1 health centres
A student nurse assigned to a health centre asked the Community Health Nurse “ why do I have to go out to the clients’ homes, why can’t they come to the health centre?” What are 2 reasons the CHN can share with the student?
•To provide continuity of care
•Delinquency in follow-up
•To meet the client in his or her own environment
•Disease investigation (Contact tracing)
During the cold chain at what temperature is the MMR vaccines stored?
15 degrees C or lower
A factory line worker complains of tingling feeling in the left hand that moves to the forearm with occasional fiery pain, this condition is known as?
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
This type of community as common identifiable characteristics or attributes and may not necessarily have a geographical location.
Community of identity
The minimization of disability and restoration of health and preservative functions are found at what level of prevention?
Tertiary level of prevention
Establishing a shared perception of the purpose for the home visit, determining the willingness for the home visit and assessing the physical and environmental health status of the client describes which phase of the home visit process?
Phase 2: Pre-visit Phase
This disease highly contagious disease is also called rubeola, the symptoms include runny nose, fever and rash all over the body.
Measles
Trends in accidents, injuries and incidence of Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTDs) is an indication for what programme?
Effective Ergonomic Programmes
The mortality, morbidity rates and quality of life measures help to determine this status of a population.
Health Status
The ability to understand one’s feelings and cope with stress describes which dimension of health?
Emotional dimension of health
The establishment of a bond with the family and initiating of the interpersonal relationship would be considered what phase of the home visit process?
Phase 3: In-home phase or Professional phase
Diseases that have the greatest potential to cause high morbidity and/or mortality is classified as?
Class 1: notifiable diseases
The nurse who is working in a cement production company is asked to be apart of the team which is developing a comprehensive ergonomics programme. What are 4 components of this programme?
Recognition and Identification of Work-Related MSD Problems
Job or Worksite Evaluations
Implementation of Hazard Controls
Training and Education
The Community Nurse visits a rural community and observed that a number of the working-age members are unemployed, the children are not attending school and the roadways and buildings are in deplorable conditions. Which type of survey did the nurse employ?
Familiarization Assessment /windshield survey
The comprehensive and aggressive immunization programmes and school health programmes covered under the Immunization Act are components of which millennium developmental goal? (MDG)
MDG 4. Reduce Child Mortality
The CHN is preparing a teaching session for a group of student nurses who are about to conduct home visits, what are 4 principles of the home visit that the student nurses should know?
Preparation for home visiting is essential for a successful visit
There must be a set goal and objectives for the home visit
Establish and maintain rapport with the family.
Plan with the family rather than for the family
What medication is given to an infant that has an allergic reaction to the vaccine?
0.2 ml of adrenaline
The nurse is developing a proposal to implement a comprehensive ergonomics program for an aluminium production company, the nurse must include the benefits of the program. Four (4) such benefits are?
Improved health and safety of workers
Higher morale throughout the workplace
Improved quality
Improved productivity
For a community to be considered healthy and sustainable it must have these five (5) characteristics.
Outdoor air quality
Housing and Buildings
Local shops and services
Schools and other educational institutions
Economic Employment
What are 5 health services offered at a type 3 health centre?
•Family health, maternity, child health clinic
•Nutrition clinic
•STIs clinic
•family planning clinic
•Environmental
This theory describes the emotional and intellectual stages from childhood to retirement and the growing responsibilities that arise at certain stages in the life of the family.
Family Life Cycle Theory