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What is a community
a group of people who share some characteristic 
100

Who put a nurse in the public school?

Lillian Wald

100

Define vulnerability

weakness, exposed or at risk

100

Give an example of a population

Those with heart disease, nursing students in AR, people with brown hair 

100

How long can C-Diff spores live on inanimate objects?

5 months 

200

What are the three types of communities

geographic, common interest, solution 

200

What did Dorothea Dix advocate for

mental illness

200
Give one example of human, social, and environmental capital


human- jobs, income, housing, education; social- social support around you, marital status; environmental- access to and quality of healthcare

200

Which model is focused on interventions for public health nurses?

Minnesota Wheel

200
When was the last case of smallpox in the US?

1949

300

List 4 qualities of a healthy community

Economy, access to health care, housing, civic engagement, access to healthy food, safety, education

300
What was the Henry Street Settlement

provided food and medical care to the poorest of poor. Also reduced illness-caused employee absenteeism 

300
A child is in a group home awaiting foster care placement. By McKinney-Vento standards is this child homeless? 

Yes. McKinney-Vento defines homeless children as children that share housing, are abandoned in hospitals, awaiting foster care placement, living in motels, trailer parks or campgrounds.

300

when assessing a community for the first time, what should you look at FIRST?

morbidity and mortality 

300
How is measles transmitted?

airborne, droplet, contact with nasal or throat secretions

400

A nurse hosts a flu vaccination clinic in her community. What level of prevention is she practicing 

primary

400

Who spearheaded the Henry street settlement

Lillian Wald

400

Hannah, Arkansas is 61 miles from the nearest hospital. How would you define Hannah, Arkansas?

Frontier area 

400

What is official data and give one example

official data comes from a government entity. WHO, CDC

400

What is used to make a clinical diagnosis of mono?

viral capsid antigen, presenting symptoms, complete blood count

500

A nurse teaches a diabetic patient about the types of foods they should try to eat. What type of prevention is this?

tertiary 

500

When were local health departments created 

by 1955

500
what are 2 health problems migrants may face?

pesticide causes cancer; poor sanitation, poor nutrition, mental illness, infectious disease

500

What does the acronym PEARL stand for regarding priority planning

Propriety, economics, acceptability, resources, legality 

500

How is c-diff usually treated?

10 days of fidaxomicin or vancomycin