One of these things is not like the other...
Which one of these is not appropriate in determining the needs of a population or aggregate?
a)Demand for a service by the members of the population
b)Experts’ determination of what is needed
c)The nurse expertise or preference
c)The nurse expertise or preference
A patient with MRSA should be under this category of isolation precautions?
What is contact?
Fill in the blank:
Research shows that a healthy environment increases ___________ of life and years of healthy living.
What is quality?
Use the epidemiological triangle to solve:
An adolescent regularly consumes excessive amounts of alcoholic beverages. The parents are often not home, which would be the _______; the teen may be genetically predisposed to alcoholism, which would be the ______; and the alcohol content may be very high in the drinks, which would be the ______.
What is Environment, Host, and Agent?
A nurse provides teaching to diabetic patients on daily carbohydrate intake and foot inspections.
What is tertiary?
Disease already exists, education is aimed at preventing further severity of disease or disability.
Which of these is not an appropriate way to determine the needs of an aggregate?
a)Obvious health disparities between the advantaged and disadvantaged populations
b)Review of the literature to determine the typical needs of a typical community
c)Verbalized expression of need from the chosen aggregate
b)Review of the literature to determine the typical needs of a typical community
A patient gets sick with salmonella after eating egg-salad. In the epidemiological triangle, the salmonella is this factor.
What is the agent?
The increase in GMOs, food deserts in urban areas and on reservations, the widespread use of preservatives in processing, and the use of herbicides in agriculture are all examples of environmental issues related to the production of this necessity.
What is food?
This major public health issue should be a focus of community health nurses because it will assist most in decreasing premature deaths in developed countries.
What is tobacco-related illnesses/tobacco use?
*The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced. An estimated20% of premature death is related to tobacco per WHO. Alcohol-related illnesses, automobile accidents, and terrorism and war have less impact on premature deaths.
A school nurse is conducting vision and hearing screenings on all students in third grade.
What is secondary?
Screening to rule out or detect any issues.
These all share the same major category of isolation precautions except one.
Measles, Chicken Pox, Influenza, Botulism, COVID 19
What is Botulism?
All are airborne (particulate: measles/chicken pox, or droplet: influenza/covid 19)
A patient with measles should be placed under these precautions.
What are airborne?
A community health nurse is conducting an educational program on various environmental pollutants. The nurse should emphasize that clients with this disorder are especially vulnerable to ozone effects.
What is asthma?
To assess the general needs of a community through observation, the community health nurse may conduct this type of survey.
What is windshield?
A correctional nurse is teaching inmates about the importance of hygiene practices to promote health.
What is primary?
Early education and disease prevention.
These are not examples of social determinates used to assess a community except this:
The unemployment rate in the community.
The ratio of men to women in the community.
The accessibility to shopping malls.
The amount of trash that is picked up in a community.
What is the unemployment rate in the community?
Infectious diseases are different from other health problems, and a public health concern, because of their potential to do this.
What is spread?
*****Daily Double*****
Health care providers concerned over such social issues as mass transit, clean power, and the farming industry because this type of pollutant is a contributors to asthma and other health problems.
What is air?
This is the biggest source of carbon monoxide pollution in the community setting.
What is transportation/autos etc.?
A patient involved in an MVI is brought to the ER with abdominal trauma and a pelvic fracture. Blood is administered as part of the primary trauma care.
What is secondary?
Early treatment for an acute illness or injury is considered secondary.
This risk factor is least subject to modification:
Recreational activities, Environmental exposure, Nutritional options, or Lifestyle behaviors
What is environmental exposure?
A public health nurse notes a rapid and unexpected increase in the incidence of a disease. This would be considered to be this type of incidence.
What is an epidemic?
A child living in a neighborhood built in 1950 was brought to the clinic today with abdominal pain, fatigue, irritability, and loss of appetite. This likely cause will be assessed for first.
What is lead poisening?
What are tricyclics?
A nurse provides a pulmonology referral for a client with asthma.
What is tertiary?
Tertiary prevention reduces complications and disabilities experienced by clients who already have a medical illness. Providing referrals to a client with a chronic disease exemplifies tertiary prevention