Ethical, Legal, & Policy Issues
In legal proceedings who would be the best to meet the standard for negligence with a nurse (hint: provider, attorney, another staff nurse at the facility, expert nurse witness)
What is another staff nurse at the facility
Public health nurses dispense medications (true or false)
What is false
Primary prevention interventions are targeting a ______ population
What is well
Secondary prevention interventions are targeting a ______ population
What is at risk
Tertiary prevention interventions are targeting a ______ population
What is a population with a health problem
Branch of government that makes sure laws follow the Constitution
What is Judicial
Identify 2 types of bioterrorism agents
Anthrax, Smallpox, Plague, Botulism, Ebola
ACEs are _______ in the context of public health
What are adverse childhood experiences
The precision, consistency, & repeatability of a measurement
What is reliability
Infection crossed continental lines
What is a pandemic
Branch of government where bills are introduced and laws are made.
What is legislative
Forensic nurses provide ________ informed care
What is trauma
Type of transmission with measles
What is airborne
First public health nurse in the U.S.
Who is Lillian Wald
Identify 5 STIs
What is Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Syphilis, HPV, HSV, HIV, Trichmoniasis
Institutional or systemic barriers preventing nurses from acting with integrity can lead to __________
What is moral distress
List 4 types of community health nurse practices
What is Forensic Nursing, School Nursing, Faith Community Nursing, Home Health/Hospice Nursing, Case Manager Nursing, Occupational Health Nursing
More than 90% of the population needs to be vaccinated to protect the unvaccinated
What is herd immunity
Occurrence of an infection beyond a normal expectancy in 1 region or community
What is an epidemic
Greatest risk factor for E Coli 0157:H7 (hemorrhagic)
What are petting zoos
Identify 5 ethical principles for nursing
What are beneficence, nonmaleficence, social justice, distributive justice, veracity, fidelity, autonomy, & utilitarianism
Type of care that provides temporary relief for caregivers who care for disabled or chronically ill clients.
What is respite care
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
What are physiological, safety, love & belonging, self esteem, & self actualization
People are diagnosed with ______ when they have a CD4 count < 200 cells/mm3 or if they have certain opportunistic infections
Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value are part of
What is validity