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| 1. |
You are comparing the current leading causes of death in the community to those at the beginning of the 20th century. Using your knowledge about the importance of looking at changing demographics, what was the leading cause of death in the United States in 1900? |
| A) |
Major cardiovascular-renal disease |
| B) |
Influenza and pneumonia |
| C) |
Tuberculosis |
| D) |
Gastritis, duodenitis, enteritis, and colitis |
| 2. |
You have to prepare a short presentation on the history of epidemiology of tuberculosis. Using your knowledge about the history of epidemiology, who first described pulmonary tuberculosis in detail? |
| A) |
Hippocrates of Cos |
| B) |
Aretaeus the Cappadocin |
| C) |
Claudius Galen |
| D) |
Susruta |
| 3. |
You have to prepare a short presentation on the history of epidemiology. Using your knowledge about the history of epidemiology, who is considered the first epidemiologist? |
| A) |
Hippocrates of Cos |
| B) |
Aretaeus the Cappadocin |
| C) |
Claudius Galen |
| D) |
Susruta |
| 4. |
You are making a graph for the new community health nurse orientation about the similarities between the nursing process and the epidemiologic process. Based on your knowledge of these important processes, what occurs in the epidemiologic process that is similar to the diagnosis phase of the nursing process? |
| A) |
Data are gathered from reliable sources. |
| B) |
Health care needs and assets are identified. |
| C) |
Goals and objectives for care are established. |
| D) |
Tentative hypothesis is formulated. |
| 5. |
The study of illness and causes of death in groups of people began in the 17th century. You have to prepare a short presentation on the history of epidemiology. Using your knowledge about the history of epidemiology, who was considered the founder of modern statistics? |
| A) |
William Farr |
| B) |
John Graunt |
| C) |
Florence Nightingale |
| D) |
John Snow |
| 6. |
You are preparing for the new community health nurse orientation about the care of individual and community clients. Using your knowledge about the community who has the best potential to link environmental exposure to illness and disease? |
| A) |
Nurse practitioner |
| B) |
Primary care provider |
| C) |
Medical examiner |
| D) |
Nurse |
| 7. |
As a community health nurse you know that early attempts to understand illness and disease focused on the study of the experiences of individual people. Using this knowledge, how would you define epidemiology to a group of nursing students? |
| A) |
An outbreak that occurs when there is an increased incidence of a disease beyond that which is normally found in the population |
| B) |
Model based on the belief that health status is determined by the interaction of the characteristics of the host, agent, and environment |
| C) |
Study of the distribution and determinants of states of health and illness in human populations |
| D) |
Epidemiologic model that strongly emphasizes the concept of multiple causation while de-emphasizing the role of agents in explain illness |
| 8. |
You are compiling data about the community for the last 12 months. Using your knowledge about epidemiology as a research methodology you have been asked to document rates. What is a rate? |
| A) |
Course of a disease or condition from the onset to resolution |
| B) |
Primary measurement used to describe either the occurrence or the existence of a specific state of health or illness |
| C) |
Probability or likelihood that a disease or illness will occur in a group of people who presently do not have the problem |
| D) |
Characteristics or events that have been shown to increase the probability that a specific disease or illness will develop |
| 9. |
You have to prepare a short presentation on the history of vital statistics. Using your knowledge about the fact that the study of illness in groups of people developed gradually, who analyzed the weekly reports of births and deaths in London and as a result these analyses became the precursor of modern vital statistics? |
| A) |
William Farr |
| B) |
John Graunt |
| C) |
Florence Nightingale |
| D) |
John Snow |
| 10. |
You have to prepare a short presentation on the history of epidemiology. Using your knowledge about population data, who was the best known epidemiologist of the 19th century who used population data and his own observations to investigate the epidemic of cholera that occurred from 1848 through 1854? |
| A) |
William Farr |
| B) |
John Graunt |
| C) |
Florence Nightingale |
| D) |
John Snow |
| 11. |
You are describing the classic model to the new community health care nurse. Using your knowledge that this model is based on the belief that health status is determined by the interaction of the characteristics of the host, agent, and environment, not by any single factor, what is this model commonly called? |
| A) |
Epidemiologic triad |
| B) |
Wheel of causation |
| C) |
Web of causation |
| D) |
Natural history |
| 12. |
During the orientation of the new community health nurse to your agency you are describing epidemiologic models. Using your knowledge about the various epidemiologic models, what model strongly emphasizes the concept of multiple causation while de-emphasizing the role of agents in explaining illness? |
| A) |
Epidemiologic triad |
| B) |
Wheel of causation |
| C) |
Web of causation |
| D) |
Natural history |
| 13. |
As the community health nurse you have to compile community programs based on primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention measures. Using your knowledge that Leavell and Clark developed a conceptual model for the natural history of any disease affecting humans, what is an example of tertiary prevention? |
| A) |
Prevent the onset of a disease in a population of well people |
| B) |
Focus on early diagnosis and prompt treatment of the disease |
| C) |
Focus on limiting and resulting disabilities of the disease |
| D) |
Rehabilitation measures that enable the individual to function at maximum capability |
| 14. |
You are making a graph for the new community health nurse orientation about the similarities between the nursing process and the epidemiologic process. Based on your knowledge of these important processes, what occurs in the epidemiologic process that is similar to the implementation phase of the nursing process? |
| A) |
Actions are initiated to achieve goals. |
| B) |
Actions are initiated to implement the plan. |
| C) |
Actions are evaluated and report prepared. |
| D) |
Further research is conducted if necessary. |
| 15. |
You have just completed a new client assessment on a patient in the community. Using your knowledge that a common process is to assess individuals for risk factors that have been associated with a disease or illness, what are risk factors? |
| A) |
Course of a disease or condition from the onset to resolution |
| B) |
Primary measurement used to describe either the occurrence or the existence of a specific state of health or illness |
| C) |
Probability or likelihood that a disease or illness will occur in a group of people who presently do not have the problem |
| D) |
Characteristics or events that have been shown to increase the probability that a specific disease or illness will develop |
| 16. |
You have to document the course of your client’s condition from the onset to resolution Using your knowledge about the natural history of most illnesses, what stages will be included in the documentation?
1. Pathological onset stage
2. Presymptomatic stage
3. Manifestation of clinical disease
4. Resolution |
| A) |
1, 2, 3 |
| B) |
1, 2, 4 |
| C) |
1, 3, 4 |
| D) |
2, 3, 4 |
| 17. |
You have been requested to investigate the outbreak of H1N1 in the community. Using your knowledge about epidemiologic research, what is an outbreak? |
| A) |
Course of a disease or condition from the onset to resolution |
| B) |
Primary measurement used to describe either the occurrence or the existence of a specific state of health or illness |
| C) |
Probability or likelihood that a disease or illness will occur in a group of people who presently do not have the problem |
| D) |
Characteristics or events that have been shown to increase the probability that a specific disease or illness will develop |
| 18. |
During the orientation of the new community health nurse to your agency you are describing epidemiologic models. Using your knowledge about the various epidemiologic models, what epidemiologic model de-emphasizes the agent as the sole cause of disease while emphasizing the interplay of physical, biological, and social environments? |
| A) |
Epidemiologic triad |
| B) |
Wheel of causation |
| C) |
Web of causation |
| D) |
Natural history |
| 19. |
You are preparing a chart to review epidemiologic statistics of the community. Using your knowledge that the primary way to demonstrate prevention or control of a health problem is to compare epidemiologic statistics, when should this review be done? |
| A) |
Before implementation of the health service |
| B) |
During and after implementation of the health service |
| C) |
Before and during implementation of the health service |
| D) |
Before and after implementation of the health service |
| 20. |
You have to prepare a short presentation on the history of epidemiology. Using your knowledge about history of statistics, who used statistics to improve public health in England? |
| A) |
William Farr |
| B) |
John Graunt |
| C) |
Florence Nightingale |
| D) |
John Snow |
Answer Key
| 1. |
A |
| 2. |
B |
| 3. |
A |
| 4. |
D |
| 5. |
A |
| 6. |
D |
| 7. |
C |
| 8. |
B |
| 9. |
B |
| 10. |
D |
| 11. |
A |
| 12. |
C |
| 13. |
D |
| 14. |
B |
| 15. |
D |
| 16. |
A |
| 17. |
A |
| 18. |
B |
| 19. |
D |
| 20. |
C |
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