Epidemiology and Prevention Measures in Nursing

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What term refers to 'the study of the occurrence and distribution of health-related states of events in specified populations'?

  • Biologic plausibility
  • Epidemiology (correct)
  • Nosology
  • Susceptibility

What strategy best fits the goal of a primary prevention measure for the school-aged population against a communicable disease?

  • Administering tuberculosis (TB) medications to children with the disease
  • Counselling families about ways to treat head lice
  • Case finding children who may have been exposed to a teacher with hepatitis A
  • Working toward achieving high immunization rates for Hepatitis B (correct)

What term best describes a nurse's actions when they look at society by considering the needs and realities of both men and women?

  • Gender bias
  • Gender inequity
  • Gender views (correct)
  • Gender binary

What agency in Canada is responsible for collating all the notifiable communicable disease reports?

<p>Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was Mrs. Crowfoot likely to have experienced during her time at a residential school in northern Alberta in the 1960s?

<p>Hunger and isolation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the primary focus of epidemiology?

<p>Analyzing the distribution and determinants of health-related events in populations (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following diseases would require a nurse in Canada to complete a notifiable disease report?

<p>AIDS, measles, pertussis, tuberculosis (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of passive surveillance in disease monitoring?

<p>A family doctor reporting a positive case of West Nile Virus to a local health authority (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which classification system represents the public health program's classification of communicable diseases?

<p>Respiratory, zoonotic, water borne (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How will Herpes Simplex Virus be treated at the time of an outbreak?

<p>Antiviral medication (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which statement accurately represents the term 'vertical transmission' in the context of infectious diseases?

<p>An HIV positive female transmitting HIV to her infant (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

A nurse is working with the school-aged population during the prepathogenesis period. What primary prevention activity would promote the health of this population?

<p>Teaching handwashing and respiratory hygiene (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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