EPP 101 (EPP 101)

1. Which infection continues to increase in the United States? a. Measles b. Pertussis c. Hepatitis A, B, and C d. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) ANS: D Treatable STDs, such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis, are still occurring at significant rates. Gonorrhea had plateaued or declined until 2009 but increased steadily since that time. Chlamydia, the most commonly reported bacterial disease in the United States, reached 1,441,789 cases in 2014, although some of this increase i...

1. Which best describes what Lillian Wald suggested in regards to providing care to individuals and families? a. Public health nurses should encourage clients to join the Henry Street settlement for mutual growth and support among the families. b. Public health nurses should focus on providing care in the client’s home. c. Public health nurses should recognize the larger social and economic forces that the family cannot control. d. Public health nurses should try to understand that educ...

1. Which group of children is at the highest risk to have poor health? a. African American children living in a suburb b. Asian children living in an outer urban area c. Hispanic children living in the inner city d. White children living in a rural area ANS: C Significant disparities persist in health status of white children versus children of color. However, children living in suburban areas and most outer urban areas experience superior access to health services compared with children...

Community Public Health Nursing 7th Edition Nies Test BankChapter 12: Economics of Health CareNies: Community/Public Health Nursing, 7th EditionMULTIPLE CHOICE Which is the best definition of economics?1.a.Assets that can be traded for different assetsb.Income and outgo of moniesc.Science of allocation of resourcesd.Study of goods, services, talents, and transportationANS: CEconomics represents the science of allocation of resources. Resources are goods or services.The other definitions do not ...

1. A health care provider has charged more than what is allowed by a third-party payer. Which would most likely be the result? a. Provider may be removed from the list of providers for the third-party payer. b. The third-party payer will reexamine the payment for that procedure. c. Provider would get the typical payment instead of what was charged to the third-party payer. d. The third-party payer would be forced to increase its typical payment for that procedure. ANS: C Client service ...

1. A nurse has instructed a client several times what he needs to do to get better, but the client has not followed these instructions. Which offers the best explanation for this behavior? a. Barriers prevent action. b. The client does not understand. c. The client does not really care. d. Barriers prevent desire to change. ANS: A Often the patient is blamed and labeled as being noncompliant. It is more helpful to wonder what barriers interfered with the patient’s ability to engage in ...

1. An epidemiologist has written a summary of a food poisoning outbreak, including its cause and ways to prevent it from occurring in the future. Which best describes what has been done? a. Analytic epidemiology b. Descriptive epidemiology c. Prospective cohort study d. Retrospective cross-sectional survey ANS: B There are two principal types of epidemiology: (1) analytic epidemiology and (2) descriptive epidemiology. Descriptive epidemiology describes the amount and distribution of dise...

Chapter 04: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction Nies: Community/Public Health Nursing, 7th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A nurse reviewed information before meeting with the community residents who were attending a program on healthful living. Which best describes the action by the nurse? a. Disease prevention b. Health promotion c. Health improvement d. Specific protection ANS: B Health promotion is any combination of health education and related support for health behaviors. It is not ...

Which best describes how care can be appropriately given in a community?1.a.Provide individualized care to unique individuals as much as resources allow.b.Consider the community itself as the "client."c.Administer care according to the priorities of the local health department.d.Prioritize care for the sickest populations first.ANS: BAs it is clearly impossible and impractical to give service to each person in a community, thebest approach considers the community itself to be the unit of servi...