The aim to remove a disease from a large geographic area is called 1. Prevention 2. Control 3. Elimination 4. Eradication ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 3 The aim to remove a disease from a large geographic area is called elimination.
Date: October 9th, 2020
Requirements for disease reporting in the United States are mandated by 1. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2. Federal laws 3. State laws and regulations 4. County health departments ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 3 Requirements for disease reporting in the United States are mandated by state laws and regulations.
Date: October 9th, 2020
The nurse teaches food handlers to wash utensils after contact with raw meat. This prevention focuses on the 1. Agent 2. Host 3. Environment 4. Food handler ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 3 Teaching food handlers to wash utensils after contact with raw meat is a prevention that focuses on the environment.
Date: October 9th, 2020
An example of a vertical transmission of a disease is through 1. Breast milk 2. Sexual transmission 3. Mosquitoes 4. Contaminated food ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 1 Vertical transmission is the passing of infection from parent to offspring via sperm, placenta, milk, or contact in the vaginal canal at birth.
Date: October 9th, 2020
The transference of antibodies from mother to infant is known as 1. Active immunity 2. Passive immunity 3. Natural immunity 4. Horizontal transmission ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 2 This also occurs by administration of an antibody-containing preparation (immune globulin or antiserum).
Date: October 9th, 2020
A constant presence of a disease within a population is referred to as 1. Epidemic 2. Pandemic 3. Endemic 4. Herd immunity ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 3 A constant presence of a disease within a population is referred to as an endemic.
Date: October 9th, 2020
An example of a vector is 1. Contaminated water 2. A tick 3. A dirty needle 4. An infected person ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 2 Vectors transmit the infectious agent by biting or depositing the infective material near the host.
Date: October 9th, 2020
Vaccines are one of the most important methods of controlling and preventing communicable diseases. Because many children receive their immunizations at public health departments, nurses play a major role in the effort to increase immunization coverage of infants and toddlers. Which of the following is often a role of public health nurses? 1. Reading the […]
Date: October 9th, 2020
Methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is still largely a hospital-acquired infection. Community health nurses should know 1. Persons with MRSA usually have a chronic illness. 2. MRSA is still a nosocomial (health-care acquired) infection and not often seen in the community. 3. VRE (Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) follows MRSA. 4. MRSA is becoming more common […]
Date: October 9th, 2020
A nurse is working in a health department when a patient arrives who has been traveling to South America. Malaria is diagnosed. The nurse knows 1. The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report should be consulted to investigate the rate of malaria in the United States 2. This is a disease that must be reported to […]
Date: October 9th, 2020
