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Epidemiology, nursing process and education
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One of the basic concepts in epidemiology is the concept of risk. Risk refers to the:
prevalence of an event occurring.
population most likely to develop a disease.
rate of development of new cases.
probability that an event will occur within a specified time period.
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In the epidemiology triangle what is the cause of disease or the causative organism?
Agent
Host
Environment
Target
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Which one is not a VARK learning style?
Visual
Reading/Writing
Auditory
Time of day you study
4
Nursing care is based on
Skills and understanding
Evidence based practice and research
compassion and courage
personal beliefs and professional training
5
Using multiple sources of evidence increases ____________of the evaluation of student learning
Validity and trustworthiness
Reliability and validity
Rigour and integrity
Trustworthiness and rigour
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What is the purpose of epidemiology?
To identify causes and patterns of disease in a population
Track hospital admission rates and ambulance response times
To determine how budgets are managed by governments
Monitor prescription medicines being administered by doctors
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Our purpose is to __________________ teachers and accelerate learning for all students.
beat
support
annoy
bribe
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The final step of the nursing process is:
Implementation
Evaluation
Assessment
Diagnosis/planning
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How might a learning objective be helpful to students?
it helps them finish their classwork
it gives them something to read before a lesson
it forces them to learn
to understand what they are learning and how they will learn
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What is epidemiology?
study of diseases in animals
Study of health statistics in different countries
Study of people and behaviours
Study of spread of infectious diseases in human population
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When counseling a traveler going to another country regarding diseases endemic to that country, the nurse is practicing:
Primary Prevention
Tertiary Prevention
Secondary Prevention
Disease Surveillance
12
Which learning style would benefit most by authentic learning?
Kinesthetic
Auditory
Intrapersonal
Visual
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Which one is NOT part of the 3 prongs of Evidence-Based Practice?
What I have always done
Clinical expertise
Best available evidence
Patient values
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Healthy People 2020 objectives provide a framework for:
diagnosis
assessment
treatment
prevention
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Epidemiology is used to evaluate the effectiveness of disease prevention.
False
True
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Developed epidemiology by using comparative rates to determine effectiveness of nursing care
John Snow
Florence Nightingale
Hippocrates
Lamuel Shattuck
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During the assessment phase of the nursing process, the nurse
gathers, organizes, & documents data in a logical database.
establishes a nursing diagnosis for the nursing care plan.
develops a care plan to meet the patient’s nursing needs.
begins to formulate plans for providing nursing intervention
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Which of these is NOT part of the epidemiology triangle?
Host
Vector
Environment
Agent
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A nurse is working as a public health nurse. What will be the nurse’s primary focus?
Health promotion
Individuals and families
Needs of a population
The individual as one member of a group
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Which of the following is incorrect about the evaluation process?
Requires assessment skills
Involves clinical decision making
It is only done when the patient's condition changes
It is ongoing
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What is the purpose of Healthy People 2020?
promotes health for those with chronic illnesses
promotes healthy development of children
emphasizes health promotion and disease prevention
ensures health insurance for those in need
22
Definition of nursing includes
Promotion
Prevention
All the above
Protection
23
Which one is not a recognised learning style theory?
Oppositional, Defiance, Disorder
Pragmatist, Reflector, Activist, Theorist
Accommodating, Diverging, Assimilating, Converging
Visual, Auditory, Kinaesthetic
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A general procedure involved in making evidence-based patient care decisions includes:
Forming a hypothesis
All of these
An evaluation of evidence
Reviewing the literature
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Why does a hospital use evidence-based practice (EBP) as its approach to nursing?
EBP helps determine the client's preferences for care.
EBP provides credibility of the profession.
Care cannot be given unless it is backed by research.
EBP assists in the evaluation of nurses' performance.
