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Community Week 4_KLIPPMANN
Community Week 4_KLIPPMANN
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Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases; Community Assessment, Education and Program Planning
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Which examples should the nurse identify as secondary data?
Birth statistics
Previous health survey results
Health records
Community forum
Windshield survey
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What demonstrates a creative strategy for implementing EBP that includes quality, equal distribution & cost control?
Adopting quality indicators for evaluating websites claiming to contain EBP
Making decisions on behalf of the community
Avoiding the issue of community politics
Creating the role of a knowledge manager
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Community-oriented nurses use EBP most effectively when they do which of the following?
Work with physicians to design client care guidelines for community clinics
Make client care decisions using the latest nursing research findings
Inform community that the accepted standards of care need to be universal
Base care on guidelines, involve pts in decisions & include community input
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Which of the following statements demonstrates an epidemiologic strategy for monitoring disease trends?
A nurse participates on a county school board that addresses student health
A nurse organizes a health fair at the community health center
A nurse investigates a breakout of whooping cough in a local middle school
A nurse conducts a class for clients newly diagnosed with diabetes
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The nurse must ensure that the application of the best available evidence to improve practice is also:
accessible and diverse
reasonable and deliverable in a timely fashion
competent and compliant
culturally and financially appropriate
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A nurse is completing a needs assessment and beginning analysis of data. Which actions should the nurse take first?
Determine health patterns within collected data
Compile collected data into a database
Ensure data collection is complete
Identify health needs of the local community
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Evidence-based public health utilizes which of the following guidelines?
Judicious use of the Internet for use of evidence
Application of program planning frameworks
Decision making for the community served
Disseminating what has been learned
Conducting sound evaluations
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The highest level of evidence gathering in evidence-based practice is:
clinical knowledge and judgment
double-blind randomized clinical trials
expert opinions
case-controlled reports
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the nurse should include which of the following illnesses as airborne?
Salmonellosis
Cholera
TB
Malaria
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A nurse is preparing to conduct a windshield survey. Which data should be collected as a component of this assessment
Presence of public protection
Natural community boundaries
Prevalence of disease
Ethnicity of community members
Individuals who hold power within the community
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A nurse is planning a community health program. Which actions should the nurse include as part of the evaluation plan?
Gain approval for the program from local leaders
Compare program impact to similar programs
Establish a timeline for implementation of interventions
Determine availability of resources to initiate the plan
12
nursing is slow in developing EBP in the community because of the lack of understanding in links between EBP and?
research design
evidence gathering
research use
research funding
13
Which of the following tools are used in analytic epidemiology?
Clinical trials
Cross-sectional study
Case-control study
Cohort study
Community trials
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The nurse’s concern about the accuracy of the PPD test in identifying cases of TB is addressing the validity measure of:
reliability
specificity
sensitivity
variation
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One of the basic concepts in epidemiology is the concept of risk. Risk refers to the:
population most likely to develop a disease
prevalence of an event occurring
probability that an event will occur within a specified time period
rate of development of new cases
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When applying EBP, community-oriented nurses are primarily obligated to ensure that evidence applied to practice is:
limited to research findings
contains cost and reduces legal liability
. applied as a universal remedy
acceptable to the community
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using EBP to evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, & quality of services is the core public function of?
assessment
policy development
assurance
research
18
Which of the following learning strategies should the nurse include for clients who are auditory learning?
Supplying outlines for note-taking
Facilitating small group discussions
Providing equipment to practice hands-on skills
Showing photographs of sites for injection
19
Which interventions about reducing obesity affects the environment, according to the epidemiological triangle?
Measure clients’ BMI
Provide low-fat meal options at public schools
Ask affected adults to keep a diary of food intake
Determine whether clients have a family history of obesity
20
When discussing the epidemiological triangle, the nurse should include which of the following factors as agents?
Altered immunity
Ethnicity
Bacteria
Toxins
Resource availability
21
assisting a family in implementing removing carpets and avoiding pets for asthma triggers is intervening at the level:
tertiary prevention
secondary prevention
assessment
primary prevention
22
A pt's flu symptoms after 1 day returning by air from another country illustrates the relationship between:
risk and causality
host and agent
host, agent, and environment
morbidity and disease
23
Which statements reflect the most significant concerns of nurses in the community-focused setting in implementing EBP?
EBP requires little support
EBP requires compliance by the client
EBP questions long-standing nursing practice
Lack of resources
EBP demands change
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Clinical medicine and epidemiology differ from each other in the major aspect of:
determinants of health and disease
practice focus
health monitoring
evaluation of interventions
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Which data collection methods is being used when having direct conversations with individual members of the community?
Key informant interviews
Participant observation
Health surveys
Focus groups
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Analytic epidemiology differs from descriptive epidemiology because it searches for:
“when” of disease patterns
“where” of disease patterns
“why” of disease patterns
“who” of disease patterns