Community Exam #2

Front 1

Fill in the blank:

_________ is being seen more and more in the community.

Back 1

MRSA

Front 2

Fill in the blank:
__________ is on the list of infectious disease notifiable at the national level and is most common world-wide.

Back 2

Malaria

Front 3

Fill in the blank:

________ of food supplies and changes in food processing & packing is one of the many factors that influence the emergence of infectious diseases.

Back 3

Globalization

Front 4

Who must be knowledgeable about preventing and controlling parasitic infectious; and need to be cognizant about what specimens to collect, how and when to collect, and what laboratory techniques to use?
a. Community nurses
b. Public health nurses
c. In-patient nurses
d. All of the above

Back 4

Public health nurses

Front 5

Administration of an antibody-containing preparation immune globulin or antiserum) is an example of what type of immunity - passive or active?

Back 5

Passive immunity

Front 6

The transference of antibodies from mother to infant is an example of what time of immunity - passive or active?

Back 6

Passive

Front 7

What is the most common vector-borne disease in the U.S.?

Back 7

Lyme Disease

Front 8

What is the highest case fatality rate of any known human infection in the U.S. caused by?

Back 8

Rabies

Front 9

What is the percentage of fatality rate of Rabies if left untreated?

Back 9

100%

Front 10

Fill in the blank:

The _____________ model implies that not only are there more variables, but the variables interact resulting in higher probability of illness. The relative risk for poor health is greater for vulnerable populations

Back 10

Web of causation

Front 11

Fill in the blank:
"the wide variations in health services and health status between certain population groups are called ________"

Back 11

Health disparities

Front 12

What is an approach that makes health care more readily available to certain population?

Back 12

Outreach

Front 13

What is a set of actions one takes on behalf of another?

Back 13

Advocacy

Front 14

What is the primary cause of vulnerability?

Back 14

Poverty

Front 15

Fill in the blank:
________ are more likely to be affected by poverty than other population group?

Back 15

Women

Front 16

"The measure of patient's ability to read, comprehend, and act on medical instructions" is the definition of?

Back 16

Health literacy

Front 17

Why are communities across the U.S. concerned about crime and violence rates?

Back 17

because of significant mortality and morbidity that often results.

Front 18

T/F
Nurses are required by law to report all cases of suspected child abuse

Back 18

True

Front 19

T/F
Suicide is more frequent among educationally disadvantage people than educated people

Back 19

False - suicide is more frequent among the educated people

Front 20

T/F:
Friends, acquaintances, or family members most often perpetrate homicides during an argument

Back 20

True

Front 21

What is the greatest risk factor for suicide in adult women?

Back 21

Spousal abuse

Front 22

T/F
Abusers were often beaten themselves or witnessed the beating of siblings or a parent

Back 22

True

Front 23

What is "the failure to provide adequate food, proper clothing, shelter, hygiene, or necessary medical care"?

Back 23

Physical neglect

Front 24

"the omission of basic nurturing, acceptance, and caring of a child" describe which of the following type of neglect:
a. physical neglect
b. emotional neglect
c. verbal abuse
d. physical abuse

Back 24

emotional neglect

Front 25

True/False:
Abusers often injure the distal parts of the body

Back 25

False:
Injuries to proximal parts of the body can easily be disguised by clothing.

Front 26

Choose one option:

Severity of abuse is most likely to ______ (increase/decrease) over time.

Back 26

increase

Front 27

What is the emotion that is often expressed as a response to an abusive relationship when it is over?

Back 27

Grief

Front 28

What is the definition of the oldest old?

Back 28

person over 85 y.o.

Front 29

True/False
Older people cannot learn and perform as well as younger people

Back 29

False
Older people can learn and perform as well as younger people, but they may be slower and it may take them longer to accomplish a specific task

Front 30

What is one common goal of nurses working with patients/clients with chronic care?

Back 30

to prevent complications

Front 31

Fill in the blank:
Theft or mismangement of (a)_______ or (b)_______ is an element of abuse

Back 31

a = money
b = resources

Front 32

What is the most common chronic condition experienced by older women?

Back 32

Arthritis

Front 33

What is the difference between dementia and delirium?

Back 33

Dementia = slow, progressive intellectual impairment.
Delirium = acute onset of confusion.

Front 34

What is the legal way for a client to designate someone else to make health care decisions when he or she is unable to do so?

Back 34

Durable power of attorney

Front 35

True/False:
Female spouses primarily provide caregiving for elders

Back 35

True

Front 36

What is On-Lok?

Back 36

a program for all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE)

Front 37

What is the purpose of On-Lok?

Back 37

keeps individuals in the community as long as medically, socially, and financially possible.

Front 38

The Social Security Administration defines a disabled person as?

Back 38

a person unable to engage in substantial gainful activity by reason of medically determinable physical or mental impairment

Front 39

What is the correct way to address someone with a disability?

Back 39

"a person with..." & NOT label a person according to their disability

Front 40

What are the 2 leading causes of severe disability?

Back 40

Brain injuries & spinal cord injuries

Front 41

Who would like to improve the health & wellness of persons with disabilities?

Back 41

The Surgeon General

Front 42

What is the most common type of reported abuse? Why?

Back 42

care related because disabled persons are more dependent on others for basic care.

Front 43

What are the other reasons for why care-related abuse is such a problem?

Back 43

difficulty in securing medical care, the limited treatment and care offered by the Western medicine, & the cost of conventional medicine.

Front 44

What is the specific focus of Health People 2010 (& 2020)?

Back 44

Health promotion & general well-being of children and adults with disabilities across the life span.

Front 45

Fill in the blank:
Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or function is referred to as _______.

Back 45

Impairment

Front 46

What is the term used to describe what happens when a parent perceives a child as being especially vulnerable and accesses professional care by describing the child's behaviors and developmental level as more problematic than they are?

Back 46

Developmental stifling

Front 47

Developmental disabilities start before what age?

Back 47

Age 22

Front 48

What is the most common disability found in the u.S. in persons 18 years and over?

Back 48

Arthritis

Front 49

Who are most often the caregivers in families with a child with a disability?

Back 49

Mothers

Front 50

What is the health promotion requirements of physically compromised clients?

Back 50

Need for information and counseling to ensure primary prevention of other health problems.

Front 51

What role is the nurse working as when she/he speaks on behalf of others who are unable to speak for themselves?

Back 51

Role of advocate

Front 52

What role is the nurse working as when she/he directs clients to the resources that can meet the clients' needs?

Back 52

Referral agent

Front 53

A nurse arranges for families to see social workers on the same day that they bring children to be followed up in a pediatric cardiology clinic is performing what kind of role?

Back 53

Coordinator.