Foundations of Nursing in the Community 4e by Marcia Stanhope
Foundations of Nursing in the Community 4e by Marcia Stanhope
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Chapter 09: Epidemiological Applications
Complete Chapter Questions With Answers
Sample Questions Are Posted Below
MULTIPLE CHOICE
| a. | Reviewing communicable disease statistics |
| b. | Determining factors contributing to childhood obesity |
| c. | Analyzing locations where family violence is increasing |
| d. | Documenting population characteristics for healthy older citizens |
ANS:Â B
Epidemiology refers not only to infectious epidemics but also to other health-related events. Analytic epidemiology looks at the etiology (origins or causes) of disease.
DIF:Â Â Â Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â REF:Â Â p. 151
| a. | Eliciting the health history of a client presenting with an illness |
| b. | Evaluating the number of clients presenting with similar diseases |
| c. | Performing a physical examination of an ill client |
| d. | Providing treatment and health education to a client with a disease |
ANS:Â B
Epidemiology differs from clinical medicine, which focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of disease in individuals. Epidemiology monitors the health of the population.
DIF:Â Â Â Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â REF:Â Â p. 151
| a. | She convinced other women to join her in giving nursing care to all the soldiers. |
| b. | She demonstrated that a safer environment resulted in decreased mortality rate. |
| c. | She obtained safe water and better food supplies and fought the lice and rats. |
| d. | She met with each soldier each evening to say goodnight, thereby giving psychological support. |
ANS:Â B
Nightingale examined the relationship between the environment and the recovery of the soldiers. Using simple epidemiological measures, she was able to show that improving environmental conditions and adding nursing care decreased the mortality rates of the soldiers. Nightingale used statistics to document decreased mortality rates when the environmental factors were improved.
DIF:Â Â Â Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â REF:Â Â p. 153
| a. | There is limited access to information useful to the nurse in giving care in the community. |
| b. | More paperwork and forms are required when giving care in the home. |
| c. | It is more challenging to control the environment in the community. |
| d. | Specialization isn’t possible in the community setting. |
ANS:Â C
In the community, nurses often use epidemiology, since the factors that affect the individual, family, and population group cannot be as easily controlled as in acute care settings. It is essentially impossible to control the environment in the community.
DIF:Â Â Â Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â REF:Â Â p. 154
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