Chapter 12: Epidemiology

Chapter 12: Epidemiology

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. To understand the causes of health and disease, epidemiology studies:

ANS:   D

Epidemiology monitors health of populations, understands determinants of health and disease in communities, and investigates and evaluates interventions to prevent disease and maintain health. Epidemiology does not focus on individuals, families, and groups.

DIF:    Cognitive level: Understanding         REF:    p. 258

TOP:    Nursing process: Assessment

MSC:   NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

2. The factors, exposures, characteristics, and behaviors that determine patterns of disease are described using:

ANS:   D

Determinants are the factors, exposures, characteristics, and behaviors that determine patterns of disease, which may be individual, relational, social, communal, or environmental. Descriptive epidemiology seeks to describe the occurrence of a disease in terms of person, place, and time. Analytic epidemiology focuses on the investigation of causes and associations. Distribution describes who has the disease and where and when the disease occurs.

DIF:    Cognitive level: Remembering          REF:    p. 258

TOP:    Nursing process: Assessment

MSC:   NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

3. An epidemiologist wants to know what caused severe diarrhea and vomiting in several people at a local banquet. Which of the following principles is being applied in this situation?

ANS:   B

Analytic epidemiology is directed toward understanding the etiology of the disease. Descriptive epidemiology seeks to describe the occurrence of a disease in terms of person, place, and time. Distribution describes who has the disease and where and when the disease occurs. Determinants are the factors, exposures, characteristics, and behaviors that determine patterns of disease, which may be individual, relational, social, communal, or environmental.

DIF:    Cognitive level: Applying                  REF:    pp. 258-259

TOP:    Nursing process: Assessment

MSC:   NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Safety and Infection Control

4. A nurse states that she has been reading about an epidemic that has been occurring in the world. Which of the following is she most likely referring to?

ANS:   B

It is estimated that 30% of the adults in the United States are obese. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this is an epidemic. The other examples are not epidemics.

DIF:    Cognitive level: Applying                  REF:    p. 259

TOP:    Nursing process: Assessment

MSC:   NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care