Community and Public Health Nursing, Evidence for Practice 2nd Edition by Gail A. Harkness, Rosanna DeMarco
Community and Public Health Nursing, Evidence for Practice 2nd Edition by Gail A. Harkness, Rosanna DeMarco
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Chapter 14- Emerging Infectious Diseases
Complete Chapter Questions With Answers
Sample Questions Are Posted Below
| 1. | Your clinic patients respond negatively to the need for a yearly flu shot. They ask why the medical communities don’t just create one shot that will last for several years. You explain that | |
| A) | genetic changes occur in the flu virus each year resulting in new strains. | |
| B) | genetic changes make the flu virus resistant to the flu shot from year to year. | |
| C) | there is more than one strain of the flu virus and you must be protected from all of them. | |
| D) | the shots last only for 3 to 6 months and must be renewed on a yearly basis. | |
| 2. | Nursing students in an enclosed classroom begin to become ill with a gastrointestinal illness. The public health department identifies this occurrence as an emerging epidemic and isolates the population that is ill. According to microbial adaptation, the surviving student population will then | |
| A) | recover with adaptive organism reintroduction into the environment. | |
| B) | develop improved defenses against reinfection. | |
| C) | become hosts to the organism that is symbiotic in nature. | |
| D) | become carriers of the infection, ultimately leading to an epidemic. | |
| 3. | Three years post exposure to a virulent form of the flu, the same flu strain presents itself to the population. The public health department recognizes that there are members of the population that have not been exposed to the flu strain. What is the probability that the unexposed population will become ill? | |
| A) | The unexposed population will contract the illness. | |
| B) | The unexposed population is not likely to contract the illness. | |
| C) | The unexposed population will contract the illness and reinfect others. | |
| D) | The flu will reach epidemic proportions and both populations will become ill. | |
| 4. | There are many environmental factors that affect the life cycle of disease pathogens and their vectors. Which of the following factors can affect disease outbreaks? (select all that apply) | |
| A) | Temperature | |
| B) | Migration | |
| C) | Precipitation | |
| D) | Humidity | |
| E) | Heat intolerance | |
| 5. | Tent communities are constructed in a rural community by the American Red Cross after a disaster. Because of overcrowding, surrounding states create accommodations for the displaced and homeless. The survivors are accommodated in the cities of four southern states. What factors may increase the possibility of disease emergence in the cities? (select all that apply) | |
| A) | Poor hygiene | |
| B) | Decreased socialization | |
| C) | Poor sanitation | |
| D) | Decreased viral load | |
Answer Key
| 1. | A |
| 2. | B |
| 3. | B |
| 4. | A, C, D |
| 5. | A, C |
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