Public Health Nursing Population Centered Health Care in the Community 9th Edition by Marcia Stanhope
Public Health Nursing Population Centered Health Care in the Community 9th Edition by Marcia Stanhope
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Chapter 24: Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
Complete Chapter Questions With Answers
Sample Questions Are Posted Below
MULTIPLE CHOICE
| a. | The intentional release of hazardous chemicals into the environment |
| b. | Environmental and occupational exposure to biological toxins |
| c. | Immunity to toxins related to repeated exposures |
| d. | An intentional release of viruses, bacteria, or other toxins |
ANS: D
An intentional release of viruses, bacteria, or other toxins would be described as biological terrorism. Chemical terrorism is the intentional release of hazardous chemicals into the environment for the purpose of harming or killing. Surveillance is used to monitor environmental and occupational exposures. Immunity to toxins after repeated exposures does not occur during biological terrorism.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding REF: p. 531
TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
| a. | Pandemics |
| b. | Unusual clusters of illness |
| c. | World trends of disease |
| d. | Cases of the common cold and pneumonia |
ANS: B
Powers of local government include surveillance of unusual clusters of illness. A health department does not have legal authority to investigate pandemics, world trends of disease, and cases of the common cold and pneumonia.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding REF: p. 530
TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
| a. | Sharing of the results with others |
| b. | Defining public health policy |
| c. | Evaluating interventions |
| d. | Planning national programs |
ANS: A
One of the features of public health surveillance is sharing of the results with others. Defining public health policy, evaluating interventions, and planning national programs are all purposes of surveillance, not features.
DIF: Cognitive level: Understanding REF: p. 531
TOP: Nursing process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
| a. | To eradicate a disease before it starts |
| b. | To establish a baseline rate of disease occurrence and patterns of spread |
| c. | To target populations for triage |
| d. | To reduce the incidence of heart disease in a community |
ANS: B
Disease surveillance helps establish baseline rates of disease occurrence and patterns of spread to make it possible to initiate a rapid response to an outbreak. Disease surveillance is unable to eradicate a disease before it starts, to target populations for triage, or to reduce the incidence of heart disease in a community. However, disease surveillance does make it possible to initiate a rapid response to an outbreak of a disease or an event that can cause a health problem.
DIF: Cognitive level: Analyzing REF: p. 531
TOP: Nursing process: Evaluation
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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