Community & Public Health Nursing Promoting the Public's Health 8th ed by Allender, Judith
Community & Public Health Nursing Promoting the Public's Health 8th ed by Allender, Judith
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Chapter 8, Communicable Disease Control
Complete Chapter Questions With Answers
Sample Questions Are Posted Below
| 1. | When reporting the identification of a communicable disease and need for investigation, which of the following must be notified first? | |
| A) | Centers for Disease Control (CDC) | |
| B) | State health department | |
| C) | Local health department | |
| D) | National Reported Disease list | |
| Ans: | C | |
| Feedback: | ||
| The local health department is the initial point of notification of a communicable disease investigation. Each local health department or agency will investigate the specific disease. The CDC is the federal agency that provides guidance and recommendations for each state health department. The state health department may be the primary agency or the guiding agency for local disease control policies. States use the National Reported Disease list as the guidance for State reportable diseases. | ||
| 2. | Which of the following are appropriate communicable disease prevention interventions that may be implemented by community health nurses? Select all that apply. | |
| A) | Immunization of children and adults | |
| B) | Disease investigation and case/contact finding | |
| C) | Diagnosing cases of communicable diseases | |
| D) | Prescribing treatment for communicable diseases | |
| E) | Environmental interventions | |
| F) | Community Education | |
| Ans: | A, B, E, F | |
| Feedback: | ||
| Appropriate interventions that may be implemented by community health nurses include immunizations of children and adults, environmental interventions, community education, screening programs, and disease investigation and case/contact finding. | ||
| 3. | Which of the following statements accurately describes important steps that a community health nurse must take prior to contacting an individual for an interview regarding communicable disease? Select all that apply. | |
| A) | Review the information received from the news media reporter for completeness | |
| B) | Review disease information including the reservoir, incubation period, infectious period, symptoms, and treatment | |
| C) | Take all appropriate treatments to the interview site | |
| D) | Investigate only laboratory confirmed communicable diseases | |
| E) | Eradicate the disease | |
| Ans: | A, B | |
| Feedback: | ||
| Steps to take prior to contacting an individual regarding communicable disease include reviewing the information received from the reporters for completeness (this refers to the individual reporting the communicable disease to the public health agency and not the news media reporter); clarifying that the disease is suspect or lab confirmed (some infections can be reported if they meet a set of clinical criteria or are part of a larger outbreak for which the case definition has been identified even without laboratory confirmation); review the case definition; review the disease information (including reservoir, incubation period, infectious period, symptoms, and treatment); and identifying the specific questionnaire for the reported disease or using a generic disease investigation form and reviewing the questionnaire. It is not appropriate for the community health nurse to take all treatments to the interview site as the goal of this interview is to assess. Community health nurses may investigate laboratory confirmed or suspected diseases. Eradication of the disease is the last step in investigating a disease, and interviewing an individual regarding communicable disease is one of the first steps in the process of investigation. | ||
| 4. | Which of the following entities would the community health nurse know are required to report known or suspected cases of reportable diseases in every state in the United States? Select all that apply. | |
| A) | Physicians, dentists, and nurses | |
| B) | Laboratory directors | |
| C) | Any individual who knows of or suspects the existence of a reportable disease | |
| D) | Medical examiners | |
| E) | Administrators of schools and child care centers | |
| Ans: | A, D, E | |
| Feedback: | ||
| In most states, reporting known or suspected cases of a reportable disease is generally considered to be an obligation of physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health professionals; medical examiners; administrators of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, schools, and child care centers. Some states also require or request reporting from laboratory directors; and any individual who knows of or suspects the existence of a reportable disease. | ||
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