ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 2021 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
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ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH
What are community health nurses concerned with?
Correct answer- protecting, promoting, preserving and maintaining health, as well as
preventing disease.
How should community nurses use their resources.
Correct answer- Must benefit the greatest number of citizens.
What is epidemiology?
Correc...
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ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM
What are community health nurses concerned with?
Correct answer- protecting, promoting, preserving and maintaining health, as
well as preventing disease.
How should community nurses use their resources.
Correct answer- Must benefit the greatest number of citizens.
What is epidemiology?
Correct answer- invenstigative study of disease trends in populations to
prevent disease and maintain health.
The agent
Correct answer- animate or inanimate object that causes the disease.
(bacteria, virus, pesticide, food additive, etc.)
The host
Correct answer- living being that is affected by the agent. (human or animal).
The environment
Correct answer- the setting or surrounding that sustains the host (place of
transmission: daycare, body of water, country
Incidence:
Correct answer- number of new cases in the population at a specific time
divided by population total X 1,000= number per 1,000
Prevalence:
Correct answer- Number of existing cases in the population at a specific time
divided by population total X 1,000= number per 1,000
Mortality rate:
Correct answer- number of deaths divided by population total X
1,000=number per 1,000
Attack rate:
Correct answer- number of people exposed to a specific agent who develop
the disease divided by total number of people exposed.
Development of a community health program plan
Correct answer- Identify the needs of community: assessment.
plan the program
, implement the program
evaluate the effectiveness of program.
Primary disease prevention:
Correct answer- focus on prevention of the initial occurence of disease or
injury. Includes nutrition counseling, family planning, smoking cessation,
safety education (seat belt helmet use), prenatal classes.
Secondary prevention:
Correct answer- focus is on early detection of disease and treatment with
goal of limiting severity and adverse effects. includes: screenings (cancer,
diabetes, HTN, TB lead exposure) and treatments (STI, TB)
tertiary prevention:
Correct answer- focus is on maximization of recovery after injury or illness.
Includes: exercise rehab, nutrition counseling, case management, support
groups.
Interpreters
Correct answer- NOT family members. Need to have health-related
terminology knowledge. Give teaching material in client's primary language.
Medicare:
Correct answer- older than 65 and receiving Social Security, disability
benefits for 2 years, have ALS or kidney failure on dialysis or transplant to
qualify.
Medicare part A
Correct answer- hospital care, home care, limited skilled nursing care
Part B
Correct answer- medical care, diagnostic services, physiotherapy.
Part C
Correct answer- combo of part A and B through a private insurance.
Part D
Correct answer- Prescription drug coverage.
Medicaide
Correct answer- low socioeconomic status and kids. federal and stage
governmental assistance. Priority given to pregnant women, children, and
those with disability.
Medicade provides:
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