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What is considered the most respected method for establishing the cause of disease or the efficacy
of a treatment/intervention? - ✔✔randomized clinical controlled trials
What is the goal of Healthy People 2020? - ✔✔Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and
improve the health of all groups
What is Healthy People 2020? - ✔✔-focuses on identifying, measuring, tracking, and reducing
health disparities
promoting health, preventing dx and disability, eliminating disparities, and improving quality of life
a comprehensive plan that describes EBP and achievable means for improving health and well-
being for all American in every stage of life
assessing health disparities in US by tracking rates of illness, death, chronic conditions, behaviors
stresses the importance of each individual taking personal responsibility for his or her own health
in partnership with their healthcare provider
What is epidemiology? - ✔✔the evaluation of distribution patterns and determinants of health and
disease in populations
What is the focus of epidemiology? - ✔✔study the trends of disease occurences in groups
What is the goal of epidemiological studies? - ✔✔discover and evaluate the trends of illness or
disease in groups of people in order to determine cause and effect and thereby prevent further
disease
Refers to the number of cases of a disease at a point in time divided by the percentage of the
population at a point in time - ✔✔prevalence rate
number of new cases of a disease diagnosed at a point in time - ✔✔incidence rate
presence of an illness or disease at a much higher rate than expected based on past history -
✔✔epidemic
presence of illness or disease constantly present at a rate expected based on history - ✔✔endemic
, presence of an event in epidemic proportions affecting many communities and countries in a short
period of time - ✔✔pandemic
outbreaks of an illness that occur occasionally and are unrelated in space and time - ✔✔sporadic
A goal of community nursing is to provide primary prevention from disease. Which of the following
nursing actions reflect this goal?
A nurse creates a pamphlet discussing heart-healthy foods and distributes it in the neighborhood
community center.
A nurse starts an intravenous line on a dehydrated baby who has been brought to the emergency
department.
A nurse performs range-of-motion exercises for a patient in traction.
A nurse repositions an elderly patient confined to a wheelchair to avoid the formation of pressure
ulcers. - ✔✔A
Mr. Hammond is a 70-year-old man with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes who developed a diabetic
foot ulcer earlier this year. He has recently been discharged from the hospital and now requires
regular wound care. Karen is a community health nurse who provides wound care for Mr.
Hammond twice weekly. Which of Karens actions is most likely to empower Mr. Hammond?
Encourage Mr. Hammond to acknowledge his contribution to the development of his wound.
Provide information to Mr. Hammond that matches his expressed needs.
Encourage Mr. Hammond to involve members of his family in his care.
Delegate wound care to Mr. Hammond and reduce the frequency of her visits. - ✔✔B
One of the expressed goals of Healthy People 2020 is to achieve health equity and eliminate
disparities. What health indicator can most accurately gauge whether this goal is being achieved?
A) Environmental quality
Injury and violence
Mental health
Access to healthcare services - ✔✔D
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