final

Question 1

health literacy

Answer 1

knowing how to access and use information to make health decisions

Question 2

what conclusion can be drawn from examine where nurses are employed?

Answer 2

there is an increased emphasis on community based healthcare.

Question 3

cohabitation

Answer 3

a living arrangement where an unmarried couple in a long-term relationship lives together.

Question 4

the community health nurse plans to meet with some representative groups in the community to help identify assets and needs of the community. what is this assessment called?

Answer 4

focus groups

Question 5

what percentage children of children live in a single-parent family?

Answer 5

30%

Question 6

Ask me 3

Answer 6

what is my main problem?
what do i need to do?
why is it important to do what you told me to do?

Question 7

what happened after the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003?

Answer 7

a prescription drug benefit was added

Question 8

what is the time between the first exposure to the appearance of the 1st signs and symptoms of a disease?

Answer 8

incubation period

Question 9

Cholera

Answer 9

• spread through contaminated water
• caused by bacteria
• most characteristic symptom is watery diarrhea

Question 10

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Answer 10

responsible for administering most of the federal health related activities.

Question 11

Recent trend in homelessness

Answer 11

number of people in homeless families is increasing

Question 12

which of the following research studies would determine the attributable risk of a sedentary lifestyle in cardiac diseases?

Answer 12

subtracting the rate of cardiac disease among athletes from the rate of cardiac disease among non athletes.

Question 13

Hospice care

Answer 13

holistic care for patients dying or debilitated and not expected to improve.

Question 14

The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

Answer 14

allows a man who got fired and lost health insurance to continue insurance benefits for a specified period of time.

Question 15

portals of entry

Answer 15

skin
GI tract
Mucous membranes

Question 16

most common type of elder abuse

Answer 16

financial exploitation

Question 17

incidence

Answer 17

new cases in population

Question 18

endemic

Answer 18

disease that occur at a consistent, expected level in the geographic area

Question 19

outbreak

Answer 19

an unexpected occurrence of an infectious disease in a limited geographic area during a limited period of time

Question 20

epidemic

Answer 20

an unexpected increase of an infectious disease in a geographic area over an extended period of time

Question 21

pandemic

Answer 21

steady occurrence of a disease over a large geographic area or worldwide