Question 1

A Community Health Nurse is engaged in contact tracing. What three main points would he need to consider when identifying contacts?

Accepted Answer

-The mode of transmi

Question 2

A nurse is screening clients at a local health centre for tuberculosis after a recent outbreak in Vancouver. Which client response would constitute an immediate quarantine and notification of the local public health department?

Accepted Answer

A)  Has travelled within the last 10 days to Ontario and has nausea and vomiting 
B)  Has been in contact with a health care worker from Vancouver and has a chronic gastrointestinal upset 
C)  Has been in contact with a person with active tuberculosis in the last 5 weeks 
D)  Has not travelled to an area of tuberculosis in the last 10 days but has a temperature of 37.5°C 
A)  Has travelled within the last 10 days to Ontario and has nausea and vomiting 
B)  Has been in contact with a health care worker from Vancouver and has a chronic gastrointestinal upset 
C)  Has been in contact with a person with active tuberculosis in the last 5 weeks 
D)  Has not travelled to an area of tuberculosis in the last 10 days but has a temperature of 37.5°C

Question 3

What agency in Canada is responsible for collating all the notifiable communicable disease reports?

Accepted Answer

A)  Centers for Disease Control (CD
C)  
B)  Public Health Agency of Canada (PHA
C)  
C)  Health Canada 
D)  World Health Organization (WHO), Canadian branch 
A)  Centers for Disease Control (CD
C)  
B)  Public Health Agency of Canada (PHA
C)  
C)  Health Canada 
D)  World Health Organization (WHO), Canadian branch

Question 4

Which of the following classification of communicable diseases represents the public health programs classification?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bacterial, cardiovascular, human 
B)  Air borne, parasitic, diarrheal 
C)  Respiratory, zoonotic, water borne 
D)  Vaccine preventable, perinatal, viral 
A)  Bacterial, cardiovascular, human 
B)  Air borne, parasitic, diarrheal 
C)  Respiratory, zoonotic, water borne 
D)  Vaccine preventable, perinatal, viral

Question 5

What is the key to controlling the number of people that become infected with an organism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Preventing the transmission of communicable diseases 
B)  Timely screening for communicable diseases 
C)  Effectively treating communicable diseases 
D)  Recognizing the signs and symptoms of communicable diseases 
A)  Preventing the transmission of communicable diseases 
B)  Timely screening for communicable diseases 
C)  Effectively treating communicable diseases 
D)  Recognizing the signs and symptoms of communicable diseases

Question 6

Which term is used to describe the collection of data utilizing screening tools, interviews, and sentinel systems to identify disease occurrence in the community when individuals present with suggestive symptoms?

Accepted Answer

A)  Active surveillance 
B)  Contact tracing 
C)  Notifiable disease list 
D)  Passive screening 
A)  Active surveillance 
B)  Contact tracing 
C)  Notifiable disease list 
D)  Passive screening

Question 7

Discuss the importance of herd immunity

Accepted Answer

-herd immunity is one major public healt

Question 8

What was the first recorded worldwide threat from a communicable disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bubonic plague 
B)  Scarlet fever 
C)  Influenza epidemic of 1918 
D)  Smallpox 
A)  Bubonic plague 
B)  Scarlet fever 
C)  Influenza epidemic of 1918 
D)  Smallpox

Question 9

What is a nurse today likely to encounter while working with clients with tuberculosis (TB)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Increased compliance with chemoprophylaxis 
B)  Healthy young adults with the disease 
C)  Multi-drug-resistant strains 
D)  Easily cured infection with antibiotics 
A)  Increased compliance with chemoprophylaxis 
B)  Healthy young adults with the disease 
C)  Multi-drug-resistant strains 
D)  Easily cured infection with antibiotics

Exam 12: Communicable Diseases

A Community Health Nurse is engaged in contact tracing. What three main points would he need to consider when identifying contacts?

A nurse is screening clients at a local health centre for tuberculosis after a recent outbreak in Vancouver. Which client response would constitute an immediate quarantine and notification of the local public health department?

What agency in Canada is responsible for collating all the notifiable communicable disease reports?

Which of the following classification of communicable diseases represents the public health programs classification?

What is the key to controlling the number of people that become infected with an organism?

Which term is used to describe the collection of data utilizing screening tools, interviews, and sentinel systems to identify disease occurrence in the community when individuals present with suggestive symptoms?

Discuss the importance of herd immunity

What was the first recorded worldwide threat from a communicable disease?

What is a nurse today likely to encounter while working with clients with tuberculosis (TB)?

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