Question 1

A patient walks into a community clinic complaining of severe intestinal cramps and diarrhea.Which action can be taken to protect the staff at the clinic?

Accepted Answer

A) Refuse to see anyone that sick as clinics have a different mission than secondary and tertiary care of the obviously ill 
B) Send the patient immediately to the closest hospital emergency department 
C) Treat the patient with broad-spectrum antibiotics and lots of fluids 
D) Use universal precautions with all patients regardless of the situation 
A) Refuse to see anyone that sick as clinics have a different mission than secondary and tertiary care of the obviously ill 
B) Send the patient immediately to the closest hospital emergency department 
C) Treat the patient with broad-spectrum antibiotics and lots of fluids 
D) Use universal precautions with all patients regardless of the situation

Question 2

Which best explains why the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)was originally legislated? (Select all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

A) To ensure that data are used to educate health care professionals on proper vaccine administration 
B) To conduct media campaigns to help convince parents to bring their children in to receive appropriate immunizations 
C) To determine whether changes should be made in procedures or biological agents 
D) To illustrate,using actual data,that vaccines are widely given to healthy people with almost no side effects 
E) To monitor actual and potential vaccine-related problems
F)To provide assistance to families who experience a vaccine-related injury 
A) To ensure that data are used to educate health care professionals on proper vaccine administration 
B) To conduct media campaigns to help convince parents to bring their children in to receive appropriate immunizations 
C) To determine whether changes should be made in procedures or biological agents 
D) To illustrate,using actual data,that vaccines are widely given to healthy people with almost no side effects 
E) To monitor actual and potential vaccine-related problems
F)To provide assistance to families who experience a vaccine-related injury

Question 3

During an outbreak in the hospital,all staff members were given immunoglobulin if they were not already immune to the disease.Which type of immunity will the staff who received the immunoglobulin have?

Accepted Answer

A) Active immunity 
B) Long-lasting immunity 
C) Natural immunity 
D) Passive immunity 
A) Active immunity 
B) Long-lasting immunity 
C) Natural immunity 
D) Passive immunity

Question 4

Which statement is true concerning tuberculosis (TB)infections in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) Subclinical cases of TB can occur in patients who fight off the infection and thus are not a danger to themselves or others 
B) TB can be cured by a 6-month period of treatment with INH 
C) TB can only be caused by the Mycobacterium bovis bacillus 
D) Under certain conditions,susceptible hosts may be infected by the TB bacillus. 
A) Subclinical cases of TB can occur in patients who fight off the infection and thus are not a danger to themselves or others 
B) TB can be cured by a 6-month period of treatment with INH 
C) TB can only be caused by the Mycobacterium bovis bacillus 
D) Under certain conditions,susceptible hosts may be infected by the TB bacillus.

A patient walks into a community clinic complaining of severe intestinal cramps and diarrhea.Which action can be taken to protect the staff at the clinic?

Which best explains why the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)was originally legislated? (Select all that apply.)

During an outbreak in the hospital,all staff members were given immunoglobulin if they were not already immune to the disease.Which type of immunity will the staff who received the immunoglobulin have?

Which statement is true concerning tuberculosis (TB)infections in the United States?

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Exam 26: Communicable Disease

A patient walks into a community clinic complaining of severe intestinal cramps and diarrhea.Which action can be taken to protect the staff at the clinic?

Which best explains why the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)was originally legislated? (Select all that apply.)

During an outbreak in the hospital,all staff members were given immunoglobulin if they were not already immune to the disease.Which type of immunity will the staff who received the immunoglobulin have?

Which statement is true concerning tuberculosis (TB)infections in the United States?

Health: a Community View

Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context

Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice

Policy,politics,legislation,and Community Health Nursing

The Health Care System

Economics of Health Care

Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing

Environmental Health

Health in the Global Community

Child and Adolescent Health

Womens Health

Mens Health

Senior Health

Family Health

Populations Affected by Disabilities

Veterans Health

Homeless Populations

Rural and Migrant Health

Populations Affected by Mental Illness

Substance Abuse

Violence

Natural and Man-Made Disasters

School Health

Occupational Health

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