Exam 30: Community-Based Nursing Care of the Child and Family

Which term best describes the identification of the distribution and causes of disease,injury,or illness?

Demography is the study of population characteristics. Which demographic characteristic would be associated with an increased risk for hemophilia?

A local community has recently experienced severe flooding with loss of homes and injuries. Counseling has been provided to assist families in coping with the sequelae of this natural disaster. This is an example of primary prevention.

One of the community nurses at the health department is trying to identify how many new cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome have occurred in her city this past year. The term that best describes this measurement is:

The nurse is collecting subjective and objective information about the target population to diagnose problems based on community needs. Which step in the community nursing process is this?

A number of children in the same neighborhood have developed illness related to an exposure to lead paint. Which of the three factors that form the epidemiologic triangle is responsible for this condition?