Community Public Health Nursing Flashcards
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Which epidemiological measure describes the proportion of a population that has a disease at a specific point in time?
Answer: Point prevalence
Point prevalence measures the proportion of individuals in a population with a disease at a single moment in time.
A community health nurse is conducting a windshield survey. Which observation is MOST characteristic of this assessment method?
Answer: Driving through the community to observe environmental and social features
A windshield survey involves systematically observing a community from a vehicle to assess physical, social, and environmental characteristics.
Under the Affordable Care Act, which preventive services must be covered by most health insurance plans without cost-sharing?
Answer: Services rated A or B by the US Preventive Services Task Force
The ACA requires coverage of USPSTF grade A and B preventive services without cost-sharing for patients.
Which level of prevention does a nurse practice when administering Hepatitis B vaccines to newborns?
Answer: Primary prevention
Vaccination before disease occurs is primary prevention, aimed at reducing the incidence of disease.
A community has a high rate of lead poisoning in children under 5. The nurse's PRIORITY intervention is to:
Answer: Identify and eliminate the environmental source of lead exposure
Removing the environmental source addresses the root cause and prevents ongoing exposure for the entire community.
Which framework is BEST used to analyze the social determinants of health affecting a community?
Answer: Healthy People 2030 social determinants framework
Healthy People 2030 organizes social determinants into five domains: economic stability, education, health care access, neighborhood, and social context.
A nurse calculates that a disease killed 15 people per 100,000 population in one year. This is an example of:
Answer: Cause-specific mortality rate
A cause-specific mortality rate measures deaths from a particular disease per unit of population over a defined time period.