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CHN (NUR 452) Exam #2 Questions With CompleteSolutions
What is unique about outbreak situations?
An outbreak is a sudden RISE in the number of cases of a
disease
Why investigate an outbreak?
"Outbreak investigations help us learn more about the causes of
outbreaks. Officials can learn what germs are causing
waterborne illness, what types of water are involved, and what
groups of people become ill. This knowledge can be used to
control an outbreak and prevent additional illnesses."
< 5;> 1 Correct Answers Indirect Airborne Transmission →
inhalation of small particles (. . . microns in diameter), that are
suspended in the air (aerosolized) and travel distances . . . meter.
> 5 - 10;≤ 3 Correct Answers Droplet Spread → spray with
relatively large (. . . microns in diameter), short-range (. . . feet
[1 meter]) aerosols produced by breathing, sneezing, coughing,
or even talking.
1 - 3 Correct Answers Phases of a pandemic (World Health
Organization)
Phases . . . = predominantly animal infections with few human
infections
,4 Correct Answers Phases of a pandemic (World Health
Organization)
Phase . . . = sustained human-to-human transmission
5 - 6 Correct Answers Phases of a pandemic (World Health
Organization)
Phases . . . AKA Pandemic Phase = widespread human infection
A Correct Answers What form of Hepatitis does this
Describe?
o Transmission → fecal-oral route; contaminated food, water,
shellfish, etc.
Active Correct Answers . . . Immunity → occurs when our
OWN immune system is responsible for protecting us from a
pathogen
LONG-term effects; sometimes even life-long
A. Natural → occurs when an individual actually GETS the
disease and develops antibodies (temporary or permanent)
B. Acquired → acquired through vaccination of live attenuated
vaccines which stimulate the production of antibodies by the
host (temporary or permanent)
Additional Guest Speaker Notes (correctional nursing) Correct
Answers Women who are pregnant and go to jail are actually
,better off remaining in jail for the duration of their pregnancy
rather than returning to their violent and hostile home
environment.
Suboxone / Methadone is not initiated once patients enter the
jail.
o In order to qualify for treatment while incarcerated, they must
have been in good standing with a program in the community
for ≥ 1 month before being put into jail.
Thorough nursing assessment skills are NECESSARY for jail
nurses to differentiate between those who actually need
treatment and those who are trying to use you to get something
they want.
o Everything is a currency
Adolescents Correct Answers . . . often have developmental
immaturity, cognitive disorders and behavioral issues to be
considered in the delivery of health care in the setting of a
correctional facility.
Their special health challenges include . . .
1. attention to maturational stages
2. immunization needs
Airborn Correct Answers Indirect . . . Transmission Example
#1
, COVID-19
Airborn Correct Answers Indirect . . . Transmission Example
#2
TB
Airborn Correct Answers Indirect . . . Transmission Example
#3
Measles
Analytic Correct Answers . . . Epidemiology studies the
strength of association between factors (determinants) and the
probability of getting a particular disease using comparison
groups and observational studies
o WHY?
o HOW?
Epidemiologists can use descriptive epidemiology to generate
hypotheses, but only rarely to test those hypotheses.
o For this, epidemiologists must turn to analytic epidemiology.
The key feature of analytic epidemiology is a COMPARISON
GROUP .
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