NCLEX Community Health Exam 2-
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Twenty people attended a church picnic the previous weekend. By Monday, four
individuals exhibited symptoms of food poisoning. On Tuesday, the nurse in
community health records the addition of two new cases. The incidence rate
would be:
A.two new cases divided by 16 at risk.
B.two new cases divided by 20.
C.six cases divided by 20.
D.four cases divided by 16. - correct answer ✅A. two new cases divided by 16 at
risk.
A breast cancer screening program screened 8000 women and discovered 35
women previously diagnosed with breast cancer and 20 women with no history of
breast cancer diagnosed as a result of the screening. The prevalence proportion
would reflect:
A.current and past breast cancer events in this population of women.
B.newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer in this population of women.
C.past breast cancer events in this population of women.
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D.the population of women that had no evidence of breast cancer. - correct
answer ✅A. current and past breast cancer events in this population of women.
Clinical medicine and epidemiology differ from each other in the major aspect of:
A.practice focus.
B.health monitoring.
C.determinants of health and disease.
D.evaluation of interventions. - correct answer ✅A. practice focus.
Nurses in community health often use epidemiology because in the community it
is often difficult to control the environment. Which of the following statements
demonstrates an epidemiologic strategy for monitoring disease trends?
A.A nurse in community health conducts an education class for clients newly
diagnosed with diabetes.
B.A nurse in community health investigates a breakout of whooping cough in a
local middle school.
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C.A nurse in community health organizes a health fair at the community health
center.
D.A nurse in community health participates on a county school board that
addresses student health issues. - correct answer ✅B. A nurse in community
health investigates a breakout of whooping cough in a local middle school.
One of the basic concepts in epidemiology is the concept of risk. Risk refers to the:
A.prevalence of an event occurring.
B.probability that an event will occur within a specified time period.
C.population most likely to develop a disease.
D.rate of development of new cases. - correct answer ✅B. probability that an
event will occur within a specified time period.
Which of the following tools are used in analytic epidemiology? (select all that
apply)
A.Cohort study
B.Case-control study
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C.Cross-sectional study
D.Clinical trials
E.Community trials - correct answer ✅A.Cohort study
B.Case-control study
C.Cross-sectional study
A nurse is concerned about the accuracy of the PPD test in identifying cases of TB
exposure for follow-up chest x-ray. The nurse's concern is addressing the validity
measure of:
A.reliability
B.sensitivity
C.specificity
D.variation - correct answer ✅B.sensitivity
A business executive develops symptoms of the flu 1 day after returning by air
from a cross-Atlantic business trip that ran for 2 consecutive stressful 10-hour
days. This individual's development of flu symptoms illustrates the relationship
between:
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