Epp 101 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. Which group of children is at the highest risk to have poor health? a. African American children living in a suburb b. Asian children living in an outer urban area c. Hispanic children living in the inner city d. White children living in a rural area ANS: C Significant disparities persist in health status of white children versus children of color. However, children living in suburban areas and most outer urban areas experience superior access to health services compared with children...

Which preventable health problem is the cause of more deaths, illnesses, and disabilities than any other? a. Use of tobacco b. Obesity c. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) d. Substance abuse ANS: D Perhaps no other health-related condition has as many far-reaching consequences in contemporary Western society as substance abuse. These consequences include a wide range of social, psychological, physical, economic, and political problems. Drug abuse and addiction have negative conseque...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which statement best describes how the population of the United States is changing? a. Growth will occur because of a decrease in the death rate. b. Growth will occur because of ongoing immigration. c. Growth will occur because of an increase in the birth rate. d. Growth will occur because of lengthening of the normal life span. ANS: B The number of immigrants and refugees in the United States is projected to continue to increase. The United States has grown largely th...

1. Which best describes what Lillian Wald suggested in regards to providing care to individuals and families? a. Public health nurses should encourage clients to join the Henry Street settlement for mutual growth and support among the families. b. Public health nurses should focus on providing care in the client’s home. c. Public health nurses should recognize the larger social and economic forces that the family cannot control. d. Public health nurses should try to understand that educ...

1. Which best describes the principal factor behind ongoing legislation on the federal level related to health care? a. Change is needed to reflect differences in health needs today. b. Efforts must be put in place to control constantly increasing costs. c. There is a need to focus on the population as a whole. d. Technological breakthroughs should be expanded. ANS: B With the rapid growth of technology and increased demands on the private and public health care subsystems, health care c...

1. Which best describes how care can be appropriately given in a community? a. Provide individualized care to unique individuals as much as resources allow. b. Consider the community itself as the “client.” c. Administer care according to the priorities of the local health department. d. Prioritize care for the sickest populations first. ANS: B As it is clearly impossible and impractical to give service to each person in a community, the best approach considers the community itself to...

1. An epidemiologist has written a summary of a food poisoning outbreak, including its cause and ways to prevent it from occurring in the future. Which best describes what has been done? a. Analytic epidemiology b. Descriptive epidemiology c. Prospective cohort study d. Retrospective cross-sectional survey ANS: B There are two principal types of epidemiology: (1) analytic epidemiology and (2) descriptive epidemiology. Descriptive epidemiology describes the amount and distribution of dise...

1. Which best describes the principal factor behind ongoing legislation on the federal level related to health care? a. Change is needed to reflect differences in health needs today. b. Efforts must be put in place to control constantly increasing costs. c. There is a need to focus on the population as a whole. d. Technological breakthroughs should be expanded. ANS: B With the rapid growth of technology and increased demands on the private and public health care subsystems, health care c...

1. Which definition of family would be the most useful for the nurse practicing in the community? a. A group of persons with shared convictions b. A social unit interacting with the larger society c. People descended from a common ancestor d. Persons related either by blood or by legal contract (marriage) e. Whoever the family says is in their family ANS: E Although some believe even these definitions are too narrow, the widest definitions are “the members of the family are self-defin...