Deck 2: Community-Based Nursing Care of the Child and Family

Question 1

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

A)Nursing process
B)Epidemiologic process
C)Community-based statistics
D)Mortality and morbidity statistics

Answer 1

Epidemiologic process

Question 2

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)Planning
B)Diagnosis
C)Assessment
D)Establishing objectives

Answer 2

Assessment

Question 3

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

A)Mortality.
B)Morbidity.
C)Incidence.
D)Prevalence.

Answer 3

Incidence.

Question 4

The nurse is establishing several health programs such as bicycle safety to improve the health status of the target population. Which step in the community nursing process is this?

A)Planning
B)Evaluation
C)Assessment
D)Implementation