Which information does the public health nurse include as being definitive of descriptive epidemiology?
A) Older adults in the community exhibit signs of obesity.
B) More than half of school age children had a tonsillectomy.
C) Four adults had vomiting 4 hours after eating local mushrooms.
D) Neonatal health is adequate based on screening of 50% of newborns.

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Four adults had vomiting 4 hours after eating local mushrooms is definitive of descriptive epidemiology because it describes the occurrence of a health-related event (vomiting) in a specific population (four adults) and time frame (4 hours after eating local mushrooms).

Which Information Does the Public Health Nurse Include as Being