The nurse has been asked to participate in a program of population-based screening. The nurse should consider which information prior to making a decision about this request?

Question

Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. The clients being screened will have the disorder being studied.
2. A purpose of this screening is to identify persons at high risk for this disorder.
3. This outreach may identify persons who have not yet sought treatment for the disorder.
4. Current population screening recommendations are broad-based.
5. Population-based screening includes an ethical obligation for follow-up and intervention.

Answer 1

2,3,4,5
Rationale 1: Population-based screening involves screening clients not known to have the disorder being studied.
Rationale 2: Screening for those at risk is one purpose of population-based screening.
Rationale 3: Population screening may identify persons with the disorder who have not yet been diagnosed.
Rationale 4: Current screening recommendations apply to large sections of the population. The goal of some new population-based screening is to identify how to modify those recommendations so that they are more specific.
Rationale 5: It is not ethical to identify an at-risk population and not offer some sort of follow-up or intervention. For example, persons at risk may be referred to their primary health care provider.