Surveillance activities can be related to the core functions of public health assessment, policy development, and assurance. Surveillance made it possible to respond early to a mumps out-break in 2006 among college students
What other purpose does surveillance have? 1. Eradicate a disease before it starts
2. Establish a baseline rate of disease occurrence and patterns of spread
3. Target populations for triage
4. Stop heart disease and obesity in a community
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Disease surveillance helps establish baseline rates of disease occurrence and patterns of spread to make it possible to initiate a rapid response to an outbreak.
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The student nurse is applying knowledge learned in class to the care of a patient. What type of knowledge is the student nurse using?
1. Knowing that 2. Knowing how 3. Knowing why 4. Knowing when
A patient is admitted with a fractured mandible and several fractured ribs. Which priority intervention would the nurse anticipate?
1. Providing pain medication 2. Determining lung function by chest x-ray 3. Maintaining spinal cord injury precautions 4. Stabilizing the rib fractures
A female patient is complaining of a "watery" vaginal discharge with a "really strong fishy" odor. The nurse asks additional assessment questions related to which disorder?
1. Bacterial vaginosis 2. Yeast infection 3. Trichomoniasis infection 4. Genital warts
When a male patient is receiving androgen therapy, the nurse will monitor for signs of excessive androgens such as:
a. fluid retention. b. dehydration. c. restlessness. d. visual changes.