4.8: Review Questions
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The public health nurse is examining the number of maternal deaths in a certain year. Which rate is the nurse studying?
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Crude deaths
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Morbidity
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Mortality
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Proportional population
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Which factor should the community health nurse take into account when assessing an individual’s social determinants of health?
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Genetic influences
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Exercise habits
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Nutritional intake
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Level of education
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Which source of data would a community health nurse utilize during a community assessment to determine the births, deaths, marriages, health, and diseases in a certain county?
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Morbidity report
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Service utilization
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Population survey
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Vital statistics
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Which outcome would the community health nurse measure to evaluate the health of a population?
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Blood pressure readings of individuals in the community
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Home blood glucose levels monitored by clients with diabetes
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Mortality rates in the community
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Percent of high school students who attend college
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Which definition of health would the nurse attribute to a client who perceives themselves as healthy despite taking medication for hypertension?
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Health is the absence of disease.
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Health is the full return to wellness.
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Health is a state of improving well-being.
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Health is an internal state of balance and well-being.
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The nurse is explaining to a client that smoking cessation will add years of quality to their life. Which population health metric is the nurse describing?
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Years of healthy life lost due to disability
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Disability-adjusted life years
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Quality-adjusted life years
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Years of life lost
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Which indicator is the nurse utilizing when considering the effects of diseases that people in a population are living with?
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Morbidity
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Mortality
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Burden of disease
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Prevalence
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Which current health trend data will the population health nurse utilize to develop health education programming?
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in most ethnic and racial groups.
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Deaths from cancer have increased in the last two decades.
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Deaths from stroke are decreasing in all ethnic and racial groups.
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Unintentional accidents are the fourth leading cause of death in individuals aged 1 to 44 years.
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A nurse is volunteering for a global nongovernmental organization whose work addresses the United Nation’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). Which statement about the SDGs is accurate?
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SDGs have been impacted by the climate crisis.
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The focus of SDGs is on developing nations.
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Progress on SDGs is reported every 5 years.
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Each country has its own individualized SDGs.
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Which trend in mortality in the United States over the past century would the nurse utilize to develop public health campaigns?
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Life expectancy has increased, and rate of death has decreased.
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Life expectancy and rate of death have remained unchanged.
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Life expectancy has increased, and rate of death has also increased
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Life expectancy has decreased, and rate of death has also decreased.