Question 1

A public health nurse is reviewing an immunization registry for what purpose?

Accepted Answer

A)   To identify disease outbreaks
B)   To enforce compliance with healthcare recommendations
C)   To refute data from the national repository of public health
D)   All of these are correct. A

Question 2

The data processed into public health information can be obtained from administrative, financial, and facility sources. Included in this data stream may be encounter, screening, registry, clinical, and laboratory and surveillance data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

_______ is an assessment of the risk of the hazardous material causing illness in the population.

Accepted Answer

A)   Hazard identification
B)   Exposure assessment
C)   Dose-response assessment
D)   Risk characterization D

Question 4

A nurse is working in a public health department and is providing patient education. Which of the following is a topic of education related to the purpose of public health?

Accepted Answer

A)   Health promotion
B)   Disease management
C)   Palliative care
D)   Chronic disease evaluation

Question 5

Timely collection of public health data allows early detection of disease.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A nurse is explaining public health informatics to a nursing student. Which of the following statements by the nurse is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)   "Public health informatics is the use of information and information technology to improve public health practice and outcomes."
B)   "Public health informatics is the use of nursing informatics in public health for disease surveillance."
C)   "Public health informatics helps identify the policies, standards, and guidelines for public health administrators."
D)   "Public health informatics is used as a database for nursing research priorities in the public sector."

Question 7

A comprehensive surveillance effort supports timely investigation and identifies data needs for managing the public health response to an outbreak or terrorist event. Informatics tools are becoming increasingly important in these public health efforts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Public health informatics uses the same tools as clinical informatics, and thus does not differ widely from clinical informatics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Risk factor assessments do not complement the vital statistics data systems but complement the morbidity data systems by providing information on factors earlier in the causal chain leading to illness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A nurse in a local public health department is identifying health problems and priorities by monitoring which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   The health of communities and populations at risk
B)   The national public health funding opportunities
C)   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention treatment guidelines
D)   Data on recent acute care inpatient admissions

Question 11

A nurse is developing a research study on injury prevention. This research is important to public health because of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Public health helps protect the health of the entire population.
B)   Public health is based in nursing research.
C)   Public health is focused on disease treatment.
D)   Public health uses nursing research to identify its policies and priorities.

Question 12

Hazard identification seeks to determine the types of health problems that could be caused by exposure to materials that have been identified as causing potential health problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

A risk assessment may also be called a "threat and risk assessment." A "threat" is a harmful act, such as the deployment of a virus or illegal network penetration. A "risk" is the expectation that a threat may succeed and the potential damage that can occur.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

An informatics nurse is explaining the benefits of public health informatics to public health nurses, which include:

Accepted Answer

A)   dissemination of prevention guidelines.
B)   expansion of standardized patient education.
C)   mandatory treatment regimens for infectious diseases.
D)   data mining of chronic disease in the acute care setting.

Question 15

A specialized system of data collection to detect trends in the incidence and severity of a specific disease or health-related syndrome is:

Accepted Answer

A)   syndromic surveillance.
B)   public health informatics.
C)   data warehousing.
D)   knowledge generation.

Question 16

Social media can improve response to mass disasters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Dissemination of prevention guidelines among public health officials, clinicians, and patients has
emerged as a major benefit of public health informatics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

_______ is an estimation of how much exposure to the potential hazard would cause varying degrees of health effects.

Accepted Answer

A)   Hazard identification
B)   Exposure assessment
C)   Dose-response assessment
D)   Risk characterization

Question 19

A public health nurse is performing a community risk assessment. The goal of this assessment is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   To reduce risk and improve health
B)   To decrease environmental health threats
C)   To monitor the impact of prevention programs
D)   To collect data on public health risks

Question 20

Biosense provides improved real-time biosurveillance and situational awareness in support of early detection.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 17: Using Informatics to Promote Communitypopulation Health

A public health nurse is reviewing an immunization registry for what purpose?

The data processed into public health information can be obtained from administrative, financial, and facility sources. Included in this data stream may be encounter, screening, registry, clinical, and laboratory and surveillance data.

_______ is an assessment of the risk of the hazardous material causing illness in the population.

A nurse is working in a public health department and is providing patient education. Which of the following is a topic of education related to the purpose of public health?

Timely collection of public health data allows early detection of disease.

A nurse is explaining public health informatics to a nursing student. Which of the following statements by the nurse is correct?

A comprehensive surveillance effort supports timely investigation and identifies data needs for managing the public health response to an outbreak or terrorist event. Informatics tools are becoming increasingly important in these public health efforts.

Public health informatics uses the same tools as clinical informatics, and thus does not differ widely from clinical informatics.

Risk factor assessments do not complement the vital statistics data systems but complement the morbidity data systems by providing information on factors earlier in the causal chain leading to illness.

A nurse in a local public health department is identifying health problems and priorities by monitoring which of the following?

A nurse is developing a research study on injury prevention. This research is important to public health because of which of the following?

Hazard identification seeks to determine the types of health problems that could be caused by exposure to materials that have been identified as causing potential health problems.

A risk assessment may also be called a "threat and risk assessment." A "threat" is a harmful act, such as the deployment of a virus or illegal network penetration. A "risk" is the expectation that a threat may succeed and the potential damage that can occur.

An informatics nurse is explaining the benefits of public health informatics to public health nurses, which include:

A specialized system of data collection to detect trends in the incidence and severity of a specific disease or health-related syndrome is:

Social media can improve response to mass disasters.

Dissemination of prevention guidelines among public health officials, clinicians, and patients has emerged as a major benefit of public health informatics.

_______ is an estimation of how much exposure to the potential hazard would cause varying degrees of health effects.

A public health nurse is performing a community risk assessment. The goal of this assessment is which of the following?

Biosense provides improved real-time biosurveillance and situational awareness in support of early detection.