While Monitoring Community Health Trends, the Public Health Nurse Notes

Multiple Choice

While monitoring community health trends, the public health nurse notes an emerging infectious disease. What condition would alert the nurse to such an occurrence?

A) The disease occurs cyclically within a population.
B) The disease is newly identified within a population.
C) The disease is regularly seen in a geographic area.
D) The disease occurs sporadically and has occurred before in a geographic area.