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Telemedicine Role In Public Health Quiz

Are you aware of telemedicine's role in public health? This quiz will test your knowledge about telemedicine and its role by asking a few questions. Telemedicine is the practice of caring for patients remotely if any of...

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 6316 | Last updated: May 18, 2022

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______________________________uses computers and telecommunications equipment to deliver medical care at a distance.

Medical Informatics

Telemedicine

Computer Informatics

None of the above

[community Public Health] Chapter 1: Responsibilities For care In Community/Public Health Nursing

Questions: 23 | Attempts: 368 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

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A community/public health nurse is best defined as a nurse who

Applies concepts and knowledge from nursing and public health.

Gives care to families in the community.

Has a baccalaureate and previous experience in community health.

Is employed outside of an acute care setting.

[community Public Health] Chapter 15: Community Assessment

Questions: 29 | Attempts: 648 | Last updated: Nov 30, 2022

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Which of the following would be the best way to determine the health of a community?

Ask a firefighter which neighborhoods have the fewest fires.

Ask a realtor which neighborhoods have the most expensive houses.

Ask people living in the neighborhood if they are happy with where they live.

Ask the police department which neighborhoods have the lowest crime rates.

[community Public Health] Chapter 9: Environmental Health Risk

Questions: 21 | Attempts: 201 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2022

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Which of the following events marked the beginning of the most outstanding improvements in public health?

Discovery of antibiotics

Creation of safe water purification and sewer systems

Implementation of surgery as a clean procedure in the operating rooms

Physician education on the benefits of hand-washing between procedures

Public Health Quiz: Trivia Questions! Test

Questions: 16 | Attempts: 2081 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2022

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Any combination of learning experiences designed to facilitate voluntary adaptations of behavior conducive to health.

Health education

Health behavior

Health promotion

Ecological perspective

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[community Public Health] Chapter 27: Children In The Community Health

[Community Public Health] Chapter 27: Children in the community health

Questions: 27 | Attempts: 141 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

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Children make up approximately what percentage of the total population in the United States?

10%

15%

20%

25%

[community Public Health] Chapter 28: Older Adults In The Community

[Community Public Health] Chapter 28: Older adults in the community

Questions: 28 | Attempts: 139 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

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What percentage of the total population in the United States is older than 65 years?

0% to 5%

6% to 10%

11% to 15%

16% to 20%

[community Public Health] Chapter 29: State And Local Health Departments

[Community Public Health] Chapter 29: State and local health departments

Questions: 22 | Attempts: 191 | Last updated: Mar 17, 2022

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Under the U.S. Constitution, which level of government has primary responsibility for health care of American citizens?

County/district level of government

Federal level of government

State level of government

Town/city/village level of government

[community Public Health] Chapter 33: Community Mental Health

[Community Public Health] Chapter 33: Community Mental Health

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 138 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

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A community/public health nurse working in the late 1960s saw an increase in the number of psychiatric patients who were being cared for in the community. What was the reason for this increase?

Phenothiazine drugs such as chlorpromazine had been discovered.

Lobbyists had demanded closure of state psychiatric hospitals.

State funding encouraged the establishment of community mental health centers.

Community-based therapy was found to be effective at controlling psychiatric symptoms.

[community Public Health] Chapter 14: Multiproblem Families

[Community Public Health] Chapter 14: Multiproblem families

Questions: 21 | Attempts: 59 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

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A community/public health nurse has been having difficulty interacting with a family with multiple problems and has asked the agency supervisor for advice. Which of the following actions will most likely be suggested?

Exchange caseloads with another nurse at periodic intervals to obtain fresh insight

Reassure the family that things will eventually be alright.

Help the family recognize how they are responsible for their own problems.

Recognize that the family has potential for improvement.

[community Public Health] Chapter 12: A Family Perspective In Community/Public Health

[Community Public Health] Chapter 12: A family perspective in Community/Public Health

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 278 | Last updated: Mar 16, 2022

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When a home health nurse visits a family for the first time, what is the nurses primary goal?

Complete physical examinations on as many family members as time allows.

Have the family complete as many assessment tools as time allows.

Make sure all records, including third-party payer information, are accurate.

Observe and interview the family to identify family strengths and needs.

[community Public Health] Chapter 10: Relevance Of Culture And Values For Community/Public Health Nu...

[Community Public Health] Chapter 10: Relevance of Culture and Values for Community/Public Health Nu...

Questions: 28 | Attempts: 198 | Last updated: Dec 15, 2022

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Which of the following statistics related to diversity in the United States is accurate?

One per five people belongs to an ethnic or racial minority.

One per three people identifies with an ethnic or racial minority.

The percentage of people identifying with a minority group is decreasing.

The percentage of people identifying with a minority culture has become the majority.

[community Public Health] Chapter 8: Communicable Diseases

[Community Public Health] Chapter 8: Communicable diseases

Questions: 29 | Attempts: 145 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2022

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What was one of the first public health measures legislated by the U.S. federal government?

Funding local government provision of safe water

Using the power to impose quarantine

Requiring pasteurization of all milk

Regulating disposal of waste (garbage and feces)

[community Public Health] Chapter 7: Epidemiology: Unraveling The Mysteries Of Disease And Health

[Community Public Health] Chapter 7: Epidemiology: Unraveling the mysteries of Disease and Health

Questions: 30 | Attempts: 147 | Last updated: Mar 18, 2022

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Who was the first nurse epidemiologist who pioneered the use of statistics to improve public health?

Dorothea Dix

Florence Nightingale

Lillian Wald

Sue Barton

[community Public Health] Chapter 6: Legal Context For Community/Public Health Nursing

[Community Public Health] Chapter 6: Legal context for Community/Public Health Nursing

Questions: 33 | Attempts: 48 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2022

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In which legislation can most public health documents be found?

County or district law

Federal acts

Local ordinances

State statutes

[community Public Health] Chapter 5: Global Health

[Community Public Health] Chapter 5: Global health

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 249 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

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A public health nurse is concerned about a recent influenza outbreak in Germany. Why would the nurse be interested in a health issue occurring outside of the United States?

Highly infectious diseases can circle the world quickly through worldwide travel.

Other nations rely on the United States for guidance to address health issues.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, nurses should assist in disease control efforts.

Nurses have a moral obligation to keep the public safe and healthy.

[community Public Health] Chapter 4: Financing For Health care: Context For Community/Public Health ...

[Community Public Health] Chapter 4: Financing for health care: Context for Community/Public Health ...

Questions: 31 | Attempts: 55 | Last updated: Mar 16, 2022

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What approach have nurses historically used when providing care and paying attention to costs?

Giving the best possible nursing care regardless of ability to pay

Giving whatever care the nurse has the expertise to give

Giving whatever care the patient could afford

Giving whatever care the patient desired and for which he or she was willing to pay

[community Public Health] Chapter 3: The United State Health care System

[Community Public Health] Chapter 3: The United State Health Care System

Questions: 31 | Attempts: 67 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2022

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What is the main difference in the health care system in the United States between President Clintons vision in 1994 and today reality?

Funding is totally centralized or decentralized.

Oversight is a public or private responsibility.

Health care team leadership is shared.

Pharmaceuticals are purchased through a payer system.

[community Public Health] Chapter 2: Origins And Future Of Community/Public Health Nursing

[Community Public Health] Chapter 2: Origins and future of Community/Public Health Nursing

Questions: 19 | Attempts: 117 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

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With what aspect of the population being served have both nursing and public health always been most concerned?

Financial resources

Political beliefs

Religious faith

Social and physical environments

Basic Science Of Public Health: Trivia Quiz!

Basic Science of Public Health: Trivia Quiz!

Questions: 37 | Attempts: 759 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2022

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What is Market Justice?

Views health and healthcare as a right, and makes the issue collective responsibility enabling everyone to get access.

Health and healthcare is a market commodity that each individual person is responsible for obtaining. The fate of each person is determined by themselves and not by a collective effort.

Views health and healthcare as a right, and makes the issue individual responsibility enabling everyone to get access.

Health and healthcare is a market commodity that each individual person is responsible for obtaining. The fate of each person is determined by themselves and not by a individual effort.

Core Functions Of Public Health Quiz: Trivia!

Core Functions of Public Health Quiz: Trivia!

Do you know the core functions of public health? The way we take care of our society is to be clean with our bodies, which helps prevent sickness. Public health attempts to improve the quality of life through the prevention and...

Questions: 11 | Attempts: 720 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

Public Health India Score

Indicate your familiarity with the following important Indian public health events, policies, projects and networks.

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 168 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

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National Population Policy - 1976

Yes

No

Public Health And Healthy People Quiz: Trivia!

Public Health and Healthy People Quiz: Trivia!

What is your opinion of public health and healthy people? Would you be willing to give this quiz a shot? Do you know what the ten leading indicators of health are? You will be expected to know all the parts of health care, why...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 331 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

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Public health is a piece of the larger concept of "health." What are the parts of "health?"

Delivery System

Absence of dz or minimization of the effects of dz

Ability to function as desired (physical, mental, and social)

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