Public Health Nurse
Test your public health knowledge
1) Public Health:
- Prevents epidemics and the spread of disease, protects against environmental hazards, and prevents injury
- Conducts health education programs to encourage healthy behaviors
- Responds to disaster and assists communities in recoveries
- Formulates and implements policies in order to improve the quality of health in the community
- All of the above
2) The major health challenge for public health today is:
- To combat chronic and degenerative disease (i.e. obesity, cancer, diabetes, etc)
- Ensure access to safe and clean air, water, and food
- Prevention of early death due to infectious disease
- All of the above
3) The core functions of public health as stated in the 1988 IOM report are:
- Program development and implementation
- Infectious disease control, immunization administration, and disaster planning
- Assessment, policy development, and assurance
- Health education, case management, and community outreach
- None of the above
4) According to the CDC, what is the #1 greatest achievement in
public health history?
- Fluoridation of drinking water
- Control of infectious disease through sanitation efforts
- Development of immunizations
- Development of antibiotics
5) Worldwide, what is the second leading cause of death due to
an infectious disease?
- HIV/AIDS
- Tuberculosis
- Bacterial meningitis
- Influenza
True or False
6) Public health nurses may provide direct clinical services to individuals, formulate policy development, and contribute to the communities’
disaster/emergency plan.
True
7) Population-based public health nursing focuses on the individual level of care and provides direct clinical services.
False
8 ) Primary prevention focuses on well populations and is implemented before disease occurs.
True