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One of the primary roles of the public health nurse in any community is to monitor for outbreaks of infection or communicable diseases. The nurse is also responsible for reporting certain conditions to state or federal agencies. Disease surveillance allows the nurse to monitor for trends, set priorities, and evaluate the necessary programs in the community.
An elementary school nurse contacts the public health agency to report that several children in her school have developed symptoms of whooping cough. The school district has requested that the nurse provide education to parents on signs and symptoms of pertussis. In addition, the school nurse is pulling immunization records for all students to ensure that vaccination histories are on file. Any student in need of a booster is being contacted by school administration.
1. Collaboration in a community is important in the event of a disease outbreak. What information is communicated to members of the community with regards to information sharing? (Select all that apply.)
a. Names and contact information of the affected individuals
b. Provider names and phone numbers of the affected individuals
c. Names of those responsible for appropriate action
d. The use of algorithms to identify which events should be investigated
e. Methods of investigation and points of contact
2. Reporting of national notifiable infectious diseases is essential for what reasons? (Select all that apply.)
a. Accurately monitors trends.
b. Provides the basis for detecting disease outbreaks.
c. Alerts the hospitals about a potential influx of patients.
d. Uses data to initiate prevention programs.
e. Uses data to identify potentials for bioterrorist attacks.
3. A group of elementary students becomes ill after their teacher uses dry-erase markers for a demonstration of a math problem. The students have coughing, headaches, and itching throats. This is an example of which of the following patterns of occurrence?
a. Point source outbreak
b. Mixed outbreak
c. Continuous source outbreak
d. Common source outbreak
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