The nurse travels to Nigeria with a humanitarian aid organization to assess and treat members of a remote community. The children all have high levels of lead in their blood, as a result of exposure to lead dust created by gold mining. Many children are dying. The nurse has never witnessed such a phenomenon in the United States. Which are the most likely reasons for this discrepancy? 

You are a public health nurse working with a patient starting TB treatment. The patient weighs 138 lbs. Which is the safe dose of Ethambutol for this patient? Patients 40 to 55 kg: 800 mg orally once a day Patients 56 to 75 kg: 1200 mg orally once a day Patients 76 to 90 kg: 1600 mg orally once a day Patients greater than 90 kg: 1600 mg/day

A community health nurse is engaged in primary prevention activities for disasters in the community. Which action would the nurse most likely involved with?

A community health nurse is working as part of a disaster response team which is using the epidemiological triad to address factors contributing to disasters. When implementing this framework, which concept about the environmental factors would be most important for the team to incorporate?

Financial exploitation is a common form of elder abuse that can have severe consequences on an older adult’s well-being.

Breaking any link in the chain of infection cannot help preventing the spread of disease

School violence is primarily an issue of criminal justice, not a public health concern.

Medicare is the primary source of health insurance for older adults in the U.S.

Which of the following Balanced Scorecard (BSC) framework perspectives deals with the external environment including retaining and training employees, enhancing information technology and systems, employee safety, and health and environmental sustainability?

Higher inventories, higher costs, longer response times, and lost customers can result from: