Final exam study guide – Disclaimer – this is a guide and may not be complete.
50% application/analysis – 50% knowledge/comprehension of topics – look at Blooms Taxonomy for a
description of these levels. Limited select all that apply. Some next gen style questions which can be
practiced in Lippincott if you have the textbook code. If you don’t have an access code, is there
someone in the class who you can work with?
Epidemiology
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terms – i.e. incidence/prevalence and calculations, surveillance
The Public Health Intervention Wheel – interventions – nurses role
Outbreak Investigation
Outreach
Roles of the nurse in disease investigation – contract tracing, case-finding
Foundational principles
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Sustainable Development Goals/World Health Organization
Levels of Prevention – definition and application to any setting
Reporting to public – what type of reporting – what is active and passive reporting
Immunity – active, passive, herd
Signs and symptoms of disease (noticing and prioritizing), treatments (acting), routes of
exposure (noticing/prioritizing), transmission (notice/prior)
o Lead
o TB
o Lyme disease
o Anthrax
o Smallpox
How to conduct a community health assessment – all phases – writing goals and objectives
Apply the concepts of unit 1 – foundational concepts to different populations – work, school,
church, homeless
Disaster Nursing (25%)
o Triage process – ABC
o Triage tag colors
o Differentiate between a mass casualty and a disaster
o Incident command
o PODs
o Bioterrorism diseases, categories, anthrax, botulism,
o Reason for terrorism
o Rapid needs assessment (see community assessment chapter)
o Prioritization
Human Trafficking – signs and symptoms, outcomes (mental and physical), who is trafficked,
reasons/risk factors, types of trafficking
Infographic presentations – 1 question from each presentation
School nursing – delegation process and which client can you delegate, comprehensive school
health, nurses role, school health committees.