When reviewing the trends in communicable diseases for a county, the community health nurse notes an increased incidence of Lyme disease. The nurse develops a plan for prevention and control,
understanding that this disease is most likely transmitted by which mode?
A) Vector
B) Air-borne
C) Vehicle-borne
D) Direct
Question 2
A community health nurse is presenting a program about hepatitis prevention and risk reduction to a local community group.
The nurse determines that the group has understood the program when they identify which method as the major mode of transmission for hepatitis B?
A) Oral-fecal route
B) Exposure to contaminated blood
C) Air-borne droplet nuclei
D) Infected rodents, such as mice and rats
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