As a community health nurse you know that early attempts to understand illness and disease focused on the study of the experiences of individual people. Using this knowledge, how would you define epidemiology to a group of nursing students?
A) An outbreak that occurs when there is an increased incidence of a disease beyond that which is normally found in the population
B) Model based on the belief that health status is determined by the interaction of the characteristics of the host, agent, and environment
C) Study of the distribution and determinants of states of health and illness in human populations
D) Epidemiologic model that strongly emphasizes the concept of multiple causation while de-emphasizing the role of agents in explain illness
Question 2
You are preparing for the new community health nurse orientation about the care of individual and community clients. Using your knowledge about the community who has the best potential to link environmental exposure to illness and disease?
A) Nurse practitioner
B) Primary care provider
C) Medical examiner
D) Nurse
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