The population health nurse is planning to use a web of causation ...

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The population health nurse is planning to use a web of causation to explain the development of a health problem in a group of patients. What should the nurse use as an example of the web of causation?
 
  1. Oil refinery, flare emissions, and asthma.
  2. Mosquitoes, West Nile virus, and decreased mosquito spraying.
  3. Adolescent pregnancy rate, lower socioeconomic status and education, and close friends with infants.
  4. Access to alcohol, decreased enforcement of minors, and attractive media portrayal of alcohol that contributes to adolescent alcohol usage.

Question 2

The population health nurse is explaining the epidemiologic triad to a group of nursing students. What should the nurse use as an example of this triad?
 
  1. Sun, beach, and sunburn.
  2. Rural Mississippi, deer, and Lyme disease.
  3. Potato salad, outdoor picnic, and food poisoning.
  4. Standing water, mosquitoes, and warm weather.

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: 4
Explanation: 4. Web of causation explores the influence of multiple factors on a specific health condition. The factors of access to alcohol, decreased enforcement of age checking, and the attractive portrayal of alcohol in the media contributes to adolescent alcohol usage. The other examples are of the epidemiologic triad.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 3
Explanation: 3. The epidemiologic triad consists of agent, host, and environment. Potato salad is the agent, the host is food poisoning, and the environment is the outdoor picnic. Sun, beach, and sunburn does not exemplify the epidemiologic triad. Rural Mississippi, deer, and Lyme disease does not exemplify the epidemiologic triad. Standing water, mosquitoes, and warm weather does not exemplify the epidemiologic triad.