The Public Health Nursing Student Is Studying Outbreak Investigations and Disease

question 2

Multiple Choice

The public health nursing student is studying outbreak investigations and disease trends. The student learns that there are three precipitating factors also known as the epidemiological constants essential to an outbreak investigation and include which of the following?

• A)Person, agent, and time
• B)Host, agent, and time
• C)Person, place, and environment
• D)Person, place, and time

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Definitions:

Catabolic

Relating to or involving the breakdown of complex molecules into simpler ones, often with the release of energy, part of the metabolic process.

Endergonic

Describes a reaction that absorbs energy from its surroundings, typically in the form of ATP, and is not spontaneous.

Exergonic

Refers to a chemical reaction where energy is released to the surroundings, typically characterized by a negative Gibbs free energy.

Dehydration

The excessive loss of body water, impairing normal physiological functions.