Community and Population Health Nursing
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Course Introduction
Community and Population Health Nursing focuses on the principles and practices necessary to promote and protect the health of populations, families, and communities. Students will explore concepts such as epidemiology, health promotion, disease prevention, cultural competence, and social determinants of health. The course emphasizes assessment and intervention strategies at the community and systems level, roles and responsibilities of nurses in public health settings, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Through case studies and community-based projects, students will develop skills in planning, implementing, and evaluating interventions that address the needs of diverse groups to improve overall population health outcomes.
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Community Public Health Nursing Promoting the Health of Populations 6th Edition by Nies
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Chapter 1: Health: A Community View
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Q1) What is the health issue causing the most concern in the United States today?
A) Diabetes epidemic
B) Increase in cardiac disease
C) Increase in obesity
D) Rise in cancer rates
Answer: C
Q2) Why would a public health nurse want to know about morbidity and mortality statistics on the local, state, and national level?
A) To be able to share current trends in health problems with the community
B) To be able to observe the community's statistics over time and compare the community with other communities
C) To justify local budgets and the need for increased income from citizens
D) To publicize current health issues and suggest appropriate actions to citizens
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the primary focus of health care efforts in the United States?
A) Acute illnesses and trauma
B) Chronic diseases
C) Diarrhea and starvation
D) Infectious diseases
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following groups was primarily responsible for the establishment of the first school of public health?
A) The American Medical Association
B) The Association of State Departments of Public Health
C) The federal government
D) The Rockefeller Foundation
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following best describes an innovation introduced by the Romans?
A) Citizenship duties
B) Daily street cleaning
C) Hospitals and nursing homes
D) Daily exercise
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
Population-Focused Nursing Practice
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Q1) A community health nurse is using the health belief model (HBM) as a basis for providing client care. Which of the following best describe the problems associated with using the HBM? (Select all that apply.)
A) It ignores the need to reduce health system barriers to action.
B) It is extremely difficult to change the client's belief system.
C) It is the nurse's responsibility to persuade clients to engage in the appropriate behavior.
D) Clients do not have the knowledge to correctly analyze the seriousness of the disease or their susceptibility to it.
E) Clients expect health professionals to take preventive actions for them.
F) The choice and the burden for acting are entirely with the client.
Answer: A, F
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes "thinking upstream"?
A) Focus on economic, political, and environmental factors
B) Prepare for your nursing career long-term goals by planning now
C) Seek causes of water and air pollution "upstream" from cities
D) Try to understand how or why someone got ill
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) Which of the following is the best definition of health?
A) A goal and a resource for living
B) A lack of disease or illness
C) Complete state of well-being
D) Freedom from pain or discomfort
Q2) Which of the following best describes the reason why so many Americans are obese?
A) Culture requires eating at celebrations and holidays.
B) For many people, caloric intake is more than needed for their physical activity.
C) Physical education is no longer a required subject in most elementary and secondary schools.
D) The expected portion size in restaurants has vastly increased over time.
Q3) A nurse is completing a health history with a client. Which of the following questions would be most important to include?
A) How many alcoholic drinks do you have in a day?
B) How many sexual partners have you had in the past month?
C) What nonprescription drugs do you take on a routine basis?
D) What kinds of tobacco do you use daily?
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) People were very concerned about another outbreak of swine flu. All care providers were asked to report, without individual names, any new cases to the public health department for tracking. Which of the following would be most helpful for the local media to report to keep citizens informed?
A) The ongoing incidence rate
B) The ongoing prevalence of the illness
C) How many were hospitalized
D) How many had died so far in local hospitals and care facilities
Q2) A nurse conducted a study of two skin lotions: (1) an inexpensive one and (2) an expensive one. The nurse found that there was a relative risk of 0.7 for skin sores using the inexpensive one and a relative risk of 1.2 using the expensive one. Which skin lotion should the nurse use?
A) Impossible to tell from the data given
B) It made no difference which lotion was used
C) The expensive lotion
D) The inexpensive lotion
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) A nurse begins to collect information about a particular health problem from community residents. Which of the following potential problems would most likely arise?
A) Residents might become suspicious about why the nurse needs this information.
B) Residents might believe the nurse is becoming intrusive in their personal lives.
C) Residents might wonder why they are being asked about the problem when previous surveys may also have asked about the same problem.
D) Residents might begin to expect service to be given to address the problem.
Q2) Which of the following best describes how care can be appropriately given in a community?
A) Provide individualized care to unique individuals as much as resources allow.
B) Consider the community itself as the "client."
C) Administer care according to the priorities of the local health department.
D) Prioritize care for the sickest populations first.
Q3) Which of the following best describes shoe leather epidemiology?
A) Implementing the wheel model of epidemiology
B) Engaging in extensive truth seeking like a detective in the community
C) Traveling throughout the community to absorb an overall impression of it
D) Facilitating sharing of the community's history by community leaders
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) Which of the following best describes a flaw of many of the health care bills passed during the last four decades?
A) They avoided interfering with the current health care approach and did not improve problems of access or duplication of efforts.
B) They encouraged each state to do what was best for its residents without consideration of what was best for the nation as a whole.
C) They created new layers of bureaucracy in health care administration.
D) They did not include financing to pay for the suggested changes.
Q2) A nurse has completed a community health project. Which of the following actions must be performed by the nurse? (Select all that apply.)
A) Ask for media coverage of the project to maximize public relations
B) Ensure that adequacy and appropriateness of the intervention are measured
C) Be certain the efficiency and cost benefits are measured
D) Collect statistics for careful analysis
E) Communicate follow-up recommendations to the community
F) Write a comprehensive report on the project to be distributed to anyone interested
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) Which of the following needs to be considered when using the Health Belief Model (HBM)?
A) Prior behaviors
B) Perceived benefits
C) Health promoting behaviors
D) Personal benefits
Q2) A very busy day is planned at a community health fair, and a nurse spends time greeting and meeting each person who walks in. Which of the following best describes the rationale for this action?
A) To distribute evaluation forms immediately so the participants can fill in the appropriate answers after each interaction with a professional
B) To immediately establish a friendly relationship and a level of trust
C) To make sure everyone knew who was sponsoring this free event
D) To most efficiently send the person to the area consistent with his or her apparent health need
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) Which of the following best describes how a case manager identifies people who would benefit from case management services? (Select all that apply.)
A) Evidence-based criteria
B) Families who express doubt that the patient is receiving adequate care
C) Patient having setbacks from treatment
D) Referrals from health care providers or agencies
E) Risk identification from data management
F) Use of health risk screening tools
Q2) Who first created the idea of a continuum of care, which later evolved into the term "case management"?
A) Florence Nightingale, when she engaged in activities such as writing letters for the wounded.
B) Lillian Wald, who created health education programs for the whole community.
C) Social workers, who function as discharge planners, use the term.
D) Those who coordinated services for discharged psychiatric patients after World War II (WWII) used the term.
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) A nurse is employed by the state public health department. Which of the following activities would she most likely complete?
A) Set up a flu shot clinic at a neighborhood church
B) Lobby for health care reform to cover more preventive services
C) Monitor the incidence of influenza in the state
D) Serve as a volunteer for a state legislator's campaign
Q2) Which of the following best describes the purposes of professional societies such as the American Nurses Association (ANA)? (Select all that apply.)
A) Providing control and oversight of the occupation
B) Creating licensing laws to control entry into the profession
C) Determining appropriate requirements for education into the profession
D) Establishing standards for practice
E) Protecting the interests of the practitioners
F) Safeguarding the public trust
Q3) Which of the following best describes the most important factor in legislation?
A) The amount of financing and lobbying behind each choice
B) The beliefs, attitudes, and values of the policy
C) The preferences of the majority of American voters
D) The president's ongoing encouragement for one particular choice
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the approach to health care used by states?
A) Federal funding encourages experimentation in creating new programs.
B) Insurance regulations concerning reimbursement cross state lines.
C) Information about successful programs is known to legislators.
D) States frequently develop new programs as federal funds become available to pay for them.
Q2) Which of the following best describes the primary conclusion of the report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System?
A) Hospital staffing must be improved to focus on safety rather than cost containment.
B) Quality of care and medical error are not easily defined.
C) Patients must recognize that care providers are human and errors will occasionally be made.
D) System failures are resulting in an incredible amount of harm from medical errors.
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the health care services that are provided by philanthropic groups?
A) Direct care to patients with problems related to the group's primary interest area
B) Legislative lobbying for increased funding for their special interests
C) Informational and research activities
D) Special services such as housing, transportation, or appearance aids
Q2) Which of the following was a major change after Medicare began a prescription drug benefit?
A) Number of prescriptions ordered by physicians decreased
B) Medications increased without affecting patient care outcomes
C) U.S. expenditures on drugs approached the same level as that of other industrialized nations
D) Use of drugs and their cost immediately increased
Q3) Which of the following best describes why large employers would decide to self-insure?
A) To claim to offer more benefits to employees
B) To have more control over health care providers
C) To be more effective at keeping employees happy
D) To reduce administrative costs charged by insurance companies
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health
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Q1) In a client's culture it is exceedingly rude to ask any questions about income or wealth. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse to draw conclusions about the client's socioeconomic status (SES)?
A) Ask about the client's education or employment position
B) Ask his or her religious leader to share such information with the nurse
C) Let the financial office deal with the problem
D) Refer the issue to the social worker who has better sources of information
Q2) A nurse is called by a friend who complains of symptoms of a cold. Which of the following responses would be the most appropriate by the nurse?
A) Ask the friend what she usually does for a cold and suggest that be done
B) Tell her to go to the urgent care center for assistance
C) Suggest that she make an appointment to see her health care provider
D) Point out to her that nurses are unable to treat patients
Q3) Before interviewing an Hispanic family, what is the most important action for the nurse to take?
A) Compliment each member on some visible asset
B) Establish rapport, and gain trust and confidence
C) Greet them in Spanish even if badly spoken and accented
D) Recognize the male as the authority figure in the family
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Chapter 14: Environmental Health
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes what has happened to air quality since the United States outlawed the use of chlorofluorocarbons, halons, and carbon tetrachloride?
A) Air quality immediately improved.
B) Air quality is slowly improving.
C) Little change occurred because these chemicals remain in the atmosphere.
D) Nothing has happened because other countries worldwide continue to extensively use these products.
Q2) Which of the following statements best describe why environmental health is more challenging than other variables related to an individual's health?
A) Environmental health affects susceptible individuals more than groups.
B) Environmental health demands that individuals be willing to change their beliefs.
C) Environmental health is dependent on social neighborhoods, as well as geography.
D) Environmental health requires social, economic, and political changes to improve.
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) Which of the following has been a common result in countries with a severe HIV/AIDS epidemic?
A) Birth rate is high, but life expectancy is only 35 to 40 years.
B) Free clinics have begun distributing condoms to stop the spread.
C) International aid has begun to lower the infection rates.
D) Missionaries are establishing orphanages within their churches.
Q2) Which of the following best describes how the United Nations (UN) is able to implement its decisions?
A) Asking for funding from all member nations to obtain appropriate resources
B) Through five permanent members of its security council
C) Sending military units to developing countries
D) Using its moral authority and world opinion
Q3) Which of the following statements best describes how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) differs from its many peer agencies?
A) It focuses primarily on prevention.
B) It is a uniquely American approach to problem resolution.
C) It responds to health emergencies.
D) It uses years of experience as the basis for its actions.
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) A school nurse is trying to determine health trends when making plans for health programming in the school for the upcoming school year. Which of the following would be the most appropriate action for the nurse to take?
A) Conduct a survey in the community
B) Do an online search of groups that might collect and analyze such data
C) Examine records in the school health office to determine trends
D) Interview local health officials regarding problems beginning to occur
Q2) Which of the following best explains why an employer would care about the health needs of local children?
A) The children are the employer's future workforce.
B) The employer needs positive media coverage and no scandals.
C) The community will provide greater support to employers that have family-based policies.
D) Staying home to take care of sick children will impact the productivity of the workplace.
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following is the greatest single cause of absenteeism from school and work among young women?
A) A child's illness
B) Dysmenorrhea
C) Mental health disorders
D) Upper respiratory tract infection
Q2) In a college health course, the question arose as to when a woman needs to see her health care provider for a Pap smear. Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "After you begin having intercourse or reach age 21, whichever is sooner"
B) "Before having sexual intercourse, when you go to obtain your birth control"
C) "If your periods change at all, go to see your health care provider."
D) "If you have a vaginal discharge that's unusual, go right in for a Pap smear."
Q3) Which of the following is the most serious complication of women having osteoporosis?
A) Hip fracture
B) Need to avoid sunlight
C) Need to decrease weight-bearing physical activity
D) Stooped posture
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) Which of the following statements is correct?
A) Males are more likely to have colorectal testing than females.
B) Males are more likely to receive dental care than females.
C) Males are more likely to have routine physicals than females.
D) Males are more likely to be eligible for primary care services than females.
Q2) Which gender perceives and reports having better health?
A) Females
B) Males
C) No difference between genders in perceived health status
D) Perceived health status varies strongly by individuals more than gender.
Q3) Which of the following statements best explains why men are sicker on hospital admission than women?
A) Men do not have access to care.
B) Men do not seek treatment until they are very ill.
C) Men have chronic conditions more than women.
D) Men have more acute illnesses than women.
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) In the supermarket checkout, a young woman complained to her friend, "Old people think we taxpayers should pay for them to be in a nursing home. Seems like a waste of money." Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Did you know more than 90% of all the elderly live in their own homes while fewer than 5% live in care facilities?"
B) "Those old people built our society; we owe it to them to support them now."
C) "Would it be better to put each person to sleep when they reach a certain age such as 80 years?"
D) "You know, you'll get old someday too. Won't you want someone to take care of you when you can't anymore?"
Q2) "My health problems are too much to handle," said an elderly woman at her annual clinical checkup. "What's most important for me to do?" Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Focus on eating properly and staying active."
B) "Get the shingles immunization along with your flu shot this year."
C) "Keep active mentally-do you do crossword puzzles or Sudoku puzzles?"
D) "Stay involved with others. Do you ever go to the senior citizens center?"
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) A nurse asked of a family, "Could each of you tell me what you typically do during the week?" Which of the following would the nurse most likely say to follow up such an open-ended question?
A) "Could you tell me about what you do at your job?"
B) "Do you believe those choices are the best use of your free time?"
C) "How do you feel about those activities?"
D) "Is there anything you would like to do differently?"
Q2) Which of the following is an appropriate conclusion to draw from research based on network therapy theory?
A) Nurses can help at-risk populations access or build support systems.
B) Problems in our health care system are worsened by specialization and fragmentation.
C) Social class places limitations on access to health care.
D) The family is culturally anchored in American beliefs.
Q3) Which of the following statements best describes how a family can meet the needs of society?
A) By living and existing in the wider community
B) By meeting the needs of the individual family members
C) Through procreation and socialization
D) Through productivity seen in employment positions
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) Which of the following best describes why some advocacy groups have taken a strong stand against physician-assisted suicide?
A) Ethical belief that life is always preferable to death
B) Emphasis that there is always hope for a research breakthrough or discovery of a new treatment intervention
C) Fear that some persons may be "encouraged" to accept an early death merely because they are not valued by society for their contributions
D) Helping someone die is murder, plain and simple
Q2) Which of the following guiding rules or principles would most likely be followed by a nurse caring for persons with disabilities? (Select all that apply.)
A) Adopt the client's priorities
B) Change care according to the most recent research findings
C) Care for the disability and then for the whole person
D) Know community resources thoroughly
E) Support the client's decisions
F) When in doubt, listen
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following factors would prevent a homeless person from accepting employment adequate to pay for housing?
A) Could not complete an employment application because of lack of mailing address
B) Hope for a better position than the service positions available
C) Lack of adequate resources to pay for other necessities
D) Prefer to receive a handout than to have to work
Q2) Which of the following factors is strongly predictive for homelessness among women veterans?
A) Having a previous criminal conviction
B) Being a mother
C) Having a high school education
D) Being unmarried
Q3) Which of the following best describes a major difference between women who have always had shelter and women who have been homeless?
A) Educational opportunities and attainment
B) History of gender relationships (marriages, divorces)
C) Level of involvement with physical and/or sexual abuse
D) Skills necessary for paid employment
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) Which of the following best explains why the rural population is growing when young persons from rural areas consistently are moving to urban areas to seek employment?
A) Adults engaged in all the physically demanding farming tasks have longer life spans than people in urban areas.
B) Farm families continue to have a higher birth rate than urban families.
C) Many formerly migrant worker Hispanics are settling in rural counties.
D) Retirees and other urbanites able to conduct business through telecommunication and travel are moving in.
Q2) Which of the following is most likely to provide public health services to Americans residing in a rural community?
A) Public health nurse
B) Public health physician
C) Epidemiologist
D) Nurse practitioner
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Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
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Q1) Which of the following best summarizes the symptoms of a person with bipolar disorder?
A) Chronic, unrealistic, and exaggerated worry about life
B) Ongoing hallucinations and delusions
C) Changes in mood from depression to mania
D) A persistent abnormally elevated or irritable mood
Q2) A person with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) knows the ritual is senseless, but is unable to stop. Which of the following best explains why he does not quit doing the ritual?
A) As rituals become habit, others will worry about the person if he or she suddenly stops engaging in the ritual behavior.
B) Engaging in rituals allows the individual to feel in control.
C) If the compulsion is resisted, anxiety increases.
D) Rituals, even if nonsensical, are comforting and reassuring.
Q3) Which of the following best describes how brain imaging scans are being used?
A) To deliver electroconvulsive therapy to high-risk individuals
B) To help detect and diagnose medical disorders and illnesses
C) To help determine treatment options for mental disorders
D) To help determine the effects of psychotherapy
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) Which of the following is the first step in preventing further spread of a particular sexually transmitted disease (STD)?
A) Have a citywide free screening program in all high schools and colleges
B) Provide public education about safe sex from abstinence to monogamous relationships
C) Require all public facilities to sanitize all restrooms with a stronger, more effective agent
D) Treat each infected person with the appropriate pharmaceutical agent
Q2) A case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was diagnosed immediately on signs of illness at a tourist site in China. Which of the following actions should be taken to protect the badly needed income from tourist dollars?
A) Close the airports and refuse to let the tourists in the area leave
B) Begin to immunize everyone in the immediate area with protective vaccine as soon as possible
C) Quarantine the ill person and use isolation techniques when providing care
D) Screen everyone in the area by requiring a blood and urine sample
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) Which of the following trends in drug use is being seen among young adults?
A) Decrease in the use of illegal cocaine derivatives
B) Expansion in the misuse of prescription drugs
C) Large increase in the use of steroids and methamphetamines
D) Increase in the overall use of all types of drugs
Q2) Which legislation has increased funding for treatment and rehabilitation for substance abuse?
A) Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act
B) Anti-Drug Abuse Acts of 1986 and 1988
C) Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act
D) Harrison Narcotic Act of 1914
Q3) Which of the following is the drug of choice for treating persons with alcohol withdrawal?
A) Antabuse
B) Benzodiazepines
C) Methadone
D) Naltrexone
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) A male strong firearms advocate stressed his guns were for self-protection and he wanted all criminals to know his family had loaded guns in their home. Which of the following best explains why a nurse would not support his actions?
A) Criminals carry more powerful and illegal guns.
B) Guns in the home typically result in dead family members and friends.
C) His children may be less careful than the adults in the family.
D) Less trained individuals might think the guns were unloaded.
Q2) A female student is at a fraternity party where alcohol is flowing freely, the music is loud, and people are dancing and talking. Most people seem to be having a great time. What action should the student take, if anything, when she overhears two men talking about having put ketamine in a girl's drink?
A) First get out of there, then call the campus police and report what was heard
B) Nothing, because she had no idea which woman was targeted or even if she drank what was given to her
C) Talk to the two men about the dangers and side effects of ketamine
D) Watch to see if any young women pass out or are otherwise impaired
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) A friend who was raped and beaten appeared to be coping well. However, she recently dropped out of school and shared with the nurse that she is having nightmares where it happens all over again, and these nightmares are becoming impossible to live with. Which of the following would be the concern of the nurse?
A) A late psychological reaction of despair and hopelessness
B) Depression that no one rescued her and saved her from the traumatic event
C) Guilt and concern over what she could possibly have done to invite such an event
D) Posttraumatic stress syndrome disorder (PTSD)
Q2) Which of the following do terrorists hope to accomplish by causing mass destruction and violence toward innocent persons going about their daily lives?
A) Create fear to intimidate and coerce to accomplish a political goal
B) Encourage others with similar beliefs to join them and their cause
C) Obtain publicity for themselves and their goals
D) Obtain increased negotiating power and respect
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) Every day a child came into the school nurse's office with vague complaints, but sometimes it seemed to the nurse that the child just wanted to talk and be listened to for a while. Unfortunately, the child took up almost 15 minutes of the nurse's very busy day. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask a staff person to talk with the child so the nurse could complete required tasks
B) Continue to listen while assessing for possible underlying problems
C) Refer the child to a private physician for follow-up on the constant physical symptoms the child presented
D) Talk to the teacher about not letting the child leave the classroom unless obvious symptoms (fever, vomiting) of illness were present
Q2) A school health nurse was concerned about the diagnosed eating disorders of three high school students. A nutrition and body image program was planned. Which of the following classes should receive the program first?
A) Elementary school grades 4, 5, and 6
B) Grades 7, 8, and 9
C) High school grades 10, 11, and 12
D) Kindergarten students
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) Which of the following best explains why employers are putting more effort into ensuring a safe environment for their employees? (Select all that apply.)
A) To avoid National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) inspections
B) To be sure employees are "on the job"
C) To provide good public relations, which can be seen as being a good community citizen
D) Safety is an ethical and moral responsibility
E) To prevent expensive lawsuits when someone is hurt or injured
F) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) can give penalties, fines, and sentences for safety violations
Q2) An occupational health nurse (OHN) reminds employees to put on their safety glasses and use other personal protective equipment. Which of the following levels of prevention is being implemented?
A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Health promotion
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following are the most common forms of elder abuse?
A) Emotional abuse by caregivers
B) Financial abuse when resources are used without the elder's consent
C) Neglect by self or caregivers
D) Physical mistreatment resulting in injuries
Q2) The correctional nurse was completing an admission physical for a newly incarcerated prisoner. The nurse realized the prisoner was talking to someone other than the nurse. Which of the following does the nurse need to remember?
A) Cell phones, including those with ear phones, are commonplace among everyone.
B) It is common for persons to talk to themselves or think out loud.
C) Prisons have become the residence for a very large number of persons who have mental illnesses.
D) Prisoners get very lonely and often talk to mirrors or inanimate objects.
Q3) Which of the following describes a responsibility of the forensic psychiatric nurse?
A) Assisting with the deposition
B) Collecting evidence to be used in future legal proceedings
C) Judging intent or diminished capacity of the client during the incident
D) Preparing to testify in court
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following symptoms would the faith community nurse (FCN) expect to see when caring for a client with the diagnosis of spiritual distress?
A) Hopelessness, isolation, and loneliness
B) Intense need for prayer and support
C) Loss of faith
D) Withdrawal from stress and the environment
Q2) As a health advocate, which of the following does the faith community nurse (FCN) need to know?
A) Community resources available in the community
B) Educational needs of the community
C) Recruitment strategies
D) Understanding of spirituality
Q3) Which of the following best describes how the practice of faith community nurses is different from the practice of other nurse specialists?
A) Advanced education is required before attempting such a challenging role.
B) Practice setting is in a building dedicated to a purpose other than health care.
C) The nurse is a member of the same community where the nurse practices.
D) The central focus of the practice is the spiritual dimension.
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) A client needed a great deal of care. During a morning visit, the nurse shared information with the client's caregiver and demonstrated technical procedures. Which of the following is most important for the nurse to assess?
A) Client response to the procedures
B) How the client thought the goals were being achieved
C) If the client and the caregiver retained all the information the nurse gave
D) The skill and comfort level of the client's caregiver
Q2) Which of the following best describes why home health care has continued to grow until very recently? (Select all that apply.)
A) Consumers prefer home care, so they will personally pay for it.
B) Demographics-there are more elderly persons in U.S. society.
C) Home care does not cost much more than institutional care.
D) Insurance companies are encouraging home care.
E) Medicare is encouraging home care rather than institutional care.
F) Physicians prefer to visit clients in their homes rather than institutions.
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