Community Health Nursing Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Community Health Nursing focuses on the principles and practices of promoting and protecting the health of populations through organized community efforts. This course covers the roles and responsibilities of nurses in various community settings, epidemiology, health education, disease prevention, and health promotion. Students learn about healthcare systems, cultural factors influencing health, strategies for vulnerable populations, and the implementation of community-based interventions. Emphasis is placed on collaborative approaches, advocacy, and leadership in fostering healthier communities and reducing health disparities.
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Public Health Nursing Population Centered Health Care in the Community 9th Edition by Stanhope
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Chapter 1: Community and Prevention-Oriented,
Population-Focused Practice: The Foundation of
Specialization in Public Health Nursing
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Q1) A nurse is conducting vision screenings on children in the school setting.Which type of nursing practice is the nurse performing?
A) Community-oriented
B) Public health
C) Community health
D) Community-based
Answer: D
Q2) The nurse manager makes sure that the staff members who work in a local clinic are competent in their job responsibilities.Which of the public health core functions is being demonstrated?
A) Assurance
B) Assessment
C) Prevention
D) Policy development
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) A nurse had the opportunity to work with Mary Breckinridge.Which of the following would the nurse most likely have assisted with?
A) Establishing the Henry Street Settlement
B) Developing health programs geared toward improving the health care of the rural populations
C) Blazing a nursing trail through the Rockies, providing nursing care to miners and their families
D) Teaching birth control measures to large numbers of women in the South
Answer: B
Q2) In the past,population-centered nurses have been called:
A) district nurses.
B) almshouse nurses.
C) soldier nurses.
D) sisters.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: The Changing USHealth and Public Health Care Systems
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Q1) A community health nurse reviews Healthy People 2020 when considering the health needs that will be addressed in the community.Which goal would the nurse find in this document?
A) Promote healthy behaviors for children
B) Cure cancer
C) Eliminate health disparities
D) Provide primary care to all citizens
Answer: C
Q2) A client is receiving PHC services.Which of the following expectations would the client have?
A) The care would be provided by a physician.
B) Private insurance would be necessary to receive care.
C) The emphasis of care provided would be on prevention.
D) A referral would be made to a specialist after receiving services.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Perspectives in Global Health Care
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Q1) A nurse is assessing a refugee who fled the genocide in Darfur.Which of the following disease/disorder should the nurse anticipate finding?
A) TB
B) Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
C) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD)
D) Malnutrition
Q2) A nurse is analyzing one of the components of a unit of DALYs.From which of the following individuals would the nurse be able to calculate this measurement?
A) A woman who lives to be 100 years old
B) A woman who contracts HIV after working as a prostitute
C) A father with five children who dies at the age of 50 from malaria
D) A woman who gives birth to a premature infant
Q3) A nurse is working with colonias.Which of the following considerations should be made by the nurse?
A) They have developed roads, transportation, and electrical services.
B) They are frequently driven off, only to return to the same area.
C) Their settlements have led to an increase in several disease conditions.
D) Their contributions have improved the local economy.
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Chapter 5: Economics of Health Care Delivery
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Q1) A nurse is working with members of the community to assist them with acquiring health insurance.Which of the following individuals is most likely to be uninsured?
A) An 82-year-old woman with chronic medical problems
B) A 2-year-old whose mother is on welfare
C) A 50-year-old businessman who works for a large corporation
D) A 32-year-old man who works part-time at a small business
Q2) An employee is able to receive health insurance from a former employer after changing jobs.Which of the following best describes the legislation that makes this possible?
A) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
B) Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
C) Balanced Budget Act of 1997
D) Social Security Act of 1935
Q3) A nurse is providing care to an individual who has Medicaid.Which of the following would most likely describe this individual?
A) An 85-year-old female who has hypertension
B) A 25-year-old female who is pregnant
C) A 50-year-old male who is blind
D) A 70-year-old male who is hearing impaired
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Chapter 6: Application of Ethics in the Community
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Q1) A community health nurse is applying the Ethical Principles for Effective Advocacy.Which of the following best describes the action(s)of the nurse? (Select all that apply.)
A) Act in the health care provider's best interest
B) Keep the client (group, community) properly informed
C) Maintain client confidentiality
D) Carry out instructions with diligence and competence
E) Provide advice to all members of the community
Q2) Which statement regarding Florence Nightingale's ideas about ethics is correct?
A) Nursing is a call to service, and the moral character of persons entering nursing is important.
B) Ethical principles are based on the values of the individual nurse.
C) Society will dictate the ethical principles to which nurses must adhere.
D) Ethics are very important in times of war, such as in the Crimean War, when she set up public health centers.
Q3) According to Leininger and Watson,the moral ideal of nursing is:
A) caring.
B) advocacy.
C) responsibility.
D) accountability.
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Chapter 7: Cultural Diversity in the Community
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Q1) A nurse will be using an interpreter during a client encounter.Which of the following considerations should be made by the nurse? (Select all that apply.)
A) It is appropriate to use family members as interpreters.
B) Written materials should be available in the client's primary language.
C) Observe the interpreter's gestures to assure client understanding.
D) The gender, age, and educational level of the interpreter should be evaluated.
E) The nurse should face the interpreter when speaking.
Q2) A nurse is unable to provide culturally competent care to a population within the community.Which of the following is an effect of this type of care?
A) Enhanced communication
B) Increased cost of health care
C) Achievement of health indicators
D) Improvement in client compliance
Q3) A large portion of foreign-born residents of the United States:
A) work in service-producing and blue-collar sectors.
B) reside in rural areas.
C) have a high school education.
D) are refugees and nonimmigrants.
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Chapter 8: Public Health Policy
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Q1) The focus of the Division of Nursing is to:
A) enhance nursing's competence in providing high-tech skills.
B) apply disease prevention, environmental health, and health promotion concepts.
C) provide scholarships for advanced nursing education.
D) ensure an adequate supply and distribution of qualified nursing personnel to meet the nation's health needs.
Q2) A nursing student is researching various health care services that are provided in prisons.Which of the following describes these services?
A) Funded by the DOD
B) Focus on health promotion interventions
C) Must be provided at an adequate level
D) Are available to those diagnosed with a chronic illness
Q3) The agency most heavily involved with the health and welfare concerns of United States citizens is the:
A) USDHHS.
B) PHS.
C) Health Resources and Services Administration.
D) WHO.
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Chapter 9: Population-Based Public Health Nursing
Practice: The Intervention Wheel
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Q1) A PHN is implementing the public health intervention of health teaching at the systems level of practice.Which of the following interventions is most likely being implemented by the nurse?
A) Participating in the "Great American Smokeout"
B) Working with a local employer to provide smoking cessation education
C) Providing one-on-one counseling to smokers
D) Advocating for increased taxes on tobacco products
Q2) Which statement about the Intervention Wheel is true?
A) It provides a graphic illustration of population-based public health practice.
B) It describes in detail the components of public health nursing.
C) It demonstrates the practice of community health nurses for policy and lawmakers.
D) It is a framework used by all health departments in the United States.
Q3) Public health interventions are implemented with:
A) legislators, policy makers, and community leaders.
B) individuals and families, communities, and systems.
C) children, adolescents, and adults.
D) health departments, public health agencies, and visiting nurses associations.
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Chapter 10: Environmental Health
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Q1) A nurse is completing the first phase of a risk assessment.Which of the following questions would the nurse most likely try to answer?
A) Has the chemical been released into the environment?
B) How much and by which route of entry can the chemical enter the body?
C) Is the chemical known to be associated with a negative health effect?
D) What is the prediction for potential harm?
Q2) When would it be appropriate for a nurse to use a Geographic Information System (GIS)?
A) Recording client data collected at a foot clinic
B) Determining neighborhoods that have an increased incidence of lead poisoning
C) Evaluating effectiveness of a farm safety program
D) Scheduling health promotion programs in the community
Q3) Which is considered a nonpoint source of pollution?
A) Hazardous waste site
B) Animal waste from wildlife
C) Chlorine poured down a well
D) Stagnant water
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Chapter 11: Genomics in Public Health Nursing
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Q1) The increasing knowledge about genetics and genomics will influence nursing practice by changing how:
A) nurses collect and use health histories.
B) nursing students complete clinical experiences.
C) referrals to other disciplines are made.
D) ethical dilemmas are solved.
Q2) A nurse is applying genetic and genomic knowledge when completing a client assessment.Which of the following actions is most likely being taken by the nurse?
A) Constructing a pedigree from a collected family history
B) Identifying a client who may benefit from genetic counseling
C) Referring a client to specialized genetic services
D) Incorporating knowledge of genomic risk factors
Q3) The blueprint or code that is used to construct other components of cells is called the:
A) DNA.
B) gene.
C) chromosome.
D) base.
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Chapter 12: Epidemiology
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Q1) As a result of an outbreak of influenza in a community,a nurse encourages members of the community to receive the influenza vaccine.Which of the following levels of prevention is being used?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Multifactorial prevention
Q2) A nurse is investigating an outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness from a food-borne pathogen.Which of the following terms is being applied?
A) Attack rate
B) Point epidemic
C) Secular trend
D) Event-related cluster
Q3) The interaction between an agent,a host,and the environment is called:
A) natural history of disease.
B) risk.
C) web of causality.
D) the epidemiologic triangle.
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Chapter 13: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
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Q1) What is the best method for preventing health care-associated infections?
A) Perform good hand washing before and after approaching every patient.
B) Prevention is almost impossible due to the high infection rates in hospitals.
C) Isolate every patient having surgery.
D) Use contact isolation for every patient at risk.
Q2) Requirements for disease reporting in the United States are mandated by:
A) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
B) federal laws.
C) state laws and regulations.
D) the World Health Organization (WHO).
Q3) A community health nurse is caring for a client with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).Which of the following should the nurse be aware of?
A) Persons with MRSA usually have a chronic illness.
B) MRSA is a hospital-acquired infection and not often seen in the community.
C) Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRE) follows MRSA.
D) MRSA is becoming more common in the community.
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Chapter 14: Communicable and Infectious Disease Risks
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Q1) The most common reportable infectious disease in the United States is:
A) gonorrhea.
B) syphilis.
C) herpes.
D) chlamydia.
Q2) A nurse counsels a client to have the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (EIA)test.Which of the following best describes the rationale for this test?
A) To indicate the presence of the antibody to HIV
B) To reveal whether or not the client has AIDS
C) To isolate the HIV virus
D) To confirm HIV after having a positive Western blot
Q3) Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)is a common complication of:
A) gonorrhea.
B) syphilis.
C) chlamydia.
D) herpes.
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Chapter 15: Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) A PHN uses a published systematic review to determine which exercises should be incorporated into a newly developed older adult exercise program.Which of the following resources would most likely contain this information?
A) Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Project
B) PubMed
C) Cochrane Public Health Group (PHRG)
D) Task Force on Community Preventive Services
Q2) A nurse is grading the strength of evidence when critiquing a research study.Which of the following domains will the nurse need to consider?
A) Randomness, sample size, and blinding
B) Selection, variables, and description
C) Nursing, medicine, and physiology
D) Quality, quantity, and consistency
Q3) A summary of the research evidence that relates to a specific question and to the effects of an intervention is:
A) evidence-based practice.
B) meta-analysis.
C) systematic review.
D) narrative review.
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Chapter 16: Changing Health Behavior Using Health
Education with Individuals, Families, and Groups
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Q1) A nurse is implementing a community health education program at a local church.Which of the following educational principles should the nurse implement when providing this education?
A) Refer to trustworthy sources
B) Use an active voice
C) Create the best learning environment
D) Accentuate the positive health behaviors of the participants
Q2) A client diagnosed with diabetes reports to the nurse that she has been learning more about controlling her blood sugars by reading information found on the Internet.Which of the following statements by the nurse would be appropriate?
A) "Looking at the date the content was posted on the website is important."
B) "The Internet is an unreliable source of information and should not be used."
C) "The best sources of information are found on pharmaceutical websites."
D) "Your physician will provide you better information than the Internet."
Q3) Which statement about education is true?
A) It emphasizes the provider of knowledge and skills.
B) It emphasizes the recipient of knowledge and skills.
C) It is a process of gaining knowledge and expertise.
D) It results in behavioral change.
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Chapter 17: Building a Culture of Health through Community
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Q1) A nurse is educating the community about modifiable behaviors.Which of the following is the nurse most likely to discuss?
A) Smoking, poor diet, and alcohol consumption
B) Cancer, emphysema, and cardiovascular disease
C) Age and gender
D) Genetic abnormalities
Q2) A nurse using the integrative model for community health promotion.Which of the following best describes how the nurse would apply the dimension of client system?
A) Concentrating on individual health behaviors
B) Studying client-centered initiatives
C) Providing multidimensional nursing care among various levels of clients
D) Focusing on disease-oriented care
Q3) A client wears a seat belt whenever riding in an automobile.Which of the following best describes the client's behavior?
A) Illness prevention
B) Health promotion
C) Specific protection
D) Health protection
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Chapter 18: Community as Client: Assessment and Analysis
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Q1) A nurse focuses intervention strategies on the structural dimension of community health.Which of the following best describes the focus of these strategies?
A) Health services
B) Primary prevention
C) Health promotion
D) Secondary prevention
Q2) A nurse interviews the school nurses in a community to determine their roles in schools because this data is not available.Which of the following processes is the nurse using?
A) Photovoice
B) Spatial data
C) Primary data
D) Secondary data
Q3) Change for the community as a client must often occur at several levels because:
A) health problems caused by lifestyle are multidimensional.
B) most individuals can change their habits alone.
C) aggregates are responsible for social change.
D) geographic areas often have health risks that the nurse must identify.
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Chapter 19: Population-Centered Nursing in Rural and Urban Environments
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Q1) A nurse visited a client living on a farm residency.Which of the following best describes the area the nurse visited?
A) A region that has fewer than six persons per square mile
B) A home outside areas zoned as "city limits"
C) A county in a metro area with fewer than 1 million people
D) An area adjacent to a highly populated city
Q2) A nurse provides care to rural adults after working in an urban clinic for many years.Which of the following considerations should the nurse make when working with this population?
A) Rural adults are more likely to have health insurance.
B) Rural adults are more likely to have access to health care providers.
C) Rural adults are more concerned about their health status.
D) Rural adults are more likely to experience mobility limitations.
Q3) Which is a characteristic of nursing practice in rural environments?
A) Anonymity
B) Less autonomy
C) Professional isolation
D) Faster pace
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Chapter 20: Promoting Health Through Healthy
Communities and Cities
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Q1) A nurse is involved in implementing the Community Health Promotion Model.Which of the following best describes the action being taken by the nurse?
A) Changing public policy
B) Establishing a team to plan and coordinate the work
C) Providing nursing diagnoses for the community
D) Revising an objective for Healthy People 2020
Q2) Healthy Communities and Cities is based on which of the following premises?
A) When people have the opportunity to work out their own locally defined health problems, they will find sustainable solutions to those problems.
B) When the health of a community is improved, the focus will be on life expectancy rather than quality of life.
C) When health professionals assume a leadership role, the health of the community will improve.
D) When cities recruit enough health professionals to care for those needing medical care, the cities health will improve.
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Chapter 21: The Nurse-led Health Center: A Model for Community Nursing Practice
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Q1) A nurse executive would like to hire a neighborhood resident who is trained in community outreach to work at the nursing center.Which of the following would most likely be the title of this position?
A) Community health worker
B) Support staff member
C) Clinical specialist
D) Specialty care provider
Q2) A nurse would like to improve the ability of the nursing center to be responsive to the needs of the community.Which of the following best describes how this can be accomplished?
A) Having staff examine the needs of the community
B) Determining the services to be provided by the center
C) Involving the community in assessing its own needs
D) Addressing the problems in the community
Q3) Which characteristic is common among all nursing centers?
A) Provision of community-based culturally competent care
B) Services provided by physicians and health care providers
C) Focus on the biological factors contributing to the development of disease
D) Fee-for-service reimbursement model
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Chapter 22: Case Management
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Q1) A case manager is fulfilling the role of coordinator.Which of the following nursing interventions would most likely be completed?
A) Providing information to all parties about the situations affecting the client
B) Educating the client and providers in order to make informed decisions
C) Supporting all parties to work toward mutual goals
D) Arranging, regulating, and balancing needed health services for the client
Q2) A nurse is using a critical path when providing care for a client.Which of the following most likely describes the situation that the nurse is in?
A) Implementing the six "rights" of case management
B) Demonstrating competencies required for practicing case management
C) Attempting to achieve a measurable outcome for a specific client
D) Effectively managing conflict resolution
Q3) Which are examples of knowledge domains used in case management?
A) Legal issues, malpractice recognition, and community involvement
B) Teaching, counseling, and education skills
C) Advocacy, political campaigning and legislative change
D) Grant application, bargaining contracts, and securing funding
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Chapter 23: Public Health Nursing Practice and the Disaster Management Cycle
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Q1) A public health nurse (PHN)is working with a community during the recovery phase of a disaster.Which of the following attributes would be most important for the nurse to possess?
A) Flexibility
B) Organization skills
C) Personable
D) Sense of humor
Q2) A nurse responds to a human-made disaster.Which of the following describes what the nurse is responding to?
A) Structural collapse
B) Communicable disease epidemics
C) Mud slides
D) Floods
Q3) Which organizations offer volunteer opportunities in disaster work for nurses? (Select all that apply.)
A) ARC
B) Citizens Corps
C) American Nurses Association
D) National Public Health Training Centers
E) Sigma Theta Tau International
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Chapter 24: Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
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Q1) A hospital is using surveillance.Which of the following describes the rationale for this action?
A) To protect the public against isolated patients
B) To eliminate pathogens from the environment
C) To improve quality of care and outcomes
D) To decrease the incidence of ventilator-acquired pneumonia
Q2) Which is a feature of public health surveillance?
A) Sharing of the results with others
B) Defining public health policy
C) Evaluating interventions
D) Planning national programs
Q3) A college student goes to the Student Health Center with an extremely swollen neck.The advanced practice nurse determines that he has mumps.His roommate also is experiencing malaise and a sore throat.Which of the following defines these two students?
A) Mixed outbreak
B) Common source
C) Point source
D) Propagated outbreak
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Chapter 25: Program Management
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Q1) A community identifies cardiovascular disease as a priority need because its mortality rate is four times higher than the rate identified in Healthy People 2020.Which of the following describes the type of approach that was used?
A) Preactive
B) Reactive
C) Inactive
D) Interactive
Q2) The process of program management is similar to:
A) the nursing process.
B) the medical model of care delivery.
C) the requirements for licensure as a registered nurse.
D) summative and formative evaluation.
Q3) Focus groups are used to determine the method of cleanup for contaminated groundwater in a neighborhood.Which of the following is a disadvantage of this needs assessment tool?
A) Technically demanding
B) Expensive
C) Bias of leaders
D) Time consuming
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Chapter 26: Quality Management
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Q1) A nurse is implementing plan-do-check-act.Which of the following actions is the nurse going to perform?
A) Documentation of client care
B) Obtain certification in a specialty area
C) Review data after changing practice
D) Provide equal access to care
Q2) A nurse assesses the necessity of receiving care before providing services.Which of the following describes what is being implemented?
A) Concurrent audit
B) Retrospective audit
C) Prospective utilization review
D) Retrospective utilization review
Q3) Which of the following monitors access to care,the cost of care,and protects the Medicare Trust?
A) Professional Review Organizations (PROs)
B) Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
C) National Health Quality Improvement Act
D) Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs)
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Chapter 27: Working with Families in the Community for Healthy Outcomes
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Q1) The nurse asks,"What has changed between you and your spouse since your child's head injury?" Which of the following focuses of the family is being used?
A) The context
B) The client
C) A system
D) A component of society
Q2) Nurses analyze family developmental changes and stressors when studying family: A) demographics.
B) functions.
C) structure.
D) nursing.
Q3) A nurse organizes care for a family by focusing on the common tasks of family life and considering a longitudinal view of the family life cycle.Which of the following theories is being applied?
A) Family systems
B) Bioecological systems
C) Family developmental and life cycle
D) Capacity building model
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Chapter 28: Family Health Risks
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Q1) A nurse assists a family to obtain food stamps.Which of the following best describes the purpose of this resource?
A) Provide support for basic needs
B) Offer insurance for the uninsured
C) Provide health-related services to families
D) Allow nongovernmental agencies to operate more effectively
Q2) The process of assessing the presence of specific factors within each category that have been identified as being associated with an increased likelihood of an illness or an unhealthy event is called health:
A) risk reduction.
B) risk appraisal.
C) risk factors.
D) life-event risk.
Q3) A client is experiencing a social risk.Which of the following best describes this risk?
A) Inadequate housing
B) Lack of education
C) High-crime neighborhood
D) Lack of insurance
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Q1) The leading cause of death for unintentional injuries among children and teenagers is:
A) drowning.
B) motor vehicle accidents.
C) burns.
D) poisonings.
Q2) Which statement is true about the role of nurses in community health?
A) The nurse provides direct services to children and their families.
B) A major role of community health nurse is the provision of immunizations.
C) Children are not the primary focus of community health, since they are often acutely ill.
D) Complementary therapies and environmental toxins are often the focus of the health care of children.
Q3) A nurse is caring for a client who has a medical home.Which of the following best describes what is being used by the client?
A) A building that houses multiple primary care providers and specialists
B) A partnership between a community health nurse, a client, and a family
C) A system that meets the needs of the individual, family, and community
D) A collaboration of care provided by an interprofessional team
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Chapter 30: Major Health Issues and Chronic Disease
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Q1) An elderly person is living independently in a single room in a full-service life care community.Which of the following terms best describes this living arrangement?
A) Adult daycare
B) Home care
C) Nursing home
D) Assisted living
Q2) Which of the following characteristics indicates a man is at a higher risk for developing prostate cancer?
A) Being of Caucasian descent
B) Has not had a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test
C) Has a father or brother who has had prostate cancer
D) Has benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)
Q3) Which statement about eating disorders is correct?
A) Individuals with anorexia frequently complain about weight loss.
B) Purging is associated with anorexia.
C) Most women with bulimia are concerned with the shape and weight of their body.
D) Bulimia has more medical complications than anorexia.
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Chapter 31: Disability Health Care Across the Life Span
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Q1) A nurse speaks on behalf of others who are unable to speak for themselves.Which of the following roles is being performed?
A) Advocate
B) Caregiver
C) Coordinator
D) Collaborator
Q2) A client has a developmental disability.Which of the following areas would the nurse anticipate limited functioning?
A) Dependent living, education, and finances
B) Race, gender, and ethnicity
C) Care giving, dependence, and limitation
D) Self-help, language, and learning
Q3) Which statement about physically compromised persons who are experiencing poverty is true?
A) They are more likely to have access to needed services.
B) They are at greater risk for more rapid progression of disease processes.
C) Their care is usually better coordinated.
D) They require more nursing in-home care than persons not living in poverty.
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Q1) What is the primary cause of vulnerability?
A) Race
B) Age
C) Poverty
D) Illness
Q2) A client is self-employed as a mechanic and has no health insurance coverage.Which of the following best describes the legislation that will assist this client in obtaining health insurance?
A) Balanced Budget Act
B) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
C) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)
D) Social Security Act
Q3) Which federal program created support for older and poor Americans?
A) Social Security Act
B) Medicare Amendment
C) Medicaid Amendment
D) Hill-Burton Act
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Chapter 33: Poverty and Homelessness
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Q1) Which statement about homelessness is true?
A) Homeless persons are not found in rural areas.
B) Gentrification can lead to homelessness.
C) Deinstitutionalization led to a small number of homeless.
D) Community-based clinics provide much needed health care.
Q2) Which is a characteristic of persons living in poverty?
A) Longer life expectancy
B) Simple health problems
C) Higher rates of chronic illness
D) Fewer hospitalizations
Q3) Which group has the highest rate of poverty?
A) Children
B) Teenagers
C) Women
D) Older adults
Q4) Which statement about poverty is true?
A) All cultures view poverty as a pitiful existence.
B) Most cultures want to improve the plight of the poor.
C) Dangerous environments are present in all cultures.
D) Western cultures view poverty negatively.
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Chapter 34: Migrant Health Issues
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Q1) A nurse is planning to provide culturally effective care to Mexican migrant farm workers.Which of the following strategies should be used by the nurse?
A) Learn how to speak Spanish to improve communication
B) Understand that traditional beliefs and practices are more common among the well-educated population
C) Consult the female head of household about health care matters
D) Recognize that cultural backgrounds of the workers will vary depending on their place of origin
Q2) A nurse is polite and non-confrontational when working with the family of a migrant worker.Which of the following concepts is the nurse demonstrating?
A) SimpatÃa
B) Respeto
C) Dignidad
D) Personalismo
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Q1) What is the cause of teen pregnancy?
A) Changing moral attitudes
B) Sexual code
C) Economic circumstances
D) No uniform reason
Q2) A high school-aged teen tells the school nurse that she wants to become pregnant.Which of the following would be the appropriate action for the nurse to take?
A) Ignore the comment
B) Tell the teen that she should not engage in sexual activity or get pregnant
C) Call the teen's parents
D) Provide preconceptual counseling and emphasize the need to achieve good health
Q3) A nurse is counseling a pregnant adolescent about her nutritional needs during pregnancy.Which of the following should the nurse use as the basis for providing the client information about nutritional needs?
A) Chronologic age
B) Gynecologic age
C) Age at menarche
D) Blood protein levels
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Q1) According to the Surgeon General's report,how can people receive assistance for mental health problems? (Select all that apply.)
A) Specialty mental health systems
B) General medical or primary care sectors
C) Human service sectors
D) Voluntary support networks
E) Community agencies
Q2) A nurse is involved with a group who advocates for improved and effective psychiatric services and consumer empowerment.Which of the following groups is the nurse most likely working with?
A) NAMI Consumer Council
B) National Mental Health Consumer's Association (NMHCA)
C) National Association of Psychiatric Survivors (NAPS)
D) Consumer/Survivor Mental Health Research and Policy Work Group
Q3) Which factor has influenced the advancement in the treatment of mental illness?
A) The movement of clients out of mental institutions to the community
B) A better understanding of the neurobiology of mental illness
C) More interest in helping persons with mental illness
D) A change in the culture about what constitutes mental illness
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Chapter 37: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems
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Q1) The nurse is providing community health education about how alcohol affects the body.Which of the following individuals would the nurse describe as being most likely to have the lowest blood alcohol concentration?
A) An individual who consumes a drink with a high concentration of alcohol
B) An individual who drinks without consuming food
C) An individual of the female gender
D) An individual with a high body weight
Q2) A nurse is providing comprehensive education about HIV transmission for an injection drug user (IDU).Which of the following would be the most important information to include?
A) How and where to acquire needles
B) Proper needle usage and possible injection sites
C) Spreading of the virus via homosexual activities
D) Using bleach between needle uses
Q3) The oldest and most widely used psychoactive drug in the world is:
A) marijuana.
B) heroin.
C) alcohol.
D) cocaine.
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Q1) The greatest risk factor for suicide in adult women is:
A) divorce.
B) unemployment.
C) intimate partner violence.
D) terminal illness.
Q2) A nurse is working with children who may be at risk for experiencing abuse.In which situation is child abuse most likely to occur?
A) When the parents have high expectations for their children
B) When the parents' sense of control is threatened
C) When the parents are sensitive to their children's needs
D) When the parents lack a social support network
Q3) A nurse is caring for a child who lives in extreme poverty.Which of the following types of abuse is this child at greatest risk for?
A) Sexual abuse
B) Emotional neglect
C) Physical neglect
D) Child abuse
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Q1) Which statement about advanced public health nurses (APHNs)and nurse practitioners (NPs)is correct?
A) They often work in similar settings.
B) They have identical educational preparation.
C) Their practices have become more similar during the past decade.
D) The clinical nurse specialist role always involves prescriptive practice.
Q2) An APHN is completing the process for certification renewal in the specialty.What time period has passed making renewal necessary?
A) 1 year
B) 3 years
C) 5 years
D) 7 years
Q3) An APHN has been working with multiple agencies to establish a nursing center in the community.What is the purpose of creating a nursing center?
A) To provide opportunities for collaborative relationships
B) To offer specialized care for certain medical conditions
C) To promote the autonomy of NPs
D) To focus on primary prevention for the community
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Chapter 40: The Nurse Leader in the Community
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A) Evidence-based practices
B) Managed care organizations
C) Electronic health records
D) Registries
Q2) A nurse is implementing the consultation process.Which of the following actions would the nurse take first?
A) Making initial contact with the client
B) Negotiating for higher fees
C) Applying interventions
D) Collecting data
Q3) A seamless system of care is created where all client needs are met through the same system.Which of the following best describes what has happened?
A) Horizontal integration
B) Vertical integration
C) Managed care
D) Alliances
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Chapter 41: The Nurse in Home Health, Palliative Care, and Hospice
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Q1) A nurse is using the Omaha System Problem Classification Scheme.Which of the following situations is the nurse most likely experiencing?
A) Measuring client outcomes
B) Collaborating with other professionals
C) Providing health education
D) Organizing a comprehensive assessment
Q2) A nurse is using the first stage of the Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)outcomes analysis.Which of the following best describes what the nurse is doing?
A) Comparing an agency's performance to a national sample
B) Reporting data on patient care to a national registry
C) Stabilizing a client's condition to continue to receive funding
D) Documenting client assessment data and findings
Q3) Official agencies are financed primarily by:
A) charities.
B) individual clients.
C) third-party payers.
D) tax funds.
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Chapter 42: The Nurse in the Schools
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Q1) A school nurse is coordinating the health care for children with complex health problems.Which of the following roles is being implemented?
A) Health educator
B) Case manager
C) Consultant
D) Counselor
Q2) A school nurse is providing health information to school administrators,teachers,and parent-teacher groups.Which of the following roles is being implemented?
A) Health educator
B) Case manager
C) Consultant
D) Counselor
Q3) A nurse identifies a child who may be abused or receives information from a teacher that a child may have been abused.Which of the following actions must the nurse take?
A) Call the police immediately to take the child to a safe place
B) Contact the parents and ask about it
C) Contact the legal authorities as well as the school's principal
D) Examine the child to see if the abuse really occurred
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Q1) The first industrial nurse is considered to be:
A) Betty Moulder.
B) Ada Mayo Stewart.
C) Lillian Wald.
D) Florence Nightingale.
Q2) A nurse is conducting an occupational health assessment.Which of the following best describes the rationale for this assessment?
A) It is required by OSHA.
B) It is required by NIOSH.
C) It helps to identify agent and host factors that place employees at risk.
D) It helps to educate workers about potential hazards.
Q3) An occupational health nurse is involved in disaster planning.Which of the following actions would be most appropriate for the nurse to take?
A) Assess for possible disasters
B) Prevent injuries and death of workers
C) Store Medical Data Sheets in a safe place
D) Collaborate with government authorities to plan disaster management
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Q1) What is the main purpose of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control?
A) Assist victims of violence
B) Maintain records of the incidence of injuries
C) Coordinate the prevention of injuries, violence, and their consequences
D) Encourage collaboration among professionals from various disciplines
Q2) A nurse is caring for an individual who has been a victim of trauma.Which of the following most likely describes the client that the nurse is caring for?
A) A middle-class, Caucasian female
B) A middle-class, African American male
C) A low-income, Caucasian male
D) A low-income, African American female
Q3) A nurse is employed as a forensic nurse during the 1950s.Which of the following tasks would the nurse most likely have been implementing?
A) Working in a sexual assault clinic
B) Identifying indicators of assault
C) Implementing protocols for sexual assault care
D) Receiving sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE) training
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Q1) A nurse is concerned with the body,mind,and spirit relationship in a constantly changing environment.Which of the following types of nursing care is being provided?
A) Faith community nursing
B) Community health nursing
C) Primary care
D) Holistic care
Q2) A faith community consults with a nurse to spearhead a committee to investigate the feasibility of starting a faith community nursing program in their church.The nurse contacts which organization for information,consultation,and reference packets about faith community nursing?
A) Parish Nurse Coordinator Center
B) International Parish Nurse Resource Center
C) American Nurses Association
D) National Center for Wellness
Q3) Which statement about faith community nurses is true? Faith community nurses:
A) create caring congregations that support the holistic health of its members.
B) work with clergymen to foster deeper spiritual beliefs.
C) take care of a congregation of people in case of illness.
D) provide holistic care and make decisions about congregational policies.
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Q1) A nurse is providing information about safe-sex practices.Which of the following levels of prevention is being implemented?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Assessment
Q2) A nurse considering working as a PHN refers to the American Public Health Association (APHA)Public Health Nursing Section to determine what level of educational preparation has been recommended.Which of the following best describes the educational preparation?
A) Associate degree
B) Baccalaureate degree
C) Master's degree
D) Certification
Q3) Which is a principle of good practice for community partnerships?
A) Partnerships are easily formed among those working in public health.
B) Partnerships use their own roles to accomplish tasks.
C) Partnerships are built on identified strengths and assets.
D) Partnerships are loose associations among people.
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