Community Health Nursing Practice Questions
Course Introduction
Community Health Nursing is a course that explores the principles and practices of promoting and protecting the health of populations through organized community efforts. It covers topics such as epidemiology, health education, disease prevention, and the roles and responsibilities of nurses in diverse community settings. Students learn to assess community health needs, design and implement interventions, and collaborate with other professionals to address health disparities, improve health outcomes, and foster healthy environments. The course emphasizes cultural competence, advocacy, and ethical considerations in delivering holistic care to individuals, families, and communities.
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Journey Across the Life Span Human Development and Health Promotion 5th Edition by Polan
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Chapter 1: Healthy Lifestyles
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Q1) Virgil Grant,a patient recently diagnosed with AIDS,is having a healthy response to the stress in his life if he demonstrates which of the following behaviors?
A) Denial
B) Withdrawal
C) Acceptance
D) Aggression
Answer: C
Q2) The level of health prevention that concentrates on retraining and educating to maximize the use of remaining capacities is:
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Disability prevention
Answer: C
Q3) Stress can be defined as anything psychological or physiological that upsets our equilibrium.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Culture
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Q1) Downcast eyes during communication are a sign of respect in which of the following cultural groups?
A) Asians
B) European Americans
C) Native Americans
D) Pacific Islanders
Answer: A
Q2) Failure to understand and develop cultural awareness may lead to:
A) A misperception of a person's feelings and responses
B) Culturally congruent care
C) Effective cultural communication
D) Adaptation of a new culture
Answer: A
Q3) A 60-year-old Hispanic patient is admitted to the hospital.When caring for this patient,you would be sensitive to his belief of:
A) Ramadan
B) Hot and cold
C) Fasting
D) Paganism
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: The Family
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Q1) Which of the following is an accepted method of discipline for a toddler?
A) Redirecting the child's actions
B) Allowing the child to continue a potentially hazardous behavior under direct supervision
C) Slapping the child on the hands to terminate the behavior
D) Threatening the child
Answer: A
Q2) Four-year-old Sam is the second child of Jim and Pat Gates.How may Sam's birth order affect his development?
A) Sam will believe that he has unlimited power over his other siblings.
B) Sam will feel a need to compete with his other siblings.
C) Sam will more easily mimic the behavior of adults around him.
D) Sam will believe that he must have the attention of both parents and all siblings.
Answer: B
Q3) Definitions of the basic family unit have remained constant over the span of years.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Communication
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Q1) After completing morning care for Sarah,an 83-year-old patient in the nursing home,she states,"You are the only one who takes the time to care for me." Your best response would be:
A) "You are still complaining,Sarah."
B) "You feel others don't take the time?"
C) "You are such a worrier."
D) "Sarah,you know that's not true."
Q2) Which of the following behaviors by your patient indicates a willingness to communicate?
A) Downcast eyes
B) Face toward you
C) Legs tightly crossed
D) Slumping posture
Q3) Therapeutic communication:
A) Serves the needs of both participants
B) Involves equal sharing of thoughts and feelings
C) Is light and superficial in nature
D) Promotes trust and a good rapport
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Chapter 5: Theories of Growth and Development
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Q1) Twenty-year-old Timothy is unable to bond with others and develop any meaningful relationship.Timothy would be unable to meet which of Maslow's needs?
A) Physiological
B) Safety
C) Belonging
D) Self-esteem
Q2) When a young man attempts to go to see a new movie that just opened,he is turned away as the tickets are all sold out.He responds,saying,"It doesn't really matter.The movie was probably overrated by the reviewers." The young man is probably:
A) Repressing
B) Regressing
C) Rationalizing
D) Compensating
Q3) A newborn infant sucks automatically on its mother's breast.This is an example of:
A) Schemata
B) Reflexes
C) Conditioning
D) Assimilation
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Chapter 6: Prenatal Period to 1 Year
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Q1) The genetic information is encoded in:
A) RNA
B) DNA
C) Karotype
D) GNA
Q2) During what stage of labor does the baby pass through the birth canal?
A) Dilation
B) Expulsion
C) Effacement
D) Placental stage
Q3) The hormone oxytocin functions during pregnancy and the postpartum period to:
A) Suppress uterine contractions
B) Help to prepare for breastfeeding
C) Prevent premature placental separation
D) Prepare the pelvic muscles for labor
Q4) To prevent the possibility of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS),the nurse instructs her new parents to always put their baby to sleep on his or her back.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Toddlerhood
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Q1) The nurse instructs the parents of a 2 1/2-year-old boy on dental health.The nurse is correct to advise the parents to:
A) Offer carbohydrate snacks
B) Brush his teeth once a day
C) Visit the dentist yearly
D) Use milk in the night bottle
Q2) The toddler's eating habits are often influenced by:
A) Siblings
B) Reward
C) Instinct
D) Play
Q3) Given paper and a pencil,a 3-year-old child can draw:
A) Vertical strokes
B) A detailed face and body
C) A hand
D) A triangle
Q4) For toddlers,solitary play during infancy progresses to ________________play.
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Chapter 8: Preschool
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Q1) The slender appearance characteristic of the preschool stage is due to the:
A) Lengthening of the trunk and body
B) Loss of subcutaneous tissue
C) Protruding abdomen
D) Moving of the foot toward the center of the body
Q2) Alice Verga wants to know at what age her child will be able to accomplish self-care.You would tell her at preschool because of:
A) Gross motor development
B) Visual maturity
C) Fine motor development
D) Bone maturity
Q3) At what age is a child expected to have 20/20 vision?
A) 18 months
B) 2 years
C) 26 months
D) 3 years
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Chapter 9: School Age
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Q1) Intense feelings of physical harm experienced by school-age children may be due to:
A) Peer influence
B) Parental practices
C) Self-will
D) Violence on television
Q2) A young couple brought their 6-year-old son to the doctor's office concerned that he frequently awakens in the night frightened by nightmares.What would be good advice for these parents?
A) Give the child a glass of warm milk.
B) Read the child another bedtime story.
C) Reassure the child that he is safe and not alone.
D) Bring the child to your bed until he falls asleep.
Q3) The parent of the school-age child can be told to expect normal average growth to include:
A) Average weight increase of 2 to 3 kilograms each year
B) Average height increase of 2 to 3 centimeters each year
C) Budding of the wisdom teeth
D) Maximum cardiac output
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Chapter 10: Puberty and Adolescence
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Q1) A healthy lifestyle is usually the outcome of:
A) Genes
B) Cells
C) Good nutrition
D) Prophylactic drugs
Q2) Feelings of self-doubt in the teenage years can be stimulated by:
A) Closeness to peers
B) Belonging to a gang
C) Feelings of attachment to someone
D) Inability to select a goal
Q3) The incidence of depression increases at adolescence because of:
A) An immature nervous system
B) Lack of relaxing hormones
C) Increased demands placed on the teenager
D) Mimicking peer behavior
Q4) One of the major changes of puberty is:
A) Decreased growth
B) Change in body proportion
C) Breakdown of muscle mass
D) Atrophy of fat cells
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Chapter 11: Early Adulthood
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Q1) The motivating force for the adult learner is:
A) Recognition
B) Socialization
C) Appropriateness
D) Memory encoding
Q2) Sally has her yearly Pap smear; the result is a class II.You would interpret this result to mean that Sally:
A) Has cancer of the uterus
B) Has a normal smear
C) Has atypical cells
D) Has cancer of the ovary
Q3) ________________leaves deposits along the walls of blood vessels,blocking the flow of blood to the heart.This may contribute to a heart attack.
Q4) In order for adults to reach their maximum capacity for sharing,they must have:
A) Mastered sexuality
B) Had an identity crisis
C) Introspection
D) Self-reliance
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Chapter 12: Middle Adulthood
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Q1) The major difference in physiological changes between men and women during the middle years is that:
A) Men lose their ability to procreate.
B) Women lose their ability to procreate.
C) Most men maintain their earlier body weight.
D) Most women lose more fat cells than do men.
Q2) Brooke is caring for her elderly mother since her father's death.In order to promote a healthy relationship,you advise Brooke to:
A) Decrease physical contact
B) Reduce physical stimuli
C) Continuously orient her to time and place
D) Use caregiver relief
Q3) The major role change during the middle years is:
A) Older children move back home
B) Grown children leave home
C) The loss of self-identity
D) Unmet procreation needs
Q4) During middle adulthood,there is a gradual loss of muscle strength.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Late Adulthood
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Q1) Seventy-year-old Edna MacBay's daughter complains that her mother has had difficulty remembering visits from her other children.You can tell her this is commonly a result of:
A) Aging
B) Disease
C) Environment
D) Reaction time
Q2) The psychosocial adjustment to aging can be minimized by:
A) One's relationship with one's family
B) One's self-esteem
C) Completion of developmental tasks
D) One's adjustment to physical aging
E) All of the above
Q3) The nurse teaches the new graduate that when providing activities for the older adult,she should consider:
A) New activities to stimulate learning
B) Resistant exercises
C) Group activities
D) Activities that consider earlier interests
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Chapter 14: Death and Dying
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Q1) It is important for persons to clearly express their wishes for their demise.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When death is imminent,the health-care worker would expect to see physical changes such as:
A) Normal blood pressure
B) Tachycardia
C) Cheyne-Stokes respiration
D) Hyperthermia
Q3) The social worker and the dying patient have just completed a document in which the patient appoints someone to carry out his or her end-of-life wishes.This document is known as a:
A) Living will
B) Durable Power of Attorney
C) Do not resuscitate (DNR)order
D) Consent for treatment form
Q4) There is a variety of common physical responses to grieving.
A)True
B)False
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