Community Health Nursing
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Course Introduction
Community Health Nursing focuses on the principles and practices of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences. This course explores the role of nurses in assessing community needs, planning and implementing health education and interventions, and evaluating the effectiveness of community health initiatives. Students will engage with topics such as disease prevention, health promotion, epidemiology, environmental health, and the delivery of care to diverse and vulnerable populations within various community settings. Through case studies, fieldwork, and collaborative projects, students will develop the skills necessary to work as effective members of interdisciplinary healthcare teams and to advocate for health equity and improved health outcomes at the community level.
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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 factors are most responsible for the increasing length of life of Americans over the past 100 years?
A) Better nutrition and family planning options
B) Education concerning the need to reduce salt and fat in the diet
C) Improved medical care, including exciting new technologies
D) More efficient cancer screenings and early intervention
Answer: A
Q2) A nurse who works on the surgical unit at the local hospital was asked by the home health unit to make a home visit to a patient who had been discharged the previous day and to give follow-up care (for overload pay). What kind of nursing would this nurse be doing?
A) Acute care hospital nursing
B) Community-based nursing
C) Community health nursing
D) Public health nursing
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 concern both historically and today for many people when they become ill?
A) Can they get an appointment to see their physician in a timely fashion?
B) Can they get admitted to their local hospital without delay?
C) How can they afford to take time off from work and lose pay to be ill?
D) Will the expenses be covered by their health insurance?
Answer: C
Q2) 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
Q3) Why did local and state governments start to become more involved in controlling disease?
A) Hospitals were becoming overcrowded.
B) Businesses were unable to make a profit when employees were ill.
C) Physicians demanded government support in their individual efforts.
D) Citizens were becoming upset with local conditions.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
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Q1) Which of the following health-related variables is examined by the critical theoretical perspective?
A) Cultural beliefs
B) Effect of history and tradition
C) Ethnic and racial differences
D) Social inequalities
Answer: D
Q2) A nurse is using a macroscopic approach when providing care. Which of the following would the nurse most likely demonstrate?
A) Emphasizing behaviors that will help in healing
B) Examining the family's responses to illness
C) Explaining how these actions will help in healing
D) Providing testimony to legislators concerning proposed legislation
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following assumptions makes Orem's theory difficult to use?
A) That nurses will always be caring for families and groups
B) That clients are able to control their environment
C) That clients recognize the need for nursing intervention
D) That teaching clients self-care is the primary goal of nursing practice
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) It is rumored that there is something in the workplace that is causing persons employed there to feel ill. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate for the nurse to take?
A) Ask researchers to set up a study to confirm the health hazard in the environment
B) Assess the risk, including identifying any toxic substance
C) Confirm the extent to which the illness resulted from intergroup agreement on the illness and cause
D) Insist that the media not further spread stories of possible sick buildings until the truth of the situation can be studied
Q2) A nurse was becoming frustrated. She had given her client extensive information on his health problem, but the client continued to be noncompliant in making needed changes. Which of the following principles had the nurse forgotten?
A) A person may have a higher priority than improving his or her health.
B) Information, while necessary, will not motivate people to change.
C) People need repetition over time to be able to absorb information.
D) Physicians, not nurses, are perceived as experts in health.
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) When trying to determine whether the swine flu outbreak was getting worse, which of the following rates should be carefully observed?
A) The crude death rate
B) The age-specific death rate
C) The swine flu incidence rate
D) The swine flu prevalence rate
Q2) A researcher has limited time and funds. Which of the following research designs would be most appropriate?
A) Cohort study
B) Incidence study
C) Longitudinal study
D) Retrospective study
Q3) A client has developed pellagra because of a lack of certain B vitamins. Which of the following best describes the classification of the nutritional deficiency?
A) Relative risk factor
B) Agent factor
C) Environment factor
D) Host factor
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the aspects central to the definition of community? (Select all that apply.)
A) Geographic boundaries at a point in time
B) Whatever is most convenient for the nurse
C) Patterns of disease found
D) Persons who share common goals and interests
E) Persons who band together to address a shared problem
F) The name the people have given themselves
Q2) The nurse is interviewing community members as part of a community assessment. Which of the following groups of people would the community health nurse most likely want to interview?
A) Bankers who could share economic data on the community
B) Long-time residents who were informal leaders in the community
C) Pastors and other religious leaders who share the faith of the community
D) Realtors who could share housing and living conditions in the community
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) A nurse is caring for an aggregate as his or her client. Which of the following tasks would the nurse complete first?
A) Determine the setting of the aggregate
B) Gain access into the aggregate
C) Identify the nurse's own strengths and preferences
D) Review the resources available to use in the community
Q2) A nurse assessed carefully and created a comprehensive intervention plan including primary, secondary, and tertiary care for individuals and families. Which of the following factors may the nurse have overlooked?
A) Are other staff members interested in such a project?
B) Are there adequate resources for such a project?
C) Is there support from the administration for the project?
D) Does the nurse have adequate energy and time for such a project?
Q3) Which of the following best describes the purpose of the Assessment Protocol for Excellence in Public Health (APEX-PH)?
A) To improve the functioning of public agencies by peer evaluation
B) To provide intensive planning for all professionals involved in public health
C) An evaluation process involving both community and public organizations
D) A self-evaluation by all the groups involved in public health planning
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) During a health education program, a nurse continues to ask questions and encourages attendees to contribute examples from their own lives relevant to the discussion. Which of the following best describes the rationale for the nurse's action?
A) To avoid having to prepare more material related to the topic
B) To let the participants feel appreciated and knowledgeable
C) To allow the participants to learn by doing through active participation
D) To apply Freire's principles of learning
Q2) A nurse is helping clients to change their behavior. Which of the following would be most effective?
A) Counseling through the Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange approach
B) Encouraging them to interact with others who also need to change their behavior
C) Showing them how the inappropriate behavior is hurting their friends and family
D) Using subtle rewards when small steps are taken toward the appropriate behavior
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the purpose of case management from the client's perspective?
A) To help clients navigate a complex, fragmented, confusing health care system to obtain appropriate care
B) To help clients recognize that health care resources are limited and must be used wisely
C) To help clients understand their varied health problems and the best approach to maintain their health
D) To help clients obtain whatever care they need or desire
Q2) A nurse has been working as a case manager for the past 6 months and would like to become certified. Which of the following organizations should the nurse pursue certification through?
A) Case Management Society of America (CMSA)
B) American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
C) American Nurses' Association (ANA)
D) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following is one legally required to obey? (Select all that apply.)
A) Directions to a destination provided by a police officer
B) Court decisions related to legislative law
C) Delegation of responsibility for a task by a physician
D) Executive decisions, such as your employer requirements
E) Laws passed by your state or the federal government
F) Rules and regulations from agencies, such as the state board of nursing
Q2) Which of the following best describes what happened after the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 was enacted?
A) Additional restrictions in coverage were imposed.
B) Experimental treatments were approved for reimbursement.
C) Reimbursement procedures became more efficient.
D) A prescription drug benefit was added.
Q3) Which of the following statements best describes why nurses are not more effective in creating political change?
A) Nurses are not listened to by politicians.
B) Nurses are not perceived as leaders in the health care field.
C) Nurses do not act or do not agree on what changes are needed.
D) Nurses do not know how to negotiate, communicate, and collaborate to create change.
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following federal agencies is responsible for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, food stamps, and school-based nutrition programs?
A) Aid to Dependent Children Department
B) Department of Agriculture
C) Department of Education
D) Department of Health and Human Services
Q2) Which of the following best describes the principal factor behind ongoing legislation on the federal level related to health care?
A) Change is needed to reflect differences in health needs today.
B) Efforts must be put in place to control constantly increasing costs.
C) There is a need to focus on the population as a whole.
D) Technological breakthroughs should be expanded.
Q3) Which health care provider organization is seeing an increase in the demand for their services?
A) Physician practice
B) Hospice service
C) Hospitals
D) Long-term care facilities
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following best describes a flaw of indemnity plans?
A) Blue Cross and Blue Shield had a great idea, but they went bankrupt.
B) Cost sharing was expected of Blue Cross and Blue Shield enrollees.
C) Enrollees could not choose their provider or manage their own care.
D) Plans lacked any incentives to contain costs.
Q2) Which of the following best describes what was done by large industrial giants to stop the constant increase in their costs for health insurance for their employees?
A) Assembled their own health care programs
B) Established health promotion programs that employees were required to attend
C) Signed only certain providers to give care at a reduced rate in exchange for so many new patients
D) Suggested that employees seek only the most necessary services
Q3) Which of the following statements best describes what happened to health care providers during the Great Depression?
A) The amount of charity care greatly increased.
B) Both hospitals and physicians went bankrupt.
C) Government funding was legislated to assist those in need.
D) Public health greatly expanded to care for those in need.
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health
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Q1) A woman comes to the clinic, and the nurse believes that she is speaking French. She seems to understand English. A provider will need to complete a physical examination to confirm the health problem. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask the client if she prefers a male or female provider
B) Ask a female provider to assume care
C) Ask the physician provider to see her immediately
D) Ask the secretary in the office who speaks French to assist in collecting a health history from the client
Q2) A nurse carefully explained that the medication had to be taken three times a day, with each meal. The patient came to the clinic with symptoms of medication overdose. How should the nurse respond?
A) "Can you explain what you believe happened to make you so ill now?"
B) "Can you tell me when in the day you and your family eat?"
C) "Please review with me when I taught you to take your medication."
D) "Why did you take more medication than we suggested?"
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Chapter 14: Environmental Health
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Q1) Why are health care providers concerned over such social issues as mass transit, clean power, and the farming industry?
A) Because air pollutants are contributors to asthma and other health problems.
B) Clean power would reduce the pollution that results from burning of high-sulfur coal.
C) Manure runoff from industrial farming is polluting water and killing fish throughout the United States.
D) Mass transit would remove the problem of so many Americans being killed or injured by drunken or impaired drivers.
Q2) 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.
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) What have been the foci of international nursing research? (Select all that apply.)
A) Development of home care or transition from hospital to home
B) Diverse clinical experiences
C) Educational exchange programs for students and faculty
D) How to integrate technology into developing country health care systems
E) How to use a career in nursing to change the cultural expectations of gender roles
F) The importance of sharing resources with poverty stricken countries
Q2) 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.
Q3) Which of the following groups makes up about 30% of the world's population?
A) Children
B) Elderly
C) Teenaged adolescents
D) Caucasians
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) A man, who looked about 45 years old, gave a cashier at a grocery store the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) vouchers for some of the food he had just selected. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from this scenario?
A) He had a teenage daughter who was pregnant or with a young child.
B) He met the requirement for Aid to Dependent Families.
C) He really knew how to beat the welfare system.
D) He was handicapped, although his handicap was not immediately apparent.
Q2) A young mother was very proud because she had been taking her 9-month-old with her to various garage sales where she had purchased a lot of toys for very little money. Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Be sure there are no small pieces as young children can easily choke."
B) "Fantastic. Saving money on toys will allow you to buy more fresh fruits and vegetables."
C) "Toddlers love new toys; they will help with cognitive development."
D) "You are doing an excellent job of giving your child lots of stimulation with new playthings."
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following is the leading cause of disability in the United States?
A) Arthritis
B) Car accident
C) Falls
D) Heart disease
Q2) Which of the following groups of persons is most likely to be able to access health care?
A) Adults who work in large corporations
B) Many employed women
C) Older women on fixed incomes
D) Young adults, aged 16 to 24 years
Q3) Which of the following are factors that have led to the decrease in mortality of some cancers? (Select all that apply.)
A) An increase in mortality rate among other cancers
B) Early detection through emphasis on routine screening
C) Fewer sexual partners with emphasis on monogamy
D) An increased awareness of influence of lifestyle choices
E) Legislation such as the Clean Air Act
F) A decrease in tobacco use and smoking among women
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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 of the following is a biological explanation for gender differences in health status?
A) Influence of hormones
B) Different treatment by parents
C) Random differences in genetic inheritance
D) Social expectations of appropriate gender behavior
Q3) Based on theory, which of the following are men most likely to do when they become ill?
A) Ask their female partner what action might be helpful
B) Ignore symptoms or refuse to see them as symptoms of illness and act tough
C) See their physician as soon as possible
D) Talk to other men about what would be the best action
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) "Do you have any advice?" a young woman asked. "I'm eating lunch with my dad but he can't hear and he won't wear his hearing aid." Which of the following suggestions should be made by the nurse?
A) Encourage your dad to wear his hearing aid-if only for you
B) Find a very quiet place with good lighting and very little background noise for lunch
C) Repeat yourself several times using exactly the same words and gestures
D) Talk very loudly while facing him directly
Q2) Which of the following is the most useful way to discuss aging?
A) By divisions-young-old, middle-old, old-old, and elite-old
B) Chronological age
C) Functional age
D) Number of chronic comorbidities
Q3) An ambulance medic reported a client was on the way with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Which of the following symptoms would the nurse expect this client to display?
A) Blurred vision and a headache
B) Hypotension and tachycardia
C) Irregular heart rate
D) Fecal incontinence
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) Record data demonstrated that there were a very large number of children in the school district whose insurance plan was the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Which of the following conclusions would be accurate for the nurse to make?
A) There are a large number of parents who know how to abuse government programs.
B) There are a large number of homeless families.
C) There are a large number of unemployed poverty-stricken families.
D) There are a large number of working, low-income parents.
Q2) A man had been in an extended-care facility for five weeks and was now home. His wife tells the nurse, "He's trying to take up where he left off but we've adapted to not having him home. He keeps thinking things will be just as they were when he left, but they aren't." Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Are the changes making him uncomfortable or are the rest of you uncomfortable?"
B) "Do you want me to talk to him and try to explain?"
C) "How can we make things as they were before he left?"
D) "You all adapted to running the house without him; it will be challenging now to adapt back."
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) When a person was brought into the clinic in a wheelchair, the new nurse asked the patient if he felt a need for a priest. Which of the following best explains why the nurse would ask about spiritual health during the intake assessment?
A) All patients have spiritual as well as physical needs.
B) Medical personnel have to collaborate with religious leaders.
C) People reach out for spiritual care when they have suddenly become ill.
D) Some people perceive disabilities as punishment for sin.
Q2) A young man rolled his wheelchair up the ramp into the clinic to the desk where the intake nurse greeted him. After welcoming him to the clinic, which of the following should be the initial question asked by the nurse?
A) "Are you a vet home from the war?"
B) "Can I help you into the treatment room to see the nurse practitioner?"
C) "Do you have any family with you to help today?"
D) "What brings you to the clinic today?"
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) On the basis of all the work done by social scientists, approximately how many homeless persons should be expected and tolerated in our society?
A) No more than 5%
B) No more than 10%
C) No more than 15%
D) There should not be homeless persons in America.
Q2) Which of the following persons will have the most difficulty in obtaining adequate support services to find a long-term home?
A) An alcoholic homeless person
B) A homeless person who has a limited support system and is unemployed
C) A homeless person who has a mental illness and is an alcoholic
D) A mentally ill homeless person
Q3) Which of the following persons would be called chronically homeless?
A) A person has been homeless for more than a year
B) A person who lives with a roommate when between jobs
C) A person who has been staying with friends or family for an extended period of time
D) A person has been residing each night in a homeless shelter for almost 3 months
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) Which of the following factors results in rural residents having less access to health care than urban dwellers? (Select all that apply.)
A) Employment opportunities may be low paying and seasonal.
B) There are greater distances to travel and limited choice of health care providers.
C) Health care providers prefer to work in higher-paying urban settings.
D) Rural residents are less likely to have health insurance.
E) Rural persons' economic resources are tied up in land, not easily accessible cash.
F) Rural persons believe in self-sufficiency and self-care, not asking others for help.
Q2) A public health nurse is working in a rural clinic. On the basis of risk, which of the following would be the priority group for care?
A) African American adults
B) Adolescents
C) Elderly women who live alone
D) Migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW)
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Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
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Q1) Which of the following behaviors best represent the definition of mental health? (Select all that apply.)
A) Currently enjoys receiving unemployment benefits
B) Frequent dates, although most relationships are short term
C) Happily married and successful parent of three children
D) Just promoted with more responsibilities and increased salary
E) Lives alone in a small apartment
F) Set up a memorial fund for research after death of a family member
Q2) A family was very pleased with how well their child was doing now that he was on medication. They congratulated the nurse on getting their child help and said they were so impressed that the nurse was able to cure him. Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) Congratulate them on being so supportive to their child through this ordeal.
B) Stress that the medication is controlling the symptoms and their child will continue to need their support.
C) Thank them for their recognition of the role you-and all nurses-play in promoting health.
D) Verbalize your observations of how well their child is doing.
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) Which of the following best describes what is happening with infectious diseases in the United States?
A) There is a continuing decrease in vector-borne infections.
B) There is a continuing increase in food-borne and waterborne infections.
C) Many airborne diseases are being spread by bioterrorists.
D) The rate of infection varies extensively by income and ethnic groups.
Q2) During an outbreak in the hospital, all staff members were given immunoglobulin if they were not already immune to the disease. Which of the following types of immunity will the staff who received the immunoglobulin have?
A) Active immunity
B) Long-lasting immunity
C) Natural immunity
D) Passive immunity
Q3) Which of the following infections continues to increase in the United States?
A) Measles
B) Pertussis
C) Hepatitis A, B, and C
D) Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) Which of the following best describes a professional enabler?
A) A spouse who has been enabling an abuser for several years
B) A physician who provides narcotic analgesics to patients on a regular basis
C) A clergyman who offers to take an abuser to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting
D) A child who is a caretaker for her substance abusing mother
Q2) A woman was bragging about her 12-year-old son who was quiet and spent a lot of his time in his room building model airplanes, gluing and painting pieces. Which of the following may be concerning to the nurse?
A) Being preadolescent, he needs education on sexual growth and development.
B) He may be inhaling fumes from the aerosol paints and glues.
C) Twelve-year-olds are not usually quiet; he needs a mental health consult.
D) Twelve-year-olds need physical exercise, and he is not getting any sitting around.
Q3) Which of the following behaviors is a warning that a person is no longer just using a drugs recreationally but is abusing drugs and becoming addicted?
A) The person decides to try a new drug, claiming to be curious.
B) The person is using the drug more frequently than before.
C) The person joins a friend in using drugs in a social situation.
D) The person is less able to control frequency and amount of indulging.
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) Which of the following must be involved for an act to be considered a terrorist act?
A) A commitment to a political or religious belief
B) An attempt to force compliance with a particular set of religious or political beliefs and behaviors
C) Fear, intimidation, and violence
D) Violence resulting in plural deaths
Q2) Some of the medical staff thought an abused woman deserved what she got when she told them she was not going to a safe house following discharge from the emergency department. Which of the following information should the nurse stress to the medical staff?
A) When the woman leaves the emergency department, her abuser will most likely be arrested.
B) The woman probably feels fearful and helpless and, until her life is clearly threatened, nothing will probably change.
C) The woman needs additional reinforcement that she would be safer in a domestic violence shelter.
D) When a woman attempts to leave the situation, it is often when the abuser kills her.
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes how a disaster is the same as or different from an emergency?
A) A disaster is personal, whereas an emergency is communitywide.
B) An emergency is personal, whereas a disaster is communitywide.
C) Both emergencies and disasters are devastating.
D) Both emergencies and disasters are failures resulting in extensive insurance claims.
Q2) When does disaster management begin?
A) Before a disaster occurs
B) Immediately after the disaster
C) Throughout the disaster period
D) When the disaster begins
Q3) Which of the following best describes the mission of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)?
A) To consolidate all existing agencies, groups, and organizations into a single department
B) To distribute federal financial aid to disaster-stricken areas
C) To enable appropriate response to assist a state having a disaster
D) To protect against and respond to threats and hazards to the nation
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) Everyone is talking about the disaster that has been widely seen on the news programs. Which of the following suggestions would be most appropriate for the nurse to make at this time?
A) That this opportunity should be used to discuss how to be brave in a crisis.
B) That programs in collaborative problem solving should be created for students and staff.
C) That the staff should reassure students that such a disaster would not occur here.
D) That the school should develop an emergency management plan.
Q2) Which of the following does the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) service include in its routine screening that may not be included in a typical private physician preschool physical?
A) Comprehensive health and developmental history
B) Immunizations
C) Laboratory testing
D) Lead toxicity screenings
E) Unclothed physical examination
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) Which of the following best explains how occupational health nursing differs from other nursing specialties? (Select all that apply.)
A) Occupational health nursing has a major focus on the environment.
B) Occupational health nurses are required to have a master's degree in occupational health.
C) Occupational health nurses are more autonomous and work independently.
D) Occupational health nurses have a primary emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention.
E) Occupational health nurses may work with unions, as well as management groups.
F) Occupational health nurses work in the community.
Q2) Which of the following entities has been most active in creating change and alternative approaches in health care delivery?
A) Consumers
B) Corporations
C) Health care professionals
D) State legislators
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) A 14-year-old was found guilty of beating and raping a 73-year-old neighbor. The prosecutor had successfully argued for the child to be tried as an adult. The jury is considering a long adult prison term. Which of the following would the nurse most likely suggest when called on as an expert witness?
A) The child must be mentally ill to have done such a thing and should be in a mental hospital.
B) The child should be in a juvenile facility to avoid the high risk of sexual assaults, beatings, and suicide in adult prison.
C) The child should be given a long adult prison sentence to protect society from such a predator.
D) The child must be given an opportunity to complete high school while incarcerated in the adult prison.
Q2) Which of the following are most likely to physically abuse elderly Americans?
A) A partner or spouse
B) A caregiver
C) A stranger
D) An adult child
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following has been confirmed by research regarding the relationship between religion, spirituality, and health?
A) Essentially, religion gives persons a sense of hope.
B) Faith communities help by praying for ill persons during services.
C) Healthy persons have a tendency to be active within their faith communities.
D) Persons who attend services have decreased anxiety, depression, and stress.
Q3) Which of the following best describes when faith communities first began to be involved with health and healing?
A) In 1998, when parish nursing was first officially recognized
B) In the time of Jesus and similar religious leaders of the early years AD
C) Throughout history, faith communities provided basic health care
D) When parish nursing began in the Lutheran Church in the 1980s
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) A hospice patient is taking rather strong narcotics with good pain control, but today the patient's family tells the nurse that the client does not want to become addicted. Which of the following is the best response by the nurse?
A) "But you're dying, what difference will it make if you become addicted?"
B) "You can try not to take so much so frequently if you are concerned."
C) "You may develop tolerance but you can't be addicted when you're using the medication for pain control."
D) "You need strong narcotics to control your pain; we want to keep you comfortable."
E) "We'll keep you comfortable using some nonnarcotic drugs if that is what you prefer."
Q2) Which of the following is the most important task to be accomplished during the initial home visit?
A) Assess the client and the family
B) Discuss social topics
C) Educate the client and the family regarding the health problem
D) Establish rapport and trust
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