Community Health Nursing Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Community Health Nursing explores principles, practices, and roles of nursing in promoting and protecting the health of individuals, families, and groups within diverse communities. The course emphasizes the assessment of community health needs, planning and implementing interventions, and evaluating outcomes to improve population health. Key topics include epidemiology, health promotion, disease prevention, community assessment, cultural competence, public health policy, and collaborative partnerships with public health organizations. Students develop skills to deliver holistic care in various community settings, advocate for health equity, and respond to emerging health issues at the local, national, and global levels.
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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) Why are high-risk and vulnerable subpopulations identified by public health nurses before deciding on appropriate interventions?
A) It is easiest to make improvements among these groups.
B) Populations are not homogeneous, and resources are limited.
C) Such groups are most vocal about their needs and wants.
D) These groups are often recipients of special funding.
Answer: B
Q2) After completing a master's degree, a nurse took a course in marketing. Should the agency reimburse the nurse's tuition costs?
A) No, courses taken for personal enjoyment are not eligible.
B) No, courses taken outside the professional's responsibilities are not eligible.
C) Yes, the nurse is demonstrating professional commitment by continuing education.
D) Yes, the nurse could use such information in social marketing for the agency.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) 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
Q2) A nurse has determined that there is always a consistent level of people in the population who experience pneumonia. Which of the following best describes the prevalence of this disease?
A) Prevalent
B) Endemic
C) Epidemic
D) Pandemic
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
Population-Focused Nursing Practice
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Q1) A nurse is using Milio's framework to promote healthy eating choices among members of the community. Which of the following interventions would the nurse most likely implement?
A) Provide community education about healthy food choices
B) Promote legislation to increase taxation on unhealthy food choices
C) Lobby for health insurance providers to pay for participation in health promotion programs
D) Encourage community members to be responsible for making healthy choices
Answer: B
Q2) 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
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) The nurse working with a client to change behavior to maximize health asked the client to bring his family to the next visit. Which of the following best describes why the nurse wants the family to come with the client?
A) To analyze the family's beliefs about health
B) To determine the family's support of the client
C) To establish the family's communication patterns
D) To evaluate the family's approval of the proposed changes
Q2) During a health history, the client looked confused and said, "But everybody drinks, like at parties and such. How much drinking do you think is too much?" Which of the following would be most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Alcohol should be used only in moderation."
B) "It's okay as long as you don't binge, and you eat food with your drinks."
C) "Per day, no more than one drink for women and two drinks for men."
D) "Total abstinence is the only healthy choice."
Q3) Which of the following risk factors are least subject to modification?
A) Choice of lifestyle behaviors
B) Environmental exposure
C) Nutritional options
D) Recreational activities
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) 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
Q2) A community health nurse determined exactly how many cases of a particular disease were currently occurring in the community. Which of the following actions should the nurse take before determining what interventions should be planned?
A) Analyze whether the disease was a priority to the nurse's agency
B) Compare the current rate with the previous rate of disease
C) Determine what resources are available to intervene
D) Share the findings with the public health agency leadership
Q3) Which of the following best describes the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
A) It provided excellence in research design.
B) It used an extensive subject base leading to confirmed conclusions.
C) It developed information about the causes and treatment of syphilis.
D) It implemented unethical and racist treatment of uninformed subjects.
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) A community health nurse is trying to determine the success of a planned intervention. Which of the following would the community health nurse most likely examine?
A) Changes in funding made available to the agency to continue their efforts
B) An increase or decrease in the number of persons asking for assistance
C) Current problem data to compare with original baseline data
D) Feedback from community residents
Q2) Which of the following best describes how the U.S. Census Bureau surveys are helpful to a community health nurse?
A) They provide the distribution of age, sex, race, and ethnicity in the community.
B) They document the mortality and morbidity of the community.
C) They ensure that all community residents are involved.
D) They temporarily give employment opportunities to residents.
Q3) Which of the following best describes how people typically respond when asked of what community are they a member?
A) Geographic community (neighborhood or city)
B) House of worship participants or members
C) Occupational or professional group
D) Those who are devoted to a particular craft or hobby
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the principal outcome of the Hill-Burton Act?
A) Increased number of hospital beds
B) Increased availability of high technology in health care
C) Reduced overall health care costs
D) Required certificates of need before expensive new construction is started
Q2) Which of the following important events related to health care occurred during the Reagan administration? (Select all that apply.)
A) Increase in national health planning and coordination of efforts
B) Decrease in both federal control and federal funding
C) Increase in state funding with concurrent control by local boards of health
D) Implementation of Medicare funding based on diagnosis-related groups
E) Suggestions to shift costs and reduce costs
F) Suggestions to mobilize the community to become involved
Q3) Which of the following best describes the first efforts at improving community health?
A) Environmental planning of water and sewer systems
B) Mass community immunizations
C) Passing laws requiring quarantine of infected persons
D) Segregation of ships from harbors until the harbormaster checked the sailors
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) Which of the following can be found in both the Health Belief Model (HBM) and Pender's Health Promotion Model? (Select all that apply.)
A) Cues to action
B) Demographics
C) Perceived barriers
D) Perceived benefits
E) Perceived severity
F) Perceived susceptibility
Q2) 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
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) Which of the following best describes when case management is implemented for hospitalized patients?
A) Immediately on admission
B) Immediately on discharge
C) When a nurse recognizes the need and makes the appropriate referral
D) When the patient is assigned a case manager
Q2) Which of the following best describes why utilization review departments are becoming case management units?
A) Funding is available for case management responsibilities.
B) Monitoring service use alone does not improve patient outcomes.
C) It facilitates using nurse experts for case management.
D) It promotes the current trend of naming "utilization review" units "case management."
Q3) A hospital is going to start a care management program. Which of the following groups of clients would most likely be selected to first receive such services?
A) Clients who represent the most common diagnosis group to be admitted
B) Clients who request such services from their local hospital
C) Clients with chronic illnesses
D) Clients with the least education
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the history of the State Child Health Improvement Act (SCHIP) of 1997?
A) The law included goals and programs but no funding to achieve them.
B) The law received extensive support by both Republicans and Democrats.
C) The law was extended, not renewed by the Bush administration, and then renewed by the Obama administration.
D) The law was passed by the majority of states but not by the federal government.
Q2) What was the poverty guideline for a family of four in mainland United States in 2013?
A) Below $23,550
B) Below $25,250
C) Below $28,550
D) Below $32,250
Q3) Which of the following best describes the most crucial step in policy formation?
A) Convincing both political parties and independents to support the proposed policy
B) Defining the issue and placing it on the agenda for possible action
C) Determining who has vested interest in what aspects of the policy
D) Trying to simplify the proposed legislation so the public will support it
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes the significance of the Health Plan Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)?
A) Data are publicized so consumers can make informed decisions about where to go for care.
B) Data are used to measure performance in the accreditation of managed care organizations (MCOs).
C) Obvious improvement in the provision of health care has resulted from requiring health care providers to collect and analyze such data.
D) Physicians and other health care providers can publicize the data to market their services to new clients.
Q2) 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
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes an unfortunate consequence of using diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) to determine reimbursement? (Select all that apply.)
A) Insurance companies had to greatly increase their funding from employers.
B) The incentive was to undertreat and underuse health resources.
C) Health care providers had to accept losses for each patient treated.
D) Health care providers learned to cheat the system.
E) Health care providers refused to accept more patients whose reimbursement was based on DRGs.
F) High quality of care was no longer assured.
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) A woman stood very close to the nurse and asked a question about her husband's condition. The nurse took a step back and shared the requested information. No other questions were asked. Was this a successful interaction?
A) No, because the nurse should not answer any questions about a client, even if the wife is the one asking
B) No, because the woman and the nurse had different perceptions of personal space
C) Obviously yes, because the woman sought information, received it, and had no further questions
D) Yes, because the nurse was knowledgeable and able to respond appropriately
Q2) A nurse felt very good about an Asian man who had responded positively to the instructions given to him. Later, the nurse heard him tell his wife that there was no way he could implement the suggestions. Which of the following best describes the problem that the client is experiencing?
A) Polite response may not equal agreement.
B) Men do not take instruction from women.
C) His culture may value harmonious relationships over expressing disagreement.
D) The nurse told him what to do but did not ask if he could do it.
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Chapter 14: Environmental Health
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Q1) Which of the following strategies should a nurse use to remember what should be included in a health history?
A) Always use a preprinted form
B) Depend on education to learn this
C) Depend on experience to know what to ask
D) Memorize the I PREPARE mnemonic
E) Memorize the I HEALTH mnemonic
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.
Q3) What is meant by discriminatory land use?
A) Backlash against companies that do not protect the environment
B) Daily insults to people who live in a particular community
C) Locating industrial hazards in low-income communities
D) Political recognition that companies support a safe environment
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) Which of the following is one of the biggest threats faced by developing countries that are trying to grow economically and make a better life for their citizens?
A) Lack of education and knowledge
B) Political unrest
C) Environmental hazards
D) Large population
Q2) Which of the following aspects of health care could be learned by a developing country from a developed country?
A) Acceptance of illness or disease as a learning experience
B) Effective ways to treat chronic disease
C) Use of healthy behaviors to prevent illness
D) Delivery of primary health care
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) Which of the following actions should be taken by a typical community preparing for the expected demographic changes in the United States?
A) Build more elementary schools
B) Build more high schools
C) Build more colleges
D) Build more adult condominiums
Q2) If most students have no intention of ever leaving their local community, which of the following languages should be chosen as the required foreign language in high school?
A) French, as it is a very romantic language
B) German, because many of the students' names are German
C) Latin, as it is the basis for many other languages
D) Spanish, to improve employment opportunities
Q3) What proportion of U.S. citizens are children?
A) 12%
B) 16%
C) 20%
D) 24%
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following outcomes for the infant and mother have occurred because of fetal monitoring?
A) Improved outcomes for both infant and mother
B) No difference for the infant but improved outcomes for the mother
C) No difference for the mother but improved outcomes for the infant
D) No difference in outcomes for the infant but increased risk for the mother
Q2) Which of the following best explains why a community health nurse would choose to emphasize women's health? (Select all that apply.)
A) Different nurses prefer different specialties.
B) It is currently politically correct to verbalize support for female issues.
C) Many women's groups are lobbying for more programs.
D) Many factors resulting in illness and death in women are preventable.
E) Knowledge deficits prevent women from assuming responsibility for their own health.
F) Women face barriers in accessing health care.
Q3) Which of the following groups has the highest poverty rate in the United States?
A) Married couples with several children
B) Single female heads of household
C) Single male heads of household
D) Two adults cohabitating when one is unemployed
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) Which of the following advantages do women have in relation to health screenings? (Select all that apply.)
A) As the weaker sex, women are expected to be ill and see physicians more often.
B) Employers often require health screening of their employees.
C) Health care departments focus on maternal and child health.
D) Women enjoy socialization during visits to health care providers.
E) Women have more health screenings because of the need for birth control or physician visits related to childbearing.
F) Women have more leisure time and can more easily see their health care providers.
Q2) Which gender has higher morbidity rates with a higher prevalence of chronic diseases that cause disability and limitation of activities?
A) Females
B) Males
C) No difference between genders in chronic health problems
D) Prevalence of chronic diseases varies strongly by individuals more than gender.
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) Which of the following is the most common reason for visual impairment in older adults?
A) Cataracts
B) Glaucoma
C) Macular degeneration
D) Presbyopia
Q2) A nurse explained that the elderly are twice as likely to die in a home fire as younger persons and therefore suggested some safety measures. Which of the following strategies would most likely have been suggested by the nurse?
A) Have smoke detectors installed in the house
B) Invite a family member to sleep in the house at night
C) Practice escaping quickly from the house in case of an emergency
D) Program your phone so the fire department can be reached by pushing only one button
Q3) Which of the following is the primary source of income for elderly Americans?
A) Employment income
B) Pensions
C) Savings
D) Social Security
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) A nurse was creating an ecomap for a family, which consisted of a 3-year-old girl, an 8-year-old boy, and their mother. Which of the following questions would be useful for the nurse to ask?
A) "Are you involved with any groups or resources in the community?"
B) "Can you tell me about your extended family wherever they live?"
C) "Have you thought about what would happen if you needed help?"
D) "What were the causes of death for your older family members?"
Q2) A nurse is completing a first assessment interview with a family after entering the family's apartment for the first time. Which of the following would be crucial for the nurse to remember?
A) Analyze the power relationships before focusing on needed information
B) Be on best behavior with manners and courtesy, starting with a self-introduction
C) Determine as soon as possible who makes decisions within the family
D) Evaluate the safety of the immediate environment for self and the family
Q3) What has research suggested is a barrier to college students eating healthy?
A) Lack of access to an exercise facility
B) Lack of access to a primary care provider
C) Lack of knowledge of the benefits of healthy eating
D) Lack of knowledge related to food preparation
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the current perspective on how communities should treat persons with disabilities (PWDs)?
A) Be supportive of PWDs and try to reduce environmental barriers
B) Maximize opportunities for PWDs to work and otherwise contribute to community life
C) PWDs have civil rights just as other citizens do.
D) Recognize that PWDs deserve our support both financially and otherwise
Q2) Which of the following concerns can a nurse as a citizen help address?
A) Advocating for removal of environmental and social barriers to needed services
B) Continuing to engage in political action to increase funding for care for the handicapped
C) Recognizing that it is better to offer to help than to wait for a person with handicaps to have to ask for assistance
D) Needing to not stare or ask personal questions of a person with a disability
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following factors are most likely to contribute to homelessness?
A) Domestic violence and substance abuse
B) Scarcity of support systems and recent job loss
C) Shortage of affordable housing and insufficient income
D) Substance abuse and serious mental illness
Q2) Which of the following best describes the problem with the Section 8 housing program?
A) Direct access to an apartment in a public housing facility is faster and easier.
B) Most renters prefer the program to make direct payment to apartment owners willing to rent to them.
C) Section 8 housing is essentially slum housing, and no one wants to live there.
D) Supply is vastly less than the demand.
Q3) Which of the following groups of people is most likely to experience homelessness?
A) Those who have a supportive family
B) Those who have recently become unemployed
C) Those who have substance abuse problems
D) Those who frequently change jobs
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) Which of the following best describes how Migrant Health Centers (MHCs) under the Migrant Health Program are often different from other clinics?
A) Care is restricted to those who can document that they are employed in agriculture.
B) They are much better funded than typical rural clinics.
C) Staff are typically bilingual and bicultural.
D) They welcome illegal immigrants to receive care.
Q2) Which of the following facts is noteworthy about adolescent males who are driving without a license in the countryside?
A) Most had driver's education classes but have not yet earned the money to pay for their driver's license test.
B) Most were Hispanic or black from a rural area.
C) Most were practiced in driving large farm machinery and were just going from one section of the farm to another section.
D) Most were practicing their driving skills with their parent in the car.
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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) Which of the following was required by the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008?
A) That alcoholism be recognized as a disease and treatment be given in residential facilities
B) That drug addiction be accepted as a mental health diagnosis and addicts be treated rather than jailed when caught
C) That health insurance must cover treatment for mental illness on the same terms and conditions as physical illness
D) That community clinics must treat clients for mental illness just as they treat prisoners who have a physical illness
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) The charge nurse notes that two patients had communicable infectious diseases and were treated appropriately. Which of the following actions should be taken next by the nurse?
A) Depends on your state health department's requirements
B) Report the two cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
C) Report the two cases to your regional health department
D) Send the information for inclusion in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Q2) A school had tried very hard to uphold the requirement for all children to be vaccinated. However, state law allowed parents to exempt their child if they had a religious reason for refusal. Two children have been diagnosed with chickenpox. Which of the following will be the most likely result?
A) Adults as well as children in the neighborhood will get chickenpox.
B) All the children who played with the two sick children will probably get chickenpox.
C) All the unimmunized children will probably come down with chickenpox.
D) Few children will get chickenpox because of herd immunity.
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) Which of the following scenarios would most likely suggest that the person may be engaging in substance abuse? (Select all that apply.)
A) All the people in the elevator edged away from the student who reeked of tobacco smoke.
B) She declined his invitation; all he ever seemed to do was go to bars and drink.
C) Because of a family emergency, the student called the instructor to explain her absence and ask for the assignments for next week.
D) The campus police were called to control the student engaging in public indecency and disorderly conduct.
E) The officer pulled the driver over for apparently driving under the influence.
F) The student told her friend she had too much to drink last night and to cover for her in class.
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) In which of the following clinical areas are nurses most at risk for workplace violence? (Select all that apply.)
A) Acute care/intensive care units
B) Community health clinics
C) Emergency departments
D) Geriatric units
E) Psychiatric units
F) Rehabilitation units
Q2) Which of the following best describes the typical perpetrator of homicide?
A) A person trying to engage in rape with the woman fighting back
B) A person who wanted money and she refused to give it to him
C) A stranger
D) An intimate partner
Q3) Which of the following best describes the incidence of abuse among pregnant women?
A) It is too difficult to determine the actual incidence of abuse among this population.
B) It is estimated that approximately 1 out of every 10 women experiences abuse.
C) Approximately one out of every six women has been abused by a partner.
D) Abuse does not occur among pregnant women.
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) Which of the following agencies should develop a community disaster plan, have emergency drills to test the plan, and determine the proper response?
A) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
B) Office of Emergency Management
C) State Disaster Office
D) The National Disaster Relief Agency
Q2) Eight patients were burned in a factory fire. Shortly thereafter, four firefighters were seen with possible smoke inhalation problems. Which of the following best describes how these patients are different from the first patients to arrive?
A) Burn patients probably have skin damage, whereas the firefighters have lung damage.
B) Burn patients will need extensive care over time, whereas the firefighters can probably stay the night with oxygen treatment and then be discharged.
C) The burn patients were direct victims, whereas the firefighters are indirect victims.
D) The second set of victims may have scarring, shortness of breath, and persistent hoarseness for the next few days.
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) Which of the following health problems continues to increase in school-aged and adolescent children?
A) Contagious diseases
B) Obesity and related problems (diabetes)
C) Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
D) Stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis)
Q2) Everyone in a high school was very upset over the fact that one of the students had shot and killed another student. The nurse decided this was an appropriate time to establish a program to help prevent violence. Which of the following groups of students should receive the program first?
A) Elementary school grades 4, 5, and 6
B) Grades 7, 8, and 9
C) High school grades 10, 11, and 12
D) The students who knew the victim and his assailant
Q3) In addition to their homes, where are children most likely to be injured?
A) At entertainment sites (theaters, amusement parks)
B) At school, especially on playgrounds
C) At their part-time job settings
D) Transportation (automobiles, school buses)
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) An occupational health nurse (OHN) works in a state that requires continuing education units per year for renewing a nursing license. Which of the following courses would probably be most helpful in the role?
A) Diversity and Human Caring
B) Ergonomics and Toxicology
C) Evaluating Risks and Personnel Management
D) Health Assessment and Home Health Care
Q2) Which of the following best explains why job opportunities for occupational health nurses (OHNs) have continued to expand?
A) Federal legislation has required an OHN at any site with more than 50 employees.
B) Legislation has required employers to engage in certain tasks, and nurses were the most expert at those tasks.
C) Nurses have done an excellent job of describing the role and its benefits to the media. D) Nurses are able to document cost savings to employers.
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) If a forensic nurse was employed in the most widely recognized subspecialty in forensic nursing, which of the following would be the nurse's primary tasks?
A) Be employed by insurance companies to review and interpret medical records
B) Complete the death certificate, including causes of death
C) Do a history and physical assessment and collect evidence
D) Review the crime scene for insights with police officers
Q2) Which of the following best describe how the prevalence of violence and violent crimes has changed the professional practice of health care providers?
A) Vulnerable groups are now assessed for evidence of abuse.
B) The focus has now shifted from patient care toward more personal safety.
C) It is now recognized that new specialties continue to be created.
D) Each patient is now routinely screened for violence.
Q3) Which of the following are the most common forms of elder abuse?
A) Emotional abuse by caregivers
B) Financial abuse when resources are used without the elder's consent
C) Neglect by self or caregivers
D) Physical mistreatment resulting in injuries
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) The faith community nurse (FCN) finds the faith community's needs overwhelming. Which of the following best describes how the nurse can best meet the community's many needs?
A) Discover appropriate resources already existing in the community
B) Help the community members meet their own needs independently of the nurse or other assistance
C) Recruit, train, and direct volunteers to implement needed programs
D) Suggest the faith community recruit more parish nurses to help
Q2) Which of the following best describes how the practice of faith community nurses is different from the practice of other nurse specialists?
A) Advanced education is required before attempting such a challenging role.
B) Practice setting is in a building dedicated to a purpose other than health care.
C) The nurse is a member of the same community where the nurse practices.
D) The central focus of the practice is the spiritual dimension.
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) A client was admitted to home care and was dismayed to find the nurse discussing such uncomfortable topics as advance directives, living will, and durable power of attorney. Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Don't be concerned; this is just routine."
B) "I'm sorry, but the state law says I have to ask you to fill out these forms."
C) "You get to make decisions about your care, but if, for any reason, you can't do this, these forms will tell us what you want us to do."
D) "Your physician asked us to discuss these with you."
Q2) Which of the following best describes why home health care has continued to grow until very recently? (Select all that apply.)
A) Consumers prefer home care, so they will personally pay for it.
B) Demographics-there are more elderly persons in U.S. society.
C) Home care does not cost much more than institutional care.
D) Insurance companies are encouraging home care.
E) Medicare is encouraging home care rather than institutional care.
F) Physicians prefer to visit clients in their homes rather than institutions.
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