Community Health Nursing Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Community Health Nursing focuses on the principles, practices, and roles of nurses in promoting and protecting the health of populations within communities. The course emphasizes health promotion, disease prevention, and maintenance of wellness through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of community-based care. Students learn to address social determinants of health, collaborate with community partners, and apply epidemiological principles to identify health needs, manage health programs, and respond to public health emergencies. Special attention is given to vulnerable groups, cultural competence, and ethical considerations in providing holistic care across diverse settings.
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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) Which action would probably result in the largest change in health care outcomes for Americans?
A) Establish large numbers of scholarships for education of nurses, physicians, and other health care providers
B) Fund a one-time extremely large stimulus to allow all health care providers and agencies to create and integrate computer network systems for client health care records
C) Increase funding for hospitals and medical centers to expand their neighborhood clinics
D) Redirect a large portion of federal funding from acute care to health promotion activities
Answer: D
Q2) 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
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Which of the following nursing interventions would have most likely been used by Florence Nightingale when treating wounded soldiers?
A) Establishing private visits with spouses
B) Improving food, clothing, and cleanliness
C) Administering intravenous medications
D) Completing a community assessment of the army hospital
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following best describes the primary focus of health care efforts in the United States?
A) Acute illnesses and trauma
B) Chronic diseases
C) Diarrhea and starvation
D) Infectious diseases
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following diseases provided immunity to smallpox?
A) Cowpox
B) Measles
C) Mumps
D) Scarlet fever
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
Population-Focused Nursing Practice
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Q1) A nurse is using the critical theoretical perspective in practice. Which of the following best describes how the nurse would respond when a client suggests that the physician prescribe a widely advertised medication for tension and anxiety? (Select all that apply.)
A) Can you tell me what is going on in your life right now?
B) Do you know anyone else who is suffering such tension and anxiety?
C) How does your family feel about you having so much tension and anxiety?
D) Would you consider using the generic equivalent of this medication?
E) What led you to believe this medication would be of help to you?
F) What have you tried in the past to relieve tension and anxiety?
Answer: A, F
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes "thinking upstream"?
A) Focus on economic, political, and environmental factors
B) Prepare for your nursing career long-term goals by planning now
C) Seek causes of water and air pollution "upstream" from cities
D) Try to understand how or why someone got ill
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) A nurse is using the health belief model to help a client improve lifestyle choices. Which of the following interventions would the nurse most likely implement? (Select all that apply.)
A) Conduct an ongoing public information campaign to motivate people to take action
B) Emphasize how important it is to change behavior immediately
C) Examine the individual's perceptions of his or her health in relation to current lifestyle behavior choices
D) Review how lifestyle changes can reduce risk and improve the client's life
E) Share statistics regarding the probability of health problems and their seriousness if action is not taken
F) Use communication channels to send reminders of action currently needed
Q2) Which of the following is the cause of most preventable deaths in the United States?
A) Alcohol
B) Drug addictions
C) Sexually transmitted diseases
D) Tobacco
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) One famous study followed a cohort of nurses over their lives, collecting data and health histories as they aged. Which of the following would be the most appropriate categorization of this study?
A) Cross-sectional study
B) Prospective study
C) Retrospective study
D) True experiment
Q2) An epidemiologist is gathering data to determine which factors may lead to disease. Which of the following data will be gathered? (Select all that apply.)
A) Demographic characteristics
B) Disease characteristics
C) Geographic data
D) Health protection measures taken
E) Length of the disease process
F) When disease struck the area
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) A community health nurse wants to obtain an overview of the community, but has limited time and resources. Which of the following methods would the nurse most likely use to obtain this information?
A) Engage in a windshield survey
B) Establish a health department committee of community leaders willing to fill out periodic surveys related to various health issues in the community
C) Live in the community for several years
D) Review public health department records from up to 5 years ago
Q2) A nurse begins to collect information about a particular health problem from community residents. Which of the following potential problems would most likely arise?
A) Residents might become suspicious about why the nurse needs this information.
B) Residents might believe the nurse is becoming intrusive in their personal lives.
C) Residents might wonder why they are being asked about the problem when previous surveys may also have asked about the same problem.
D) Residents might begin to expect service to be given to address the problem.
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following best describes a flaw of many of the health care bills passed during the last four decades?
A) They avoided interfering with the current health care approach and did not improve problems of access or duplication of efforts.
B) They encouraged each state to do what was best for its residents without consideration of what was best for the nation as a whole.
C) They created new layers of bureaucracy in health care administration.
D) They did not include financing to pay for the suggested changes.
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) Which of the following best describes why community health education programs are important?
A) It provides a way to reinforce voluntary behavior changes.
B) Health education is an area that has desperately needed improvement.
C) Health education prevents the occurrence of disease.
D) It is the most cost-effective way of improving health.
Q2) Which of the following led to the creation of the Health Belief Model (HBM)?
A) Attempting to create an educational program that people would choose to attend
B) Attempting to explain why people acted as if they were immortal and immune from danger
C) Attempting to understand why people chose unhealthy and high-risk behaviors
D) Attempting to understand why people did not flock to free health care
Q3) A nurse is selecting goals for an educational program. Which of the following methods should be used?
A) Ask the formal leadership of a community what the learning needs are.
B) Interview informal leaders about the learning needs of the community.
C) Use the expertise of professional nurses skilled at assessing needs.
D) The target audience must determine their needs and priorities.
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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 nurses are increasingly becoming case managers when social workers have historically been so successful in the role?
A) Because of the need for ongoing patient assessment.
B) Because of a shortage of licensed social workers.
C) Nurses seek such roles as being easier than direct clinical care.
D) Social workers expect higher salaries than nurses in the same role.
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
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Q1) A nurse states that he or she does not want to become involved in politics because of family, school, work, and other commitments. Which of the following would be the best reply to this statement?
A) "Good for you. We should all stay out of such dirty game playing!"
B) "I am sorry to hear that but I do understand."
C) "It doesn't matter; politics have nothing to do with nursing practice."
D) "It won't take much time to join ANA and pay dues so their lobbyist can represent you."
Q2) Which of the following best describes what is being discussed in relation to concerns over patients' safety and nurse fatigue?
A) All hospitals are now required to report errors made that are a result of low nurse staffing.
B) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is monitoring the incidence of medical errors caused by nurse understaffing.
C) The Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act was passed by Congress in 2013.
D) Legislation has been suggested that staffing systems require the input of direct care registered nurses.
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Who primarily provides care for military personnel, their families, and veterans, as well as Native Americans?
A) Federal government
B) Local health departments
C) Regional health districts
D) State health departments
Q2) Which of the following describe current legislation acts that limit what managed care organizations (MCOs) are allowed to do? (Select all that apply.)
A) Allowing patients to see a specialist without having to obtain approval from their primary care provider
B) Allowing patients to go to the emergency department without first telephoning for approval
C) Allowing patients the right to choose a physician
D) Requiring the MCO to fulfill expectations of the national patients' rights bill
E) Requiring the MCO to accept any provider who meets plan requirements
F) Requiring the MCO to accept advanced practice nurses as primary care providers
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following statements best summarizes all of the changes resulting from attempts to control costs?
A) Conflict between providers, patients, employer, and insurance plans raged.
B) Costs were controlled, at least temporarily.
C) Demand for health care drastically dropped.
D) Most employers discontinued their insurance plans for employees.
Q2) Which of the following best describes why large employers would decide to self-insure?
A) To claim to offer more benefits to employees
B) To have more control over health care providers
C) To be more effective at keeping employees happy
D) To reduce administrative costs charged by insurance companies
Q3) Which of the following actions would be the least expensive approach to treating chronic diseases?
A) Choose healthy lifestyle behaviors to retain health
B) Continue media campaigns encouraging early detection and treatment
C) Encourage patients to seek care at a local neighborhood health clinic
D) Suggest self-therapies that have been demonstrated to be effective
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health
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Q1) A client, accompanied by her son, spoke only Spanish while the nurse did not. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse to best meet the client's need?
A) Ask the woman if it's OK if the son translates for her
B) Call until she finds a Spanish interpreter employed by the agency
C) Let the son translate because he's obviously informed about the problem
D) Use gestures and pantomime to make oneself clear
Q2) Which of the following best describes the challenges when providing care to someone from a minority group? (Select all that apply.)
A) Communication, both words and gestures, may be unfamiliar.
B) Few members of the minority group are nurses themselves.
C) Immigrants will soon adapt to the mainstream culture, but in the meantime many are clinging to "the old ways."
D) So few patients are minority group members that it is difficult to remember how they prefer to receive care.
E) The nurse may have to confront personal values and beliefs.
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Chapter 14: Environmental Health
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Q1) Which of the following nursing actions would be the most helpful to the community's long-term health?
A) Careful assessment, diagnosis, planning, and giving care to individual patients and their families
B) Dialogue with community members concerning what health issues are of importance in that community
C) Focusing on family health through school-based neighborhood clinics
D) Helping the community create political change through organization, use of media, legislative lobbying, and mass demonstrations
Q2) Which of the following best describes a food desert?
A) The inability to store foods at an acceptable temperature
B) The inability to have healthy foods at home
C) A neighborhood with little to no access to healthy foods
D) A neighborhood that has experienced a recent food-borne illness
Q3) Which of the following is the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers?
A) Secondhand smoke
B) Living near a nuclear power plant
C) Exposure to pesticides
D) Radon gas
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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 best describes why a nurse working in a U.S. urban area should be knowledgeable about infectious diseases common to areas of Africa?
A) Nurses have an ethical commitment to care for others throughout the world.
B) Every infectious disease is just one airplane ride away.
C) Infection could occur if a nurse goes out in public.
D) Nurses meet people who may originally have been born elsewhere.
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the screening tests that are completed on all newborns in the United States?
A) It varies from state to state, somewhere between 0 and 25 tests.
B) It varies from state to state, but all states have a common 26 conditions that are Tested.
C) Federal legislation mandates 29 tests.
D) The number varies greatly by state and by hospital policy.
Q2) Which of the following best explains why an employer would care about the health needs of local children?
A) The children are the employer's future workforce.
B) The employer needs positive media coverage and no scandals.
C) The community will provide greater support to employers that have family-based policies.
D) Staying home to take care of sick children will impact the productivity of the workplace.
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following is the most common cause of death among women after age 75?
A) Accidents and unintentional injuries
B) Cancer
C) Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
D) Diabetes and its complications
Q2) A nurse is called by her sister, who tells her how wonderful it is that she knows the exact date her baby is coming because her doctor scheduled her for a C-section before his vacation. Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "A C-section is major surgery. Do you remember what the doctor shared were the risks for yourself and your baby?"
B) "How marvelous to know the date; I'll plan to visit you in the hospital."
C) "I'm so pleased. I know exactly when I'm going to be an aunt."
D) "Why not wait until after your doctor comes back from his vacation?"
Q3) Which of the following is the leading cause of disability in the United States?
A) Arthritis
B) Car accident
C) Falls
D) Heart disease
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) Which single action has been most influential in changing men's health behaviors?
A) Establishing well-man clinics during evening hours
B) Legislative action
C) Peer-reviewed journals such as the American Journal of Men's Health
D) Running men's health ads during sports events
E) The male consumer movement: seen in The National Organization for Changing Men
Q2) A male client reports that he is unable to change his health behaviors and adopt a healthier lifestyle. Which of the following is the most likely reason for his difficulty?
A) Lack of financial resources
B) Lack of transportation
C) Lack of programs
D) Lack of motivation
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) 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
Q2) "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
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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) Which of the following best describes what is meant by cohabitation?
A) A living arrangement in which one adult is employed and the other is unemployed
B) A living arrangement in which an unmarried couple in a long-term relationship lives together
C) A living arrangement between two members of the same sex
D) A living arrangement between two single mothers with children
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) A man came for follow-up care to the free clinic, explaining that he had applied for a job based on his education and years of previous work experience, but, being in a wheelchair, he was turned down. Which of the following responses would be most appropriate for the nurse?
A) "If you know you can do the job, go to the free legal aid clinic for assistance. The employer may not know the law."
B) "No one would want to hire a handicapped person, so you can continue to come here for free care."
C) "Because it can be expensive to obtain the necessary equipment to help you do that job, the employer has every right to refuse to hire you."
D) "The law says, if a handicapped person applies, he or she has to get hired even if an able-bodied person also applies."
Q2) Which of the following describes the most important need of every school-aged child with a disability?
A) A teacher who understands the child's needs
B) An advocate within the school system
C) An assessment with comparison with developmental milestones
D) An individualized education plan (IEP)
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) A school nurse was asked to see Lisa, a student in the fourth grade who was rumored to be living in a car with her mother. Which of the following would most likely have caused the teacher to become concerned?
A) Lisa is not always respectful of the teacher.
B) Lisa has not been doing her homework.
C) Lisa may be developmentally delayed.
D) Lisa may have behaved in a sexually inappropriate manner.
Q2) Which of the following individuals would be described as being "doubled up"?
A) An individual who has two chronic conditions
B) An individual who has recently been released from prison
C) An individual who maintains two jobs to avoid being homeless
D) An individual who is forced to live with friends
Q3) Which of the following factors is strongly predictive for homelessness among women veterans?
A) Having a previous criminal conviction
B) Being a mother
C) Having a high school education
D) Being unmarried
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) In comparison with mental health care in urban areas, which of the following best describes how mental health care in rural areas differs? (Select all that apply.)
A) Access to care is more limited or not available at all locally.
B) Cost for treatment is typically reimbursed at a lower rate.
C) Depression is frequently not recognized or is not treated.
D) Ethnic and racial disparities exist.
E) Primary health care professionals accept responsibility for mental health treatment.
F) The suicide rate is notably higher.
Q2) Which of the following is the most frequent cause of farm fatalities and nonfatal injuries?
A) Manure pits (methane poison)
B) Power take-off augers
C) Storage silos
D) Tractors
E) Very old and barely functioning trucks
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Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
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Q1) Which of the following best explains why having parity in insurance coverage does not always help persons with depression?
A) Many persons find that the medications do not relieve symptoms.
B) Most depressed persons do not seek treatment.
C) Most depression is situational, and having insurance does not change the situation.
D) Psychotherapists will not accept the low reimbursement offered by insurance plans.
Q2) Which of the following was the primary recommendation of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health report for the mental health service delivery system?
A) Advised the president to drastically increase funding for mental health
B) Increased scholarships and grants to health care professionals willing to specialize in care of the mentally ill
C) Suggested the federal government take over responsibility for mental health care for all citizens
D) Called for a shift from a fragmented nonsystem to an integrated comprehensive approach to care delivery
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) A city that depended on tourist dollars had feedback that tourists were saying they were never returning because of the constant mosquito bites. Which of the following actions should be taken by the city?
A) Do not have any tourist events at dawn or dusk.
B) Have everyone in town search for and remove any standing stagnant water.
C) Give free bug repellent to each tourist.
D) Tell tourists to avoid wearing bright colors.
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 best describes why it is crucial to never use the label of "addiction"?
A) Labeling invites ridicule by other people.
B) Labeling someone avoids actually taking action to correct the behavior.
C) Labels have a tendency to remain throughout the person's life.
D) Labels influence self-perception, and behavior will begin to fulfill the label.
Q2) Which of the following best explains why drug abusers so often relapse?
A) Drugs are widely available.
B) They lack a supportive environment.
C) They remember how fantastic they feel immediately after using.
D) Drugs make them feel better about life.
Q3) 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
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) 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
Q2) For which of the following groups is suicide the second leading cause of death?
A) People aged 15 to 24 years
B) People aged 25 to 34 years
C) People aged 35 to 65 years
D) People over age 65 years
Q3) A male strong firearms advocate stressed his guns were for self-protection and he wanted all criminals to know his family had loaded guns in their home. Which of the following best explains why a nurse would not support his actions?
A) Criminals carry more powerful and illegal guns.
B) Guns in the home typically result in dead family members and friends.
C) His children may be less careful than the adults in the family.
D) Less trained individuals might think the guns were unloaded.
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) Which of the following best describes why earthquakes would be more frightening than floods to many people, even though both can cause extensive damage? (Select all that apply.)
A) Death rate and scope are higher in earthquakes.
B) There is a higher frequency of earthquakes.
C) Imminence of earthquakes is unknown.
D) It is not possible to prevent an earthquake.
E) The intensity of earthquakes is higher.
F) The predictability of earthquakes is lower.
Q2) A friend who was raped and beaten appeared to be coping well. However, she recently dropped out of school and shared with the nurse that she is having nightmares where it happens all over again, and these nightmares are becoming impossible to live with. Which of the following would be the concern of the nurse?
A) A late psychological reaction of despair and hopelessness
B) Depression that no one rescued her and saved her from the traumatic event
C) Guilt and concern over what she could possibly have done to invite such an event
D) Posttraumatic stress syndrome disorder (PTSD)
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) Which of the following led to school nurses moving beyond the role of screening, assessment, intervention, and exclusion of children for communicable diseases?
A) A communicable disease outbreak, which led to the requirement that all children be vaccinated against common infectious diseases
B) Federal legislation, which required immunizations for communicable diseases
C) Political movements such as temperance, which led schools to educate about the effects of alcohol and tobacco
D) The need for inspecting schools to identify children who were ill and exclude them until they were no longer infectious
Q2) Which of the following screenings are typically administered in the school setting? (Select all that apply.)
A) Blood pressure
B) Chest x-ray
C) Cholesterol and blood glucose
D) Height and weight
E) Scoliosis
F) Visual and hearing acuity
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Q1) Which of the following arguments would the occupational health nurse (OHN) use when trying to convince a large employer of the need for a breast cancer education program?
A) It will be excellent media coverage for the employer, especially if the public is invited.
B) A large number of female employees of childbearing age may be interested.
C) This program would help balance all the male-oriented programs.
D) Women employees who believe their employers are interested in their well-being are more productive and satisfied.
Q2) In which of the following ways are occupational health nurses (OHNs) role models of good community health nursing? (Select all that apply.)
A) The majority of OHNs are prepared at the baccalaureate level or higher.
B) OHNs actively influence policy in health and safety within a particular area.
C) OHNs are skilled at assessing both people and their home environment.
D) OHNs focus on health promotion and avoidance of injury or disease.
E) OHNs plan and implement health programs for populations of employees.
F) OHNs work closely with physicians in planning and implementing care for individuals and families.
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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 is considered appropriate preparation for engaging in forensic nursing specialty practice?
A) Adequate number of continuing education credits plus licensure as a registered nurse
B) Baccalaureate nursing program and previous community health experience
C) College-based educational program including supervised clinical hours and internship
D) Interest in and willingness to be employed in the field
Q3) 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) A new faith community nurse (FCN) met with a client who was dying. The client asked the FCN to pray for her out loud. The FCN had an active prayer life, but privately-not out loud relating to someone else. Which of the following would be the best response by the nurse?
A) Deliberately misunderstand the request and promise to pray for the client when you are at home each evening
B) Look for a religious book nearby, open it, and hope there is something there the nurse can use
C) Offer to share the client's request with the faith community's leader, as well as ask the faith community to pray for the client
D) Share a traditional prayer that the nurse had previously memorized for personal use
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) Which of the following is the primary factor in how a hospice nurse makes decisions while giving care in the client's home, surrounded by the client's family?
A) To allow the patient a comfortable, pain-free death
B) To assure the caregiver and the whole family that they are not hastening the client's death by anything they do to keep the client comfortable
C) To encourage the family to grieve and confront the reality of the client being terminal
D) To prevent a decline in the caregiver's health
Q2) A new home health nurse realized that what was being observed and now being said by the client were very inconsistent with what had been documented while the client was hospitalized. Which of the following conclusions should be drawn by the nurse?
A) The amount of support available is different from what was stated earlier.
B) The client had difficulty distinguishing truth from falsehood.
C) The client had to admit the truth when it was obvious to the nurse.
D) The family was embarrassed by their living situation.
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