Community Health Nursing Exam Solutions
Course Introduction
Community Health Nursing explores the principles and practices of nursing aimed at promoting and protecting the health of populations in diverse community settings. The course covers the role of the nurse in assessing community needs, planning and implementing interventions, and evaluating outcomes to address public health concerns. Emphasis is placed on health promotion, disease prevention, epidemiology, and cultural competence while working with individuals, families, and groups. Students will learn to collaborate with other health professionals, advocate for vulnerable populations, and apply evidence-based strategies to improve community health outcomes.
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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 is the community health nursing definition of health?
A) Health is a person's goal-directed purposeful process toward well-being or wholeness.
B) Health is an individual's physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
C) Health is the mutual adaptation between a person and his or her environment in meeting daily existence.
D) Health is families and aggregates choosing actions to ensure safety and well-being.
Answer: D
Q2) Which task is most crucial for the community health nurse to do well?
A) Review the most recent morbidity and mortality data
B) Create a new clinic to better meet local health needs
C) Evaluate the results of the recent screening program
D) Give testimony regarding proposed state health legislation
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Which of the following is a major challenge for health care provider education today?
A) Ensuring that research findings related to families and groups are included in the curriculum
B) Expanding the curriculum to allow additional experiences in community health settings outside the hospital
C) Increasing course emphasis on environmental influences on health
D) Refocusing the curriculum from care of the individual to needs of aggregates
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following best describes the time period when communities began to agree on collective action to stay healthy?
A) When industrialization occurred
B) When large urban centers began to develop and the population expanded
C) When people gathered together to settle in villages
D) When people were nomads engaged in hunting and gathering
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
Population-Focused Nursing Practice
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Q1) Which of the following is most closely associated with morbidity and mortality outcomes?
A) Number of physicians per capita
B) Insurance status
C) Crime rate
D) Personality traits
Answer: B
Q2) A nurse has accepted a new position in a public health department. Which of the following characteristics is crucial to the nurse's success?
A) Advanced educational preparation
B) Being knowledgeable about the community's needs
C) Listening and showing respect
D) Caring and empathetic personality
Answer: C
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) Which of the following actions have been effective in reducing problems related to alcohol use? (Select all that apply.)
A) Abstinence education programs in elementary schools
B) Enforcement of ban on sales of alcohol to minors
C) Increased taxes on alcoholic beverages
D) Media campaigns that show unpleasant behaviors such as vomiting after drinking
E) Stringent laws on accurate labeling of alcoholic content in beverages
F) Suggesting children be taught appropriate use of alcohol in the home
Q2) A young couple is searching for a home in a new neighborhood. Which of the following neighborhoods would most likely promote a healthy lifestyle?
A) One near a large active military base
B) One with excellent health facilities nearby
C) One with high walkability
D) One with superb recreational facilities
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) An epidemiologist has written a summary of a food poisoning outbreak, including its cause and ways to prevent it from occurring in the future. Which of the following best describes what has been done?
A) Analytic epidemiology
B) Descriptive epidemiology
C) Prospective cohort study
D) Retrospective cross-sectional survey
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) 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
Q2) A nurse is helping a community develop its capacity to address future problems. Which of the following activities is the nurse most likely implementing?
A) Addressing problems in priority order
B) Promoting collaboration and team building
C) Developing community competence
D) Providing education about health issues
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) 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
Q2) A nurse found that several professionals resented time spent interacting with and teaching clients. Which of the following describes the most likely underlying motivation for resisting client involvement?
A) Believing that people could change their lives if they really wanted to do so.
B) Empowering others shifts power from the experts to the community.
C) It is more efficient to plan appropriate care without listening to client ideas.
D) Longtime experience with community members has led to disillusionment.
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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) 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.
Q3) Which of the following needs to be considered when using the Health Belief Model (HBM)?
A) Prior behaviors
B) Perceived benefits
C) Health promoting behaviors
D) Personal benefits
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) A nurse is explaining case management to a client. Which of the following statements would be the most appropriate for the nurse to make?
A) "We assess, plan, facilitate, and advocate to save money as much as possible."
B) "We coordinate your care so you obtain needed services without incurring undue costs."
C) "We seek the lowest cost provider to give you what care is necessary."
D) "We collaborate with you to coordinate your care for the best outcome."
Q2) Which of the following best describes the goals of nursing case management regardless of setting? (Select all that apply.)
A) Ensure that all clients have a case manager
B) Contain costs and control use of services
C) Decrease duplication and fragmentation
D) Enhance client's quality of life
E) Focus on avoiding hospitalization or institutionalization
F) Maintain routine communication channels
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community
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Q1) Which of the following nurses fought to have American nursing controlled by nurses rather than physicians?
A) Clara Barton
B) Florence Nightingale
C) Lavinia Dock
D) Lillian Wald
Q2) Which of the following were among the outcomes of the 1979 report Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention? (Select all that apply.)
A) A national committee was established to have hearings and study the problem further.
B) Increased funds were allocated for health planning and health care.
C) Many of the recommendations were adopted on the federal level.
D) The Health Objectives Planning Act of 1990 was passed.
E) The federal government began to identify and monitor national health care goals.
F) The president addressed the American people about the need for health care reform.
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following advanced nurses does not have advanced education in a clinical specialty?
A) Clinical nurse leader
B) Clinical nurse specialist
C) Nurse midwife
D) Nurse practitioner
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 best describes what insurance companies did to decrease their constantly increasing costs? (Select all that apply.)
A) Did not cover any illnesses that were diagnosed before the person (or his or her employer) purchased insurance
B) Limited coverage to only certain services, eliminating any that were experimental, nontraditional, or too costly
C) Reimbursed only the care that was requested by the patient's primary physician
D) Limited providing insurance to companies who hired mainly young, healthy persons
E) Required preapproval before expensive services were used
F) Ceased coverage on any person who used an exorbitant number of services, whenever possible
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
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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 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) Which of the following best explains why it is difficult to get others interested in environmental health?
A) Environmental problems just are not interesting or dramatic.
B) It's difficult to get media interested.
C) People respond more to an acute crisis than chronic environmental problems.
D) People respond more to an individual asking for help than a community asking for help.
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 statements best describes how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) differs from its many peer agencies?
A) It focuses primarily on prevention.
B) It is a uniquely American approach to problem resolution.
C) It responds to health emergencies.
D) It uses years of experience as the basis for its actions.
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following would be the best example of service learning?
A) Student nurses collecting gloves and coats to distribute to the homeless
B) Student nurses distributing food on plates at a "feed the hungry" site
C) Student nurses employed as nursing assistants for minimum wage on the weekends
D) Student nurses volunteering at the free clinic doing health assessments
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) Because of county need, a school nurse was transferred from a new suburban school to a large inner-city school in an older low-income neighborhood. Which of the following changes in role should be anticipated by the nurse? (Select all that apply.)
A) An increased absentee rate because of infectious diseases
B) Cooperating with the school meal program to be sure fruits and vegetables and other healthy choices are included
C) Regularly checking each child for visible signs of child abuse
D) Emphasizing to parents that their child cannot attend school until immunizations are done
E) Need for lead poisoning screening and education
F) Screening for head lice several times a year
Q2) A woman confides in the nurse that she and her husband want to become parents as soon as possible. Which of the following statements would be the best reply from the nurse?
A) "Ask some young parents if you can babysit for a while to get in practice."
B) "Can you afford to become parents with all the items a baby will need?"
C) "Consider whether you are really ready to become parents."
D) "Start living as healthy a lifestyle as possible right now."
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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 woman was in the emergency department with a bruised and broken leg. She explained that she had accidentally opened the car door on a trip and the door had blown back on her leg. Her husband was very attentive, constantly asking the nurse to make his wife more comfortable. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask the husband to step out of the room while you get a urine specimen, and, after he leaves, ask the woman, "Have you ever been deliberately hurt by someone?"
B) Call x-ray immediately, and prepare for the leg to have a cast applied.
C) Put ice bags on the area until the leg can be repaired.
D) Try to get an additional pain medication order from the physician.
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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 statements best explains why men are sicker on hospital admission than women?
A) Men do not have access to care.
B) Men do not seek treatment until they are very ill.
C) Men have chronic conditions more than women.
D) Men have more acute illnesses than women.
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) A nurse overheard an adult woman, shaking her head in exasperation as she said, "Dad, you're being unreasonable. It's not safe!" Which of the following is the most likely reason for this argument?
A) The dad wants to keep driving.
B) The dad wants to keep cooking his own meals.
C) The dad wants to keep taking care of himself each day without assistance.
D) The dad wants to marry some young woman who may just want his money.
Q2) "My health problems are too much to handle," said an elderly woman at her annual clinical checkup. "What's most important for me to do?" Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Focus on eating properly and staying active."
B) "Get the shingles immunization along with your flu shot this year."
C) "Keep active mentally-do you do crossword puzzles or Sudoku puzzles?"
D) "Stay involved with others. Do you ever go to the senior citizens center?"
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) Which of the following statements best describes how a family can meet the needs of society?
A) By living and existing in the wider community
B) By meeting the needs of the individual family members
C) Through procreation and socialization
D) Through productivity seen in employment positions
Q2) A family agreed to bring all the children in to the clinic at one time to begin to catch up on the children's immunizations, but they didn't keep their appointment. Which of the following conclusions by the nurse would be most accurate?
A) Obtaining immunizations might have been the nurse's goal, not the family's.
B) Some barrier or restraint interfered with the family's ability to come.
C) The family had other, more important priorities.
D) The nurse didn't adequately emphasize the importance of obtaining immunizations.
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) 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) Which of the following best describes what happens when persons who work full-time and receive the typical minimum wage seek an apartment?
A) Few clean and decent low-rent apartments exist.
B) People do not like to rent to low-income persons.
C) To afford housing, they need a job that pays at least three times minimum wage.
D) There are not many trailer parks near their employment.
Q2) Which of the following best describes a downstream intervention to solve the problem of homelessness?
A) Improved use of community resources
B) Increased employment opportunities
C) Increased affordable housing
D) Improved treatment of mental illness
Q3) Which of the following underlying factors most likely contributes to homelessness?
A) Substance abuse
B) Unemployment
C) Posttraumatic stress syndrome (PTSD)
D) Severe mental illness
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) A nurse was trying to decrease the amount of respiratory illness in the community. Which of the following approaches should be used by the nurse?
A) Attend each farmworkers' meeting and listen to how they perceive and discuss their problems
B) Offer to teach the farmers' spouses how to protect their families, such as having the farmer shower and change clothes before coming into the house
C) Suggest the community work together to obtain a community college so farmworkers could be educated for other employment opportunities
D) Teach children in the school system the importance of seeking employment in cities rather than staying on the farm
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) A patient with severe panic attacks refuses to come to the mental health clinic to get help even after being assured there is no charge for the initial assessment. Which of the following provides the best explanation for this behavior?
A) People know that the treatment is to confront your fears in small doses, and the very idea is overwhelming and frightening.
B) Such persons have anticipatory anxiety, so they try to avoid situations that may lead to a panic attack, such as leaving their house.
C) The recurring symptoms such as tachycardia, chest pain, nausea, and sweating are seen as symptoms of a physical illness, not a mental illness.
D) They are too depressed to take action.
Q2) Which of the following would be most upsetting for American families when their loved one, after serving in Iraq or some other battlefield, returns home?
A) Many families, especially those with children, do not want guns in the house.
B) Reabsorbing them into the family structure is challenging and difficult.
C) The suicide rate is twice as high as among nonveteran adults.
D) They must use the Veterans Affairs medical system for medical care.
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) A community health clinic put a tax levy on the ballot. An angry man asks a nurse, "How can you ask me to pay taxes to buy immunizations for parents who do not want to pay for their kids to get their shots?" Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Don't you think ethically we should help if we can?"
B) "For many of us, our faith says we have to treat our neighbor as ourselves."
C) "Only by getting almost everyone immunized can we prevent epidemics that can hurt us all."
D) "The law requires childhood immunizations, and, if parents can't afford it, you and I will have to help pay."
Q2) 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.
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) A client has refused to stop drinking alcohol. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask a physician to admit the patient to the acute care hospital.
B) Attempt harm reduction to help the client reduce drinking.
C) Cease giving care because the client is totally noncompliant.
D) Seek to have the patient admitted as a mental health client.
Q2) Which of the following is the drug of choice for treating persons with alcohol withdrawal?
A) Antabuse
B) Benzodiazepines
C) Methadone
D) Naltrexone
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) Where is youth violence most likely to occur?
A) At home
B) At recreational facilities
C) In inner city schools
D) In fast-food facilities where young adults are employed
Q2) 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
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 how a community will know whether its disaster plan is adequate?
A) After a disaster occurs and reports of deaths and injuries are fairly accurate
B) By following practice drills involving various feasible scenarios as an initial step of planning
C) When federal experts have reviewed and approved the plan
D) When state officials have reviewed and approved the plan
Q2) Which of the following types of behaviors would a nurse expect to see when a disaster first strikes a community?
A) A sense of all being okay and that one can rebuild and go on
B) Anger and despair that help being offered is insufficient, slow, and inadequate
C) Everyone trying to help strangers, as well as their neighbors, survive.
D) People involved sharing their stories and reliving what occurred.
Q3) Which of the following actions should be taken during a biological attack?
A) Close doors and windows and turn off all ventilation
B) Seek medical attention if you become sick
C) Develop a family emergency plan
D) Keep a written record of everything that you have eaten
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) 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)
Q2) A new school nurse was concerned about being accepted, as the previous nurse had been at the school for more than 20 years. Which of the following would be the best approach for the nurse to take?
A) Do the best job possible of revising policies and approaches to reflect current information and trends
B) Put all the nurse's credentials (degrees, certifications) in an obvious spot in the health office
C) Set up workshops on exercise, nutrition, and weight management and perhaps ongoing blood pressure screenings for school staff
D) Spend time with each student, making sure the students all think she is very helpful
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) An occupational health nurse (OHN) is walking through a hospital. Which of the following observations would be concerning to the nurse? (Select all that apply.)
A) A nurse shares that the floor census is at capacity.
B) A wet floor without a warning sign or a dry walk area on one side
C) A nurse starts an IV without using gloves.
D) An electric bed gives a shock when touched.
E) Some biological substance on the floor and wall has not been cleaned.
F) Volume has been turned very high on several TV sets, necessitating very loud verbal interactions.
Q2) Which of the following is a current challenge for occupational health nurses? (Select all that apply.)
A) Changes in employee demographics including gender, ethnicity, and age
B) Expansion in sites offering care using new, creative approaches
C) Increased affordability of health care services
D) Increase in managed care plans with need for case managers
E) Moving from large manufacturing facilities to smaller, service-based businesses
F) Ongoing need to demonstrate cost-effectiveness of services rendered
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) 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
Q2) A prisoner was bleeding where another inmate had attacked him with a fork. Which of the following would be the correctional nurse's first and most crucial responsibility?
A) Perform a complete physical assessment, specifically looking for internal injuries
B) Maintain an escape route to help ensure personal safety
C) Report the incident to administration, indicating who was responsible for injuring the inmate
D) Stop the bleeding, apply an antibiotic, and bandage the wound
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) In which of the following areas would the faith community nurse (FCN) most desire more education to continue in the role?
A) Basic community health nursing practice, especially in finding and accessing resources
B) Spiritual assessment skills and acquiring theological knowledge
C) Use of spirituality in faith healing
D) Physical assessment, pathophysiology, and pharmacology
Q2) Which of the following realities would cause difficult ethical conflicts for a faith community nurse?
A) Best clinical practice may suggest behaviors contrary to the faith community's values and beliefs.
B) Individuals might pressure the nurse to make medical decisions for them.
C) Persons do not always follow the nurse's advice as to appropriate actions.
D) Some political maneuvers within the faith community have implications for the nurse's practice.
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) A nurse shared information with a family concerning a community resource, including a brochure with telephone number. The family agreed to follow up. Which of the following demonstrates to the nurse that the family wants to use those resources?
A) If the agency calls the nurse to share that they will be offering services to the family
B) If the family always agrees with the nurse's suggestions
C) If the family asks the nurse to please call and set up the service
D) If the family calls and sets up the service
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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