Community Health Nursing
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
Community Health Nursing is a course that explores the principles and practices of promoting and protecting the health of populations and communities. It emphasizes the role of nurses in assessing community health needs, planning and implementing health education, and delivering essential health services in a variety of community settings. The course covers topics such as disease prevention, health promotion, epidemiology, environmental health, cultural competence, and the development of community-based interventions. Students will also gain practical experience in collaborating with community stakeholders, advocating for vulnerable populations, and addressing public health issues through holistic, evidence-based nursing interventions.
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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 would be the proper term for the action of the school health nurse arranging for all the students in the elementary school to receive H1N1 immunizations?
A) Health education
B) Secondary prevention
C) Specific protection
D) Tertiary prevention
Answer: C
Q2) 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
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Which of the following best describes why folk healers are used by many people? (Select all that apply.)
A) Folk healers are often effective.
B) Folk healers do not charge for their efforts.
C) Folk healers integrate religion and medicine.
D) Folk healers use media very effectively.
E) Folk healers may involve the whole family.
F) Many physicians recommend folk healers.
Answer: A, C, E
Q2) 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
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
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Q1) A client did not attend the clinic for required follow-up care after his extensive surgery. Which of the following would be the most appropriate conclusion for the nurse to make?
A) The client is noncompliant.
B) The client is suffering from self-neglect.
C) The health care system is not meeting the client's perceived needs.
D) The health care system is not accessible for the client.
E) The nurse has not motivated the client appropriately.
Answer: C
Q2) A nurse is using Healthy People 2020 as a guide to improve the health and well-being of the community. Which of the following strategies would the nurse most likely implement?
A) Address the root causes of health problems
B) Choose one of the 28 focal areas for emphasis in funding and media attention
C) Concentrate on the goals of improving the quality of life
D) Continue funding expansion of the health care system
E) Expand efforts to put all medical records on electronic media
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) A nurse was becoming frustrated. She had given her client extensive information on his health problem, but the client continued to be noncompliant in making needed changes. Which of the following principles had the nurse forgotten?
A) A person may have a higher priority than improving his or her health.
B) Information, while necessary, will not motivate people to change.
C) People need repetition over time to be able to absorb information.
D) Physicians, not nurses, are perceived as experts in health.
Q2) Which of the following best describes the reason why so many Americans are obese?
A) Culture requires eating at celebrations and holidays.
B) For many people, caloric intake is more than needed for their physical activity.
C) Physical education is no longer a required subject in most elementary and secondary schools.
D) The expected portion size in restaurants has vastly increased over time.
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) 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
Q2) A researcher has limited time and funds. Which of the following research designs would be most appropriate?
A) Cohort study
B) Incidence study
C) Longitudinal study
D) Retrospective study
Q3) Which of the following best describes the advantage of the web of causation model in comparison with the epidemiological triangle model?
A) The web of causation model is easier to understand and use.
B) The web of causation model is more widely known and publicized.
C) The web of causation model is more recent and current.
D) The web of causation model shows the relationships among variables.
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) Which of the following are considered the most important determinants of a healthy community? (Select all that apply.)
A) Child-friendly neighborhoods
B) Several different choices of houses of worship
C) Employment opportunities
D) Low crime rate
E) Safe food and water supplies
F) Varied housing choices
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following best describes shoe leather epidemiology?
A) Implementing the wheel model of epidemiology
B) Engaging in extensive truth seeking like a detective in the community
C) Traveling throughout the community to absorb an overall impression of it
D) Facilitating sharing of the community's history by community leaders
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) A nurse 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.
Q2) A nurse would like to quickly and easily learn more about an aggregate. Which of the following sources of information would be best for the nurse to use to quickly and easily become informed about an aggregate? (Select all that apply.)
A) Conduct a telephone survey of those aggregate members
B) Interview people who have previously been involved with the aggregate
C) Review any available records or previously gathered data
D) Send a mail survey to everyone in the surrounding geographic area
E) Try to find a few key informants and ask for their input
F) Use observation without anyone in the aggregate knowing he or she is being observed
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) A nurse is helping clients to change their behavior. Which of the following would be most effective?
A) Counseling through the Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange approach
B) Encouraging them to interact with others who also need to change their behavior
C) Showing them how the inappropriate behavior is hurting their friends and family
D) Using subtle rewards when small steps are taken toward the appropriate behavior
Q2) Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of both the Health Belief Model (HBM) and Health Promotion Model (HPM) models?
A) To create an alternative to analyzing each individual person's motivation
B) To find a more efficient way to explain behavior to other professionals
C) To help explain why individuals do or do not engage in health actions
D) To assist professionals in knowing how to intervene in client decisions
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) Which of the following are considered core functions of a case manager? (Select all that apply.)
A) Assessment and diagnosis of client needs
B) Planning and facilitation of client care needs
C) Giving direct client care as needed
D) Advocating for the client
E) Obtaining needed resources and funding for the client
F) Submitting appropriate forms to involved agencies for the client
Q2) A nurse has been working as a case manager for the past 6 months and would like to become certified. Which of the following organizations should the nurse pursue certification through?
A) Case Management Society of America (CMSA)
B) American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
C) American Nurses' Association (ANA)
D) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
Q3) Which of the following has the largest influence on the case manager's role?
A) Criteria of the program for accepting clients
B) Location of the program
C) Population served by the program
D) The specific program that employs the case manager
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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 statements best describe what happened to the hospitals built or expanded by Hill-Burton Act funds?
A) Many such hospitals have consolidated or closed.
B) Not needing to expand, hospitals have used the funds to upgrade their facilities.
C) They have continued to use such funds to expand.
D) When funding ceased, so did hospital expansion.
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following has led to the more recent focus on cooperation between the state and the federal level in relation to public health?
A) The emphasis of Healthy People 2020
B) The ongoing continued restriction of financial resources
C) The new presidential administration's goals
D) The threat of bioterrorism
Q2) Which of the following functions are responsibilities of the states? (Select all that apply.)
A) Delegating power to localities and holding them accountable for results
B) Creating managed health organizations to decrease state health care costs
C) Establishing and managing local health departments
D) Licensure of professional health care providers
E) Overseeing all insurance programs
F) Providing access to necessary health services
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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 is the best definition of economics?
A) Assets that can be traded for different assets
B) Income and outgo of monies
C) Science of allocation of resources
D) Study of goods, services, talents, and transportation
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) When a nurse visited a client's home, it was apparent that the client had not begun to implement the needed exercise program. Rather, the client had been doing drawings about his illness experience. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate for the nurse to take next?
A) Express admiration for his artistic ability, and do not schedule future visits because the patient is noncompliant
B) Point out the negative consequences that will ensue if the client does not begin exercising
C) Review with the client why exercise is so crucial to his recovery
D) Suggest drawing might be more forceful after exercising
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) It has been learned that a particular industry has vastly polluted the surrounding neighborhood. Which of the following actions would most likely be taken by those living in the neighborhood?
A) Band together to shut the industry down
B) Nothing, because of family ties and cost of relocation
C) Immediately move to a different neighborhood
D) Seek legal reimbursement for the hazard exposure
Q2) 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
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) Which of the following has been a common result in countries with a severe HIV/AIDS epidemic?
A) Birth rate is high, but life expectancy is only 35 to 40 years.
B) Free clinics have begun distributing condoms to stop the spread.
C) International aid has begun to lower the infection rates.
D) Missionaries are establishing orphanages within their churches.
Q2) Which of the following aspects of a developed country would be most worthwhile to be copied by a developing country?
A) Education of health care professions
B) Health care reform policies to improve health care delivery
C) Advanced technology with its miracle interventions and cures
D) Our approach to rationing health care
Q3) 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
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) A nurse is trying to determine who would be the most appropriate person to make a health care decision for an adolescent, the adolescent or the parent. Which of the following considerations will the nurse need to make?
A) The need for cultural competence
B) The need for access to care
C) The need for client autonomy
D) The need for client privacy and confidentiality
Q2) A school nurse brought a young boy back into a private office and asked him to remove his shirt. Fresh welts across his back were seen. Which of the following would most likely cause the nurse to be concerned about the parents? (Select all that apply.)
A) The child had a tendency to act out frequently and really did "ask for it."
B) The parents did not like their own child and had trouble hiding that fact.
C) The parents were dealing with a lot of stress and lacked support.
D) The parents were themselves abused as children.
E) The parents may be substance abusers.
F) The parents probably did not have health insurance for the boy.
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following best explains why lung cancer kills more women than breast cancer?
A) Early detection and cure of breast cancer has lowered the death rate.
B) Pap smears lead to early detection and often the cure of uterine cancers, hence avoiding breast metastasis.
C) There is no accepted treatment for lung cancer.
D) Women have begun smoking.
Q2) Which of the following are factors that have led to the decrease in mortality of some cancers? (Select all that apply.)
A) An increase in mortality rate among other cancers
B) Early detection through emphasis on routine screening
C) Fewer sexual partners with emphasis on monogamy
D) An increased awareness of influence of lifestyle choices
E) Legislation such as the Clean Air Act
F) A decrease in tobacco use and smoking among women
Q3) Which of the following is the most likely reason for adult women to be injured?
A) Automobile accidents
B) Domestic violence
C) Falling
D) Stranger violence (theft, rape)
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) Which of the following questions would be a good opening to address health concerns with a male client?
A) "How do you know when you are ill?"
B) "What sort of health problems or illnesses do you have?"
C) "What are your usual physical activities?"
D) "What would your wife say about your health?"
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.
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 always reviewed the medications taken by elderly clients on each home visit. Which of the following best explains the rationale for the nurse's action? (Select all that apply.)
A) Age-related changes and polypharmacy make elderly clients vulnerable to drug interactions and dangerous adverse reactions.
B) Elderly clients are known to sue if medications taken do not make them feel better, and lawsuits are to be avoided, if possible.
C) Folk or herbal medicines are often the same as the generic medications prescribed by health care providers, so elderly often have overdoses.
D) Older adults are known to consume many over-the-counter medications, as well as folk or herbal remedies.
E) The elderly are known to be particularly noncompliant with pharmaceutical prescriptions.
F) With the high prevalence of chronic diseases, elderly clients are taking a large number of medications.
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) Which of the following best describes an unexpected result of the decrease in funding to traditional public and private forms of health care?
A) Emergency departments where patients can't be turned away are overwhelmed with patients needing nonemergency care.
B) Grants are increasingly being requested to pay for care.
C) More people don't receive needed health care in a timely manner.
D) Programs are developed as a result of community efforts.
Q2) Which of the following best describes why a nurse would ask about the meals of all family members, rather than focus on a nutritional history for the post-myocardial infarction patient?
A) It is assumed that all family members eat the same food at the same time each day.
B) Lifestyle choices among family members are usually consistent.
C) Many parents eat whatever their children don't rather than throw away good food, so the nurse should know what the children eat.
D) The nurse was afraid to assume that whoever cooked would only prepare one meal for everyone to share.
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) Which of the following insights is being stressed by advocacy groups regarding persons with disabilities today?
A) Disability results when physical and social barriers in the environment prevent a person from taking equal part in community life.
B) Handicapped persons have as much right to social support as nonhandicapped persons.
C) It is recognized that an individual may be limited by an environmental barrier in society.
D) Impairment is a result of society's reaction more than mental or physical condition.
Q2) Which of the following problems was the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWWIIA) designed to address?
A) Employers trying to avoid hiring persons with disabilities
B) Employers resenting being forced to hire persons with disabilities
C) Persons with disabilities not being able to receive on-the-job training
D) Persons with disabilities not seeking employment for fear of losing their health care and other governmental supports
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following best describes how the Continuum of Care (CoC) concept determines the number of homeless? (Select all that apply.)
A) By asking local police departments to visit areas where the homeless hide and report the number of people found there each March
B) By conducting a point-in-time (PIT) homeless persons count every other January
C) By making an educated guess based on anecdotal data
D) By completing a statistical analysis of the Census Bureau data
E) By reporting the number of homeless persons who use emergency shelters or transitional housing during the year
F) By sending CoC personnel into the community to try to find hidden homeless
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) Which of the following groups is the fastest-growing component of the rural population?
A) Disabled adults
B) Elderly women
C) Hispanic children
D) Retirees
Q2) Which of the following are particularly prevalent in rural areas (more so than in urban areas) of the South?
A) Falls and motor vehicle accidents
B) Less use of seatbelts and more drinking of alcohol
C) Obesity and sedentary lifestyle
D) Suicide and homicide
Q3) From which of the following causes are rural residents twice as likely to die from in comparison with urban residents?
A) Chronic diseases, especially cardiac problems and cancers
B) Diabetes from the higher incidence of obesity
C) Respiratory diseases (from pesticides and herbicides)
D) Unintentional injuries
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Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
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Q1) Which of the following mental illnesses is most frequently diagnosed among adults in the United States?
A) Acute stress disorder
B) Bipolar disorder
C) Depression
D) Schizophrenia
Q2) A patient had a distorted thought pattern, which led to very uncomfortable feelings and inappropriate behaviors. Which of the following types of therapy would most likely be successful?
A) Behavioral therapy
B) Cognitive-behavioral therapy
C) Family therapy
D) Group therapy
Q3) Which of the following best describes how brain imaging scans are being used?
A) To deliver electroconvulsive therapy to high-risk individuals
B) To help detect and diagnose medical disorders and illnesses
C) To help determine treatment options for mental disorders
D) To help determine the effects of psychotherapy
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) Which of the following infections continues to increase in the United States?
A) Measles
B) Pertussis
C) Hepatitis A, B, and C
D) Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
Q2) Which of the following best describes what is happening with infectious diseases in the United States?
A) There is a continuing decrease in vector-borne infections.
B) There is a continuing increase in food-borne and waterborne infections.
C) Many airborne diseases are being spread by bioterrorists.
D) The rate of infection varies extensively by income and ethnic groups.
Q3) Which of the following groups is especially at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)?
A) Recently divorced adults
B) Single young women between 19 and 24 years of age
C) Teenaged girls
D) Young males between the ages of 15 and 19 years
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) Which of the following best explains what experts believe is the causative factor in the decline in total alcohol consumption?
A) Americans prefer less dangerous mood-altering substances.
B) Increased "sin" taxes on alcohol and tobacco nationwide
C) Less social tolerance and no-drinking-while-driving campaigns
D) So many movies about teenaged drinking make alcohol look adolescent.
Q2) "I don't understand," the woman said. "It's my husband who is the alcoholic, not me. Why are you asking me to get involved in his treatment?" Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "You are codependent. You will need to learn how to function independently."
B) "You are an enabler covering up for your husband, and you have to learn how not to do that."
C) "You are as ill as he is, just in a different way. You also need treatment."
D) "You have been hurt by his drinking; you will need support as you try to help your husband stop drinking"
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) Although violence seems endemic in human society, which of the following causative factors could be reduced if society agreed action was necessary? (Select all that apply.)
A) Access to firearms
B) Alcohol and other drug abuse
C) Dysfunctional families with lack of emotional support
D) Intolerance of those with a different religious ideology
E) Media video games, television shows, and movies
F) Pacifism as a belief system
Q2) A woman is in the emergency department for the fifth time this year, each time with more severe injuries. Which of the following is the primary responsibility of the nurse?
A) Insist she be discharged to a safe shelter where the perpetrator cannot find her
B) Provide information regarding safe shelters and sources of support
C) Report the assault and battery to the local police department so the perpetrator is arrested for the crime
D) Treat the injuries and inform the woman she may be killed if she stays with the perpetrator
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) When would the National Guard become involved in a disaster?
A) When the Federal Emergency Management Agency requests such assistance
B) When the local government requests help keeping order in the community
C) When the president has declared the area a national disaster
D) When the state has been asked to help an overwhelmed community
Q2) Who should create a disaster plan including emergency supplies and where to meet in case of an emergency?
A) All families
B) All government officials
C) All public health employees
D) Members of Congress and the Supreme Court
Q3) Who is responsible for ensuring the safety and welfare of communities?
A) Federal government
B) Federal Emergency Management Agency
C) Local government
D) State government
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) In a nationwide survey, which of the following was identified by school health nurses as the most crucial research priority for their specialty?
A) Emergency preparedness
B) Health education
C) Obesity and nutrition
D) Role of the school health nurse
Q2) Which of the following medications can a school nurse expect to most frequently administer?
A) Analgesics and antipyretics
B) Antibiotics
C) Antitussives
D) Anticonvulsants
E) Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications
Q3) Which of the following legislation marked the first entry of the federal government into school health?
A) The Drug-Free Schools and Community Act
B) The Education for the Handicapped Act
C) The National School Lunch Program
D) The Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) Which of the following best describes what the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 requires?
A) All employees are eligible for a free health examination before beginning employment.
B) Employers are required to make suggestions on standards for improving worker safety.
C) Employers have the right to request an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection for ways to improve worksite safety.
D) Employers must keep the worksite free from recognized hazards.
Q2) Which of the following led to a vast increase in the number of occupational health nurses?
A) Increasing autonomy and salaries of nurses in that role
B) Increasing industrialization of all societies
C) Society demanding improvements in safety for all workers
D) The health of workers involved in manufacturing during World War II was crucial
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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) An emergency department nurse was not sure whether there was enough evidence one way or the other to suspect child abuse with a child client, because there was not much evidence of physical harm. The forensic nurse agreed to see the child. Which of the following would be the forensic nurse's primary focus?
A) Ask the child whether the family has any secrets
B) Assess for old injuries or injuries in the process of healing
C) Observe the child's appearance and behavior and how the child interacted with other children and adults
D) Question the parents concerning the child and any discipline problems
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) 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.
Q2) Which of the following best describes why it is crucial that the faith community nurse (FCN) have at least a baccalaureate degree, as well as several years of experience in clinical practice, in addition to formal education in the role?
A) To ensure continued prestige and relatively high salary for the role
B) To be autonomous with self-direction and independent decision making
C) To enable the FCN to assess the faith community and prioritize its needs
D) To function in varied settings from the religious building to the clients' homes
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) A nurse is going to visit a client who needs assistance with personal hygiene and feeding. Which of the following suggestions should be made to the family?
A) "I'll teach you how to care for your family member to keep him comfortable or, if you can afford it, you can employ an aide."
B) "It's important that he try to take care of himself and, if he can't or won't, he'll have to deal with the consequences."
C) "Reimbursement is available for a nurse to come to the house each day if you would like this assistance."
D) "You can always have your family member readmitted to the hospital for care."
Q2) Which of the following is the best use of the nurse's time while en route to the client's home?
A) Assess the surrounding neighborhood and the exterior of the client's home
B) Begin the client record using a computer or oral recording device
C) Look for appropriate places to obtain food, fuel, or rest stops for the nurse
D) Consider if another home health agency would be closer to the client's home
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