Foundations of Public Health Nursing
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Foundations of Public Health Nursing introduces students to the core principles, theoretical frameworks, and practices essential to nursing in community and population health settings. The course explores the history, roles, and ethical responsibilities of public health nurses while emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention, and the social determinants of health. Students will develop skills in community assessment, epidemiology, and program planning, with attention to cultural competence and collaboration with interprofessional teams. Through case studies and real-world examples, learners will gain a holistic understanding of how nurses can impact community health and reduce health disparities.
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Community Public Health Nursing Promoting the Health of Populations 6th Edition by Nies
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Chapter 1: Health: A Community View
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Q1) What factors are most responsible for the increasing length of life of Americans over the past 100 years?
A) Better nutrition and family planning options
B) Education concerning the need to reduce salt and fat in the diet
C) Improved medical care, including exciting new technologies
D) More efficient cancer screenings and early intervention
Answer: A
Q2) What is the primary problem seen in Healthy People 2020's emphasis on choosing healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as daily exercise or healthy food choices?
A) Emphasis on other lifestyle choices, such as not smoking and minimal use of alcohol or drugs, is also needed.
B) All of us must work together to make unhealthy behaviors socially unacceptable.
C) It costs more to make healthy choices, such as buying and eating fresh fruits and vegetables as opposed to quick and cheap fast-food choices.
D) Public policy emphasizes personal responsibility but ignores social and environmental changes needed for well-being.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) How did Edwin Chadwick's ideas help decrease disease in the nineteenth century?
A) The minimum wage was increased leading to improved quality of life.
B) Parish workhouses where poverty-level children labored for their room and board were closed.
C) Social reform legislation resulted in changes such as sidewalks.
D) The new emphasis on individual responsibility encouraged people to act to protect their own health.
Answer: C
Q2) When comparing a surgeon today with a surgeon of Nightingale's time, which of the following best describes the primary difference in how they would operate on a patient?
A) Current physicians have better surgical equipment (tools).
B) Current physicians have nursing support staff in the operating room.
C) Current physicians would carefully scrub between cases.
D) Current physicians would prescribe antibiotics in the operating room to avoid possible infections.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
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Q1) A nurse is using Milio's framework to promote healthy eating choices among members of the community. Which of the following interventions would the nurse most likely implement?
A) Provide community education about healthy food choices
B) Promote legislation to increase taxation on unhealthy food choices
C) Lobby for health insurance providers to pay for participation in health promotion programs
D) Encourage community members to be responsible for making healthy choices
Answer: B
Q2) A nurse has a broad, aggregate focus when providing care to clients. Which of the following best describes how this approach will help improve client outcomes? (Select all that apply.)
A) Ensures that collaborative efforts of many professionals will be used
B) Confirms the individual's responsibility for resolving the health problem
C) Empowers decision-making based on both individual and community goals, needs, and priorities
D) Enables the nurse to ask for assistance from other community professionals
E) Encourages allocation of time for population-focused preventive efforts
F) Upholds professional nursing standards of care
Answer: C, E
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) During a health history, the client looked confused and said, "But everybody drinks, like at parties and such. How much drinking do you think is too much?" Which of the following would be most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Alcohol should be used only in moderation."
B) "It's okay as long as you don't binge, and you eat food with your drinks."
C) "Per day, no more than one drink for women and two drinks for men."
D) "Total abstinence is the only healthy choice."
Q2) A nurse asks a client how she has been sleeping. Which of the following best describes the rationale behind this question? (Select all that apply.)
A) Accidents and injury may occur with the sleep-deprived client at fault.
B) Interventions for sleep problems are primarily common sense.
C) Many adults report sleep problems or occasional lack of sleep.
D) Many important functions occur during sleep.
E) Nurses can determine whether the patient has a sleep disorder.
F) A sleep assessment is easy and inexpensive to complete.
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) People were very concerned about another outbreak of swine flu. All care providers were asked to report, without individual names, any new cases to the public health department for tracking. Which of the following would be most helpful for the local media to report to keep citizens informed?
A) The ongoing incidence rate
B) The ongoing prevalence of the illness
C) How many were hospitalized
D) How many had died so far in local hospitals and care facilities
Q2) In a particular community, the rate of new cases of diabetes and the rate of new cases of flu during the month of January were precisely the same. Which disease would have the higher prevalence rate?
A) As an acute condition, flu would have the higher prevalence rate.
B) As a chronic condition, diabetes would have the higher prevalence rate.
C) Flu would have the higher prevalence rate because people can get flu several times in one season.
D) Flu would have the higher prevalence rate because it is so contagious.
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the aspects central to the definition of community? (Select all that apply.)
A) Geographic boundaries at a point in time
B) Whatever is most convenient for the nurse
C) Patterns of disease found
D) Persons who share common goals and interests
E) Persons who band together to address a shared problem
F) The name the people have given themselves
Q2) 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
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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 describes why the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974 was unsuccessful in its efforts to increase accessibility and acceptability, improve quality, and constrain rising costs?
A) A new president forced the legislation's repeal.
B) No federal financing was included to implement the law.
C) The federal government made no effort to enforce the law.
D) The law did not affect the current health care delivery system.
Q3) Which of the following best describes the principal outcome of the Hill-Burton Act?
A) Increased number of hospital beds
B) Increased availability of high technology in health care
C) Reduced overall health care costs
D) Required certificates of need before expensive new construction is started
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) A nurse who is providing education spends more time being quiet than giving information. Which of the following best explains this behavior?
A) The nurse had previously reviewed the day's material.
B) The nurse is demonstrating respect for the participants.
C) The nurse is encouraging group discussion.
D) The nurse is listening to the group's dialogue to identify problems.
Q2) 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.
Q3) 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
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) 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)
Q2) 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
Q3) 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
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community
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Q1) Which of the following best describes how the government controls conditions that individuals cannot?
A) Appeals to the common sense and good nature of the citizens
B) Establishes social mores that enable groups to control individuals' behaviors
C) Passes and enforces law
D) Uses fear reinforced by police power
Q2) Which of the following actions represent a shift in philosophy at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? (Select all that apply.)
A) Collecting and analyzing health data
B) Creating integrated health information systems
C) Allocating resources to treat specific diseases
D) Encouraging partnerships and strategic alliances
E) Creating transaction-based relationships
F) Leveraging resources to steer the larger health system
Q3) Which of the following is accomplished through the use of public policy?
A) Solutions to problems of public concern are developed.
B) A rational, logical problem-solving decision-making process is implemented.
C) Public safety nets for vulnerable populations are created.
D) Economic and business management principles are applied.
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following conclusions were made when Congress asked for a report on the federal government's quality enhancement process on the care the federal government gave? (Select all that apply.)
A) A clear responsibility at the federal level is to lead by example.
B) Computerized clinical data have enabled practice guidelines to be written.
C) Federally sponsored education and training programs have a strong impact.
D) Quality assurance information has been consistent and useful in improvement.
E) The quality of federal health care was very good.
F) Writing regulations influences nonfederal health care providers and organizations.
Q2) Which of the following suggestions was made by the Health Professions Education report?
A) Expand efforts to increase enrollment in nursing education programs.
B) Interdisciplinary teams should use informatics to provide patient-centered care.
C) Primary care should be emphasized over education for specialty practice.
D) All health professions should be required to communicate and collaborate in patient education.
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from reviewing how health care costs are spread over a person's lifetime?
A) Health care expenditures increase with age.
B) Premature newborns incur more costs than other children from birth through adulthood.
C) The majority of cost is incurred during middle age when chronic diseases strike.
D) Persons aged 85 years and above spend the most money on health care.
Q2) Which of the following best describes the health care services that are provided by philanthropic groups?
A) Direct care to patients with problems related to the group's primary interest area
B) Legislative lobbying for increased funding for their special interests
C) Informational and research activities
D) Special services such as housing, transportation, or appearance aids
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health
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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) 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
Q2) In a community presentation about asthma, a nurse explained the causes of asthma in children, how to observe for "triggers" that lead to an attack, and how to use an inhaler. Which of the following statements best identifies what was omitted from this presentation?
A) The nurse did not ask the attendees to disclose if any of them smoke around children.
B) The nurse did not address actions that should be taken to improve air quality and only focused on the treatment of asthma.
C) The nurse did not address the need to avoid exposure to others who may have a communicable disease.
D) The nurse did not review the genetic components related to asthma in families.
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following best describes how the United Nations (UN) is able to implement its decisions?
A) Asking for funding from all member nations to obtain appropriate resources
B) Through five permanent members of its security council
C) Sending military units to developing countries
D) Using its moral authority and world opinion
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) When the school health nurse suggested the school health clinic include sexual counseling and free condoms if requested, an angry woman yelled, "Why do I care if some girls have no morals and sleep around?" Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Because taxpayers spend billions each year for teenage moms and their babies."
B) "Because your son may have to pay child support to that girl for the next 18 years!"
C) "I understand your point of view, but since some parents don't teach their children morals, the school has to help."
D) "We all should care for our neighbors and our neighbors' children."
Q2) A school nurse is developing a health education program for third grade students about how to play safely. Which of the following provides the best rationale for this nursing action?
A) The kids were playing chicken in front of the school buses each day.
B) The students are at the age when they begin to engage in risky behaviors.
C) Toys can have unexpected hazards from lead paint to small swallowable parts.
D) Without proper head protection, many sports can lead to traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following is the greatest single cause of absenteeism from school and work among young women?
A) A child's illness
B) Dysmenorrhea
C) Mental health disorders
D) Upper respiratory tract infection
Q2) "Stand up straight, mom," a young woman said to an older woman in the grocery store checkout line. Which of the following would be the most appropriate action by the nurse who is standing next to them in line?
A) Do nothing; the nurse is not expected to act as a nurse when not at work.
B) Say to the older woman, "You need to start treating that osteoporosis."
C) Say, "Older women who don't get much calcium, vitamin D, or exercise can often have trouble standing up straight. Keep reminding yourselves."
D) Say, "You both may have some problems. Have you both ever been checked for osteoporosis?"
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following strategies would be most helpful to implement with adolescent males at a high school? (Select all that apply.)
A) A short required course on how to be a good parent
B) Assistance in learning how to control emotions and behaviors
C) Classes in male physiology, self-screenings, and influence of nutrition and exercise
D) Encouragement to be involved in organized team sports involving both genders
E) Recognition of reality factors such as the need to be employed after school hours
F) Interpersonal communication with a male school nurse
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) A son did not know what to get his mother for her birthday. She refused most gifts, saying they were just something more for her to take care of. Assuming the mother did not have these, which of the following would be a very helpful gift? (Select all that apply.)
A) Purchase a new front door with a large peephole so she can see who is ringing the doorbell
B) Arrange for Social Security check to be deposited directly into the bank
C) Add bars on all the house windows for added security
D) Buy a shredder for the mother to use on all personal documents
E) Install caller ID on her telephone
F) Have strong deadbolts installed on all outside doors
Q2) A nurse explained that the elderly are twice as likely to die in a home fire as younger persons and therefore suggested some safety measures. Which of the following strategies would most likely have been suggested by the nurse?
A) Have smoke detectors installed in the house
B) Invite a family member to sleep in the house at night
C) Practice escaping quickly from the house in case of an emergency
D) Program your phone so the fire department can be reached by pushing only one button
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) Which of the following theoretical approaches would be most useful to the nurse who wants to improve patient-provider communication and address the gap between what providers discuss and what families want to know about?
A) Ecological framework
B) Network therapy theory
C) The Kentucky Partnership model
D) Transaction model
Q2) Which of the following best describes what proportion of children live in a single-parent family?
A) Fewer than 10%
B) 11%-15%
C) 16%-20%
D) 21%-26%
E) More than 30%
Q3) Which of the following are examples of the internal structure of the family?
A) Ethnicity and race
B) Extended family members
C) Gender and rank order of birth
D) Social class and religion
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) A nurse came limping into work with a huge cast on her right leg and asked to have an assignment for a week or two that did not require driving. The nurse said, "I never realized how difficult it is to get some places without two good legs. Now I know how persons with disabilities must feel!" Which of the following would be the most appropriate response from the nursing supervisor?
A) "I'm sure you'll be even more understanding and supportive now."
B) "Not really; you'll be out of that cast in a few weeks."
C) "What a great opportunity to attend some support groups for people with disabilities and share with us which ones are most helpful."
D) "Why don't you just take some sick leave rather than try to work with that leg cast?"
Q2) Which of the following problems depends on the responses of other people and therefore cannot be measured?
A) Disability
B) Handicap
C) Impairment
D) Injury
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following strategies have been used to improve the collection of prevalence data for the homeless population? (Select all that apply.)
A) Urban Institute study
B) Homeless Assistance Report
C) Continuum of Care (CoC) concept
D) Homeless Information Management System (HMIS)
E) Census Bureau
F) Education for Homeless Children and Youth program
Q2) A family will most likely lose their primary nighttime residence within the next week. Which of the following terms best describes their situation in relation to homelessness?
A) Homeless under other federal statutes
B) Literally homeless
C) Imminent risk of homelessness
D) Fleeing/attempting to flee domestic violence (DV)
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) Which of the following factors would cause a geographic area to be called a frontier area?
A) Arbitrary distinction recognizing the Great Plains, Intermountain areas, and Alaska
B) Geographically located in the West, specifically the Great Plains states
C) High death rate from use of guns (homicide or suicide)
D) Population of fewer than six persons per square mile
Q2) 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
Q3) 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
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Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
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Q1) A nurse suspects that a client is depressed. Which of the following symptoms is most likely being exhibited by the client? (Select all that apply.)
A) Paranoia
B) Fatigue
C) Irritability
D) Difficulty concentrating
E) Hallucinations
F) Impulsivity
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following best describes how people with mental illness are viewed by the general public?
A) Individuals in need of assistance
B) Criminals who need to be institutionalized
C) Lazy, weak, and immoral
D) Contributing members of society
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) Which of the following is the first step in preventing further spread of a particular sexually transmitted disease (STD)?
A) Have a citywide free screening program in all high schools and colleges
B) Provide public education about safe sex from abstinence to monogamous relationships
C) Require all public facilities to sanitize all restrooms with a stronger, more effective agent
D) Treat each infected person with the appropriate pharmaceutical agent
Q2) 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)
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 has shown a significant increase in usage among young people during the past five years?
A) Use of marijuana
B) Use of cigarettes
C) Use of smokeless tobacco
D) Use of alcohol
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) A woman was bragging about her 12-year-old son who was quiet and spent a lot of his time in his room building model airplanes, gluing and painting pieces. Which of the following may be concerning to the nurse?
A) Being preadolescent, he needs education on sexual growth and development.
B) He may be inhaling fumes from the aerosol paints and glues.
C) Twelve-year-olds are not usually quiet; he needs a mental health consult.
D) Twelve-year-olds need physical exercise, and he is not getting any sitting around.
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) For which of the following groups is homicide the leading cause of death in the United States?
A) Black males aged 15 to 34 years
B) Black children aged 1 to 14 years
C) White children aged 1 to 14 years
D) White males aged 15 to 34 years
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) 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) 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
Q3) Which of the following types of maps is crucial to be included in any disaster plan?
A) Communication map showing telephone wires and cell phone towers
B) Geographic map showing, for example, roads, highways, and train routes
C) Resource map showing potential resources in persons and supplies
D) Response maps showing sites of first responders, such as fire stations and police stations
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) A female coach walks into your office and shares that one student concerns her. The student will not change into her gym clothes and does not seem to "move right." Which of the following actions would be most appropriate for the nurse to take next?
A) Call the student into your office and discuss the importance of physical education to one's health
B) Meet with the student and ask directly about sexual or physical abuse
C) Offer to attend the next physical education class and talk to the student
D) Point out how female adolescents are very concerned over body image and are usually embarrassed by their own lack of perfection, and suggest the coach be more understanding
Q2) Which of the following best describes why the numbers of children seen by the school health nurse is increasing?
A) Higher expectations for performance by parents and school administrators
B) Increasing school enrollments
C) Lack of another source of regular health care
D) Overcrowding within the community
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) Which of the following best describes when the nurse can share confidential information about an employee's health with others? (Select all that apply.)
A) If needed for workers' compensation documents
B) If a life-threatening emergency occurs
C) If authorized by the employee to specific recipients, such as insurance companies or health care providers
D) If requested by the employer for management purposes
E) In compliance with governmental laws and regulation
F) In educational programs so others can avoid similar injuries and risks
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) A forensic nurse is responsible for conducting a thorough examination, including a history, performing a physical assessment, and collecting forensic evidence on a female client following a rape. In which of the following subspecialties of forensic nursing is this nurse practicing?
A) Sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE)
B) Nurse coroner
C) Legal nurse consultant
D) Forensic nurse death investigator
Q2) The correctional nurse was completing an admission physical for a newly incarcerated prisoner. The nurse realized the prisoner was talking to someone other than the nurse. Which of the following does the nurse need to remember?
A) Cell phones, including those with ear phones, are commonplace among everyone.
B) It is common for persons to talk to themselves or think out loud.
C) Prisons have become the residence for a very large number of persons who have mental illnesses.
D) Prisoners get very lonely and often talk to mirrors or inanimate objects.
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) On the basis of what a faith community nurse (FCN) believed was best practice, she wanted to share various methods of dealing with infertility. However, the tradition of the church was that childbirth was in the hands of God and it was inappropriate to use artificial means of becoming pregnant. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask to be excused from the situation if a couple wants to obtain information inconsistent with the church's teaching
B) Follow the teaching of the church and keep quiet; there are worse fates in life than infertility
C) Suggest that a client consider adoption and suggest an appropriate adoption agency
D) Tell the client all the various methods used in cases of infertility
Q2) Which of the following best describes when faith communities first began to be involved with health and healing?
A) In 1998, when parish nursing was first officially recognized
B) In the time of Jesus and similar religious leaders of the early years AD
C) Throughout history, faith communities provided basic health care
D) When parish nursing began in the Lutheran Church in the 1980s
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) A client was quite ill and the family was doing their best. After careful assessment and diagnosis, the home health nurse was setting priorities for care. Which of the following should be the basis for deciding which intervention to implement first?
A) Address the problem that is easiest to fix first so the client and family could see some success fairly quickly
B) Address the most serious problem first for the client's long-term health
C) Address the problem that is partly causing other problems first
D) Address the problem that the client and family think should be addressed first
Q2) 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
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