Global Health Nursing Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Global Health Nursing explores the complex health challenges faced by populations worldwide, emphasizing the social, economic, and environmental determinants that impact health outcomes in diverse settings. This course introduces students to global patterns of disease, health disparities, and the roles nurses play in promoting health, preventing illness, and advocating for vulnerable populations across borders. Students will examine global health policies, international health organizations, and culturally competent strategies for delivering care in resource-limited environments, preparing them to engage in collaborative partnerships that improve health equity and advance population health worldwide.
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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) A community health nurse is overwhelmed with all that needs to be done in one day. Which task could most easily be postponed?
A) Reviewing the most recent hospital patient data collected by the local college of nursing
B) Deciding which of several possible new clinic options would be most effective in better meeting the needs of the local community
C) Evaluating the results of the most recent community-wide screening program before planning for the next community health program
D) Giving testimony to the state legislature on a new health and safety bill
Answer: A
Q2) A new public health nurse carefully assessed all the local mortality and morbidity data in preparation for making appropriate planning suggestions at a meeting next week. What other action is crucial before the nurse can feel prepared?
A) Ask other nursing staff their perceptions of the community's needs
B) Assess the nurse's own assets, strengths, and ability to contribute
C) Meet members of the community to determine their culture and values
D) Review discussions and decisions from previous meetings
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the first measures used by large communities to ensure community health?
A) Building safe sewage disposal systems
B) Healthy food choices and exercise
C) Praying to the gods for preservation
D) Use of medicine and other herbal remedies
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following diseases provided immunity to smallpox?
A) Cowpox
B) Measles
C) Mumps
D) Scarlet fever
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following did Lillian Wald help establish?
A) Child employment centers with shortened work days
B) Daycare centers for preschool-aged children
C) Nurseries for infants of working mothers
D) School health nursing for school-aged children
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 statements best describes "thinking upstream"?
A) Focus on economic, political, and environmental factors
B) Prepare for your nursing career long-term goals by planning now
C) Seek causes of water and air pollution "upstream" from cities
D) Try to understand how or why someone got ill
Answer: A
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following statements best describes the major assumption of the health belief model (HBM)?
A) People will act if action is both easy and convenient.
B) People will act if exposed to fear messages stressing their vulnerability.
C) The major determinant of preventive health behavior is avoiding disease.
D) The major determinant of preventive behavior is providing proper health education.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) A nurse was becoming frustrated. It had been 2 weeks, and although the client had verbalized that the best time of day to take a 15-minute walk was early in the morning, the client had not begun to exercise. Which of the following principles of the Transtheoretical Model had the nurse forgotten? (Select all that apply.)
A) A decision to act always occurs before action begins.
B) Behavior change is difficult and takes time.
C) Continuing to stress to the client how important exercise is will help the client decide to exercise.
D) Discussing with the client why he or she is not yet exercising may help the client recognize his or her own resistance.
E) The nurse should offer some reward if the person exercises for at least a week.
F) Verbalizing compassion for how difficult it is to change is a crucial intervention.
Q2) Which of the following risk factors are least subject to modification?
A) Choice of lifestyle behaviors
B) Environmental exposure
C) Nutritional options
D) Recreational activities
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) Two brothers played with their cousin. One brother later became quite ill, whereas the other did not. Which of the following provides the best explanation for this occurrence?
A) Difference in length of time exposed
B) Difference in how actively the children played
C) Difference in genetic inheritance between the two brothers
D) Difference in lifestyle between the two brothers
Q2) A researcher is examining potential risk factors in comparison with disease at a specific time through collecting data regarding current exercise, sleep patterns, and current health status among 12-year-olds. Which of the following research studies would be most appropriate?
A) Cross-sectional study
B) Prospective study
C) Retrospective study
D) True experiment
Q3) Which of the following best describes the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
A) It provided excellence in research design.
B) It used an extensive subject base leading to confirmed conclusions.
C) It developed information about the causes and treatment of syphilis.
D) It implemented unethical and racist treatment of uninformed subjects.
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) A community health nurse found a very small number of families in the community who were desperately in need of basic preventive health services. Which of the following ethical approaches supports expending agency resources on these few, but needy, families?
A) Beneficence suggests focusing on the most needy, so resources should be expended on these families.
B) Deontological ethics suggest that the nurse must give priority to the intervention that would have the broadest impact.
C) Utilitarianism (the most good for the largest number) would suggest continuing to focus on broader community needs.
D) Virtue ethics would suggest focusing on these families to support the nurse's own character development.
Q2) Which of the following best describes what community members receive from each other?
A) Safe environment to live and work
B) Entertainment and recreational opportunities
C) Socialization and role fulfillment
D) Useful services such as physicians and medical centers
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) A nurse decided that a high-risk aggregate most needed education about diabetes. Which of the following would be the best approach when teaching the group?
A) Involve participants in small group activities applying the information.
B) Organize the information into a visual presentation such as a PowerPoint presentation.
C) Share the nurse's expertise directly with the group at a meeting for that purpose.
D) Use handouts and pamphlets with pictures consistent with the local cultural groups throughout.
Q2) A nurse assessed carefully and created a comprehensive intervention plan including primary, secondary, and tertiary care for individuals and families. Which of the following factors may the nurse have overlooked?
A) Are other staff members interested in such a project?
B) Are there adequate resources for such a project?
C) Is there support from the administration for the project?
D) Does the nurse have adequate energy and time for such a project?
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the goal of participatory action research?
A) Analytical epidemiological findings
B) Careful descriptive research studies
C) Experimental studies using both experimental and control groups
D) Social change resulting from stakeholders' strategies
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following factors is found in the Health Belief Model (HBM) but not in Pender's Health Promotion Model (HPM)?
A) Individual perception
B) Likelihood of action
C) Personal threat as motivator
D) Self-efficacy
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) Which of the following best describes why nurses are increasingly becoming case managers when social workers have historically been so successful in the role?
A) Because of the need for ongoing patient assessment.
B) Because of a shortage of licensed social workers.
C) Nurses seek such roles as being easier than direct clinical care.
D) Social workers expect higher salaries than nurses in the same role.
Q2) A very skilled baccalaureate-prepared clinical nurse was asked to assume a case manager role. Which of the following will be most difficult for the nurse new to this role?
A) Having the ability to be a leader and work autonomously
B) Obtaining knowledge of community resources
C) Gaining knowledge of reimbursement structures and financial strategies
D) Getting practice at evaluating patient outcomes
Q3) Which of the following elderly persons are often the targets of case management?
A) Those who are homebound and have multiple complex problems
B) Those who live alone without close relatives
C) Those who show clear evidence of mental and physical decline
D) Those with chronic long-term health problems needing pharmaceutical intervention
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community
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Q1) Which of the following current issues are leading the World Health Organization (WHO) to reconsider its initial definition of health? (Select all that apply.)
A) Environmental issues such as industrial toxins or carcinogenic commercial products
B) Global, not local, problems such as spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
C) Need to move from containment and treatment to social intervention
D) Pressure from industrialized nations to emphasize chronic diseases rather than infectious diseases
E) Realization that government actions influence the basic human right of health
F) Worldwide pandemics such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and swine flu, which require a different approach
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 best describes how complementary and alternative therapies differ from traditional health care? (Select all that apply.)
A) Alternative therapies have been documented as ineffective.
B) Complementary medicine is expanding because of paid media coverage.
C) Nurses rarely are involved in complementary or alternative therapies.
D) Providers vary in training and licensure.
E) Reimbursement is often unavailable.
F) Alternative therapies lack any research related to their effectiveness.
Q2) Which of the following best describes the approach to health care used by states?
A) Federal funding encourages experimentation in creating new programs.
B) Insurance regulations concerning reimbursement cross state lines.
C) Information about successful programs is known to legislators.
D) States frequently develop new programs as federal funds become available to pay for them.
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following best describes why large employers would decide to self-insure?
A) To claim to offer more benefits to employees
B) To have more control over health care providers
C) To be more effective at keeping employees happy
D) To reduce administrative costs charged by insurance companies
Q3) Which of the following best describes a current trend related to health care services?
A) Nonprofit organizations are assuming responsibilities for service from for-profit organizations.
B) Health care organizations are offering services low in cost and higher in reimbursement.
C) Ways to minimize reimbursement using current procedural terminology (CPT) codes have been created.
D) Postponing computerized medical record programs increases profitability.
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) A nurse set up a clinic appointment for Friday of the following week. An Arab patient asked to come earlier in the week. As those days were heavily booked, the nurse left the appointment on Friday. The patient was a "no show." Which of the following best explains what happened?
A) A lot of people do family errands such as shopping on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
B) It was inconvenient for the client so he did not come.
C) A Muslim's holy day is from sunset Thursday to sunset Friday.
D) Patients do not like being told what to do.
Q2) Which of the following are the most important factors in reducing disparities in health outcomes between different cultural groups? (Select all that apply.)
A) A strong family structure
B) Access to a health care provider
C) Access to transportation
D) Health care insurance
E) Having ongoing employment
F) Owning one's own home
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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 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) Which of the following is the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers?
A) Secondhand smoke
B) Living near a nuclear power plant
C) Exposure to pesticides
D) Radon gas
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) What was the importance of the Lalonde Report, which proposed the "health field concept" in 1974?
A) It first called attention to the growing problem of air pollution.
B) It first emphasized the importance of basic hand washing.
C) It first emphasized influence of lifestyle and environment.
D) It was the first report that suggested a link between smoking and lung cancer.
Q2) Which of the following aspects of health care could be learned by a developing country from a developed country?
A) Acceptance of illness or disease as a learning experience
B) Effective ways to treat chronic disease
C) Use of healthy behaviors to prevent illness
D) Delivery of primary health care
Q3) Which of the following actions has been most effective in reducing HIV infections in some countries?
A) ABC campaign
B) Free HIV immunizations
C) Religious leaders stressing abstinence or faithfulness in monogamous marriages
D) Public health workers distributing free condoms
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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) Using a public health perspective, which of the following has responsibility for a child's health?
A) The child's family
B) The businesses in the community
C) The entire community
D) The school system
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following best explains how the Civil Rights Act amendments have been helpful to adult women who are employed?
A) If both a man and a woman apply for a position, preference must be given to the woman.
B) Everyone has permission to apply for any employment position regardless of gender.
C) Employers are prohibited from paying different salaries to men and to women for the same position responsibilities.
D) Discrimination against pregnant women or conditions involving childbirth or pregnancy is prohibited.
Q2) Which of the following provides the best explanation for the importance of the "Go Red" and "The Heart Truth" campaigns?
A) Because heart disease is so prevalent, we all need to know the usual symptoms so we may seek help quickly.
B) Few people are aware of how to prevent chronic diseases such as cancer.
C) We need to increase awareness of the genetic component in chronic disease.
D) Women have different symptoms and require different treatment than men.
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) Why do some researchers believe data regarding health behaviors may be inaccurate in relation to men?
A) Men are not socialized to tell the truth when interviewed.
B) Men do not know when they are ill.
C) Most of the data are collected about and from women.
D) Most of the data are collected by women.
Q2) Which single action has been most influential in changing men's health behaviors?
A) Establishing well-man clinics during evening hours
B) Legislative action
C) Peer-reviewed journals such as the American Journal of Men's Health
D) Running men's health ads during sports events
E) The male consumer movement: seen in The National Organization for Changing Men
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) "I don't understand," a woman said. "I know I'm eligible for Medicare part A and it's free. Part B isn't free. When will I ever use it?" Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Part A is only for hospital bills. Most care is given on an outpatient basis. Part B pays a large portion of those costs."
B) "Part A is a benefit because you paid into Social Security for more than 10 years. In comparison, part B is optional if you want that additional insurance."
C) "Part B is easy to pay for; they take the cost out of your Social Security check each month."
D) "Researchers have found that people don't waste health care resources if they have to pay a bit for them."
Q2) Which of the following groups would most need adult day care services?
A) Caregivers who work all day
B) Elderly who are bored staying home alone
C) Elderly in whom Alzheimer's has been diagnosed
D) Older men who want an opportunity to meet older women
E) Older women who want to engage in arts and crafts activities
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) A 36-year-old woman had diabetes diagnosed at a free health-screening program at a large employer. Which of the following should be emphasized by the nurse when helping the woman make an appointment at the diabetic clinic for follow-up testing and treatment?
A) "Bring a food diary of everything you've eaten for one week with you to the appointment to help with future meal planning."
B) "It's really not that hard to learn how to inject insulin, and it really doesn't hurt."
C) "Please encourage all your family members, including your parents, to be tested for diabetes as well."
D) "They'll teach you how to manage your meals and medications to stay healthy."
Q2) Which of the following definitions of family would be the most useful for the nurse practicing in the community?
A) A group of persons with shared convictions
B) A social unit interacting with the larger society
C) People descended from a common ancestor
D) Persons related either by blood or by legal contract (marriage)
E) Whoever the family says is in their family
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) A young woman rolled her wheelchair up the ramp into the clinic to the desk where the intake nurse greeted her. Which of the following should be the nurse's first response?
A) "How can I help you?"
B) "Who came with you today?"
C) Compliment her on her skill with the wheelchair
D) Sit so the nurse is on eye level with the young woman
Q2) Which of the following concerns can a nurse as a citizen help address?
A) Advocating for removal of environmental and social barriers to needed services
B) Continuing to engage in political action to increase funding for care for the handicapped
C) Recognizing that it is better to offer to help than to wait for a person with handicaps to have to ask for assistance
D) Needing to not stare or ask personal questions of a person with a disability
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following factors are most likely to contribute to homelessness?
A) Domestic violence and substance abuse
B) Scarcity of support systems and recent job loss
C) Shortage of affordable housing and insufficient income
D) Substance abuse and serious mental illness
Q2) Which of the following best describes the problem with the Section 8 housing program?
A) Direct access to an apartment in a public housing facility is faster and easier.
B) Most renters prefer the program to make direct payment to apartment owners willing to rent to them.
C) Section 8 housing is essentially slum housing, and no one wants to live there.
D) Supply is vastly less than the demand.
Q3) Which of the following persons will have the most difficulty in obtaining adequate support services to find a long-term home?
A) An alcoholic homeless person
B) A homeless person who has a limited support system and is unemployed
C) A homeless person who has a mental illness and is an alcoholic
D) A mentally ill homeless person
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) Which of the following describes what has been identified by public health experts as the number one priority in rural areas?
A) Access to health care
B) Access to education
C) Access to telecommunications
D) Access to better-paying employment opportunities
Q2) A nurse was becoming very frustrated at the ongoing stream of farmworkers with respiratory problems each spring. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Provide community education on herbicides and other chemicals spread each spring with information on self-protective measures, such as respirators.
B) Fight to get farmers to quit spreading chemicals on their fields each spring.
C) Suggest that farmers spray water on the fields immediately after the chemicals are spread to reduce dust in the air.
D) Tell farm workers to obtain different employment.
E) Try to get farmers to reduce the amount of chemicals used on their fields.
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Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
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Q1) A college student visits the student health center and tells the nurse that his roommate is talking about killing himself, has given some of his possessions away, and he believes the roommate has a gun. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask the student why he is telling this story; what does he expect the nurse to do?
B) Call the police immediately, and have the student tell them the story.
C) Call the roommate, and set up an appointment for him to come to the student health center to discuss how things are going in his life right now.
D) Call the roommate, ask if he is thinking of killing himself, and, if so, how is he thinking of doing that?
E) Immediately locate the roommate, talk to him, and, if the story is confirmed, stay with him until emergency services arrive.
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
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) A case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was diagnosed immediately on signs of illness at a tourist site in China. Which of the following actions should be taken to protect the badly needed income from tourist dollars?
A) Close the airports and refuse to let the tourists in the area leave
B) Begin to immunize everyone in the immediate area with protective vaccine as soon as possible
C) Quarantine the ill person and use isolation techniques when providing care
D) Screen everyone in the area by requiring a blood and urine sample
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) "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"
Q2) Which of the following age groups has the highest prevalence of binge drinking and heavy drinking?
A) Adults aged 45 to 65 years
B) Adult business persons, aged 25 to 45 years
C) Both genders of depressed elderly, aged 65 years and up
D) Young adults aged 18 to 25 years
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) Which of the following best explains why more nurses do not report violence against themselves to authorities?
A) Assumption that the nurse somehow "asked for it" by not being cautious enough or alert enough to avoid it
B) Assumption that nothing would be done about the situation anyway
C) Assumption that nurses can accept anything, from taking blame to being scapegoats for when outcomes are not positive
D) Assumption that patients and families cannot be held responsible; being assaulted is part of the job
Q2) Which of the following best describes why all citizens should care about young people joining gangs?
A) Gangs are beginning to be seen in suburban areas.
B) Gangs are responsible for destroying lives and property in inner cities.
C) Gangs commit as much as 90% of all crime in some communities.
D) Gangs help give the young person protection, respect, and sense of belonging.
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) Which of the following disasters are considered NA-TECH (natural-technological) disasters? (Select all that apply.)
A) Constant rain led to mud slides, and whole neighborhoods were buried.
B) An earthquake caused structural collapse of bridges and highways in the area.
C) People stampeded out of the overcrowded arena, trampling people who had fallen.
D) River flooding resulted in overflow of the sewage plant and contaminated drinking water throughout the city.
E) The tsunami washed out all the power and telephone lines throughout the downtown area of the city.
F) Volcanic eruption covered the town with ash, making it difficult to breathe.
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.
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) The new principal stopped the school nurse in the hall and said, "I need to get oriented here. We seem to have a lot of handicapped children. Please make me a copy of their medical records so I can be prepared to meet with the parents if they come in."
Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "I'd be happy to help you get oriented to our students. I'll prepare a summary of our special students' needs and problems for you."
B) "I'm so happy to hear of your interest; I'll get those records to you immediately."
C) "I'm glad you're interested. Student health records are confidential, but I'll give you a schoolwide overview without any identifying data."
D) "Let me check our school board policies regarding sharing of information and get back to you."
Q2) Which of the following health problems has been reduced in school-aged and adolescent children?
A) Chronic diseases (such as asthma or diabetes)
B) Contagious diseases
C) Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
D) Stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis)
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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 is one of the most challenging areas for the occupational health nurse (OHN)?
A) Allocating time between direct service to employees and management tasks
B) Collaborating with other worksite professionals and retaining leadership in the arena of employee health
C) Managing ethical conflicts between responsibilities to management and responsibilities to employees
D) Maintaining competence through attending conferences and maintaining services when the nurse (sole provider) is absent
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) The legal nurse consultant (LNC) felt more than a little stressed after being cross-examined by both the prosecuting attorney and the defendant's attorney in intricate detail at a deposition. Which of the following actions should be taken next by the LNC?
A) Get together with friends and share the experience
B) Go out and have a stiff drink to relax and get over the stress
C) Pray the case does not go to trial when the LNC will have to go through all this again
D) Review the written transcript for accuracy
Q2) Which of the following best describe how the prevalence of violence and violent crimes has changed the professional practice of health care providers?
A) Vulnerable groups are now assessed for evidence of abuse.
B) The focus has now shifted from patient care toward more personal safety.
C) It is now recognized that new specialties continue to be created.
D) Each patient is now routinely screened for violence.
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) 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
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) In addition to factual data such as name, address, and diagnosis, which of the following information is crucial to the nurse when a referral is received?
A) The amount of reimbursement the agency will receive for a visit
B) The family's reaction to the suggestion that a nurse visit in their home
C) The purpose of the referral for a home visit
D) The patient's agreement with the home visit referral
Q2) 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."
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