Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Practice Exam
Course Introduction
This course explores the principles and practices of health promotion and disease prevention across various populations and settings. Students will learn about the determinants of health, theories and models of health behavior change, and evidence-based strategies for promoting individual and community health. The course covers the development, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion programs, as well as the role of policy, education, and communication in disease prevention. Through case studies and practical applications, students gain skills in assessing health needs, planning interventions, and advocating for healthier environments to reduce the burden of chronic and communicable diseases.
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Public Health Nursing Population Centered Health Care in the Community 9th Edition by Stanhope
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Chapter 1: Community and Prevention-Oriented,
Population-Focused Practice: The Foundation of
Specialization in Public Health Nursing
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Q1) The PHN compares the rate of teenage pregnancy in various areas of the city.Which of the core functions of public health is being implemented?
A) Assurance
B) Assessment
C) Prevention
D) Policy development
Answer: B
Q2) The necessary basic preparation for public health nursing is a(n)_____ in nursing.
A) associate's degree
B) baccalaureate degree
C) master's degree
D) Doctor of Nursing Practice degree
Answer: B
Q3) Public health nursing is a specialty because:
A) it has a distinct focus and scope of practice.
B) it must be done by a registered nurse with a master's degree.
C) it is focused on disadvantaged citizens.
D) it performs interventions at the acute care level.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) A 66-year-old woman is retired and no longer has health insurance through her place of employment.Which of the following programs would be appropriate for her health insurance needs?
A) Medicare
B) Medicaid
C) Social Security
D) Economic Opportunity Act
Answer: A
Q2) In the past,population-centered nurses have been called:
A) district nurses.
B) almshouse nurses.
C) soldier nurses.
D) sisters.
Answer: A
Q3) Lillian Wald's major contribution to public health nursing was:
A) founding the American Nurses Association.
B) developing the New York Training Hospital for Nurses.
C) creating the Public Health Service.
D) establishing the Henry Street Settlement.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: The Changing USHealth and Public Health Care Systems
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Q1) A nurse is working in a state health department.Which of the following programs would the nurse most likely be working with?
A) Senior health
B) Dental services
C) HIV/AIDS service
D) Mental health
Answer: C
Q2) An 80-year-old woman comes to the community health center with a large bag of medications.She tells the nurse she can no longer afford these medications because her only income is Social Security.Which statement is the best response by the nurse?
A) "Let's go through these medications and see which ones we can delete."
B) "You can get these medicines at this clinic for free."
C) "Let's see if we can get some help from Medicare to pay for these medications. I will refer you to our social worker."
D) "These medications are important. Do your best to pay for them."
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Perspectives in Global Health Care
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Q1) A government agency is planning a project in hopes of receiving funding from the World Bank.Which of the following projects would most likely receive this funding?
A) Development of a sanitation system
B) Improvement of roads and bridges
C) Creation of a national health insurance plan
D) Recovery efforts following a hurricane
Q2) A nurse is analyzing one of the components of a unit of DALYs.From which of the following individuals would the nurse be able to calculate this measurement?
A) A woman who lives to be 100 years old
B) A woman who contracts HIV after working as a prostitute
C) A father with five children who dies at the age of 50 from malaria
D) A woman who gives birth to a premature infant
Q3) A nurse plans to contact a multilateral organization.Which of the following would the nurse most likely contact?
A) United Nations (UN)
B) United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
C) Project Hope
D) Catholic Relief Services
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Chapter 5: Economics of Health Care Delivery
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Q1) A nurse is using the principles of supply and demand in daily practice.Which of the following best describes this phenomenon?
A) The demand for nurses in public health is low, but the supply is high.
B) Few goods or services are available, the price tends to rise.
C) Supplies are low, nurses must find alternate resources.
D) Lesser-developed countries receive supplies from other countries.
Q2) The first phase of development of the health care system was characterized by: A) the rise in technology.
B) epidemics of infectious disease, such as typhoid, influenza, and malaria.
C) physicians and nurses who attained their skills in scientifically based programs.
D) an expansion of hospital clinics and long-term care facilities.
Q3) A nurse is working with a client who receives health insurance through a managed care organization.Which of the following best describes this insurance?
A) Medicare
B) Medicaid
C) MSAs
D) Health maintenance organizations
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Chapter 6: Application of Ethics in the Community
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Q1) A nurse is using the principles of virtue ethics in decision making.Which of the following describes the action that the nurse would take?
A) Provide efficient and effective nursing care
B) Identify the meaningful facts in the situation
C) Seek ethical community support to enhance character development
D) Plan ways to restructure the social practices that oppress women
Q2) A nurse who was working in the 1960s used the code of ethics to guide making an ethical decision.Which code of ethics would have been used?
A) Nightingale Pledge
B) Code for Professional Nurses
C) Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements
D) International Council of Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics for Nurses
Q3) A nurse believes everyone is entitled to equal rights and equal treatment in society.Which of the following principles is being applied?
A) Distributive or social justice
B) Egalitarianism
C) Libertarian view of justice
D) Communitarianism
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Chapter 7: Cultural Diversity in the Community
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Q1) A nurse demonstrates cultural desire to provide culturally competent care.Which of the following actions would be taken by the nurse?
A) Relying on a textbook for information about an ethnic group
B) Bringing a translator to the local community clinic
C) Taking Spanish classes in the evening at a local college
D) Judging others using his or her own cultural values
Q2) A nurse wants to obtain information on the alternative methods of health care her 45-year-old female client uses.Who would be the best person to ask about this?
A) The husband of the client
B) A community leader of the ethnic group
C) The client herself
D) The religious leader of the ethnic group
Q3) A nurse advocates and intervenes between the health care system and the client's cultural beliefs on behalf of the client.Which of the following best describes the nurse's action?
A) Cultural accommodation
B) Culture brokering
C) Cultural preservation
D) Cultural repatterning
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Chapter 8: Public Health Policy
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Q1) When a school nurse reports suspected child abuse,there is a breach of confidentiality.Which of the following best describes why this breach is allowed?
A) Civil immunity
B) Sovereign immunity
C) Nurse practice act
D) Respondeat superior
Q2) A nurse would like to propose legislation requiring all schools to employ a registered nurse.Which of the following would be the first step taken as the nurse implements the legislative process?
A) Introducing the bill to the legislature
B) Moving the bill to the other house
C) Developing the policy option into a bill
D) Hearings, testimony, and lobbying
Q3) One effect of the use of block grants was a:
A) reduction of federal expenditures.
B) decreased ability of states to spend money on programming.
C) guaranteed continuation of programs with demonstrated effectiveness.
D) shift from hospital-based to community-based nursing care.
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Chapter 9: Population-Based Public Health Nursing
Practice: The Intervention Wheel
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Q1) What is the purpose of the color-coded wedges on the Intervention Wheel?
A) The interventions are grouped together in related wedges.
B) The wedges consist of referral information for each wedge.
C) The element of health teaching is the predominant feature of each wedge.
D) Coalition building must be implemented with each wedge.
Q2) PHNs utilize registries to identify children with delayed or missing immunizations.They subsequently follow up with families by phone calls or home visits.Which of the following levels of practice is being implemented?
A) Systems
B) Community
C) Policy
D) Individual
Q3) A nursing student develops a teaching plan about hand washing to present to a group of elementary school children at the local school.Which of the following public health interventions is being implemented?
A) Collaboration
B) Surveillance
C) Health teaching
D) Screening
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Chapter 10: Environmental Health
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Q1) A nurse works at the individual level to reduce pollution in the environment.Which of the following actions would most likely be taken by the nurse?
A) Provide a tax incentive to factories that do not pollute
B) Make laws related to allowed levels of pollution in the area
C) Recycle paper, glass, cans, and plastic
D) Move to an area with less pollution
Q2) A nurse is assessing for environmental health risks in the community.Which of the following approaches would be most appropriate for the nurse to use? (Select all that apply.)
A) Ask legislators to provide a list of environmental pollutants in the area
B) Develop a list of exposures associated with urban, rural, or suburban settings
C) Assess the risk by medium such as air, water, soil, or food
D) Divide the environment into functional locations: home, school, workplace, and community
E) Recruit community members to sign a petition to decrease pollution
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Chapter 11: Genomics in Public Health Nursing
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Q1) A nurse is applying genetic and genomic knowledge when completing a client assessment.Which of the following actions is most likely being taken by the nurse?
A) Constructing a pedigree from a collected family history
B) Identifying a client who may benefit from genetic counseling
C) Referring a client to specialized genetic services
D) Incorporating knowledge of genomic risk factors
Q2) Which statement regarding mutations is true?
A) Mutations in the DNA sequence occur on a regular basis.
B) Mutagens are a result of a mutation.
C) Environmental factors can be linked to many mutations.
D) Spontaneous mutations occur because of environmental exposure.
Q3) A PHN reports that she is able to demonstrate the minimum competencies set forth by the National Coalition of Health Professional Education in Genetics (NCHPEG).Which of the following describes the action that is taken by the nurse?
A) Organizing a meeting to discuss the care of cystic fibrosis clients
B) Making a referral to a genetics specialist
C) Advocating for legislation to support stem cell research
D) Educating a client about the results of genetic testing
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Chapter 12: Epidemiology
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Q1) To understand the causes of health and disease,epidemiology studies:
A) individuals.
B) families.
C) groups.
D) populations.
Q2) A nurse is considering the potential for selection bias.Which of the following best describes the situation that is the nurse has encountered?
A) Determining the population to be studied
B) Considering how the participants will enter the study
C) Studying cause and effect relationships
D) Documenting results of the study
Q3) A nurse states that he has incorporated epidemiology into his practice and functions in epidemiologic roles.Which of the following best describes the actions taken by the nurse? (Select all that apply.)
A) Policy making
B) Collection, reporting, analysis, and interpretation of data
C) Environmental risk communication
D) Documentation on patient charts and records
E) Law enforcement
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Chapter 13: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
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Q1) A community health nurse investigates an outbreak of pinworm at a local day care center.In order to minimize the spread of infection,which of the following suggestions would the nurse provide to the day care workers?
A) Close the day care until all surfaces are cleaned.
B) No action is necessary because it is easily treated with oral vermicides.
C) Using good hand washing is important to prevent the transmission.
D) Every child in the day care should be treated because they all are probably infected.
Q2) One case of smallpox occurs in a population in which it was considered to be previously eliminated.Which of the following best describes what has occurred?
A) Endemic
B) Epidemic
C) Pandemic
D) Infectivity
Q3) Immunity is a characteristic of the:
A) agent factor.
B) host factor.
C) environmental factor.
D) epidemiologic triad.
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Chapter 14: Communicable and Infectious Disease Risks
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Q1) The case rate of new TB is highest among which ethnicity in the United States?
A) African American
B) Native American
C) White American
D) Asian American
Q2) The most chronic blood-borne infection in the United States is:
A) hepatitis A.
B) hepatitis B.
C) hepatitis C.
D) HIV.
Q3) A nurse screens blood products,donor organs,and tissues for the hepatitis C infection.Which of the following best describes this nursing action?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Health promotion
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Chapter 15: Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) A nurse who is working in a community setting applies evidence-based practice when planning community health education.Which of the following should the nurse use in order to enrich the application of this evidence?
A) Randomized clinical trials
B) Qualitative studies
C) Quantitative studies
D) Multiple research methods
Q2) Which type of research is defined as the gold standard of evidence in evidence-based practice?
A) Clinical expertise
B) Randomized controlled trials
C) Case studies
D) Systematic review
Q3) A nurse is using clinical experience and client preference to guide clinical decision making.Which of the following is being demonstrated by the nurse?
A) Evidence-based practice
B) Internal evidence
C) Research utilization
D) External evidence
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Chapter 16: Changing Health Behavior Using Health
Education with Individuals, Families, and Groups
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Q1) A nurse prepares for a presentation to a group of adults using strategies appropriate for adult learning.Which of the following concepts is being applied?
A) Authoritarianism
B) Learning style
C) Pedagogy
D) Andragogy
Q2) A nurse has evaluated the learning needs of a community support group.Which of following steps should the nurse take when developing an educational program for them?
A) Consider any potential barriers to learning
B) Establish goals and objectives for the program
C) Select appropriate materials for the program
D) Assess the dynamics of the group
Q3) A nurse is planning to evaluate an individual's progress toward a health goal.Which of the following components should be included in the evaluative process?
A) Type of teaching strategy used
B) Recognition of accomplishments in the group
C) Conflict that occurred in the group
D) The type of leadership in the group
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Chapter 17: Building a Culture of Health through
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Q1) A PHN collaborates with a physician's clinic to increase the number of infants and toddlers who receive lead screening.According to the integrative model,what client system and focus of care are being addressed?
A) Aggregate level health promotion
B) Aggregate level illness prevention
C) Family level illness care
D) Individual level health promotion
Q2) Which of the following statements is correct?
A) Genes, biology, and health behavioral choices account for 75% of population health.
B) Medical care accounts for 25% of population health.
C) Physical and social environments account for 75% of population health.
D) Genes, biology, and health behavioral choices account for 25% of population health.
Q3) The health-oriented perspective views:
A) health as the absence of disease.
B) human lifestyle based on one's prescribed regime.
C) humans as complex and interconnected with the environment.
D) community education as the role of the registered nurse.
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Chapter 18: Community as Client: Assessment and Analysis
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Q1) The main characteristics of partnership are:
A) awareness, flexibility, and distribution of power.
B) rights, responsibilities, and consensus.
C) commitment, participation, and articulation.
D) collaboration, advocacy, and utility.
Q2) A nurse is engaging in the evaluation phase of community health program planning.Which of the following would be part of effective completion of this phase?
A) Demonstrate the ability to improve the health of the participants
B) Develop measureable objectives and goals before implementation
C) Encourage full participation by community members
D) Improve the health of the population through the program
Q3) A nurse has collected data about the services available in the community and is using the seven "A"s to evaluate these services.Which of the following questions will the nurse most likely ask?
A) Can the community members allocate resources to support the service?
B) Can the community members afford the service?
C) Will the community members allow strategies to be implemented to improve the service?
D) Will the community members approve of the services provided?
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Chapter 19: Population-Centered Nursing in Rural and Urban Environments
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Q1) A nurse is planning interventions that will be used when providing care for a rural client.Which of the following characteristics of rural life should the nurse anticipate? (Select all that apply.)
A) Lack of anonymity
B) Higher prevalence of high-risk occupations
C) Churches and schools as socialization centers
D) Preference for interacting with outsiders
E) Increased mobility
Q2) In comparison with urban adults,rural adults:
A) seek medical care more often.
B) have poorer overall health status.
C) are less likely to identify a usual source of medical care.
D) are usually seen by a specialist rather than a general practitioner.
Q3) A nurse provides care to rural adults after working in an urban clinic for many years.Which of the following considerations should the nurse make when working with this population?
A) Rural adults are more likely to have health insurance.
B) Rural adults are more likely to have access to health care providers.
C) Rural adults are more concerned about their health status.
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D) Rural adults are more likely to experience mobility limitations.
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Chapter 20: Promoting Health Through Healthy
Communities and Cities
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Q1) A nurse is designing interventions and evaluating results of Healthy Municipalities and Cities.Which of the following considerations should be made by the nurse?
A) Influence of individual actions
B) Acute care hospital services in the community
C) Social results and endorsement of law makers for policy changes
D) Effectiveness of health services, including delivery of preventive services
Q2) What principles were used in the creation of the Healthy Cities movement? (Select all that apply.)
A) Primary care
B) Equity in health promotion
C) Community participation
D) High technologic environments
E) Relationship building
Q3) A nurse is implementing the steps of the Community Health Promotion Model.Which of the following does this most resemble?
A) Collaboration process
B) WHO's Ottawa Charter
C) Nursing process
D) CDC's monitoring program
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Chapter 21: The Nurse-led Health Center: A Model for Community Nursing Practice
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Q1) Individuals,families,groups,organizations,policy makers,and staff who are involved in community collaboration are known as:
A) nursing center workers.
B) policy makers.
C) stakeholders.
D) diversity.
Q2) A nurse executive is managing a nursing center.Which of the following would be an expected responsibility of a nurse in this role?
A) Managing the business operations
B) Managing the data systems
C) Providing patient care and referral
D) Overseeing contracts and grants
Q3) A nurse needs to make the final decision about establishing a nursing center in the local community.Which of the following factors would be the most important for the nurse to consider?
A) Legal and regulatory considerations
B) Community involvement
C) Nursing interest
D) Potential grant funding
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Chapter 22: Case Management
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Q1) Which are examples of knowledge domains used in case management?
A) Legal issues, malpractice recognition, and community involvement
B) Teaching, counseling, and education skills
C) Advocacy, political campaigning and legislative change
D) Grant application, bargaining contracts, and securing funding
Q2) A nurse is working as a case manager.Which of the following best describes the diagnoses that the case manager is most likely to encounter?
A) Bankruptcy, financial distress, and depression
B) Flu, colds, and frequent headaches
C) Malaria, bird flu, and Dengue fever
D) AIDS, spinal cord injury, and ventilator dependency
Q3) Care in a managed system is provided by less experienced providers.Which of the following ethical principles is being influenced in this situation?
A) Autonomy
B) Beneficence
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Justice
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Chapter 23: Public Health Nursing Practice and the Disaster Management Cycle
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Q1) A nurse is volunteering on a disaster medical assistant team as a first responder.Which of the following tasks would the nurse be prepared to perform?
A) Set up immunization clinics
B) Assist in triaging disaster victims
C) Provide all the medical care for disaster victims
D) Complete a needs assessment of the community
Q2) A nurse experiences a stress reaction while working with the survivors of a disaster.Which of the following best describes what has happened?
A) The nurse makes decisions to assist with care coordination of the survivors.
B) The nurse tells the supervisor of the disaster the details of the care that was provided.
C) The nurse cries after returning home at the end of the day.
D) The nurse refuses to follow orders.
Q3) Which statement about disasters is true?
A) They can be natural or human-made.
B) They can be relieved without assistance.
C) There is always injury and death when a disaster occurs.
D) The timing of a disaster does not influence the types of injuries that will occur.
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Chapter 24: Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
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Q1) A nurse is using surveillance to collect outcome data.What information would most likely be collected?
A) Number of clinic services which use evidence-based protocols
B) Proportion of the population vaccinated against influenza
C) Incidence of breast cancer in the population
D) Probability of a bioterrorism attack occurring in the community
Q2) A large amount of data related to hypertension rates is collected in a community.The data is analyzed.Which of the following describes the next step in the surveillance process?
A) Collecting data from multiple valid sources
B) Evaluating the impact on the surveillance system
C) Interpreting the data and disseminating it to decision makers
D) Asking political officials to finance a hypertension clinic
Q3) A person has returned from overseas and it is determined that he has Q fever.Which of the following must occur?
A) This is not a disease that is on the notifiable list; nothing need be reported.
B) The case must be reported to the state and local health departments.
C) The patient must be isolated immediately.
D) The patient will probably die, so it is not reportable.
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Chapter 25: Program Management
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Q1) The process of program management is similar to:
A) the nursing process.
B) the medical model of care delivery.
C) the requirements for licensure as a registered nurse.
D) summative and formative evaluation.
Q2) A nurse is planning a health program.Which of the following is the most critical action that should be taken by the nurse?
A) Assessing need of the community
B) Considering alternative solutions or options
C) Detailing the costs and resources needed
D) Weighing each alternative
Q3) A nurse uses a key informant interview as part of completing a needs assessment.Which of the following describes the primary advantage of using this tool?
A) Low cost
B) Provides a picture of services needed
C) Identifies the perspectives of a large number of persons
D) Indicates the extent of services offered by existing programs
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Chapter 26: Quality Management
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Q1) What is the purpose of implementing total quality management (TQM)?
A) Provide quality care within an organization
B) Provide cost-efficient care across all age groups
C) Provide necessary care to clients in a cost-effective system
D) Provide efficient systems of primary care
Q2) A nurse records the number of clients seen daily as well as the mode of transportation and miles driven.Which of the following types of records is being used?
A) Clinical record
B) Provider service record
C) Financial record
D) Central index system
Q3) A nurse is implementing a voluntary approach to quality control within the organization.Which of the following describes what the nurse is implementing?
A) Accreditation
B) Licensure
C) Certification
D) Credentialing
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Chapter 27: Working with Families in the Community for Healthy Outcomes
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Q1) A nurse keeps informed and up-to-date about demographic trends pertaining to families and all types of households.Which of the following best describes why this is important?
A) To understand the demographics of the areas they are serving
B) To provide safe care to the public
C) To predict the needs of families within the community
D) To identify households where children may need special attention
Q2) A nurse is using the provisions of the Family Medical Leave legislation.Which of the following actions would the nurse take?
A) Resigning from employment, but retaining health insurance
B) Sharing family information with colleagues
C) Providing Medicaid to a family who cannot afford health insurance
D) Taking a defined time off of work for family events without fear of job loss
Q3) A nurse is constructing a genogram for a family.Which of the following describes its importance?
A) Allows nurses to diagnose disease patterns
B) Brings the family together to do a mutual task
C) Shows family history and patterns of health-related information
D) Provides a visual diagram of the family unit in relation to other subsystems
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Q1) A nurse uses the term family policy.Which of the following explains what the nurse is describing?
A) Anything that is done by the government that directly or indirectly affects families
B) Laws that affect families and family living
C) Requirements for immunizations for the entire family
D) Healthy People 2020 guidelines for healthy families
Q2) The nurse asked the family about its financial resources and the demands on these resources.Which type of risk factor is being assessed?
A) Biological
B) Economic
C) Lifestyle
D) Social
Q3) A nurse is in the beginning phase of contracting with a family.Which of the following activities will most likely occur during this phase?
A) Mutual division of responsibilities
B) Mutual development of a plan
C) Mutual setting of time limits
D) Mutual implementation of the plan
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Chapter 29: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) A nurse is caring for a client who has a medical home.Which of the following best describes what is being used by the client?
A) A building that houses multiple primary care providers and specialists
B) A partnership between a community health nurse, a client, and a family
C) A system that meets the needs of the individual, family, and community
D) A collaboration of care provided by an interprofessional team
Q2) A nurse is caring for a preschool-aged child who has been exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)on a regular basis.Which of the following is the child at greater risk for because of this exposure?
A) Middle ear infections
B) SIDS
C) Living in poverty
D) Behavioral disturbances
Q3) Which statement about sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)is true?
A) SIDS occurs most often in female infants.
B) Maternal cigarette smoking increases risk.
C) Most deaths occur between 2 and 8 months of age.
D) Most victims had a previous episode of cyanosis or apnea.
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Chapter 30: Major Health Issues and Chronic Disease
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Q1) A nurse is caring for a client who is considered obese.Which of the following best describes this client?
A) An individual with a body mass index (BMI) of 15
B) An individual with a BMI of 20
C) An individual with a BMI of 30
D) An individual with a BMI of 25
Q2) Which statement about eating disorders is correct?
A) Individuals with anorexia frequently complain about weight loss.
B) Purging is associated with anorexia.
C) Most women with bulimia are concerned with the shape and weight of their body.
D) Bulimia has more medical complications than anorexia.
Q3) A woman needs to take some time off from work to care for her invalid mother.Which of the following health policies allows her to take an extended leave from work to care for a family member?
A) Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
B) Women's Health Equity Act (WHEA)
C) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
D) Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
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Chapter 31: Disability Health Care Across the Life Span
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Q1) The nurse,with agreement from the family,arranges for families to see social workers on the same day that they bring their children for follow-up care in a pediatric cardiology clinic.Which of the following roles is being performed?
A) Caregiver
B) Coordinator
C) Collaborator
D) Case finder
Q2) What is the most common disability occurring in the United States in persons aged 18 years and older?
A) Diabetes
B) Stroke
C) Arthritis
D) Cancer
Q3) A nurse speaks on behalf of others who are unable to speak for themselves.Which of the following roles is being performed?
A) Advocate
B) Caregiver
C) Coordinator
D) Collaborator
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Q1) A nurse is examining social determinants of health.Which of the following is the nurse looking at?
A) Ethnicity
B) Income
C) Gender
D) Marital status
Q2) Which of the following is a characteristic of a vulnerable population?
A) Have worse health outcomes and an increased sensitivity to risk factors than the general population
B) Have a single risk factor but experience worse health outcomes than the general population
C) Have multiple risk factors but equal health outcomes to the general population
D) Have worse outcomes with better access to health care than the general population
Q3) What is implied by the web of causation model?
A) Variables interact resulting in higher probability of illness.
B) One disease causes another, especially in vulnerable populations.
C) The greater the poverty, the more likely people are to have diseases.
D) Immunizations are necessary because vulnerable populations spread disease.
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Chapter 33: Poverty and Homelessness
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Q1) Which statement about poverty is true?
A) All cultures view poverty as a pitiful existence.
B) Most cultures want to improve the plight of the poor.
C) Dangerous environments are present in all cultures.
D) Western cultures view poverty negatively.
Q2) A nurse is implementing an intervention at both the primary and tertiary levels of prevention.Which of the following best describes the nursing intervention?
A) Providing emergency shelter housing
B) Offering physical and mental health services
C) Developing a targeted case management program
D) Establishing a needle exchange program
Q3) Which statement about homelessness is true?
A) Homeless persons are not found in rural areas.
B) Gentrification can lead to homelessness.
C) Deinstitutionalization led to a small number of homeless.
D) Community-based clinics provide much needed health care.
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Chapter 34: Migrant Health Issues
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Q1) A nurse is assessing a client who has had an acute exposure to a pesticide.Which of the following symptoms is the client most likely to display?
A) Memory loss
B) Musculoskeletal problems
C) Cancer
D) Infertility
Q2) A nurse is implementing a tertiary prevention strategy.Which of the following activities would the nurse most likely implement?
A) Diabetes screening
B) Rehabilitation for musculoskeletal injury
C) Birth control
D) Pregnancy testing
Q3) A nurse is a political advocate for the migrant population.Which of the following best describes the action being taken by the nurse?
A) Upholding immigration laws and deporting illegal aliens
B) Passing laws to improve the living conditions of migrant farm workers
C) Educating communities about the health problems of migrant farm workers
D) Learning to speak Spanish for better communication with migrant farm workers
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Q1) A nurse is implementing an intervention at the primary level of prevention related to teen pregnancy.Which of the following would be most appropriate for the nurse to implement?
A) Teach well-baby classes to new mothers
B) Teach young people about sexual practices that will prevent untimely pregnancy
C) Provide services for pregnancy detection
D) Counsel a young couple about abortion and adoption
Q2) Which statement best illustrates that the main causes of teen mortality are high-risk behaviors?
A) Teenagers generally leave home before they are mature enough.
B) Teenagers often engage in activities that put them at risk for life-threatening diseases.
C) Teenagers are prone to developing chronic diseases that lead to disability early in life.
D) Teenagers want to get pregnant at an early age to be able to enjoy life later on.
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Q1) A nurse categorizes mental illness as a biopsychosocial disorder.What is meant by this classification?
A) Mental illness is an abnormal brain vasculature that can be detected with angiography.
B) Antipsychotic drugs can be used for all types of mental illness.
C) Experience and psychosocial factors affect the etiology and treatment of mental illness.
D) Mental illness can be cured with the right drugs and therapy.
Q2) Which factor has influenced the advancement in the treatment of mental illness?
A) The movement of clients out of mental institutions to the community
B) A better understanding of the neurobiology of mental illness
C) More interest in helping persons with mental illness
D) A change in the culture about what constitutes mental illness
Q3) A nurse is counseling a client following an unexpected loss.If given adequate support and adaptation,which of the following best describes what will happen with the client?
A) Recover from the crisis and become mentally ill
B) Avoid the loss and potential mental illness
C) Be able to ignore the grief
D) Resume previous lifestyle in spite of sadness
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Chapter 37: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems
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Q1) A nurse has collected a urine specimen from a client for drug testing.Which of the following best describes the purpose of a urinalysis?
A) To assess whether a certain drug has been used in the recent past
B) To determine the degree of intoxication
C) To assess the extent of performance impairment
D) To determine how much alcohol was consumed
Q2) Why must nurses examine their attitudes about alcohol,tobacco,and other drug (ATOD)abuse and addiction before working with individuals with this health problem?
A) Working with clients who have addiction problems often puts the nurse at risk for violence.
B) The population of persons with drug and alcohol addiction is found in low-income neighborhoods.
C) To be therapeutic, a nurse must develop a trusting nonjudgmental relationship with clients.
D) Nurses are the primary persons who treat addiction problems.
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Q1) A public health nurse (PHN)is working in a community where there have been multiple closures of large factories,leaving many individuals without employment.Which of the following is this population most at risk for?
A) Becoming an abuser at home
B) Committing violence in and outside the home
C) Developing addictive behaviors
D) Neglecting the needs of their children
Q2) A nurse is providing tertiary prevention.Which of the following interventions should be included?
A) Education
B) Prevention
C) Referral
D) Detection
Q3) Homicide is the second leading cause of death among which population?
A) Individuals between 15 and 24 years of age
B) Native American infants
C) Caucasian women between 25 and 34 years of age
D) African American children between 15 and 19 years of age
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Chapter 39: The Advanced Practice Nurse in the Community
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Q1) An NP has recently been hired by a public health department.Which of the following best describes what the NP will most likely be doing in this role?
A) Disease prevention activities
B) Deciding on a treatment plan
C) Identifying needs of populations at risk
D) Identifying health needs of the community
Q2) The NP movement began at the University of Colorado with nurses providing _____ care.
A) maternity
B) well-child
C) nursing home
D) diabetes
Q3) An APHN is offering classes on breast self-exam.Which of the following levels of prevention is being implemented?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Assessment
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Chapter 40: The Nurse Leader in the Community
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Q1) A nurse leader would like to create a motivating workplace.Which of the following interventions would most likely be implemented?
A) Discuss with employees their personal life and home commitments
B) Provide regular feedback to employees
C) Allow employees to take off work whenever necessary
D) Complete spot checks of employee's work without notice
Q2) A nurse is providing nursing leadership.Which of the following interventions would most likely be completed?
A) Monitoring the budget for an immunization program
B) Influencing the improvement of the health of clients
C) Coordinating an interdisciplinary team
D) Using resources when providing clinical services
Q3) A nurse plans to begin a career working as a nurse in the community.Which of the following skills would be most important for the nurse to possess?
A) Technical skills with acute care nursing as a background
B) Ability to lobby and collaborate with legislators
C) Computer and word-processing skills
D) Ability to build coalitions and work with partnerships
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Q1) A home care nurse is employed by a proprietary agency.What does this mean?
A) The agency is exempt from federal income taxes.
B) The agency is governed by a board of directors.
C) The agency is a profit-making agency.
D) The agency is reimbursed primarily by tax funds.
Q2) A nurse is implementing a population-focused model of home care delivery.Which of the following actions would most likely be taken by the nurse?
A) Use an assessment protocol when conducting visits
B) Collaborate with other disciplines
C) Provide care for a specific population
D) Apply high-intensity interventions
Q3) Official agencies are financed primarily by:
A) charities.
B) individual clients.
C) third-party payers.
D) tax funds.
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Chapter 42: The Nurse in the Schools
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Q1) The National Association of School Nurses (NASN)recommends which educational preparation for school nurses?
A) Licensed practical nursing
B) Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) and certification in school nursing
C) School nurse practitioner
D) Master of science in nursing with specialization in school nursing
Q2) Which statement about head lice is true?
A) Prevalence of head lice in U.S. schools is nearly 50%.
B) Most cases of head lice are found in white, middle-class children.
C) Having head lice is associated with living in an unclean home.
D) Most incidents of head lice occur in those with dirty hair.
Q3) A nurse is providing education to prevent health problems in children.Which of the following levels of prevention is being used?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Assessment
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Q1) A nurse is identifying agents that are part of the epidemiologic triad.Which of the following will the nurse most likely identify?
A) Environmental pollution
B) Radiation
C) Susceptible human beings
D) High-risk groups of individuals
Q2) An occupational health nurse is assessing slippery floors as a safety hazard in the work setting.Which of the following best describes the type of hazard the nurse is assessing?
A) Enviromechanical
B) Physical
C) Chemical
D) Psychosocial
Q3) What is the purpose of OSHA?
A) Educate occupational health and safety professionals
B) Identify and research occupational health and safety hazards
C) Distribute research findings relevant to occupational health and safety
D) Educate employers about occupational health and safety
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Q1) A nurse assesses the factors that may place a client at risk for injury from a violent act by considering the role these factors play before,during,and after the violent act.The work of which theorist is being applied?
A) Matrix
B) Maslow
C) Haddon
D) Hammer
Q2) A homicide has occurred in a community.To whom would this information need to be reported?
A) United States Public Health Service
B) World Health Organization (WHO)
C) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
D) National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
Q3) A nurse is employed as a forensic nurse during the 1950s.Which of the following tasks would the nurse most likely have been implementing?
A) Working in a sexual assault clinic
B) Identifying indicators of assault
C) Implementing protocols for sexual assault care
D) Receiving sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE) training
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Chapter 45: The Nurse in the Faith Community
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Q1) A faith community nurse is financially supported by a health care institution.Which model of faith community nursing is being used?
A) Paid congregational
B) Paid institutional
C) Unpaid congregational
D) Unpaid institutional
Q2) A faith community nurse holds discussions for targeted groups in the congregation.Which of the following roles is the nurse implementing?
A) Counselor
B) Integrator of faith and health
C) Health educator
D) Developer of support groups
Q3) A nurse is employed as a faith community nurse.Which of the following elements of practice should be considered at all times?
A) Confidentiality
B) Personal faith
C) Health care needs
D) Fellowship
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Q1) Which principles are included in the Scope and Standards of Public Health Nursing Practice? (Select all that apply.)
A) The client or "unit of care" is the population.
B) Primary prevention is given priority.
C) All processes must include partnering with representatives of the people.
D) Government agencies mandate requirements for public health.
E) The focus of many interventions should be on secondary prevention.
Q2) A nurse is implementing secondary prevention strategies in the community.Which of the following best describes what the nurse is doing?
A) Screening children for lead poisoning
B) Working with communities on emergency preparedness plans
C) Developing social networking interventions to modify community norms
D) Educating patients with strokes at rehab centers to help optimize their functioning
Q3) Which agency delegates the authority of the local health department?
A) The federal government
B) The state
C) Local authorities
D) Regional governing boards
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