Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Pre-Test Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the fundamental concepts and strategies of health promotion and disease prevention across diverse populations. Students will examine the social, behavioral, environmental, and biological determinants of health, while learning evidence-based approaches to encourage healthy lifestyles and reduce risk factors for chronic and communicable diseases. The course emphasizes the role of public health policies, community-based interventions, and health education in fostering wellness at both individual and community levels, equipping students with the knowledge and skills necessary for designing, implementing, and evaluating effective health promotion programs.
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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 historically have been public health nurses' two most important priorities? (Select all that apply.)
A) Establishing school nursing to improve care of children
B) Engaging in political activity to improve living conditions
C) Giving superb clinical bedside care in the home
D) Increasing funding to public health efforts
E) Teaching family members how to care for their family
F) Working with the community to confront health issues and poverty
Answer: B, F
Q2) What is the community health nursing definition of health?
A) Health is a person's goal-directed purposeful process toward well-being or wholeness.
B) Health is an individual's physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
C) Health is the mutual adaptation between a person and his or her environment in meeting daily existence.
D) Health is families and aggregates choosing actions to ensure safety and well-being. Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Which of the following of Nightingale's ideas were forgotten until recently? (Select all that apply.)
A) The need for education for women
B) The influence of environment on health
C) The importance of clinical practice for expertise to develop
D) The need to recognize gender role limitations
E) The problem-solving (nursing) process
F) The use of statistics and a sound research base
Answer: B, F
Q2) A scholar during the Sanitary Revolution created medical topographies. What was the advantage of these surveys?
A) Citizens knew which wells were safe to use for drinking water.
B) People knew what housing areas to avoid.
C) Results demonstrated environmental factors related to regional disease.
D) The king could isolate areas of disease from safe areas.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
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Q1) A nurse is using the critical theoretical perspective in daily nursing practice. Which of the following activities would the nurse most likely complete?
A) Criticize health insurance programs as a barrier to health care
B) Expose social values underlying the health care system
C) Promote individual freedom and decision making
D) Exert control over the client's environment
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes a weakness of early nursing theories?
A) Many nurses did not know or understand the theoretical basis of nursing practice.
B) Most nursing theories focused on microscopic individual concerns.
C) The theories did not reflect the actual world of nursing practice.
D) The theories had global applicability to nursing practice.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the reason why so many Americans are obese?
A) Culture requires eating at celebrations and holidays.
B) For many people, caloric intake is more than needed for their physical activity.
C) Physical education is no longer a required subject in most elementary and secondary schools.
D) The expected portion size in restaurants has vastly increased over time.
Q2) A nurse reviewed information before meeting with the community residents who were attending a program on healthful living. Which of the following best describes the action by the nurse?
A) Disease prevention
B) Health promotion
C) Health improvement
D) Specific protection
Q3) Which of the following is the best definition of health?
A) A goal and a resource for living
B) A lack of disease or illness
C) Complete state of well-being
D) Freedom from pain or discomfort
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) Which of the following is the most effective way to determine if Healthy People 2020 is improving the health of Americans?
A) Availability of relatable data on total population's health problems
B) Comprehensive and systematically collected surveillance data on the health status of various population groups
C) Increased financing to allow ongoing collation of information
D) Willingness of individuals to share health information with the federal government
Q2) Which of the following best describes the advantage of the web of causation model in comparison with the epidemiological triangle model?
A) The web of causation model is easier to understand and use.
B) The web of causation model is more widely known and publicized.
C) The web of causation model is more recent and current.
D) The web of causation model shows the relationships among variables.
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 nurse was debating about which approach to use to both obtain data about community needs and encourage community participation in their resolution. Which of the following approaches would be most effective in meeting both goals?
A) A community forum, open to all interested residents of the community
B) A community survey mailed to all residents
C) Establishing focus groups with selected participants
D) Conducting in-depth interviews with select community residents
Q2) Which of the following best describes shoe leather epidemiology?
A) Implementing the wheel model of epidemiology
B) Engaging in extensive truth seeking like a detective in the community
C) Traveling throughout the community to absorb an overall impression of it
D) Facilitating sharing of the community's history by community leaders
Q3) Which of the following provides the most accurate way to explain community health nursing?
A) Being employed outside a medical center, such as in a physician's office
B) Focusing care on the community as a whole
C) Providing care within the community, rather than a hospital or extended-care facility
D) Working for a public health department
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) 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.
Q2) A nurse is determining the needs of a selected aggregate. Eight percent of the aggregate has diabetes. Which of the following best describes the action that should be taken next to determine if this should be a priority?
A) Ask the American Diabetes Association if 8% is a worrisome rate.
B) Discuss the findings with the head of the public health department.
C) Review the literature to determine the national and state diabetic rate.
D) Determine what the aggregate's diabetic rate has been in the past.
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) A nurse wants to make sure that the teaching materials and the communication channels being planned for use during an educational program will be effective. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A) Create materials based on the goals of the program, assuming a low literacy level
B) Determine the reading level of the audience and the materials to be distributed
C) Only use materials that have been professionally developed by a commercial group
D) Pretest the materials with members of the target group to obtain feedback
Q2) Which of the following is the best way to assess if learning has occurred?
A) There is an appreciation for the new knowledge and skills learned.
B) Participants passed an examination designed to measure learning.
C) Participants stayed attentive throughout the program.
D) There is a long-term change in knowledge and behavior.
Q3) 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
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) A hospital is going to start a care management program. Which of the following groups of clients would most likely be selected to first receive such services?
A) Clients who represent the most common diagnosis group to be admitted
B) Clients who request such services from their local hospital
C) Clients with chronic illnesses
D) Clients with the least education
Q2) Which of the following are considered core functions of a case manager? (Select all that apply.)
A) Assessment and diagnosis of client needs
B) Planning and facilitation of client care needs
C) Giving direct client care as needed
D) Advocating for the client
E) Obtaining needed resources and funding for the client
F) Submitting appropriate forms to involved agencies for the client
Q3) Which of the following has the largest influence on the case manager's role?
A) Criteria of the program for accepting clients
B) Location of the program
C) Population served by the program
D) The specific program that employs the case manager
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) A nurse is employed by the state public health department. Which of the following activities would she most likely complete?
A) Set up a flu shot clinic at a neighborhood church
B) Lobby for health care reform to cover more preventive services
C) Monitor the incidence of influenza in the state
D) Serve as a volunteer for a state legislator's campaign
Q2) A nurse represents the state professional association. Which of the following actions would the nurse complete in relation to legislation?
A) Be prepared to contribute to campaigns of legislators who vote consistently with nursing goals
B) Be prepared to confront verbally those on the opposite side of legislative issues
C) Be prepared to provide testimony and comment on relevant issues
D) Be prepared to visit schools of nursing to present about the current legislative issues
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following activities are consistent with the conclusions of the report Crossing the Quality Chasm? (Select all that apply.)
A) Increased emphasis on evidence-based practice
B) Improved reimbursement schedules that allow primary care providers to spend more time with each individual client
C) Increased attention to patients' needs for health education and self-management
D) Increased communication, cooperation, and collaboration between various components of the health care system
E) Increased use of information technology (electronic medical records and data management)
F) Improved organization of the health care system
Q2) Which of the following best describes a major problem faced by the U. S. health care system?
A) Inadequate number of licensed professional caregivers
B) Lack of sufficient clinics to serve all communities and neighborhoods
C) Ongoing increase in infections, such as nosocomial infections
D) Large number of underinsured and uninsured citizens
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following best describes why so many Americans continue to engage in unhealthy behaviors?
A) Americans are not knowledgeable on how to change their behavior.
B) Americans believe that most illnesses can be cured with insurance footing the bill.
C) Health is not a concern to most Americans.
D) Most Americans do not know which behaviors are unhealthy.
Q2) Which of the following actions would be the least expensive approach to treating chronic diseases?
A) Choose healthy lifestyle behaviors to retain health
B) Continue media campaigns encouraging early detection and treatment
C) Encourage patients to seek care at a local neighborhood health clinic
D) Suggest self-therapies that have been demonstrated to be effective
Q3) Which of the following is the best definition of economics?
A) Assets that can be traded for different assets
B) Income and outgo of monies
C) Science of allocation of resources
D) Study of goods, services, talents, and transportation
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) A nurse became frustrated because after each interview question there was a long pause before the client responded. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Accept the hesitation before receiving an answer
B) Ask the client what silence after a question means
C) Copy the client's behavior; insert a pause before asking the next question
D) Recognize that the client was distracted, and reschedule the home visit
Q2) A woman comes to the clinic, and the nurse believes that she is speaking French. She seems to understand English. A provider will need to complete a physical examination to confirm the health problem. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask the client if she prefers a male or female provider
B) Ask a female provider to assume care
C) Ask the physician provider to see her immediately
D) Ask the secretary in the office who speaks French to assist in collecting a health history from the client
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Chapter 14: Environmental Health
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Which of the following describe a problem with the U.S. water quality today? (Select all that apply.)
A) Companies demand high reimbursement when asked to stop dumping heavy metals into local water sources.
B) Many aquifers are contaminated with pesticides and fertilizers.
C) More than 45 million Americans drink untreated water.
D) Sediment from construction, agriculture, and deforestation is often present.
E) Underground water, if contaminated, cannot be cleansed.
F) Water-related diseases (cholera, typhoid, dysentery) frequently occur.
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) Which of the following would be the best example of service learning?
A) Student nurses collecting gloves and coats to distribute to the homeless
B) Student nurses distributing food on plates at a "feed the hungry" site
C) Student nurses employed as nursing assistants for minimum wage on the weekends
D) Student nurses volunteering at the free clinic doing health assessments
Q2) What have been the foci of international nursing research? (Select all that apply.)
A) Development of home care or transition from hospital to home
B) Diverse clinical experiences
C) Educational exchange programs for students and faculty
D) How to integrate technology into developing country health care systems
E) How to use a career in nursing to change the cultural expectations of gender roles
F) The importance of sharing resources with poverty stricken countries
Q3) Which of the following groups makes up about 30% of the world's population?
A) Children
B) Elderly
C) Teenaged adolescents
D) Caucasians
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) Which of the following indicators would be most informative in assessing the health of a newborn?
A) Apgar score at birth
B) Birth weight and length of gestation
C) Mother's education and income from employment
D) When the mother began prenatal care at her local clinic
Q2) A school nurse is trying to decrease the effects of an incredible health crisis attacking school children. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate for the nurse to take?
A) Arrange for booster shots to maximize immunization protection against childhood infectious diseases
B) Arrange for swine flu and regular flu shots each year
C) Establish recreational programs that encourage physical exercise each day
D) For those whose parents give permission, teach adolescents about the need for abstinence or "safe sex"
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) In a college health course, the question arose as to when a woman needs to see her health care provider for a Pap smear. Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "After you begin having intercourse or reach age 21, whichever is sooner"
B) "Before having sexual intercourse, when you go to obtain your birth control"
C) "If your periods change at all, go to see your health care provider."
D) "If you have a vaginal discharge that's unusual, go right in for a Pap smear."
Q2) Which of the following best explains why many elderly women do not prepare meals or do housework?
A) Chronic diseases, especially arthritis and rheumatism, hinder their ability.
B) Living in a nursing home does not require them to do so.
C) They do not want to; their husbands can share in the work.
D) With Social Security, they can afford to pay someone else to do these tasks.
Q3) Which of the following is the most likely reason for adult women to be injured?
A) Automobile accidents
B) Domestic violence
C) Falling
D) Stranger violence (theft, rape)
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) Which of the following 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
Q2) Which gender has higher morbidity rates with a higher prevalence of chronic diseases that cause disability and limitation of activities?
A) Females
B) Males
C) No difference between genders in chronic health problems
D) Prevalence of chronic diseases varies strongly by individuals more than gender.
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) A wife explained to the nurse that her husband was becoming awfully forgetful, and now he's started getting lost on the way home from the golf club. She's scared he may be getting Alzheimer's disease. Which of the following would be most appropriate action for the nurse to take?
A) Ask the husband to explain why he thinks he got lost coming home
B) Explain that all elderly persons get a little forgetful and not to worry
C) Ask the husband to count backwards by 7 from 100
D) Hand the husband pencil and paper and ask him to draw a clock
Q2) 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
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) 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
Q2) A nurse asked of a family, "Could each of you tell me what you typically do during the week?" Which of the following would the nurse most likely say to follow up such an open-ended question?
A) "Could you tell me about what you do at your job?"
B) "Do you believe those choices are the best use of your free time?"
C) "How do you feel about those activities?"
D) "Is there anything you would like to do differently?"
Q3) When making a home visit, a nurse is usually expected to focus attention on the ill family member. But whom would the nurse possibly focus on instead?
A) The children who are being affected by the stress of the situation
B) The ill family member's primary caregiver
C) The spouse of the ill family member
D) The neighbors of the family who may be able to help
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) Which of the following was suggested by the National Healthcare Disparities Report of 2008 (NHDR) as one reason that there are such disparities in health care outcomes inside the health care system?
A) Care provider bias and poor communication exist.
B) Funding is inadequate to give appropriate care to persons with disabilities.
C) Many people do not seek care until it is almost too late.
D) There is a national shortage of care providers.
Q2) Which of the following problems was the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWWIIA) designed to address?
A) Employers trying to avoid hiring persons with disabilities
B) Employers resenting being forced to hire persons with disabilities
C) Persons with disabilities not being able to receive on-the-job training
D) Persons with disabilities not seeking employment for fear of losing their health care and other governmental supports
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following best describes a major difference between women who have always had shelter and women who have been homeless?
A) Educational opportunities and attainment
B) History of gender relationships (marriages, divorces)
C) Level of involvement with physical and/or sexual abuse
D) Skills necessary for paid employment
Q2) On the basis of all the work done by social scientists, approximately how many homeless persons should be expected and tolerated in our society?
A) No more than 5%
B) No more than 10%
C) No more than 15%
D) There should not be homeless persons in America.
Q3) Which of the following factors would prevent a homeless person from accepting employment adequate to pay for housing?
A) Could not complete an employment application because of lack of mailing address
B) Hope for a better position than the service positions available
C) Lack of adequate resources to pay for other necessities
D) Prefer to receive a handout than to have to work
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) Which of the following is most likely to provide public health services to Americans residing in a rural community?
A) Public health nurse
B) Public health physician
C) Epidemiologist
D) Nurse practitioner
Q2) Which of the following are particularly prevalent in rural areas (more so than in urban areas) of the South?
A) Falls and motor vehicle accidents
B) Less use of seatbelts and more drinking of alcohol
C) Obesity and sedentary lifestyle
D) Suicide and homicide
Q3) Which of the following is the most frequent cause of farm fatalities and nonfatal injuries?
A) Manure pits (methane poison)
B) Power take-off augers
C) Storage silos
D) Tractors
E) Very old and barely functioning trucks
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Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
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Q1) A person with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) knows the ritual is senseless, but is unable to stop. Which of the following best explains why he does not quit doing the ritual?
A) As rituals become habit, others will worry about the person if he or she suddenly stops engaging in the ritual behavior.
B) Engaging in rituals allows the individual to feel in control.
C) If the compulsion is resisted, anxiety increases.
D) Rituals, even if nonsensical, are comforting and reassuring.
Q2) Which of the following behaviors best represent the definition of mental health? (Select all that apply.)
A) Currently enjoys receiving unemployment benefits
B) Frequent dates, although most relationships are short term
C) Happily married and successful parent of three children
D) Just promoted with more responsibilities and increased salary
E) Lives alone in a small apartment
F) Set up a memorial fund for research after death of a family member
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) Which of the following would be one of the first steps in attempting to control a disease?
A) Create an appropriate screening test for widespread use
B) Define what the disease looks like in confirmed or probable cases
C) Determine the disease's portal of entry and portal of exit
D) Measure the extent of its spread geographically
Q2) A patient walks into a community clinic complaining of severe intestinal cramps and diarrhea. Which of the following actions can be taken to protect the staff at the clinic?
A) Refuse to see anyone that sick as clinics have a different mission than secondary and tertiary care of the obviously ill
B) Send the patient immediately to the closest hospital emergency department
C) Treat the patient with broad-spectrum antibiotics and lots of fluids
D) Use universal precautions with all patients regardless of the situation
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) A man was told by his boss that his work had really gone downhill recently and he had to improve or the boss would have to let him go. His wife had moved out of the apartment. Obviously, the drug use was causing problems. Which of the following would cause the man to continue to use? (Select all that apply.)
A) He had paid a lot for this stuff so he had just finished using what he had and then he had quit.
B) He rationalized he was just hitting a rough spot and, as soon as he got over his wife's betrayal, he would quit using and his job would be fine.
C) He tried to quit, but the withdrawal symptoms were so severe he could not.
D) He verbalized quitting, but his new friends scoffed at him.
E) His boss clearly did not understand what he was dealing with and had not a clue what pressure he was under-so ignoring him was the only option.
F) He knew drug use made him legally handicapped so his boss could not fire him even if he wanted to.
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) A rape victim says to the nurse, "He said he loved me; he had been so nice; he said he wanted to show me how much he loved me. And then he. " Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Anyone can lose control; I'm sure he'll never do it again."
B) "I'm not sure he loves you; he may just have wanted easy sex."
C) "Rape isn't about love or even sex; it's about power and control."
D) "You shouldn't have gone up to his room alone when the two of you had both been drinking."
Q2) Which of the following actions should a nurse take to ensure personal safety when engaging in home visits? (Select all that apply.)
A) Always sit between the client and the exit, and, when in doubt, leave the situation
B) Be sure of the correct address and always have a GPS system
C) Carry a cell phone and drive in a well-maintained car with a full gas tank
D) Have enough money that you can buy your way out of trouble
E) Only accept assignments within a few blocks of your own home
F) Take self-protection courses such as karate and carry a weapon for your own defense
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) Which of the following do terrorists hope to accomplish by causing mass destruction and violence toward innocent persons going about their daily lives?
A) Create fear to intimidate and coerce to accomplish a political goal
B) Encourage others with similar beliefs to join them and their cause
C) Obtain publicity for themselves and their goals
D) Obtain increased negotiating power and respect
Q2) Which of the following disasters would most likely cause the most long-lasting mental health concerns for its victims?
A) For the fourth year in a row a flood hit an area, demolishing several houses, but families heard the warning siren and evacuated in time.
B) A forest fire was deliberately set but was not a major concern until the fire suddenly changed direction and people attempting to evacuate at the last minute were burned in their cars.
C) A tsunami hit the beach with unbelievable force, water sweeping over the entire harbor, although most boats had been moved to deep water.
D) A volcano erupted and lava destroyed the main road to the village where several houses burned, but no one died in the eruption.
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) Which of the following health problems continues to increase in school-aged and adolescent children?
A) Contagious diseases
B) Obesity and related problems (diabetes)
C) Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
D) Stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis)
Q2) Which of the following does the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) service include in its routine screening that may not be included in a typical private physician preschool physical?
A) Comprehensive health and developmental history
B) Immunizations
C) Laboratory testing
D) Lead toxicity screenings
E) Unclothed physical examination
Q3) In addition to their homes, where are children most likely to be injured?
A) At entertainment sites (theaters, amusement parks)
B) At school, especially on playgrounds
C) At their part-time job settings
D) Transportation (automobiles, school buses)
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) An occupational health nurse (OHN) works in a state that requires continuing education units per year for renewing a nursing license. Which of the following courses would probably be most helpful in the role?
A) Diversity and Human Caring
B) Ergonomics and Toxicology
C) Evaluating Risks and Personnel Management
D) Health Assessment and Home Health Care
Q2) An occupational health nurse (OHN) is walking through a hospital. Which of the following observations would be concerning to the nurse? (Select all that apply.)
A) A nurse shares that the floor census is at capacity.
B) A wet floor without a warning sign or a dry walk area on one side
C) A nurse starts an IV without using gloves.
D) An electric bed gives a shock when touched.
E) Some biological substance on the floor and wall has not been cleaned.
F) Volume has been turned very high on several TV sets, necessitating very loud verbal interactions.
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following is considered appropriate preparation for engaging in forensic nursing specialty practice?
A) Adequate number of continuing education credits plus licensure as a registered nurse
B) Baccalaureate nursing program and previous community health experience
C) College-based educational program including supervised clinical hours and internship
D) Interest in and willingness to be employed in the field
Q2) Which of the following is often discovered when female prisoners are interviewed for their health histories? (Select all that apply.)
A) A history of physical and sexual abuse
B) Evidence of active tuberculosis (TB)
C) Extensive tattooing and body piercings
D) Personal use of drugs and alcohol
E) Positive test results for HIV and hepatitis
F) Previous childbirth with living children
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following has been confirmed by research regarding the relationship between religion, spirituality, and health?
A) Essentially, religion gives persons a sense of hope.
B) Faith communities help by praying for ill persons during services.
C) Healthy persons have a tendency to be active within their faith communities.
D) Persons who attend services have decreased anxiety, depression, and stress.
Q2) The faith community nurse (FCN) finds the faith community's needs overwhelming. Which of the following best describes how the nurse can best meet the community's many needs?
A) Discover appropriate resources already existing in the community
B) Help the community members meet their own needs independently of the nurse or other assistance
C) Recruit, train, and direct volunteers to implement needed programs
D) Suggest the faith community recruit more parish nurses to help
Q3) On which of the following levels of care do most faith community nurses (FCNs) focus?
A) Hospice care
B) Primary
C) Secondary
D) Tertiary
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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) Which of the following should be included when the nurse writes a proposed treatment plan for a home health client?
A) Outline of specific client goals with measurable outcomes
B) Specific nursing interventions to treat identified client problems
C) Type of services needed and frequency of visits by each discipline
D) Typical nursing care plan information from assessment to evaluation
Q3) Which of the following is the most important task to be accomplished during the initial home visit?
A) Assess the client and the family
B) Discuss social topics
C) Educate the client and the family regarding the health problem
D) Establish rapport and trust
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