Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Test Bank
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of theoretical frameworks and practical approaches to health promotion and disease prevention across diverse populations. Students will examine the social, behavioral, and environmental determinants of health, and learn to design, implement, and evaluate evidence-based interventions aimed at improving public health outcomes. The course covers key topics such as health education, risk assessment, screening strategies, behavioral change models, and the role of policy in shaping health behaviors and reducing disease risk. Emphasis is placed on cultural competence, health equity, and the ethical considerations necessary for effective health promotion in various settings.
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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) Which task will be most helpful in meeting the public health agency's goals?
A) Complete staff evaluations in preparation for individual meetings to plan their agency and individual goals for the next year
B) Actively participate in community agencies' collaborative action plan to meet the community's health goals for the year
C) Meet with the college of nursing faculty to finalize student objectives and schedules for the next semester
D) Teach a free course in healthful living for community residents
Answer: B
Q2) What factors are most responsible for the increasing length of life of Americans over the past 100 years?
A) Better nutrition and family planning options
B) Education concerning the need to reduce salt and fat in the diet
C) Improved medical care, including exciting new technologies
D) More efficient cancer screenings and early intervention
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Which of the following tool(s) were used by Florence Nightingale to create change? (Select all that apply.)
A) Her incredible beauty and personality
B) Influence of all the nurses Nightingale trained
C) Political advocacy
D) Publication of treated soldiers' death rate changed from 42% to 2%
E) Use of statistics to demonstrate the effectiveness of her interventions
F) Wealth of her family and relatives
Answer: C, D, E
Q2) Which of the following is a major challenge for health care provider education today?
A) Ensuring that research findings related to families and groups are included in the curriculum
B) Expanding the curriculum to allow additional experiences in community health settings outside the hospital
C) Increasing course emphasis on environmental influences on health
D) Refocusing the curriculum from care of the individual to needs of aggregates
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
Population-Focused Nursing Practice
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Q1) Which of the following statements best summarizes Lillian Wald's achievements?
A) She suggested new nursing specialties.
B) She demonstrated how to improve health in communities.
C) She gave expert clinical nursing care to her clients.
D) She was appointed a national nursing leader.
Answer: B
Q2) A nurse has a broad, aggregate focus when providing care to clients. Which of the following best describes how this approach will help improve client outcomes? (Select all that apply.)
A) Ensures that collaborative efforts of many professionals will be used
B) Confirms the individual's responsibility for resolving the health problem
C) Empowers decision-making based on both individual and community goals, needs, and priorities
D) Enables the nurse to ask for assistance from other community professionals
E) Encourages allocation of time for population-focused preventive efforts
F) Upholds professional nursing standards of care
Answer: C, E
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) A nurse is using the theory of reasoned action when working with a client to exercise on a regular basis. Which of the following would be the easiest way for the nurse to determine if the client will engage in this activity?
A) The client's intention to exercise regularly
B) The client's perception of the threat of illness if he doesn't exercise regularly
C) Society's emphasis on the importance of regular exercise
D) The pros and cons of regular exercise
Q2) Which of the following best describes why risk reduction is of such importance in the United States today?
A) Families suffer when family members die from avoidable causes.
B) Risk reduction activities will decrease insurance costs to individuals and their employers.
C) The leading causes of death are all related to lifestyle choices.
D) Risk reduction can decrease the ongoing rise in national health care expenditures.
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) A researcher has limited time and funds. Which of the following research designs would be most appropriate?
A) Cohort study
B) Incidence study
C) Longitudinal study
D) Retrospective study
Q2) A researcher, interested in the onset of early menses, compared the life experiences and history of 1000 14-year-old girls, half of whom had monthly periods and half of whom did not, to determine what variables might be observed. Which of the following would be the most appropriate categorization of this study?
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) Which of the following best describes how people typically respond when asked of what community are they a member?
A) Geographic community (neighborhood or city)
B) House of worship participants or members
C) Occupational or professional group
D) Those who are devoted to a particular craft or hobby
Q2) Which of the following from vital statistics records is useful to community health nurses? (Select all that apply.)
A) Relatively early age of death may suggest a new pathogen in the community
B) Divorce rate, suggesting whether children will need additional services
C) Documentation of the mortality and morbidity of the local community
D) Indication of whether the total population is growing or declining
E) Records of occurrence of congenital malformations
F) Stability of marriages, making family structure become obvious
Q3) 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 community health nurse has determined that the number one priority is to help families in which one member has diabetes. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate to maximize services to persons with diabetes?
A) Ask friends with diabetes about what services they want improved.
B) Duplicate the diabetic organization's services, because not all patients with diabetes have yet received services.
C) Meet with the diabetic organization to see how the public health department can augment what it is offering.
D) Submit a request for funding so that the public health department can also offer services to patients with diabetes.
Q2) Which of the following best describes the first efforts at improving community health?
A) Environmental planning of water and sewer systems
B) Mass community immunizations
C) Passing laws requiring quarantine of infected persons
D) Segregation of ships from harbors until the harbormaster checked the sailors
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) Which of the following best describes why health education in the community is more effective than health education in a hospital or clinic?
A) Being in the patient's home emphasizes the importance of the teaching.
B) It is easier to focus on the nurse's words and demonstrations outside of health settings.
C) The setting is familiar and comfortable to participants.
D) There are too many interruptions in hospitals and clinics.
Q2) A nurse is trying to determine a client's reading level. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask the client if he/she finds it useful to have someone help when receiving written materials from the physician.
B) Ask the client to assess his or her own health literacy and give examples.
C) Determine the number of years of formal education the client completed.
D) Use a literacy assessment tool, many of which are in the literature.
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) Which of the following best describes why utilization review departments are becoming case management units?
A) Funding is available for case management responsibilities.
B) Monitoring service use alone does not improve patient outcomes.
C) It facilitates using nurse experts for case management.
D) It promotes the current trend of naming "utilization review" units "case management."
Q2) Which of the following best describes how a case manager identifies people who would benefit from case management services? (Select all that apply.)
A) Evidence-based criteria
B) Families who express doubt that the patient is receiving adequate care
C) Patient having setbacks from treatment
D) Referrals from health care providers or agencies
E) Risk identification from data management
F) Use of health risk screening tools
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following best describes how the government controls conditions that individuals cannot?
A) Appeals to the common sense and good nature of the citizens
B) Establishes social mores that enable groups to control individuals' behaviors
C) Passes and enforces law
D) Uses fear reinforced by police power
Q2) Which of the following best describes what is being discussed in relation to concerns over patients' safety and nurse fatigue?
A) All hospitals are now required to report errors made that are a result of low nurse staffing.
B) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is monitoring the incidence of medical errors caused by nurse understaffing.
C) The Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act was passed by Congress in 2013.
D) Legislation has been suggested that staffing systems require the input of direct care registered nurses.
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following levels of government primarily establishes regulations and provides funding for health care?
A) Federal government
B) Local health departments
C) Regional health districts
D) State health departments
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes the significance of the Health Plan Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)?
A) Data are publicized so consumers can make informed decisions about where to go for care.
B) Data are used to measure performance in the accreditation of managed care organizations (MCOs).
C) Obvious improvement in the provision of health care has resulted from requiring health care providers to collect and analyze such data.
D) Physicians and other health care providers can publicize the data to market their services to new clients.
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following best describes how the federal government determines which projects are awarded special funding for health care?
A) Those that are consistent with societal priorities, such as 2020 Health Objectives
B) Those that are supported by legislators
C) Those that are written by health care organizations that have special needs
D) Those that are consistent with the state's long-term health goals
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes an unfortunate consequence of using diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) to determine reimbursement? (Select all that apply.)
A) Insurance companies had to greatly increase their funding from employers.
B) The incentive was to undertreat and underuse health resources.
C) Health care providers had to accept losses for each patient treated.
D) Health care providers learned to cheat the system.
E) Health care providers refused to accept more patients whose reimbursement was based on DRGs.
F) High quality of care was no longer assured.
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) In a client's culture it is exceedingly rude to ask any questions about income or wealth. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse to draw conclusions about the client's socioeconomic status (SES)?
A) Ask about the client's education or employment position
B) Ask his or her religious leader to share such information with the nurse
C) Let the financial office deal with the problem
D) Refer the issue to the social worker who has better sources of information
Q2) When a nurse visited a client's home, it was apparent that the client had not begun to implement the needed exercise program. Rather, the client had been doing drawings about his illness experience. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate for the nurse to take next?
A) Express admiration for his artistic ability, and do not schedule future visits because the patient is noncompliant
B) Point out the negative consequences that will ensue if the client does not begin exercising
C) Review with the client why exercise is so crucial to his recovery
D) Suggest drawing might be more forceful after exercising
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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 strategies should a nurse use to remember what should be included in a health history?
A) Always use a preprinted form
B) Depend on education to learn this
C) Depend on experience to know what to ask
D) Memorize the I PREPARE mnemonic
E) Memorize the I HEALTH mnemonic
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) Which of the following statements best describes what tobacco companies have done to counter their losses resulting from U.S. efforts to decrease smoking tobacco?
A) Begun advertising in more subtle ways such as sponsoring sports programs or building and naming large sport arenas
B) Bought off more restrictions on tobacco through the tobacco settlement funds, which gave a large amount of money to each state
C) Increased international exports and targeted children
D) Rapidly decreased their tobacco components and focused on other products
Q2) Which of the following strategies should be used to lower the risk of malaria among the world's population?
A) Distribute insecticide-treated nets and antimalarial medications
B) Educate people to keep their windows closed at night
C) Spray neighborhoods with insecticides to kill any mosquitoes present
D) Spread DDT on bodies of water to prevent larva growth
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) A man, who looked about 45 years old, gave a cashier at a grocery store the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) vouchers for some of the food he had just selected. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from this scenario?
A) He had a teenage daughter who was pregnant or with a young child.
B) He met the requirement for Aid to Dependent Families.
C) He really knew how to beat the welfare system.
D) He was handicapped, although his handicap was not immediately apparent.
Q2) A nurse is trying to determine who would be the most appropriate person to make a health care decision for an adolescent, the adolescent or the parent. Which of the following considerations will the nurse need to make?
A) The need for cultural competence
B) The need for access to care
C) The need for client autonomy
D) The need for client privacy and confidentiality
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) A nurse is on the treadmill exercising, when the woman next to her says, "You're a nurse. Explain to me how the scale says I've lost weight, but my waist and tummy just keep getting larger." Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "I'm concerned. You need to see your health care provider to follow up on this."
B) "Muscle weighs more than fat so you're creating muscle while losing fat, but it takes a while for the body to redistribute the weight."
C) "Tell me what you've been eating in the last week or so."
D) "You're running so you're strengthening your legs and thighs, but to lose around your tummy, you have to exercise your abdominal muscles."
Q2) A woman with two young children is debating if she should try to work using child care or stay at home and care for her children. Based on the current trends, which decision is she most likely to make?
A) Enter the work force
B) Invite a relative to live with them to care for the children
C) Negotiate with her husband so he stays home with the children
D) Stay home with the children
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) Which of the following advantages do women have in relation to health screenings? (Select all that apply.)
A) As the weaker sex, women are expected to be ill and see physicians more often.
B) Employers often require health screening of their employees.
C) Health care departments focus on maternal and child health.
D) Women enjoy socialization during visits to health care providers.
E) Women have more health screenings because of the need for birth control or physician visits related to childbearing.
F) Women have more leisure time and can more easily see their health care providers.
Q2) Based on theory, which of the following are men most likely to do when they become ill?
A) Ask their female partner what action might be helpful
B) Ignore symptoms or refuse to see them as symptoms of illness and act tough
C) See their physician as soon as possible
D) Talk to other men about what would be the best action
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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 is an example of a nonstochastic theory of aging?
A) Cross-link theory
B) Error theory
C) Free radical theory
D) Immunologic theory
E) Somatic mutation theory
F) Wear and tear theory
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) Which of the following is an appropriate conclusion to draw from research based on network therapy theory?
A) Nurses can help at-risk populations access or build support systems.
B) Problems in our health care system are worsened by specialization and fragmentation.
C) Social class places limitations on access to health care.
D) The family is culturally anchored in American beliefs.
Q2) A family agreed to bring all the children in to the clinic at one time to begin to catch up on the children's immunizations, but they didn't keep their appointment. Which of the following conclusions by the nurse would be most accurate?
A) Obtaining immunizations might have been the nurse's goal, not the family's.
B) Some barrier or restraint interfered with the family's ability to come.
C) The family had other, more important priorities.
D) The nurse didn't adequately emphasize the importance of obtaining immunizations.
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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 describes the most important need of every school-aged child with a disability?
A) A teacher who understands the child's needs
B) An advocate within the school system
C) An assessment with comparison with developmental milestones
D) An individualized education plan (IEP)
Q3) Which of the following is an accurate definition of impairment?
A) A disadvantage resulting from a disability that prevents fulfillment of an expected role
B) A restriction or inability to perform an activity in a normal manner
C) An anatomical, mental, or psychological loss or abnormality
D) A defect that affects society on a macro level
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following best describes how the Continuum of Care (CoC) concept determines the number of homeless? (Select all that apply.)
A) By asking local police departments to visit areas where the homeless hide and report the number of people found there each March
B) By conducting a point-in-time (PIT) homeless persons count every other January
C) By making an educated guess based on anecdotal data
D) By completing a statistical analysis of the Census Bureau data
E) By reporting the number of homeless persons who use emergency shelters or transitional housing during the year
F) By sending CoC personnel into the community to try to find hidden homeless
Q2) A nurse is using an upstream intervention when working with the homeless population. Which of the following public health interventions will the nurse most likely use?
A) Case management
B) Outreach
C) Surveillance
D) Community organizing
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes how firearm injuries are different in rural areas as compared with urban areas?
A) In rural areas, firearm deaths occur more frequently because of purposeful, rather than accidental, shooting.
B) In rural areas, firearm injuries occur more frequently in the home.
C) In rural areas, firearm injuries occur more frequently during official hunting season, whereas the frequency does not vary in urban areas.
D) In rural areas, firearm injuries are more frequently fatal than in urban areas.
Q2) 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
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Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
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Q1) Which of the following was required by the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008?
A) That alcoholism be recognized as a disease and treatment be given in residential facilities
B) That drug addiction be accepted as a mental health diagnosis and addicts be treated rather than jailed when caught
C) That health insurance must cover treatment for mental illness on the same terms and conditions as physical illness
D) That community clinics must treat clients for mental illness just as they treat prisoners who have a physical illness
Q2) Which of the following best explains why having parity in insurance coverage does not always help persons with depression?
A) Many persons find that the medications do not relieve symptoms.
B) Most depressed persons do not seek treatment.
C) Most depression is situational, and having insurance does not change the situation.
D) Psychotherapists will not accept the low reimbursement offered by insurance plans.
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) Which of the following infections continues to increase in the United States?
A) Measles
B) Pertussis
C) Hepatitis A, B, and C
D) Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
Q2) A young woman is panic-stricken. She had not realized how much she was drinking, and she thinks she had unprotected sex with several men last night. She is petrified and wants an HIV test immediately. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Give her a strong lengthy lecture about the dangers of alcohol
B) Administer the HIV test
C) Provide a physical examination, testing for all sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
D) Suggest she be treated immediately to be safe
Q3) 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
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) Which of the following best explains what children of alcoholics do when they become adults with families?
A) They do not touch alcohol because they know the problems it brings.
B) They do not use alcohol but may use other drugs.
C) They manage to use alcohol in social situations but not otherwise.
D) They themselves are at high risk for becoming alcoholics.
Q2) An African American male was addicted to drugs, received treatment, and now needs to resist abusing drugs again. Which of the following barriers exist for this individual? (Select all that apply.)
A) Being arrested when caught rather than receiving treatment
B) Difficulty obtaining employment
C) Easy access to illegal drugs in the community
D) Economic rewards for selling or distributing drugs to others
E) Family demands, including children being physically active and noisy
F) Pressure from drug-using friends to join them in social events
Q3) Which of the following trends in drug use is being seen among young adults?
A) Decrease in the use of illegal cocaine derivatives
B) Expansion in the misuse of prescription drugs
C) Large increase in the use of steroids and methamphetamines
D) Increase in the overall use of all types of drugs
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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) In which of the following clinical areas are nurses most at risk for workplace violence? (Select all that apply.)
A) Acute care/intensive care units
B) Community health clinics
C) Emergency departments
D) Geriatric units
E) Psychiatric units
F) Rehabilitation units
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) Which of the following U.S. agencies is responsible for overseeing the actions of protecting against, responding to, recovering from, and preventing the effects of disaster?
A) American Red Cross (ARC)
B) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
C) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
D) The National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Q2) Eight patients were burned in a factory fire. Shortly thereafter, four firefighters were seen with possible smoke inhalation problems. Which of the following best describes how these patients are different from the first patients to arrive?
A) Burn patients probably have skin damage, whereas the firefighters have lung damage.
B) Burn patients will need extensive care over time, whereas the firefighters can probably stay the night with oxygen treatment and then be discharged.
C) The burn patients were direct victims, whereas the firefighters are indirect victims.
D) The second set of victims may have scarring, shortness of breath, and persistent hoarseness for the next few days.
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) The school nurse only had the resources for one education program for all the schools' teachers and support staff. Which of the following topics would be the most important to address in this program?
A) Asthma
B) Diabetes
C) Epilepsy
D) Measles and mumps
Q2) In a nationwide survey, which of the following was identified by school health nurses as the most crucial research priority for their specialty?
A) Emergency preparedness
B) Health education
C) Obesity and nutrition
D) Role of the school health nurse
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) Which of the following best explains why employers are putting more effort into ensuring a safe environment for their employees? (Select all that apply.)
A) To avoid National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) inspections
B) To be sure employees are "on the job"
C) To provide good public relations, which can be seen as being a good community citizen
D) Safety is an ethical and moral responsibility
E) To prevent expensive lawsuits when someone is hurt or injured
F) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) can give penalties, fines, and sentences for safety violations
Q2) An occupational health nurse (OHN) reminds employees to put on their safety glasses and use other personal protective equipment. Which of the following levels of prevention is being implemented?
A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Health promotion
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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) The correctional nurse was completing an admission physical for a newly incarcerated prisoner. The nurse realized the prisoner was talking to someone other than the nurse. Which of the following does the nurse need to remember?
A) Cell phones, including those with ear phones, are commonplace among everyone.
B) It is common for persons to talk to themselves or think out loud.
C) Prisons have become the residence for a very large number of persons who have mental illnesses.
D) Prisoners get very lonely and often talk to mirrors or inanimate objects.
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following best describes why it is crucial that the faith community nurse (FCN) have at least a baccalaureate degree, as well as several years of experience in clinical practice, in addition to formal education in the role?
A) To ensure continued prestige and relatively high salary for the role
B) To be autonomous with self-direction and independent decision making
C) To enable the FCN to assess the faith community and prioritize its needs
D) To function in varied settings from the religious building to the clients' homes
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) In which of the following ways is a hospice nurse different from any other nurse who provides care to a client in the context of their family and home environment? (Select all that apply.)
A) Hospice nurses approach care in a holistic fashion.
B) Hospice nurses continue to support the family after the client has died.
C) Hospice nurses focus more on care and comfort than cure and control.
D) Hospice nurses are expert in both physical and psychosocial care.
E) Hospice nurses are more skilled at pharmaceutical pain management.
F) Some hospice nurses see patients at home and others in institutions.
Q2) Which of the following is the major assumption of Albrecht's conceptual model?
A) Nurses are the only appropriate case managers for home health patients.
B) Quality is best measured by using data from assessments, interventions, and outcomes.
C) Patient outcomes depend primarily on the education and experience of the nurse.
D) The most important outcome measure is the cost-effectiveness of the care given.
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