Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Exam Review
Course Introduction
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention explores the principles, strategies, and practices aimed at improving population health and reducing the burden of illness. The course covers key topics such as risk factor identification, health behavior theories, community and individual-level interventions, health education, and the development of effective public health campaigns. Students learn to evaluate and design programs that address the social, environmental, and behavioral determinants of health, focusing on preventing chronic and communicable diseases across diverse populations. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based approaches, program planning, and the role of policy in advancing public health goals.
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Community Public Health Nursing Promoting the Health of Populations 6th Edition by Nies
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Chapter 1: Health: A Community View
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Q1) What factors are most responsible for the increasing length of life of Americans over the past 100 years?
A) Better nutrition and family planning options
B) Education concerning the need to reduce salt and fat in the diet
C) Improved medical care, including exciting new technologies
D) More efficient cancer screenings and early intervention
Answer: A
Q2) What change could most effectively lead to a longer life span in Americans?
A) Parenting and sexual behavior classes in all public school systems
B) Legislation restricting alcohol and drug use
C) Notably reducing speed limits on all state and federal highways, and changing the age limit for driving to 21 years of age
D) The belief that smoking is shameful and disgusting, as well as expensive, becoming the social norm
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes the increase in life expectancy among Americans during the twentieth century?
A) Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to advances in medical technology.
B) Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to public health efforts.
C) Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to improved physician education.
D) Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to increased access to care.
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following interventions was most helpful in assisting people become educated on healthful living in nineteenth-century England?
A) Brochures were distributed without charge in public places.
B) Health visitors joined nurses in providing care in the homes.
C) Nurses spent the majority of their time teaching families.
D) Schools set up health programs for neighborhood adults.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
Population-Focused Nursing Practice
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Q1) Which of the following is most closely associated with morbidity and mortality outcomes?
A) Number of physicians per capita
B) Insurance status
C) Crime rate
D) Personality traits
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following assumptions of the health belief model (HBM) is problematic?
A) People have both free will and access to health resources.
B) People listen to the advice given by health care professionals.
C) People are influenced by health messages given over media channels.
D) People make what they perceive as rational decisions in a given situation.
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following assumptions makes Orem's theory difficult to use?
A) That nurses will always be caring for families and groups
B) That clients are able to control their environment
C) That clients recognize the need for nursing intervention
D) That teaching clients self-care is the primary goal of nursing practice
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) Some people believe that the air within their workplace makes them ill. Which of the following premises support this belief?
A) They consistently feel worse on workdays and weeks without holidays.
B) There has been media coverage of "sick buildings" where there is very little air exchange with fresh air outside.
C) Research has demonstrated that some buildings emit poisonous vapors that make anyone who works there ill.
D) When a small group of persons begins to believe something, the others in the larger group begin to believe it as well.
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) People were very concerned about another outbreak of swine flu. All care providers were asked to report, without individual names, any new cases to the public health department for tracking. Which of the following would be most helpful for the local media to report to keep citizens informed?
A) The ongoing incidence rate
B) The ongoing prevalence of the illness
C) How many were hospitalized
D) How many had died so far in local hospitals and care facilities
Q2) Which of the following factors are necessary to assume there might be a cause-effect relationship between a particular variable A and a specific illness? (Select all that apply.)
A) It is easy to understand how the variable A could lead to the illness.
B) Research studies consistently demonstrate a relationship between variable A and the illness.
C) The illness is frequently seen without the presence of variable A.
D) The more of variable A present, the sicker the person becomes.
E) Variable A is always found after the person becomes ill.
F) Variable A is never found in the presence of other illnesses.
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) A nurse is helping a community develop its capacity to address future problems. Which of the following activities is the nurse most likely implementing?
A) Addressing problems in priority order
B) Promoting collaboration and team building
C) Developing community competence
D) Providing education about health issues
Q2) Which of the following are considered the most important determinants of a healthy community? (Select all that apply.)
A) Child-friendly neighborhoods
B) Several different choices of houses of worship
C) Employment opportunities
D) Low crime rate
E) Safe food and water supplies
F) Varied housing choices
Q3) 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
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) Which of the following is the most important component of the Planning Approach to Community Health (PATCH) model?
A) Ensuring that careful records of the decisions made were kept
B) Community participation throughout the process
C) Intensive planning by all professionals involved
D) Selection of professional outcome measures
Q2) A nurse had all the details carefully arranged for a project: location, speaker, seating arrangement, refreshments, handouts, visual aids, and students to distribute and collect evaluation sheets. Which of the following aspects of the project may be a problem?
A) The administrator's greetings went over time.
B) The environment was so comfortable that no one listened to the presentation.
C) Something totally unexpected and unplanned for happened.
D) A student lost the evaluation sheets.
Q3) Which of the following best describes the principal outcome of the Hill-Burton Act?
A) Increased number of hospital beds
B) Increased availability of high technology in health care
C) Reduced overall health care costs
D) Required certificates of need before expensive new construction is started
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) When handed the consent form to sign before treatment could be given, a client looked at the nurse and said, "I'm sorry; I forgot my glasses today." Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask if the client can use a magnifying glass to better see the form
B) Suggest the client bring his glasses or someone else with him to assist with the forms
C) Tell the patient why the form was necessary and point to where the patient should sign
D) Wonder if the patient might have difficulty with reading and therefore summarize the content of the form for the client
Q2) Which of the following led to the creation of the Health Belief Model (HBM)?
A) Attempting to create an educational program that people would choose to attend
B) Attempting to explain why people acted as if they were immortal and immune from danger
C) Attempting to understand why people chose unhealthy and high-risk behaviors
D) Attempting to understand why people did not flock to free health care
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) A nurse has been working as a case manager for the past 6 months and would like to become certified. Which of the following organizations should the nurse pursue certification through?
A) Case Management Society of America (CMSA)
B) American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
C) American Nurses' Association (ANA)
D) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
Q2) Which of the following best describes when case management is implemented for hospitalized patients?
A) Immediately on admission
B) Immediately on discharge
C) When a nurse recognizes the need and makes the appropriate referral
D) When the patient is assigned a case manager
Q3) A health care provider has charged more than a managed care organization (MCO) typically pays for a procedure. Which of the following would most likely be the result?
A) Provider may be removed from the MCO's list of approved providers.
B) The MCO will re-examine the payment for that procedure.
C) Provider would get the typical payment instead of what was charged.
D) The MCO would be forced to increase its typical payment for that procedure.
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following is one legally required to obey? (Select all that apply.)
A) Directions to a destination provided by a police officer
B) Court decisions related to legislative law
C) Delegation of responsibility for a task by a physician
D) Executive decisions, such as your employer requirements
E) Laws passed by your state or the federal government
F) Rules and regulations from agencies, such as the state board of nursing
Q2) Which of the following best describes who has the authority to act in every area except those specifically mentioned in the Constitution?
A) Any individual citizen
B) Federal government
C) Local government
D) State government
Q3) Which of the following statements best describes why nurses should contribute whenever possible to their state nursing association political action committee (PAC)?
A) As PACs are a reality of political life, nursing needs to be heard.
B) Contributing money may result in a future political appointment.
C) Only money really has any influence on legislative votes.
D) PACs are being used to increase nursing salaries and working conditions.
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the primary conclusion of the report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System?
A) Hospital staffing must be improved to focus on safety rather than cost containment.
B) Quality of care and medical error are not easily defined.
C) Patients must recognize that care providers are human and errors will occasionally be made.
D) System failures are resulting in an incredible amount of harm from medical errors.
Q2) Which of the following best describes how voluntary health agencies fit into the overall health care system?
A) They fill in the gaps between services offered by private and public health systems.
B) They primarily serve as sources of financial aid for the underserved.
C) They supplement the effort of the public health care system.
D) They support research, education, and services for particular groups of patients.
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) When was the idea of national health care insurance first debated in the United States?
A) Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign as he attempted to achieve such a plan
B) During President Johnson's administration when Medicare and Medicaid were instituted in the 1960s
C) President Franklin Roosevelt's attempt to include health insurance in Social Security legislation in the 1930s
D) President Theodore Roosevelt advocated such national medical coverage in 1916
Q2) Why did employers decide to offer health insurance as an employee benefit?
A) Hospitals and physicians quit offering charity care to those who could not pay.
B) Society was focused on not having to pay for doctor visits and other needed health benefits.
C) Teachers were role models for unions to demand insurance as a benefit.
D) To obtain and retain the limited number of persons available to work when government rules prohibited raising wages, insurance was offered.
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) A nurse was assigned to create and implement a community education program with the goal of preventing diabetes among the Hispanic population. As the nurse did not speak Spanish and was just beginning to be comfortable with the neighborhood Hispanic culture, which of the following would be the best approach for the nurse to take?
A) Be sure to use appropriate images in the handouts.
B) Copy literature and procedures found successful in other Hispanic communities.
C) Tell the supervisor the nurse is not competent for this task.
D) Try to find Hispanic volunteers who may be able to do the actual teaching.
Q2) When one woman asked her friend to stay while a painful procedure was done, it was explained that only one immediate family member could be in the room. The woman asked the nurse, "How do you define family?" Which of the following would be the best response by the nurse?
A) "A person's husband, wife, or children"
B) "Anyone related to you by law or by blood ties"
C) "Someone who lives with you and has ties of commitment"
D) "Whoever you tell us is your family"
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Chapter 14: Environmental Health
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Q1) Which of the following actions should be taken by a small community group who hopes to accomplish goals against a large powerful corporation?
A) Appeal to the chief executive officer's conscience
B) Ask the corporation's employees to encourage change
C) Begin legal action to force the corporation to change
D) Form coalitions with other groups that have similar goals
Q2) Which of the following issues exists from communities using solid waste landfills to dispose of trash from private residences?
A) Landfills are too wasteful, as solid waste can be burned to produce energy.
B) Methane gas may move through the soil to cause fire or explosions nearby.
C) There is an ongoing need to purchase more land as landfills eventually fill up.
D) People do not use landfills but dump their garbage anywhere they will not be seen.
Q3) What is meant by discriminatory land use?
A) Backlash against companies that do not protect the environment
B) Daily insults to people who live in a particular community
C) Locating industrial hazards in low-income communities
D) Political recognition that companies support a safe environment
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) Which of the following aspects of a developed country would be most worthwhile to be copied by a developing country?
A) Education of health care professions
B) Health care reform policies to improve health care delivery
C) Advanced technology with its miracle interventions and cures
D) Our approach to rationing health care
Q2) Which of the following best describes how the United Nations (UN) is able to implement its decisions?
A) Asking for funding from all member nations to obtain appropriate resources
B) Through five permanent members of its security council
C) Sending military units to developing countries
D) Using its moral authority and world opinion
Q3) Which of the following is one of the biggest threats faced by developing countries that are trying to grow economically and make a better life for their citizens?
A) Lack of education and knowledge
B) Political unrest
C) Environmental hazards
D) Large population
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) According to the U. S. Department of Commerce, which of the following rules must be followed by makers of toy guns?
A) Darts from toy guns must be made of materials that will not penetrate skin.
B) Toy guns cannot contain parts made of lead or lead-based paint.
C) Reflective paint must be used on toy guns.
D) Toy guns must be distinguishable from real guns.
Q2) A school nurse is developing a health education program for third grade students about how to play safely. Which of the following provides the best rationale for this nursing action?
A) The kids were playing chicken in front of the school buses each day.
B) The students are at the age when they begin to engage in risky behaviors.
C) Toys can have unexpected hazards from lead paint to small swallowable parts.
D) Without proper head protection, many sports can lead to traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Q3) What proportion of U.S. citizens are children?
A) 12%
B) 16%
C) 20%
D) 24%
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following is the leading cause of death for women in their first trimester?
A) Anesthesia
B) Ectopic pregnancy
C) Hemorrhage
D) Pulmonary embolism
Q2) Which of the following best explains why a community health nurse would choose to emphasize women's health? (Select all that apply.)
A) Different nurses prefer different specialties.
B) It is currently politically correct to verbalize support for female issues.
C) Many women's groups are lobbying for more programs.
D) Many factors resulting in illness and death in women are preventable.
E) Knowledge deficits prevent women from assuming responsibility for their own health.
F) Women face barriers in accessing health care.
Q3) Which of the following is the leading cause of disability in the United States?
A) Arthritis
B) Car accident
C) Falls
D) Heart disease
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) Which gender perceives and reports having better health?
A) Females
B) Males
C) No difference between genders in perceived health status
D) Perceived health status varies strongly by individuals more than gender.
Q2) Which of the following is most effective in helping males choose healthier lifestyle behaviors?
A) Educational programs that include both threat and reward
B) Involvement in team sports at school or at work
C) Physician prescription for a specific behavior change
D) Support from a female family member concerned about the man's well-being
Q3) Which of the following is a biological explanation for gender differences in health status?
A) Influence of hormones
B) Different treatment by parents
C) Random differences in genetic inheritance
D) Social expectations of appropriate gender behavior
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) A nurse overheard an adult woman, shaking her head in exasperation as she said, "Dad, you're being unreasonable. It's not safe!" Which of the following is the most likely reason for this argument?
A) The dad wants to keep driving.
B) The dad wants to keep cooking his own meals.
C) The dad wants to keep taking care of himself each day without assistance.
D) The dad wants to marry some young woman who may just want his money.
Q2) "My health problems are too much to handle," said an elderly woman at her annual clinical checkup. "What's most important for me to do?" Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Focus on eating properly and staying active."
B) "Get the shingles immunization along with your flu shot this year."
C) "Keep active mentally-do you do crossword puzzles or Sudoku puzzles?"
D) "Stay involved with others. Do you ever go to the senior citizens center?"
Q3) Which of the following is the most useful way to discuss aging?
A) By divisions-young-old, middle-old, old-old, and elite-old
B) Chronological age
C) Functional age
D) Number of chronic comorbidities
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes how a family can meet the needs of society?
A) By living and existing in the wider community
B) By meeting the needs of the individual family members
C) Through procreation and socialization
D) Through productivity seen in employment positions
Q2) Each evening, a newly disabled man becomes angry when his wife, just home from her new full-time job, does not have dinner on the table at 6 PM. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate for the nurse to take?
A) Allow the wife to express her frustration and anger to you
B) Explain to the husband that he is going to have to begin learning how to cook
C) Help all family members recognize that long-time roles are being changed and change is uncomfortable for everyone
D) Suggest to the children who are old enough that they prepare some simple meals during the week with the mother doing the fancy cooking only on weekends
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) A nurse came limping into work with a huge cast on her right leg and asked to have an assignment for a week or two that did not require driving. The nurse said, "I never realized how difficult it is to get some places without two good legs. Now I know how persons with disabilities must feel!" Which of the following would be the most appropriate response from the nursing supervisor?
A) "I'm sure you'll be even more understanding and supportive now."
B) "Not really; you'll be out of that cast in a few weeks."
C) "What a great opportunity to attend some support groups for people with disabilities and share with us which ones are most helpful."
D) "Why don't you just take some sick leave rather than try to work with that leg cast?"
Q2) A family has recently learned that their child will be permanently disabled. The parents do not deny the disability, but do not fully realize its impact. Which of the following levels of adjustment are the parents experiencing?
A) Self-actualization
B) Normalization
C) Ostrich phase
D) Special designation
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following best describes what happens when persons who work full-time and receive the typical minimum wage seek an apartment?
A) Few clean and decent low-rent apartments exist.
B) People do not like to rent to low-income persons.
C) To afford housing, they need a job that pays at least three times minimum wage.
D) There are not many trailer parks near their employment.
Q2) Which of the following best describes the problem with the Section 8 housing program?
A) Direct access to an apartment in a public housing facility is faster and easier.
B) Most renters prefer the program to make direct payment to apartment owners willing to rent to them.
C) Section 8 housing is essentially slum housing, and no one wants to live there.
D) Supply is vastly less than the demand.
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) Which of the following employment opportunities are among the most dangerous?
A) Food processing, textiles, and transportation
B) Highway construction, ranching, and public utilities
C) Large mechanized factory positions
D) Mining, forestry, and fishing
Q2) Which of the following factors would cause a geographic area to be called a frontier area?
A) Arbitrary distinction recognizing the Great Plains, Intermountain areas, and Alaska
B) Geographically located in the West, specifically the Great Plains states
C) High death rate from use of guns (homicide or suicide)
D) Population of fewer than six persons per square mile
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) 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 events occurred in 1965?
A) State mental hospitals were created.
B) The mentally ill were deinstitutionalized.
C) Electroconvulsive therapy was discovered to help depression.
D) Community mental health centers for outpatient care were established.
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) Which of the following best describes what is happening with infectious diseases in the United States?
A) There is a continuing decrease in vector-borne infections.
B) There is a continuing increase in food-borne and waterborne infections.
C) Many airborne diseases are being spread by bioterrorists.
D) The rate of infection varies extensively by income and ethnic groups.
Q2) 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
Q3) The charge nurse notes that two patients had communicable infectious diseases and were treated appropriately. Which of the following actions should be taken next by the nurse?
A) Depends on your state health department's requirements
B) Report the two cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
C) Report the two cases to your regional health department
D) Send the information for inclusion in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) Which of the following best explains why health professionals and educators are stressing total abstinence of drugs instead of teaching appropriate social use?
A) Federal funds are available to schools if abstinence is stressed.
B) If students perceive a drug as harmful, fewer actually try it.
C) It is easier to avoid a substance altogether than to try to control the dose.
D) This education is consistent with our American culture.
Q2) Which of the following is the treatment of choice for treating heroin addicts during withdrawal?
A) Acamprosate
B) Benzodiazepines
C) Methadone
D) Naltrexone
Q3) Which of the following is crucial during the detoxification phase of the addiction process?
A) Controlling the environment so drugs cannot be obtained
B) Maintaining a therapeutic relationship with the client
C) Maintaining communication with the client's family
D) Managing the acute withdrawal symptoms
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) A 6-month-old infant was brought in unresponsive by both parents. X-ray examination showed evidence of shaken baby syndrome. Which of the following persons is most likely responsible?
A) The babysitter
B) The dad
C) The grandparents
D) The mom
Q2) 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
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) Which of the following best describes why earthquakes would be more frightening than floods to many people, even though both can cause extensive damage? (Select all that apply.)
A) Death rate and scope are higher in earthquakes.
B) There is a higher frequency of earthquakes.
C) Imminence of earthquakes is unknown.
D) It is not possible to prevent an earthquake.
E) The intensity of earthquakes is higher.
F) The predictability of earthquakes is lower.
Q2) When would the National Guard become involved in a disaster?
A) When the Federal Emergency Management Agency requests such assistance
B) When the local government requests help keeping order in the community
C) When the president has declared the area a national disaster
D) When the state has been asked to help an overwhelmed community
Q3) Who is responsible for ensuring the safety and welfare of communities?
A) Federal government
B) Federal Emergency Management Agency
C) Local government
D) State government
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) Which of the following is the most commonly used drug among children and adolescents in the United States?
A) Alcohol
B) Marijuana
C) Methamphetamine
D) Cocaine
E) Steroids
Q2) A student had been absent 4 days out of the last 3 weeks. When the school nurse asked what was wrong, the student replied, "Headaches" in a rather angry tone. The student had previously been heard to complain that school was boring and it was hard to concentrate on such dumb stuff. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate for the nurse to take next?
A) Emphasize the importance of completing school for lifelong success
B) Express concern that the student was under a lot of stress and offer to help if possible
C) Meet with the student's parents to discuss the headaches and the school absences
D) Refer the student to a neurologist for a workup to see what is causing the headaches
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) Which of the following is a current challenge for occupational health nurses? (Select all that apply.)
A) Changes in employee demographics including gender, ethnicity, and age
B) Expansion in sites offering care using new, creative approaches
C) Increased affordability of health care services
D) Increase in managed care plans with need for case managers
E) Moving from large manufacturing facilities to smaller, service-based businesses
F) Ongoing need to demonstrate cost-effectiveness of services rendered
Q2) Which of the following is one of the most challenging areas for the occupational health nurse (OHN)?
A) Allocating time between direct service to employees and management tasks
B) Collaborating with other worksite professionals and retaining leadership in the arena of employee health
C) Managing ethical conflicts between responsibilities to management and responsibilities to employees
D) Maintaining competence through attending conferences and maintaining services when the nurse (sole provider) is absent
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) The female nurse was called to the emergency department (ED) to help with a woman who had been beaten and raped. Which of the following are the nurse's responsibilities as a forensic nurse?
A) Discuss with police officers what is known and what needs to be known to close the case
B) Initiate the proper collection, preservation, and chain of custody of evidence with appropriate documentation
C) Serve as chaperone while the physician completes the physical examination
D) Be empathetic and supportive to the victim
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 symptoms would the faith community nurse (FCN) expect to see when caring for a client with the diagnosis of spiritual distress?
A) Hopelessness, isolation, and loneliness
B) Intense need for prayer and support
C) Loss of faith
D) Withdrawal from stress and the environment
Q2) Which of the following best explains why the name of parish nursing was changed to faith community nursing by the American Nurses Association (ANA)?
A) To allow nurses to use the title "congregational nurse" or "church nurse" rather than "parish nurse"
B) To allow nurses who were not religious to accept practice positions
C) To decrease the emphasis on the church
D) To emphasize the community setting of the specialty
E) To reflect the diversity now found in the specialty
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) A nurse had shared a great deal of information with a new client. Time had passed, but the nurse had more to share and was energetically doing so. Which of the following should the nurse use as a guide to determine when to stop teaching and plan the next visit?
A) After about an hour
B) Depends on what other visits the nurse had scheduled that day
C) When the client or family members start fidgeting
D) When the client begins to look tired
E) When the client demonstrates symptoms of sensory overload
Q2) A new home health nurse realized that what was being observed and now being said by the client were very inconsistent with what had been documented while the client was hospitalized. Which of the following conclusions should be drawn by the nurse?
A) The amount of support available is different from what was stated earlier.
B) The client had difficulty distinguishing truth from falsehood.
C) The client had to admit the truth when it was obvious to the nurse.
D) The family was embarrassed by their living situation.
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