Nursing in the Community Exam Review
Course Introduction
Nursing in the Community explores the critical role of nurses in promoting health, preventing illness, and providing care within diverse community settings. This course examines the principles and practices of community health nursing, emphasizing population-focused care, health education, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to address public health challenges. Students will learn strategies for health assessment, planning, and intervention at the community level, with special attention to vulnerable populations, disease prevention, and health promotion. Through case studies and field experiences, the course prepares students to deliver culturally competent care and advocate for healthier communities.
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Public Health Nursing Population Centered Health Care in the Community 9th Edition by Stanhope
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Chapter 1: Community and Prevention-Oriented,
Population-Focused Practice: The Foundation of
Specialization in Public Health Nursing
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Q1) The necessary basic preparation for public health nursing is a(n)_____ in nursing.
A) associate's degree
B) baccalaureate degree
C) master's degree
D) Doctor of Nursing Practice degree
Answer: B
Q2) The nurse manager makes sure that the staff members who work in a local clinic are competent in their job responsibilities.Which of the public health core functions is being demonstrated?
A) Assurance
B) Assessment
C) Prevention
D) Policy development
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) A nurse is providing public health education based on the teachings of Lillian Wald.Which of the following topics will the nurse most likely discuss?
A) Taking and recording blood pressures accurately
B) Safe and sanitary baby and child care
C) Environmental pollutants and their effects on lung disease
D) Time management: balancing factory work and the home
Answer: B
Q2) Which statement is true about African American nurses in public health?
A) Certificate and graduate education were more difficult to obtain.
B) Cities were the major areas where they practiced.
C) They often belonged to the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS).
D) They were recruited heavily as military nurses.
Answer: A
Q3) The document Visiting Nursing in the United States highlighted the fact that:
A) nurses were trained by Boards of Education.
B) trained nurses adequately covered less-densely populated areas.
C) visiting nurse services were concentrated in the northeastern United States.
D) nurses were curing diseases such as TB and typhoid fever.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The Changing USHealth and Public Health Care Systems
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Q1) A nurse who was working in public health care has gotten a new job in primary care.Which of the following differences would be seen by the nurse in this new care setting?
A) Focus on individuals
B) Services provided by specialists
C) Autonomy in the practice setting
D) Community focused care is provided
Answer: A
Q2) The federal agency of the public health system that is most involved with the health and welfare of United States citizens is the:
A) Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.
B) U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.
C) U. S. Public Health Service (USPHS; or simply PHS).
D) Health Resources and Services Administration.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Perspectives in Global Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following do the Millennium Development Goals address? (Select all that apply.)
A) Reduction of child mortality
B) Eradication of communicable diseases
C) Promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women
D) Achievement of universal health care access
E) Promotion of specialty practice by physicians
Q2) A nurse has promoted the introduction of health care technology into lesser-developed countries,but this has led to less-than-satisfactory results.Which of the following best describes why this has happened?
A) People do not want to use newer technology.
B) The cost is so high that they cannot afford to use new technology.
C) The community may not be ready for this technology.
D) Technology is too complex for people in lesser-developed countries.
Q3) Multilateral organizations:
A) receive funding from multiple sources.
B) control the spread of disease.
C) feed the people of the world.
D) use nurses as their main source of information.
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Chapter 5: Economics of Health Care Delivery
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Q1) A business offers wellness incentives to its employees and then notices a decrease in the frequency of physician visits among employees.Which of the following terms best describes what has happened?
A) Macroeconomic theory
B) Efficiency
C) Supply and demand
D) Microeconomic theory
Q2) A community health nurse is assisting clients to access health care.Which of the following individuals would most likely experience a barrier when accessing health care?
A) A 40-year-old female who speaks English
B) A 25-year-old female with health insurance
C) A 50-year-old male with hypertension
D) A 30-year-old male who is unemployed
Q3) Medicare and Medicaid are:
A) available to any citizen who wishes to enroll.
B) two federal programs that provide insurance to special groups.
C) private insurance providers.
D) funded by the state government.
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Chapter 6: Application of Ethics in the Community
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Q1) The growing multiculturalism of American society can contribute to ethnicity conflicts when:
A) providing care to different cultural groups.
B) individual values align with the cultural norms.
C) ethnic groups overburden the health care system.
D) the greater community's values are jeopardized by specific ethnic values.
Q2) The community leaders in a lesser-developed country decide not to tell the citizens of a small village about a chemical spill at a major industrial facility that could produce harmful effects.Which of the following principles is being violated?
A) Morality
B) Advocacy
C) Caring
D) Virtue
Q3) According to Leininger and Watson,the moral ideal of nursing is:
A) caring.
B) advocacy.
C) responsibility.
D) accountability.
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Chapter 7: Cultural Diversity in the Community
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Q1) A nurse has experienced a cultural encounter.Which of the following best describes what has happened?
A) Sharing significant assessment findings with members of a racial minority
B) Visiting the native land of the clients served at a community health center
C) Telephoning the priest at a Hispanic church to discuss the health issues of a client
D) Learning about traditional healing practices from an American Indian client
Q2) A nurse supports the use of traditional home remedies in conjunction with Western medicine to promote healthy behaviors.Which of the following is being demonstrated by the nurse?
A) Cultural accommodation
B) Cultural awareness
C) Cultural preservation
D) Cultural repatterning
Q3) Which of the following statements about race is true?
A) In the United States, children of biracial parents are usually assigned the race of the father.
B) Ethnicity and race are synonymous terms.
C) Individuals may be of the same race but of different cultures.
D) No social significance is usually placed on race.
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Chapter 8: Public Health Policy
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Q1) One effect of the use of block grants was a:
A) reduction of federal expenditures.
B) decreased ability of states to spend money on programming.
C) guaranteed continuation of programs with demonstrated effectiveness.
D) shift from hospital-based to community-based nursing care.
Q2) Congress's legal base for actions in health care includes which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Providing for the general welfare
B) Raising funds to support research
C) Regulating commerce among the states
D) Providing spending power
E) Increasing revenue by raising taxes
Q3) The first major federal government action relating to health was the:
A) passage of the Social Security Act.
B) creation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
C) creation of the Public Health Service (PHS).
D) creation of Medicare and Medicaid.
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Chapter 9: Population-Based Public Health Nursing
Practice: The Intervention Wheel
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Q1) The levels of practice encompassed by the Intervention Wheel are:
A) communities, individuals and families, and systems.
B) assessment, diagnosis, and evaluation.
C) primary, secondary, and tertiary.
D) communities, populations, and aggregates.
Q2) A PHN is conducting a community assessment.Which of the following is the best example of this action?
A) Visiting an elderly person at home to assess and evaluate safety and fall risk
B) Developing diagnoses to identify nursing interventions at a health clinic
C) Evaluating services at an immunization clinic where a translator provides services
D) Compiling recent data from the county health department on child abuse cases
Q3) A PHN utilizes the nursing process at all levels of practice.Which of the following demonstrates how this is accomplished?
A) Including specific goals for community health nurses
B) Developing an accurate nursing diagnosis
C) Analyzing the needs of the community, systems, individuals, and families
D) Utilizing primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
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Chapter 10: Environmental Health
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Q1) Why is it important for nurses to understand the premises of environmental health?
A) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for policies that support healthy environments.
B) Toxicologists often consult nurses about environmental pollutants.
C) Pollutant exposures such as lead are reported by nurses to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
D) Many Americans live in areas that do not meet current national air quality standards.
Q2) A nurse is assessing for environmental health risks in the community.Which of the following approaches would be most appropriate for the nurse to use? (Select all that apply.)
A) Ask legislators to provide a list of environmental pollutants in the area
B) Develop a list of exposures associated with urban, rural, or suburban settings
C) Assess the risk by medium such as air, water, soil, or food
D) Divide the environment into functional locations: home, school, workplace, and community
E) Recruit community members to sign a petition to decrease pollution
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Chapter 11: Genomics in Public Health Nursing
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Q1) A nurse is using the Codes of Ethics developed by the International Council of Nurses and the American Nurses Association.Which of the following describes the action being taken by the nurse?
A) Providing confidential genetic testing for a client
B) Advocating for the inclusion of genetic content in a nursing curriculum
C) Considering the pros and cons of an ethical dilemma
D) Becoming competent in genomics
Q2) A public health nurse (PHN)is implementing the objectives related to genetics from Healthy People 2020.Which of the following best describes the action that is being taken by the nurse?
A) Educating clients that multiple factors influence the development of disease
B) Counseling clients about the results of genetic testing
C) Lobbying for legislation to support genetic research
D) Providing screening and genetic testing for specific groups of individuals
Q3) The increasing knowledge about genetics and genomics will influence nursing practice by changing how:
A) nurses collect and use health histories.
B) nursing students complete clinical experiences.
C) referrals to other disciplines are made.
D) ethical dilemmas are solved.
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Chapter 12: Epidemiology
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Q1) A nurse is studying the characteristics of an agent as part of the epidemiologic triangle.Which of the following is the nurse most likely studying?
A) Human population distribution
B) Salmonella
C) Genetic susceptibility
D) Climate
Q2) A nurse examines birth and death certificates during an epidemiologic investigation.Which of the following data categories is being used?
A) Routinely collected data
B) Data collected for other purposes but useful for epidemiologic research
C) Original data collected for specific epidemiologic studies
D) Surveillance data
Q3) A nurse refers a client with a neuromuscular disease to a vocational rehabilitation program.Which of the following best describes the action of the nurse?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Health promotion
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Chapter 13: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
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Q1) A nurse is teaching members of the community about vertical transmission of a disease.Which of the following would the nurse most likely discuss?
A) Transmission through breast milk
B) Transmission through sexual contact
C) Transmission from mosquito bites
D) Transmission through contaminated food
Q2) The time interval between invasion by an infectious agent and the first appearance of signs and symptoms of the disease is called:
A) communicable period.
B) incubation period.
C) infectiousness.
D) endemic.
Q3) Immunity is a characteristic of the:
A) agent factor.
B) host factor.
C) environmental factor.
D) epidemiologic triad.
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Chapter 14: Communicable and Infectious Disease Risks
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Q1) The case rate of new TB is highest among which ethnicity in the United States?
A) African American
B) Native American
C) White American
D) Asian American
Q2) A nurse is caring for a client who has been diagnosed with a bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI).Which of the following infections does this client most likely have?
A) Trichomonas
B) HIV
C) Syphilis
D) Genital warts
Q3) HIV transmission can occur through:
A) exposure to blood.
B) insect bites.
C) sharing of school supplies.
D) toilets.
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Chapter 15: Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) A nurse is reading a systematic review when researching the best practices to promote increased safety among toddlers.Which of the following information would the nurse most likely find?
A) Results of randomized controlled trials
B) A description of the methods used to search for evidence
C) Data compiled on a particular question
D) An in-depth review of the literature completed by one person
Q2) Which are barriers to implementation of evidence-based practice? (Select all that apply.)
A) Lack of available time
B) Inferior quality of available research
C) Unwillingness of organizations to fund research
D) Inability to understand the evidence
E) Limited support from accreditors to implement evidence
Q3) Evidence-based public health (EBPH)is:
A) an integration of the best available nursing expertise.
B) derived from community principles to fit the area where it is practiced.
C) a health endeavor that makes informed use of evidence.
D) comprised of only public health records.
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Chapter 16: Changing Health Behavior Using Health
Education with Individuals, Families, and Groups
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Q1) A group member has taken on the role of the "gatekeeper." Which of the following actions would most likely be taken by this member?
A) Seek and accept the authority or direction of others
B) Guide and direct the group activity
C) Control outsiders' access to the group
D) Focus the movement toward the main work of the group
Q2) The nurse is teaching a new diabetic client how to give himself an insulin injection.Which of the following domains would be used?
A) Developmental
B) Cognitive
C) Affective
D) Psychomotor
Q3) What is the purpose of providing education across the three levels of prevention? Education:
A) enables clients to attain optimal health.
B) identifies and treats health problems early to eliminate disability.
C) enables populations to break into individuals.
D) teaches people about Healthy People 2020.
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Chapter 17: Building a Culture of Health through Community
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Q1) A nurse using the integrative model for community health promotion.Which of the following best describes how the nurse would apply the dimension of client system?
A) Concentrating on individual health behaviors
B) Studying client-centered initiatives
C) Providing multidimensional nursing care among various levels of clients
D) Focusing on disease-oriented care
Q2) Which community-based programs resulted in equally favorable health risk changes for both control and treatment groups? (Select all that apply.)
A) Framingham Heart Study
B) Stanford Five-City Heart Disease Prevention Program
C) North Karelia Study
D) Minnesota Heart Health Program
E) Dutch Heart Health Community Intervention
Q3) The Framingham Heart Study was successful in:
A) providing information on the effectiveness of risk-reduction interventions.
B) documenting the relationship between social variables and heart disease.
C) identifying factors contributing to the development of coronary heart disease (CHD).
D) demonstrating the effects of mass media in modifying high-risk behavior.
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Chapter 18: Community as Client: Assessment and Analysis
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Q1) A nurse is completing a community assessment.Which of the following actions would be most likely for the nurse to complete?
A) Identify community needs and clarify problems
B) Determine the weaknesses of a community
C) Perform the core functions of public health nursing
D) Assess individual needs within a community
Q2) A nurse interviews the school nurses in a community to determine their roles in schools because this data is not available.Which of the following processes is the nurse using?
A) Photovoice
B) Spatial data
C) Primary data
D) Secondary data
Q3) A nurse is using health status indicators to complete a community assessment.Which of the following best explains what the nurse is doing?
A) Interviewing key informants in the community
B) Examining morbidity and mortality rates in the community
C) Surveying local businesses in the community
D) Observing community members
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Chapter 19: Population-Centered Nursing in Rural and Urban Environments
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Q1) Which group is over-represented in rural areas when compared with urban areas?
A) African Americans
B) Asian-Pacific Islanders
C) Caucasians
D) Native Americans
Q2) A nurse provides care to rural adults after working in an urban clinic for many years.Which of the following considerations should the nurse make when working with this population?
A) Rural adults are more likely to have health insurance.
B) Rural adults are more likely to have access to health care providers.
C) Rural adults are more concerned about their health status.
D) Rural adults are more likely to experience mobility limitations.
Q3) Compared with urban Americans,rural residents:
A) are more likely to engage in preventive health behavior.
B) are less likely to be exposed to occupational and environmental hazards.
C) have a higher rate of chronic illness.
D) rate their overall health status more favorably.
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Chapter 20: Promoting Health Through Healthy
Communities and Cities
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Q1) The wearing of seat belts is required in many communities.Children of a certain age must be restrained in a car seat or seat belt when riding in a car.Which of the following best describes what has happened in this community?
A) Unilateral action of lawmakers
B) Participation in health fairs
C) Healthy public policy
D) Media interest in protecting the public
Q2) A nurse is leading a team responsible for evaluating the health of a community using the Community Health Promotion Model.Based on this model,which of the following steps would you expect the nurse to complete?
A) Ensuring high technological access before the plan can be implemented
B) Soliciting the consent of every member of the community
C) Assessing the community
D) Restructuring the public health policy in the community
Q3) The goal of the Healthy Communities and Cities initiative is to:
A) promote health through community participation.
B) reorganize the current health care system.
C) maximize the cost-benefit ratio of health care.
D) improve the quality of care in communities.
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Chapter 21: The Nurse-led Health Center: A Model for Community Nursing Practice
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Q1) What is the focus of a special care nursing center?
A) A particular demographical group or those with special care needs
B) An affiliation with a school of nursing
C) Providing services while maintaining a not-for-profit status
D) Providing fee-for-service care with designated Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) providers
Q2) A nurse working at a nursing center has been asked to develop materials about a health promotion topic that can be used at the center.Which of the following topics would the nurse most likely select?
A) Advanced care of the chronically ill elderly at home
B) Smoking cessation and weight management techniques
C) How to access specialty services
D) Providing financial support for nursing students
Q3) Which type of nursing center actively integrates service,education,and research in its model?
A) Special care
B) Free-standing
C) Fee-for-service
D) Academic
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Chapter 22: Case Management
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Q1) Which are examples of knowledge domains used in case management?
A) Legal issues, malpractice recognition, and community involvement
B) Teaching, counseling, and education skills
C) Advocacy, political campaigning and legislative change
D) Grant application, bargaining contracts, and securing funding
Q2) A patient with a long history of asthma with many hospital admissions is referred to a case manager for disease management.Which of the following best describes the purpose of this referral?
A) Chronic and costly disease conditions that require long-term care interventions
B) Patients who cannot handle their disease
C) Those who seek to control use by providing clients with correct information
D) Patients who will need an advanced practice nurse instead of physician for monitoring
Q3) Mutual benefit with limited loss for everyone is a goal of:
A) negotiating.
B) assertiveness.
C) conflict management.
D) cooperation.
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Chapter 23: Public Health Nursing Practice and the Disaster Management Cycle
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Q1) A public health worker had displayed a competency in disaster medicine and public health.Which of the following describes what the worker has done?
A) Communicate effectively with others
B) Get involved in the chain of command
C) Use a set of preplanned activities for every disaster
D) Implement a community assessment
Q2) Which statement about disasters is true?
A) They can be natural or human-made.
B) They can be relieved without assistance.
C) There is always injury and death when a disaster occurs.
D) The timing of a disaster does not influence the types of injuries that will occur.
Q3) Community preparedness is being used to plan for a disaster.Which of the following tasks is being implemented?
A) Assembling emergency supplies
B) Understanding the workplace disaster plan
C) Taking a disaster training course
D) Developing an evacuation plan to remove individuals from danger
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Chapter 24: Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
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Q1) A person has returned from overseas and it is determined that he has Q fever.Which of the following must occur?
A) This is not a disease that is on the notifiable list; nothing need be reported.
B) The case must be reported to the state and local health departments.
C) The patient must be isolated immediately.
D) The patient will probably die, so it is not reportable.
Q2) What was the purpose of the CDC creating the first list of standard case definitions for notifiable diseases?
A) Some diseases were underreported and others were overreported.
B) There was no central office to collect data.
C) Some people refused to notify officials when diseases were seen.
D) No one knew where to report the information that was collected.
Q3) Which problem does a health department usually have the legal authority to investigate?
A) Pandemics
B) Unusual clusters of illness
C) World trends of disease
D) Cases of the common cold and pneumonia
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Chapter 25: Program Management
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Q1) A nurse collects data about productivity of staff members in order to evaluate a program.Which type of study is the nurse completing?
A) Cost-accounting study
B) Cost-benefit study
C) Cost-effectiveness study
D) Cost-efficiency study
Q2) For the purpose of obtaining information about services needed to meet community needs,business leaders within a community were interviewed.Which of the following describes this method of obtaining needs assessment data?
A) Community forum
B) Key informant interview
C) Survey of existing agencies
D) Indicators approach
Q3) A nurse is implementing basic program planning.Which of the following would occur during the formulating stage?
A) The client and provider analyze available solutions.
B) The best plan for funding is presented to administrators.
C) The provider group identifies solutions.
D) The client identifies problems.
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Chapter 26: Quality Management
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Q1) A staff development program is used to teach nurses and other providers about how to reduce risk by properly documenting interventions provided.Which of the following levels of prevention is being used?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Quality care
Q2) An elderly female client was receiving home care after hospitalization for a cerebrovascular accident.After several weeks of physical and speech therapy,the client showed few signs of progress.The utilization review committee considered the client's condition to be stable and declined reimbursement for further home care.Which of the following describes the process that could be used by the client to reverse the decision?
A) Prospective utilization review
B) Retrospective utilization review
C) Concurrent utilization review
D) Medicare reversal process
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Chapter 27: Working with Families in the Community for Healthy Outcomes
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Q1) A nurse strives to meet the health care needs of diverse and changing families.Which of the following best describes the consideration that should be made by the nurse?
A) Provide culturally competent care
B) Understand family dynamics
C) Recognize that two-income parent households are less stressful
D) Learn how to care for people in their homes
Q2) A nurse is using the provisions of the Family Medical Leave legislation.Which of the following actions would the nurse take?
A) Resigning from employment, but retaining health insurance
B) Sharing family information with colleagues
C) Providing Medicaid to a family who cannot afford health insurance
D) Taking a defined time off of work for family events without fear of job loss
Q3) A nurse is demonstrating how a family relates to the other units in the community.Which of the following assessment instruments would be appropriate for the nurse to use?
A) Family intervention
B) Family assessment
C) Genogram
D) Ecomap
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Chapter 28: Family Health Risks
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Q1) The nurse asked the family about its financial resources and the demands on these resources.Which type of risk factor is being assessed?
A) Biological
B) Economic
C) Lifestyle
D) Social
Q2) A nurse uses the term family policy.Which of the following explains what the nurse is describing?
A) Anything that is done by the government that directly or indirectly affects families
B) Laws that affect families and family living
C) Requirements for immunizations for the entire family
D) Healthy People 2020 guidelines for healthy families
Q3) A nurse is discussing internal family coping strategies with a family following a family crisis.Which of the following would the nurse be explaining?
A) Asking a distant relative for a loan
B) Talking to relatives about stresses and worries
C) Attending a local worship service
D) Using public assistance to obtain food stamps
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Q1) A nurse is aware that there is a rising incidence of abusive head trauma (AHT).Which of the following would be a focus of the nurse?
A) Taking at-risk babies out of violent households
B) Placing babies under the care of community health nurses
C) Educating and providing support to new parents
D) Helping those affected seek proper legal representation
Q2) The leading cause of death for unintentional injuries among children and teenagers is:
A) drowning.
B) motor vehicle accidents.
C) burns.
D) poisonings.
Q3) A nurse is providing anticipatory guidance to parents who have a child under 1 year of age.Which of the following would be the most important topic to discuss?
A) Occluded airway
B) Burns
C) Poisoning
D) Falls
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Chapter 30: Major Health Issues and Chronic Disease
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Q1) A nurse is implementing Wagner's Chronic Care Model (CCM).Which of the following actions would most likely be taken by the nurse?
A) Educate a community group about hypertension control
B) Create a budget for chronic disease management
C) Administer immunizations to community members
D) Conduct depression screenings in the community
Q2) Which of the following characteristics indicates a man is at a higher risk for developing prostate cancer?
A) Being of Caucasian descent
B) Has not had a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test
C) Has a father or brother who has had prostate cancer
D) Has benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)
Q3) Which of the following factors has the largest impact on health disparities among all populations?
A) Ethnicity
B) Education level
C) Lifestyle choices
D) Poverty
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Chapter 31: Disability Health Care Across the Life Span
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Q1) A nurse is caring for a client who,according to the Social Security Administration,is considered disabled.Which of the following best describes the client?
A) A wheelchair-bound person
B) A person unable to engage in any gainful activity because of a medical impairment
C) A handicapped person
D) A person who has had a stroke or has lost the use of a lower extremity
Q2) How does Healthy People 2020 address persons with disabilities?
A) Suggests specific therapies and techniques for working with this population
B) Recognizes disabled individuals as productive citizens
C) Recommends the development of community health centers
D) Emphasizes increased access to services for this population
Q3) A nurse implements a health promotion education program for physically compromised adults.Which of the following would be the most important reason to provide programming for this population?
A) Health promotion interventions are similar among those with disabilities.
B) Establishment of health-promoting behaviors is difficult.
C) Information and counseling is needed to prevent other health problems.
D) Community resources can be accessed through these presentations.
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Q1) Resilience refers to the:
A) resistance of certain groups to risk factors.
B) increased susceptibility to cumulative risk factors among vulnerable groups.
C) variability in the effects of stressors according to socioeconomic status.
D) increased sensitivity of the very young and the very old to risk factors.
Q2) Which of the following is most likely to live in poverty?
A) Those who work in high-risk jobs
B) Those who have adequate nutrition
C) Those who effectively manage stress
D) Those who live in single family homes
Q3) What is the primary cause of vulnerability?
A) Race
B) Age
C) Poverty
D) Illness
Q4) What is implied by the web of causation model?
A) Variables interact resulting in higher probability of illness.
B) One disease causes another, especially in vulnerable populations.
C) The greater the poverty, the more likely people are to have diseases.
D) Immunizations are necessary because vulnerable populations spread disease.
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Chapter 33: Poverty and Homelessness
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Q1) A nurse is planning to assist homeless clients at a local shelter with finding community resources to meet their health care needs.Which of the following actions should the nurse take before interacting with this population?
A) Change personal views about homelessness
B) Understand the concepts of homelessness
C) Receive special training about where to locate homeless people
D) Have experience in mental health nursing and counseling
Q2) A nurse is providing secondary prevention when working with the homeless.Which of the following best describes what is being implemented?
A) Employer incentives
B) Safe sex education
C) Comprehensive case management
D) Soup kitchens
Q3) Which is a characteristic of persons living in poverty?
A) Longer life expectancy
B) Simple health problems
C) Higher rates of chronic illness
D) Fewer hospitalizations
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Chapter 34: Migrant Health Issues
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Q1) The nurse is caring for a migrant family.During the interview,the mother tells the nurse that the family follows an Eastern migratory stream originating in southern Florida.Which of the following statements is accurate?
A) This is one of the migratory streams that migrant farm workers traditionally follow.
B) This is a unique migratory pattern.
C) This is a traditional family-generated migratory pattern.
D) This is an unpredictable pattern that may lead the family through southern California.
Q2) A nurse is providing care for a Mexican client who has sustained a farm injury.If a major decision about the client's treatment needs to be made,who would most likely make that decision?
A) The male head of the family
B) The wife/mother
C) The person needing services
D) The crew leader
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Q1) A nurse is assessing a pregnant teen's weight gain.Which of the following would be the appropriate nursing intervention to implement?
A) Advise the teen to pay close attention to weight gain
B) Encourage the teen to gain as much weight as possible
C) Recommend weight gain based on prepregnancy weight
D) Instruct about the benefits to the fetus by gaining 2 pounds per week
Q2) A teenage mother discusses with the school nurse the possibility of having a second child.Which of the following risk factors would place this client at risk for having a second pregnancy?
A) Remaining in school
B) Reporting an unplanned first pregnancy
C) Being from a small family
D) Having a disadvantaged background
Q3) What is the cause of teen pregnancy?
A) Changing moral attitudes
B) Sexual code
C) Economic circumstances
D) No uniform reason
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Q1) A nurse is working with older adults and their caregivers.Which of the following would be the most appropriate intervention for the nurse to implement?
A) Work with legislators to advocate for policies that support families
B) Refer clients and families to community support groups to reduce stress
C) Involve clients and families in case management programs to coordinate care
D) Conduct depression screenings with clients and families on a regular basis
Q2) A client who has been diagnosed with major depression works with other mental health consumers to advocate for establishment of additional self-help services for individuals and families with mental illness in a community.Which of the following best describes the organization that the client is likely involved with?
A) Community Support Program (CSP)
B) NIMH
C) Mental Health Study
D) National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
Q3) Many clients with mental disorders were institutionalized because:
A) there was a continued fear of people with mental disorders.
B) the success rate was higher with hospital treatment.
C) it was easier to stabilize clients with psychotropic medications.
D) it provided a less stressful environment for clients to recuperate.
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Chapter 37: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems
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Q1) A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing a drug addiction.Which of the following is the client most at risk for having?
A) Infant with a high birth weight
B) Easily cured illness or disease
C) Accident or committing suicide
D) Problem finding employment
Q2) The use of any substance that threatens a person's health or impairs his or her social or economic functioning is:
A) drug dependence.
B) substance abuse.
C) drug addiction.
D) illegal.
Q3) A nurse partners with multiple agencies in the community to create a support group for those diagnosed with addiction in the community.Which of the following levels of prevention is being implemented?
A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Health promotion
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Chapter 38: Violence and Human Abuse
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Q1) A nurse is assisting with community planning.Which of the following facilities should the nurse encourage be developed to reduce the potential for crime and violence in the community? (Select all that apply.)
A) Playgrounds
B) Movie theaters
C) Swimming pools
D) Shopping malls
E) Restaurants
Q2) A nurse is working with children who may be at risk for experiencing abuse.In which situation is child abuse most likely to occur?
A) When the parents have high expectations for their children
B) When the parents' sense of control is threatened
C) When the parents are sensitive to their children's needs
D) When the parents lack a social support network
Q3) Homicides are least likely to be perpetrated by a(n):
A) friend.
B) acquaintance.
C) family member.
D) stranger.
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Chapter 39: The Advanced Practice Nurse in the Community
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Q1) An APHN is offering classes on breast self-exam.Which of the following levels of prevention is being implemented?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Assessment
Q2) An NP is employed in a primary health care setting.Which services are most likely provided in this setting?
A) Primary health services and prison medicine services
B) Public health and primary care services
C) Family practice and geriatrics care
D) Home health and school health services
Q3) An NP has recently been hired by a public health department.Which of the following best describes what the NP will most likely be doing in this role?
A) Disease prevention activities
B) Deciding on a treatment plan
C) Identifying needs of populations at risk
D) Identifying health needs of the community
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Chapter 40: The Nurse Leader in the Community
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Q1) Which are goals of community-oriented nursing leadership? (Select all that apply.)
A) To work with others to ensure a healthy community
B) To serve as an advocate for vulnerable and high-risk populations
C) To work with interprofessional teams to design ways to coordinate care
D) To make policies for the public good
E) To meet the needs of the middle-class families
Q2) A nurse manager is evaluating the performance of an organization.Which of the following actions would most likely be taken?
A) Examine best practices for organizational evaluation
B) Analyze how the core functions of public health have been implemented
C) Develop a standardized nursing language to be used within the organization
D) Review the standards held by accrediting bodies and the guidelines for practice
Q3) Why are older adults in the community at high risk for medication errors?
A) They are not competent to take their own medications and need supervision.
B) They are often taking high-risk medications.
C) They are not motivated to take medications correctly.
D) They are in need of the assistance of community health nurses.
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Chapter 41: The Nurse in Home Health, Palliative Care, and Hospice
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Q1) A community health nurse is using the Omaha System.Which of the following best describes the rationale for using this system?
A) To define each health care provider's role
B) To use nursing diagnoses in community health nursing practice
C) To foster collaborative practice
D) To provide practitioners a method for communication
Q2) The nurse provides direct care services to a stroke victim to avoid complications.Which of the following levels of prevention is being implemented?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Assessment
Q3) A nurse is implementing a population-focused model of home care delivery.Which of the following actions would most likely be taken by the nurse?
A) Use an assessment protocol when conducting visits
B) Collaborate with other disciplines
C) Provide care for a specific population
D) Apply high-intensity interventions
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Chapter 42: The Nurse in the Schools
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Q1) A nurse is implementing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)School Health Program within a school.Which components of school health will need to be evaluated? (Select all that apply.)
A) Health promotion for students
B) Nutrition services
C) Counseling, psychological, and social services
D) Health education
E) Community safety
Q2) A nurse is employed in the school setting.Which of the following activities would the nurse most likely perform?
A) Care for children who are home sick from school
B) Coordinate the health education program of the school
C) Facilitate school attendance for students with communicable diseases
D) Schedule appointments to specialists for students with chronic disease
Q3) Which statement about head lice is true?
A) Prevalence of head lice in U.S. schools is nearly 50%.
B) Most cases of head lice are found in white, middle-class children.
C) Having head lice is associated with living in an unclean home.
D) Most incidents of head lice occur in those with dirty hair.
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Chapter 43: The Nurse in Occupational Health
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Q1) A nurse is pursuing certification as an occupational health nurse.Which organization will provide this certification?
A) American Board for Occupational Health Nurses
B) Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center
C) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
D) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Q2) A nurse is working in an occupational health setting.Which of the following roles will the nurse most likely have?
A) Administrator
B) Clinicians/practitioner
C) Consultant
D) Educator
Q3) An employer offers a limited duty program after an employee has experienced a cumulative trauma injury.Which of the following levels of prevention is being implemented?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Assessment
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Chapter 44: Forensic Nursing in the Community
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Q1) A nurse would like to obtain certification as a forensic nurse.Which specialty certifications are available for the forensic nurse? (Select all that apply.)
A) Legal Nurse Consultant
B) Death Investigator
C) Adolescent and adult SANE A
D) Forensic Consultant
E) Forensic nurse
Q2) What has been the focus of the majority of scientific research in forensic nursing?
A) Role of the forensic nurse and client population
B) Sexual assault team response
C) Client satisfaction with forensic nurses
D) Collaboration with other disciplines
Q3) A forensic nurse is demonstrating the role of advocate.Which of the following best describes the intervention being performed by the nurse?
A) Partner with public health professionals to implement programming
B) Promote programs that prevent injuries
C) Investigate injuries in the community
D) Provide holistic care to victims of violence
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Q1) A faith community nurse holds discussions for targeted groups in the congregation.Which of the following roles is the nurse implementing?
A) Counselor
B) Integrator of faith and health
C) Health educator
D) Developer of support groups
Q2) A faith community consults with a nurse to spearhead a committee to investigate the feasibility of starting a faith community nursing program in their church.The nurse contacts which organization for information,consultation,and reference packets about faith community nursing?
A) Parish Nurse Coordinator Center
B) International Parish Nurse Resource Center
C) American Nurses Association
D) National Center for Wellness
Q3) Which dimension is central to the practice of parish nursing?
A) Physical
B) Psychological
C) Spiritual
D) Social
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Chapter 46: Public Health Nursing at Local, State, and
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Q1) Which agency delegates the authority of the local health department?
A) The federal government
B) The state
C) Local authorities
D) Regional governing boards
Q2) Which is an example of a federal agency? (Select all that apply.)
A) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)
B) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
C) The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
D) The Pentagon
E) The Congress
Q3) A nurse is providing information about safe-sex practices.Which of the following levels of prevention is being implemented?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Assessment
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