Nursing in the Community Exam Review
Course Introduction
Nursing in the Community explores the principles and practices of community health nursing, focusing on the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health within diverse populations outside traditional hospital settings. The course covers assessment and intervention strategies at the individual, family, and community levels while addressing public health concerns, preventive care, health education, epidemiology, and the social determinants of health. Through a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical field experiences, students learn to collaborate with community partners, advocate for vulnerable populations, and apply evidence-based practice to promote holistic and culturally competent care in community settings.
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Community Public Health Nursing Promoting the Health of Populations 6th Edition by Mary A. Nies
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Chapter 1: Health: a Community View
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Q1) Which action would probably result in the largest change in health care outcomes for Americans?
A)Establish large numbers of scholarships for education of nurses, physicians, and other health care providers
B)Fund a one-time extremely large stimulus to allow all health care providers and agencies to create and integrate computer network systems for client health care records
C)Increase funding for hospitals and medical centers to expand their neighborhood clinics
D)Redirect a large portion of federal funding from acute care to health promotion activities
Answer: D
Q2) A nurse works hard to develop alliances among various community organizations toward improving health in the community.What are actions such as this called?
A)Building coalitions
B)Collaboration
C)Communication
D)Community cooperation
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Why did local and state governments start to become more involved in controlling disease?
A)Hospitals were becoming overcrowded.
B)Businesses were unable to make a profit when employees were ill.
C)Physicians demanded government support in their individual efforts.
D)Citizens were becoming upset with local conditions.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following statements best summarizes Wald and Brewster's approach to home nursing?
A)"All services all the time"
B)"Helping people to help themselves"
C)"One person, one family, at a time"
D)"Your home or ours"
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following best describes an innovation introduced by the Romans?
A)Citizenship duties
B)Daily street cleaning
C)Hospitals and nursing homes
D)Daily exercise
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
Population-Focused Nursing Practice
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Q1) 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
Q2) A nurse is using Milio's approach when caring for a client.Which of the following advantages will the nurse experience?
A)It will allow for care interventions outside the hospital system.
B)It will demonstrate the effectiveness of using a variety of community resources. .
C)It will encourage the assessment of the personal and societal resources of the client.
D)It facilitates open communication between the client and the nurse.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) Which of the following is the cause of most preventable deaths in the United States?
A)Alcohol
B)Drug addictions
C)Sexually transmitted diseases
D)Tobacco
Q2) Which of the following is the best definition of health?
A)A goal and a resource for living
B)A lack of disease or illness
C)Complete state of well-being
D)Freedom from pain or discomfort
Q3) Which of the following actions have been effective in reducing problems related to alcohol use? (Select all that apply.)
A)Abstinence education programs in elementary schools
B)Enforcement of ban on sales of alcohol to minors
C)Increased taxes on alcoholic beverages
D)Media campaigns that show unpleasant behaviors such as vomiting after drinking
E)Stringent laws on accurate labeling of alcoholic content in beverages
F)Suggesting children be taught appropriate use of alcohol in the home
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following best describes the advantage of the ecosocial epidemiology model over both the web of causation model and the epidemiological triangle model? (Select all that apply.)
A)It decreases the focus on the individual person.
B)It demonstrates the usefulness of molecular epidemiology in disease prevention.
C)It emphasizes the role of complex political and economic context.
D)It is more useful in public policy campaigns in explaining what people need to do to protect themselves.
E)It reflects the current emphasis on ecology and the environment.
F)Its use suggests possible public policy interventions.
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) The nurse is interviewing community members as part of a community assessment.Which of the following groups of people would the community health nurse most likely want to interview?
A)Bankers who could share economic data on the community
B)Long-time residents who were informal leaders in the community
C)Pastors and other religious leaders who share the faith of the community
D)Realtors who could share housing and living conditions in the community
Q2) A nurse begins to collect information about a particular health problem from community residents.Which of the following potential problems would most likely arise?
A)Residents might become suspicious about why the nurse needs this information.
B)Residents might believe the nurse is becoming intrusive in their personal lives.
C)Residents might wonder why they are being asked about the problem when previous surveys may also have asked about the same problem.
D)Residents might begin to expect service to be given to address the problem.
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Chapter 7: Community Health
Planning,implementation,and Evaluation
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Q1) Which of the following best describes a flaw of many of the health care bills passed during the last four decades?
A)They avoided interfering with the current health care approach and did not improve problems of access or duplication of efforts.
B)They encouraged each state to do what was best for its residents without consideration of what was best for the nation as a whole.
C)They created new layers of bureaucracy in health care administration.
D)They did not include financing to pay for the suggested changes.
Q2) Which of the following must be created before establishing the evaluation plan for a health project?
A)A clear set of both short-term and long-term goals
B)Decision as to who will collect the evaluation data
C)Observable and measurable objectives
D)Setting up a computer program to analyze the evaluation data
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) 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.
Q2) A nurse who is providing education spends more time being quiet than giving information.Which of the following best explains this behavior?
A)The nurse had previously reviewed the day's material.
B)The nurse is demonstrating respect for the participants.
C)The nurse is encouraging group discussion.
D)The nurse is listening to the group's dialogue to identify problems.
Q3) Which of the following best describes the operational definition of "health literacy" in the United States?
A)Being able to read and write at the fifth-grade level
B)Being able to accurately complete a health self-assessment questionnaire
C)Knowing how to access and use information to make health decisions
D)Knowing one's right to obtain health care services
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) A client has been referred to a case management program.Which of the following actions would the nurse most likely take first?
A)Admit the client for services.
B)Determine the appropriateness for inclusion in the program.
C)Contact the physician to determine if services are necessary.
D)Contact the most appropriate community agencies for additional assistance.
Q2) Which of the following has the largest influence on the case manager's role?
A)Criteria of the program for accepting clients
B)Location of the program
C)Population served by the program
D)The specific program that employs the case manager
Q3) Which of the following best describes the goals of nursing case management regardless of setting? (Select all that apply.)
A)Ensure that all clients have a case manager
B)Contain costs and control use of services
C)Decrease duplication and fragmentation
D)Enhance client's quality of life
E)Focus on avoiding hospitalization or institutionalization
F)Maintain routine communication channels
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Chapter 10: Policy,politics,legislation,and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) A nurse states that he or she does not want to become involved in politics because of family,school,work,and other commitments.Which of the following would be the best reply to this statement?
A)"Good for you. We should all stay out of such dirty game playing!"
B)"I am sorry to hear that but I do understand."
C)"It doesn't matter; politics have nothing to do with nursing practice."
D)"It won't take much time to join ANA and pay dues so their lobbyist can represent you."
Q2) Which of the following best describes the most important factor in legislation?
A)The amount of financing and lobbying behind each choice
B)The beliefs, attitudes, and values of the policy
C)The preferences of the majority of American voters
D)The president's ongoing encouragement for one particular choice
Q3) Which of the following statements best describes why nurses are not more effective in creating political change?
A)Nurses are not listened to by politicians.
B)Nurses are not perceived as leaders in the health care field.
C)Nurses do not act or do not agree on what changes are needed.
D)Nurses do not know how to negotiate, communicate, and collaborate to create change.
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the most common organization for receiving personal health care in the United States today?
A)A group of physicians all in a particular specialty group who share an office
B)Community health center that includes educational and social services
C)Fee for service by a physician in practice by himself or herself
D)Managed care organization with capitated payments to providers, both professionals and organizations
Q2) Which health care provider organization is seeing an increase in the demand for their services?
A)Physician practice
B)Hospice service
C)Hospitals
D)Long-term care facilities
Q3) Which of the following advanced nurses does not have advanced education in a clinical specialty?
A)Clinical nurse leader
B)Clinical nurse specialist
C)Nurse midwife
D)Nurse practitioner
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the strengths of the American health care system? (Select all that apply.)
A)Offering the availability and use of technological advances in equipment and procedures
B)Having the ability to overcome concerns regarding access and rationing
C)Providing the highest quality of life among any industrialized nation
D)Having the lowest maternal and infant mortality rate among industrialized nations
E)Leading the world in laboratory and clinical research
F)Creating the best patient care outcomes
Q2) Which of the following statements best summarizes all of the changes resulting from attempts to control costs?
A)Conflict between providers, patients, employer, and insurance plans raged.
B)Costs were controlled, at least temporarily.
C)Demand for health care drastically dropped.
D)Most employers discontinued their insurance plans for employees.
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) A nurse is called by a friend who complains of symptoms of a cold.Which of the following responses would be the most appropriate by the nurse?
A)Ask the friend what she usually does for a cold and suggest that be done
B)Tell her to go to the urgent care center for assistance
C)Suggest that she make an appointment to see her health care provider
D)Point out to her that nurses are unable to treat patients
Q2) The nurse made a follow-up appointment for a client at the clinic,but the client did not come.Two days later the client presented at the clinic explaining that a temporary job had come up and he could not come back until he had finished and been paid for that job.Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse next?
A)Explain that patients are seen by appointment only, and set up another appointment for the client
B)Reinforce the need to plan ahead before arranging another appointment
C)Stress that health is the number one priority, and try to fit the client in sometime the same day
D)Understand that some clients are present oriented, and fit the client in so care can be given
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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 statements best describe why environmental health is more challenging than other variables related to an individual's health?
A)Environmental health affects susceptible individuals more than groups.
B)Environmental health demands that individuals be willing to change their beliefs.
C)Environmental health is dependent on social neighborhoods, as well as geography.
D)Environmental health requires social, economic, and political changes to improve.
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) Which of the following statements best define epidemiological transition?
A)A change from morbidity due to a particular infectious disease to a different infectious disease
B)A change from mainly infectious diseases to chronic diseases
C)A change in infectious diseases caused by a difference in agent, host, or environment
D)A change in life spans of various age groups in a specific country
Q2) Which of the following best describes why a nurse working in a U.S.urban area should be knowledgeable about infectious diseases common to areas of Africa?
A)Nurses have an ethical commitment to care for others throughout the world.
B)Every infectious disease is just one airplane ride away.
C)Infection could occur if a nurse goes out in public.
D)Nurses meet people who may originally have been born elsewhere.
Q3) What was the importance of the Lalonde Report,which proposed the "health field concept" in 1974?
A)It first called attention to the growing problem of air pollution.
B)It first emphasized the importance of basic hand washing.
C)It first emphasized influence of lifestyle and environment.
D)It was the first report that suggested a link between smoking and lung cancer.
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) If most students have no intention of ever leaving their local community,which of the following languages should be chosen as the required foreign language in high school?
A)French, as it is a very romantic language
B)German, because many of the students' names are German
C)Latin, as it is the basis for many other languages
D)Spanish, to improve employment opportunities
Q2) When the school health nurse suggested the school health clinic include sexual counseling and free condoms if requested,an angry woman yelled,"Why do I care if some girls have no morals and sleep around?" Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A)"Because taxpayers spend billions each year for teenage moms and their babies."
B)"Because your son may have to pay child support to that girl for the next 18 years!"
C)"I understand your point of view, but since some parents don't teach their children morals, the school has to help."
D)"We all should care for our neighbors and our neighbors' children."
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following groups of persons is most likely to be able to access health care?
A)Adults who work in large corporations
B)Many employed women
C)Older women on fixed incomes
D)Young adults, aged 16 to 24 years
Q2) Which of the following are factors that have led to the decrease in mortality of some cancers? (Select all that apply.)
A)An increase in mortality rate among other cancers
B)Early detection through emphasis on routine screening
C)Fewer sexual partners with emphasis on monogamy
D)An increased awareness of influence of lifestyle choices
E)Legislation such as the Clean Air Act
F)A decrease in tobacco use and smoking among women
Q3) Which of the following is the greatest single cause of absenteeism from school and work among young women?
A)A child's illness
B)Dysmenorrhea
C)Mental health disorders
D)Upper respiratory tract infection
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) 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
Q2) 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.
Q3) Which of the following questions would be a good opening to address health concerns with a male client?
A)"How do you know when you are ill?"
B)"What sort of health problems or illnesses do you have?"
C)"What are your usual physical activities?"
D)"What would your wife say about your health?"
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) An elderly woman shared that she had six different physicians,each focusing on one particular health problem.Which of the following would be of immediate concern for the home health nurse? (Select all that apply.)
A)Whether the client has a family physician who was coordinating her care
B)Whether the physicians communicate with each other
C)If each physician was prescribing medications, what drug interactions might be occurring?
D)Were all these health care providers licensed physicians?
E)Who was helping her with transportation to all these physicians?
F)Would all these physician visits add up to more than what Medicare would reimburse the client?
Q2) Which of the following is the most common reason for visual impairment in older adults?
A)Cataracts
B)Glaucoma
C)Macular degeneration
D)Presbyopia
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) Which of the following best describes why a nurse would ask about the meals of all family members,rather than focus on a nutritional history for the post-myocardial infarction patient?
A)It is assumed that all family members eat the same food at the same time each day.
B)Lifestyle choices among family members are usually consistent.
C)Many parents eat whatever their children don't rather than throw away good food, so the nurse should know what the children eat.
D)The nurse was afraid to assume that whoever cooked would only prepare one meal for everyone to share.
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) 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 young man rolled his wheelchair up the ramp into the clinic to the desk where the intake nurse greeted him.After welcoming him to the clinic,which of the following should be the initial question asked by the nurse?
A)"Are you a vet home from the war?"
B)"Can I help you into the treatment room to see the nurse practitioner?"
C)"Do you have any family with you to help today?"
D)"What brings you to the clinic today?"
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the recent trends in homelessness?
A)The number of homeless individuals in school is decreasing.
B)The number of homeless individuals is increasing.
C)The number of people in homeless families is increasing.
D)The number of people in homeless families is decreasing.
Q2) 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
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) Which of the following do expert rural nurses report as benefits of their work? (Select all that apply.)
A)Ability to develop close relationships and give holistic care
B)Being able to practice in the community where one lives
C)Constant challenges
D)Continual growth as an expert generalist
E)Higher salary than in urban areas
F)Intensity of purpose
Q2) Which of the following describes what has been identified by public health experts as the number one priority in rural areas?
A)Access to health care
B)Access to education
C)Access to telecommunications
D)Access to better-paying employment opportunities
Q3) Which of the following groups is the fastest-growing component of the rural population?
A)Disabled adults
B)Elderly women
C)Hispanic children
D)Retirees
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Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
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Q1) A patient had a distorted thought pattern,which led to very uncomfortable feelings and inappropriate behaviors.Which of the following types of therapy would most likely be successful?
A)Behavioral therapy
B)Cognitive-behavioral therapy
C)Family therapy
D)Group therapy
Q2) A nurse is working in a community setting caring for persons with mental health problems and their families.Which of the following is the most important and critical task for this nurse?
A)Be an advocate by writing letters to legislators demanding more resources for care for the mentally ill
B)Encourage all those involved to fight the community's tendency to stigmatize the mentally ill and their families
C)Establish supportive interpersonal relationships with all those involved
D)Lobby for increased funding for care of the mentally ill
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) Which of the following would be one of the first steps in attempting to control a disease?
A)Create an appropriate screening test for widespread use
B)Define what the disease looks like in confirmed or probable cases
C)Determine the disease's portal of entry and portal of exit
D)Measure the extent of its spread geographically
Q2) Which of the following best describes why clinical areas are so careful to ensure sanitization of surfaces and equipment between each patient?
A)To avoid direct patient-to-patient transmission of infection
B)To provide a clean environment for clients and staff
C)To decrease transmission by fomites
D)To decrease transmission by vectors
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) Which of the following drugs is being widely manufactured within the United States?
A)Cocaine
B)Heroin
C)Marijuana
D)Methamphetamine
Q2) A registered nurse is discovered stealing a patient's narcotic medication for personal use.Which of the following is most likely to happen to the nurse?
A)The nurse can be sued by the patient for pain and suffering (because the patient did not get the medication prescribed).
B)The nurse who shows acceptance of a drug problem may be allowed limited practice under supervision while undergoing treatment and monitoring.
C)The nurse will go to jail like any criminal caught stealing.
D)The nurse will lose employment, as well as the license allowing professional practice.
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) For which of the following groups is suicide the second leading cause of death?
A)People aged 15 to 24 years
B)People aged 25 to 34 years
C)People aged 35 to 65 years
D)People over age 65 years
Q2) Which of the following best describes the incidence of abuse among pregnant women?
A)It is too difficult to determine the actual incidence of abuse among this population.
B)It is estimated that approximately 1 out of every 10 women experiences abuse.
C)Approximately one out of every six women has been abused by a partner.
D)Abuse does not occur among pregnant women.
Q3) For which of the following groups is homicide the leading cause of death in the United States?
A)Black males aged 15 to 34 years
B)Black children aged 1 to 14 years
C)White children aged 1 to 14 years
D)White males aged 15 to 34 years
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) Who should create a disaster plan including emergency supplies and where to meet in case of an emergency?
A)All families
B)All government officials
C)All public health employees
D)Members of Congress and the Supreme Court
Q2) Which of the following sets of symptoms would be unexpected after a disaster?
A)Confusion, disorientation, indecisiveness, and memory loss
B)Depression, fear, or just numbness
C)Fatigue with headaches, nausea, and dizziness
D)Irritable, suspicious, argumentative, and inappropriate
E)No unusual feelings or behavior
Q3) Which of the following statements best describes how the American Red Cross (ARC)is different from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)or the National Incident Management System?
A)Funding includes only voluntary contributions.
B)It emphasizes being prepared for emergencies, not just reacting to them.
C)It has only volunteers as staff.
D)It is a nongovernmental volunteer agency.
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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) Which of the following best describes how Lillian Wald helped encourage the idea of school nurses in the schools?
A)She brought political pressure to bear on school boards through her political action movement.
B)She persuaded very wealthy women to convince their husbands to fund such positions.
C)She demonstrated that school nurses decreased absenteeism by 50%.
D)She used volunteer nurses until school boards were persuaded to fund such positions.
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) A nurse had 5 years of experience in a community health clinic when she accepted a position in occupational health.Which of the following best explains how the nurse will know what to do in this new setting?
A)On the basis of past experience, she can focus on relevant aspects and adapt protocols as deemed necessary
B)By focusing immediately on critical aspects and determining priorities in the setting
C)By following company procedures and relying on assessment checklists and clinical protocols
D)By using extensive previous experience, the nurse can grasp situations quickly and initiate appropriate action(s)
Q2) Which of the following led to a vast increase in the number of occupational health nurses?
A)Increasing autonomy and salaries of nurses in that role
B)Increasing industrialization of all societies
C)Society demanding improvements in safety for all workers
D)The health of workers involved in manufacturing during World War II was crucial
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) With whom would the forensic nurse primarily interact during the day in addition to clients? (Select all that apply.)
A)Case managers
B)Officers of the court
C)Physicians
D)Police officers
E)Psychologists
F)Social workers
Q2) The legal nurse consultant (LNC)was surprised to find that former friends were no longer interested in a colleague relationship and one even accused the LNC of trashing clinical nursing practice in the courtroom.Which of the following would be the best response by the LNC?
A)"I've just accepted a position that pays an incredible amount more than staff nursing in a hospital."
B)"I'm not part of clinical nursing; I'm part of the legal system now."
C)"I'm defending the expertise and experience of skilled nursing clinicians by helping remove dangerous practitioners from the field."
D)"I'm helping clients who were hurt by poor practice to obtain revenge."
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) On the basis of what a faith community nurse (FCN)believed was best practice,she wanted to share various methods of dealing with infertility.However,the tradition of the church was that childbirth was in the hands of God and it was inappropriate to use artificial means of becoming pregnant.Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A)Ask to be excused from the situation if a couple wants to obtain information inconsistent with the church's teaching
B)Follow the teaching of the church and keep quiet; there are worse fates in life than infertility
C)Suggest that a client consider adoption and suggest an appropriate adoption agency
D)Tell the client all the various methods used in cases of infertility
Q2) Which of the following best describes when faith communities first began to be involved with health and healing?
A)In 1998, when parish nursing was first officially recognized
B)In the time of Jesus and similar religious leaders of the early years AD
C)Throughout history, faith communities provided basic health care
D)When parish nursing began in the Lutheran Church in the 1980s
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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 best explains the purpose of the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)?
A)To analyze the cost-effectiveness of health agencies
B)To evaluate and improve clinical performance quality
C)To measure and publicize hospital data on outcomes such as death rates
D)To survey patient satisfaction with care received from health agencies
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