Nursing Practice in Population Health Pre-Test
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Nursing Practice in Population Health explores the nurses role in promoting and protecting the health of populations through evidence-based practice, health education, and policy advocacy. The course emphasizes assessment of community health needs, epidemiological principles, and development of interventions targeting diverse groups. Students will analyze social determinants of health and work collaboratively to address issues such as health disparities, disease prevention, and health promotion at the community level. Practical experiences prepare students to implement, evaluate, and lead population health initiatives in various health care and community settings.
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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) Which of the following are considered barriers to public health nursing? (Select all that apply.)
A) The mindset that the only role for the nurse is at the bedside
B) The structures within which nurses work and the process of role socialization within those structures
C) Few nurses receive graduate-level preparation in the concepts and strategies of the disciplines basic to public health
D) The steady decline in the number of job opportunities in the area
E) The inability to equally distribute the increasing funds
Answer: A,B,C
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 student is enrolled in a nursing education program during World War II.Which of the following groups would the student most likely have joined?
A) The Public Health Service of New York City
B) The Marine Nurse Corps
C) The FNS
D) The Cadet Nurse Corps
Answer: D
Q2) Nurses who provided care to people in their homes and provided that care to several people at a time were called _____ nurses.
A) private duty
B) visiting
C) public health
D) community health
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: The Changing USHealth and Public Health Care Systems
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Q1) One of the goals of the World Health Organization (WHO)is to:
A) provide PHC services to everyone.
B) prevent outbreaks of disease.
C) prevent the transmittal of communicable disease among nations of the world.
D) provide humanitarian support in times of disaster.
Answer: A
Q2) A nurse interacts with a 25-year-old woman at a community health center who is obtaining a gynecological examination and birth control pills.Which of the following types of care is the client receiving?
A) Tertiary health care
B) Public health care
C) PHC
D) Specialized care
Answer: C
Q3) In the United States,the majority of health care dollars are spent on:
A) prescription drugs.
B) hospital care.
C) physician services.
D) public health services (PHSs).
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Perspectives in Global Health Care
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Q1) A nurse is analyzing one of the components of a unit of DALYs.From which of the following individuals would the nurse be able to calculate this measurement?
A) A woman who lives to be 100 years old
B) A woman who contracts HIV after working as a prostitute
C) A father with five children who dies at the age of 50 from malaria
D) A woman who gives birth to a premature infant
Q2) A nurse is caring for a client who has been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB).Which of the following medications would the nurse most likely administer?
A) Isoniazid
B) Nevirapine
C) Amodiaquine
D) Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
Q3) Which health problem is in need of control in developed countries?
A) Hepatitis
B) Malaria
C) Polio
D) Smallpox
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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) 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.
Q3) A nurse enrolls in a microeconomics course at a local college.Which of the following best describes the rationale for taking this course?
A) Nurses are often the ones to allocate resources to solve a problem.
B) Nurses are often involved in federal policy making.
C) Health care policy can be influenced using these principles.
D) Health care supplies can be very costly and nurses must use them wisely.
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Chapter 6: Application of Ethics in the Community
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Q1) There are two medically indigent clients in the clinic who have come to get their monthly supply of free insulin.There is only enough for one client.Which of the following actions would the nurse take first?
A) Identify all options
B) Make a decision
C) Gather additional information
D) Act and assess decisions made
Q2) Which statement fits the Liberal Democratic Theory of John Rawls?
A) One should reject any idea that societies, states, or collectives of any form can be the bearers of rights or can owe duties.
B) Inequalities result from birth, natural endowment, and historic circumstances.
C) Everyone has a right to private property.
D) Government should be limited.
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) The Refugee Act of 1980 had what effect on refugees who were immigrating into the United States?
A) Allowed specific provisions for refugees from Southern and Eastern Europe
B) Provided a uniform procedure for refugees to be admitted into the United States
C) Permitted refugees to set up communities in or around major metropolitan areas
D) Allowed refugees access to "green cards" that would allow them to work in the United States
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
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Chapter 8: Public Health Policy
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Q1) A nurse is writing to a legislator to advocate for funds to support advanced practice nursing education.Which of the following considerations should be made by the nurse? (Select all that apply.)
A) Limit the letter to one page in length
B) Identify oneself as a nurse
C) Provide only factual information
D) Share personal knowledge about the issue
E) Arrange a face-to-face meeting as soon as possible
Q2) States have certain continuing education requirements for persons to renew a nursing license.Which of the following best describes the type of law that is being used?
A) Constitutional law
B) Legislation and regulation
C) Judicial and common law
D) Police power
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) Since the Intervention Wheel was first published in 1998,it has:
A) guided national policy.
B) been used as a tool in deciding licensure issues for State Boards of Nursing.
C) been incorporated into the public health curricula of many nursing programs.
D) gained wide acceptance internationally.
Q2) 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
Q3) A PHN uses Assumption 2,"Public health nursing practice focuses on populations," to guide practice.Which of the following would be considered a population of interest?
A) Healthy school children
B) Homeless individuals
C) A person recently diagnosed with diabetes
D) Teenage parents
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Chapter 10: Environmental Health
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Q1) A facility is inspected after it has obtained a permit.The inspection is completed for the purpose of observing whether the plans submitted in the permit application are being implemented as approved.Which of the following environmental protection strategies is being applied?
A) Controlling pollution
B) Waste minimization
C) Land use planning
D) Environmental monitoring
Q2) A nurse is addressing the problem of air pollution in the community.Which of the following would be the first step the nurse would take?
A) Setting standards
B) Monitoring
C) Permitting
D) Compliance
Q3) Which is considered a nonpoint source of pollution?
A) Hazardous waste site
B) Animal waste from wildlife
C) Chlorine poured down a well
D) Stagnant water
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Chapter 11: Genomics in Public Health Nursing
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Q1) The blueprint or code that is used to construct other components of cells is called the:
A) DNA.
B) gene.
C) chromosome.
D) base.
Q2) Which statement regarding mutations is true?
A) Mutations in the DNA sequence occur on a regular basis.
B) Mutagens are a result of a mutation.
C) Environmental factors can be linked to many mutations.
D) Spontaneous mutations occur because of environmental exposure.
Q3) A nurse is considering seeking employment in a career as a genomic nurse.Which of the following roles would be most important role of the nurse in this setting?
A) Direct caregiver
B) Educator
C) Advocate
D) Referral agent
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Chapter 12: Epidemiology
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Q1) A study that uses information on current health status,personal characteristics,and potential risk factors or exposures all at once is called:
A) cross-sectional.
B) ecological.
C) case-control.
D) cohort.
Q2) A PHN implements a primary prevention intervention in the community.Which of the following is most likely being implemented?
A) Pap smear
B) Blood pressure screening
C) Diet and exercise
D) Physical therapy
Q3) An epidemiologist wants to know what caused severe diarrhea and vomiting in several people at a local banquet.Which of the following principles is being applied in this situation?
A) Descriptive epidemiology
B) Analytic epidemiology
C) Distribution
D) Determinants
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Chapter 13: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
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Q1) A nurse is providing information to a local newspaper about the presence of infectious diseases in the United States.Which of the following statements by the nurse is accurate?
A) "It is the goal of the WHO to prevent the transmission of the plague by avoiding direct contact with inflicted individuals."
B) "Rabies is easily spread by contact with animals."
C) "The United States is a certified polio free country."
D) "The onset of tularemia is characterized by a distinct skin lesion often called a bull's-eye lesion."
Q2) The nurse provides footwear and gloves to leprosy clients to prevent trauma to their insensitive and deformed hands and feet.Which of the following best describes the intervention used by the nurse?
A) Primary level of prevention
B) Secondary level of prevention
C) Tertiary level of prevention
D) Primary health care
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Chapter 14: Communicable and Infectious Disease Risks
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Q1) A nurse is utilizing the provisions created by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act.Which of the following interventions is the nurse most likely performing?
A) Increasing AIDS awareness in the community
B) Determining available health care services for HIV-infected individuals
C) Preventing the transmission of AIDS to children from their mothers
D) Allowing persons in the final stages of HIV to die with dignity
Q2) A nurse is uncomfortable discussing such topics as sexual behavior and sexual orientation when counseling clients and avoids this topic with clients.Which of the following is the most likely outcome of this avoidance?
A) Potential risks and risky behaviors will not be identified.
B) Transmission of STDs will remain unchanged.
C) Clients will develop a trusting relationship with health care providers.
D) The nurse will be violating the laws in several states.
Q3) Which type of hepatitis would likely be found where sanitation is inadequate?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
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Chapter 15: Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) A nurse providing care in the 1970s follows a process when making clinical decisions.Which of the following processes would have been used?
A) Evidence-based nursing practice
B) The science of medicine
C) Evidence-based medicine
D) Research utilization
Q2) A nurse is grading the strength of evidence when critiquing a research study.Which of the following domains will the nurse need to consider?
A) Randomness, sample size, and blinding
B) Selection, variables, and description
C) Nursing, medicine, and physiology
D) Quality, quantity, and consistency
Q3) 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
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Chapter 16: Changing Health Behavior Using Health
Education with Individuals, Families, and Groups
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Q1) A community health nurse is writing an objective.Which of the following would be most appropriate for the nurse to write?
A) Each member of the family will give an insulin injection to the client with accurate dosage 100% of the time for 10 consecutive trials.
B) The client will perform a blood sugar test on herself with an accurate blood sugar reading.
C) The community will take their children to receive immunizations within 1 month of the immunization due date.
D) Fifty percent of the eligible women seen in the clinic will return for their scheduled mammogram appointment.
Q2) A leader controls members through rewards and often keeps members in the dark about the goals and rationale behind prescribed actions.What type of leadership does this describe?
A) Democratic
B) Patriarchal
C) Socialist
D) Paternal
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Chapter 17: Building a Culture of Health through Community
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Q1) A nurse provides counseling to an obese client about the importance of good nutrition and regular exercise with the intention of helping the client avoid future chronic diseases associated with obesity.What client system and focus of care are being applied in this situation?
A) Family level health promotion
B) Individual level illness prevention
C) Aggregate level illness prevention
D) Individual level health promotion
Q2) Which of the following statements is correct?
A) Genes, biology, and health behavioral choices account for 75% of population health.
B) Medical care accounts for 25% of population health.
C) Physical and social environments account for 75% of population health.
D) Genes, biology, and health behavioral choices account for 25% of population health.
Q3) The National Prevention Strategy provides:
A) recommendations on what can be done to improve population health.
B) assistance in interpreting Healthy People 2020.
C) a basis for public health nursing practice.
D) health risk appraisal instruments.
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Chapter 18: Community as Client: Assessment and Analysis
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Q1) A nurse gathers information about the condition of homes,size of lots,neighborhood hangouts,road conditions,and modes of transportation.Which method of data collection is being used?
A) Participant observation
B) Windshield survey
C) Focus group
D) Informant interviews
Q2) 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
Q3) A nurse is caring for the community as the client.Which of the following is most likely the focus of the nurse's care?
A) Providing care for aggregates living in the community
B) The collective good of the population
C) The provision of care for families in the home setting
D) Providing health education in the community
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Chapter 19: Population-Centered Nursing in Rural and Urban Environments
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Q1) A nurse builds a vacation home in a remote area having fewer than six people per square mile so he can "get away from it all." Which of the following best describes the classification of this area?
A) Standard metropolitan statistical area
B) Metropolitan county
C) Frontier
D) Rural area
Q2) In comparison with urban adults,rural adults:
A) seek medical care more often.
B) have poorer overall health status.
C) are less likely to identify a usual source of medical care.
D) are usually seen by a specialist rather than a general practitioner.
Q3) A nurse is providing maternal-child care for rural women.The nurse would like to intervene with pregnant women who are at risk for poor health outcomes.Which of the following populations would be the target population for the nurse's care?
A) Latinos who live in urban environments
B) Caucasians who live in remote areas
C) Those who live on or near Indian reservations
D) Those who seek health from general practitioners
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Chapter 20: Promoting Health Through Healthy
Communities and Cities
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Q1) The Healthy Communities and Cities initiative supports the idea that:
A) healthy cities and communities must be both environmentally and socially sustainable.
B) healthy public policy is the responsibility of elected officials.
C) physical environments cannot be changed, thus strategies must be developed in order to cope with them.
D) the World Health Organization (WHO) is the primary source of information for cities.
Q2) 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.
Q3) A nurse is involved in implementing the Community Health Promotion Model.Which of the following best describes the action being taken by the nurse?
A) Changing public policy
B) Establishing a team to plan and coordinate the work
C) Providing nursing diagnoses for the community
D) Revising an objective for Healthy People 2020
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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 has recently completed a research study in a nursing center.Based on the historical pattern of research in nursing centers,what would likely have been the focus of this research?
A) The development and characteristics of nursing centers
B) The effects of nursing models of care in nursing centers
C) Client outcomes
D) Managed competition in nursing centers
Q3) A nurse executive reports that the nursing center receives reimbursement through contracted rates.Which of the following types of reimbursement mechanism is being used?
A) Fee-for-service
B) Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
C) HMO provider
D) Third-party reimbursement
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Chapter 22: Case Management
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Q1) A bachelor's prepared nurse is providing case management services.Which of the following activities would most likely be provided by this nurse?
A) Working with community aggregates
B) Working with systems of disease
C) Working with individuals
D) Working with outcomes management processes
Q2) What are the six "rights" of case management?
A) Care, time, provider, setting, price, and outcomes
B) Patient, medication, route, time, documentation, and evaluation
C) Place, setting, patient, plan, outcomes, and documentation
D) Disease process, time, place, beneficence, advocate, and care provider
Q3) The first stage of collaboration is:
A) trust building.
B) consensus.
C) collegiality.
D) awareness.
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Chapter 23: Public Health Nursing Practice and the Disaster Management Cycle
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Q1) A nurse is working in a community that is experiencing the Honeymoon Phase after a disaster.Which of the following is characteristic of this phase?
A) First responders work tirelessly to save others.
B) Survivors share their stories.
C) Medical personnel experience exhaustion.
D) Community organizations rebuild the community.
Q2) A nurse is developing and coordinating an emergency response plan for a community.With which of the following organizations would the nurse collaborate?
A) American Red Cross (ARC)
B) National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
C) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
D) Emergency Management Agency (EMA)
Q3) A nurse responds to a human-made disaster.Which of the following describes what the nurse is responding to?
A) Structural collapse
B) Communicable disease epidemics
C) Mud slides
D) Floods
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Chapter 24: Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
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Q1) What does each state do with the information that it receives about notifiable diseases?
A) Uses the information for surveillance purposes
B) Reports the information to the local branch of the World Health Organization (WHO)
C) Transmits the data electronically, weekly, to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
D) Does nothing with the information
Q2) A nurse is completing a disease investigation.Based on the clinical symptoms presented,it is assumed that the individual has measles.However,there has been no laboratory evidence documenting that this individual has the disease.Which of the following types of cases is the nurse investigating?
A) A suspected case
B) A confirmed case
C) A prolonged case
D) An identified case
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Chapter 25: Program Management
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Q1) A nurse has provided an organization a philanthropic contribution.Which of the following best describes what the nurse has provided?
A) Contract
B) Gift
C) Grant
D) Loan
Q2) What is the purpose of developing objectives for a program?
A) Give the speaker specific topics to cover
B) Provide direction for conducting the program
C) Provide an enriching experience for participants
D) Formulate a mission statement
Q3) Which program planning stage defines the problem based on the existing health status of the population to be served?
A) Preactive
B) Reactive
C) Inactive
D) Interactive
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Chapter 26: Quality Management
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Q1) A nurse is using the specific approach to QI.Which of the following describes the action that would be taken by the nurse?
A) Evaluate an agency's ability to meet criteria or standards
B) Implement the plan-do-check-act cycle
C) Provide care to individual citizens
D) Use criteria set forth by regulatory agencies
Q2) A nurse is working with a team to learn more about what its most important accomplishments have been and to identify what changes are desired.Which of the following would be the method used to accomplish this task?
A) Compare job descriptions
B) Analyze mission and goals
C) Brainstorm
D) Develop charts and diagrams
Q3) Which statement about the quality assurance process is accurate?
A) Processes are implemented to maintain quality.
B) Community needs are assessed while implementing quality programs.
C) Accountability of the provider is the primary concern.
D) Standards for care are established and evaluated.
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Chapter 27: Working with Families in the Community for Healthy Outcomes
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Q1) A nurse recognizes that a barrier that may be experienced when providing family nursing care is health literacy.Which of the following strategies should the nurse implement to reduce the occurrence of this problem?
A) Write down all necessary information for the family
B) Use multiple colors of ink on written materials
C) Print in upper- and lowercase letters
D) Use as many descriptors as possible
Q2) The nurse chooses to interview a family in the clinic office.Which of the following provides the rationale for this decision?
A) Nurse's territory will provide the nurse with power
B) More formal setting may allow for better discussion of family issues
C) Nurse will feel more comfortable
D) Environment of the family can be assessed
Q3) A nurse is using the termination component of the nurse-family relationship.Which of the following strategies would the nurse use?
A) Increasing sessions with the nurse
B) Making referrals when appropriate
C) Providing a formative evaluation of the relationship
D) Refusing additional communication with the family
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Chapter 28: Family Health Risks
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Q1) According to Pender,one factor that motivates individuals to participate in health behaviors is the:
A) reduction of health risk by examination of the concepts of family risk related to each individual.
B) desire to protect health by using behaviors directed toward decreasing the probability of specific illness or dysfunction.
C) use of the Neuman Systems Model to define family health in terms of systems stability.
D) realization that health can be defined in many ways and within many cultures.
Q2) Which are lifestyle habits that have been shown to decrease morbidity and mortality? (Select all that apply.)
A) Sleeping 7 to 8 hours daily
B) Eating breakfast
C) Eating between meals
D) Vigorous daily physical activity
E) Maintaining full-time employment
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Chapter 29: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) A nurse is assessing a child with chronic health problems and his family.Which of the following factors should be taken into account?
A) The ability of the family to pay for expensive equipment
B) The degree of impairment to the child's ability to develop
C) How often recreational activities will take place
D) Special needs "camp" placement for the child in the summer
Q2) A nurse is caring for a preschool-aged child who has been exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)on a regular basis.Which of the following is the child at greater risk for because of this exposure?
A) Middle ear infections
B) SIDS
C) Living in poverty
D) Behavioral disturbances
Q3) A nurse is working with a child who lives in poverty.Which of the following best describes this child?
A) A child who has poor academic performance
B) A child whose parents have a college education
C) A child of Caucasian descent
D) A child living in a single-parent household
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Chapter 30: Major Health Issues and Chronic Disease
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Q1) A nurse is investigating the overall health status of a population.Which of the following indicators would most likely be used by the nurse?
A) Life expectancy
B) Health status
C) Morbidity rate
D) Prevalence
Q2) A nurse is educating a client about reducing her risk factors for the development of colorectal cancer.Which of the following lifestyle changes should the nurse recommend?
A) Increase in consumption of dairy products
B) Reduction in consumption of processed meats
C) Decrease in exposure to the sun
D) Increase in sedentary lifestyle
Q3) 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
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Chapter 31: Disability Health Care Across the Life Span
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Q1) A nurse is working with individuals who meet the definition of work disability as defined by the United State Census Bureau.Which of the following best describes these individuals? (Select all that apply.)
A) An individual who has resigned from a position because of discrimination
B) An individual who has retired or left a job for health reasons
C) An individual who did not work because of long-term mental illness
D) An individual who did not work in the past 12 months because of illness
E) An individual who has recently been terminated
Q2) Developmental disabilities,which continue throughout a person's lifetime,start before which age?
A) 7
B) 12
C) 17
D) 22
Q3) Which of the following statements about disabilities is true?
A) Disability includes sickness.
B) Almost everyone will experience disability at some time during life.
C) Disabilities are limited to physical impairments.
D) Most disabled individuals require assistance with ADLs.
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Q1) What is the primary cause of vulnerability?
A) Race
B) Age
C) Poverty
D) Illness
Q2) A nurse is working with multiple vulnerable groups.Which of the following would be most sensitive to adverse effects?
A) Pregnant teenager living with her parents for financial support
B) Poor, older woman with no means of transportation
C) 2-year-old boy of underinsured parents
D) Recently unemployed father of five
Q3) The wide variations in health services and health status between certain population groups are called:
A) vulnerable population groups.
B) health disparities.
C) disadvantaged populations.
D) risk markers.
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Chapter 33: Poverty and Homelessness
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Q1) A nurse is working in the community during the industrial revolution.Which of the following population groups would have been least likely to receive community assistance?
A) Widowed women
B) Orphaned children
C) Mentally ill
D) Injured laborers
Q2) Which factor influences the growing number of poor persons in the United States?
A) Increase in company earnings
B) Changes in the labor force
C) Better access to quality education
D) Adequate welfare benefits
Q3) Which statement regarding the effects of homelessness on health is accurate?
A) Peripheral vascular disease and hypertension are lessened by this lifestyle.
B) The incidence and virulence of infections are decreasing.
C) Trauma is a significant cause of death and disability.
D) Crowded living conditions result in decreased risk for exposure to infections.
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Chapter 34: Migrant Health Issues
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Q1) A nurse is implementing a primary prevention strategy for migrant workers.Which of the following activities would the nurse most likely implement?
A) Caring for persons afflicted with pesticide exposure
B) Setting up clinics for persons with HIV
C) Doing research in the field related to heat stress
D) Educating about prevention of such illnesses as HIV and infectious diseases
Q2) A nurse is implementing a tertiary prevention strategy.Which of the following activities would the nurse most likely implement?
A) Diabetes screening
B) Rehabilitation for musculoskeletal injury
C) Birth control
D) Pregnancy testing
Q3) A nurse is working from a client who is part of the Mexican culture and is experiencing a folk illness.Which of the following actions by the client should the nurse anticipate?
A) Prefer to seek care with a folk healer
B) Consult the female leader of the family
C) Rely on Western medicine to cure the ailment
D) Become isolated and not seek care
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Q1) What are reasons that adolescents may not seek care for health problems? (Select all that apply.)
A) Access to care may be hindered because there are not enough professionals with expertise in dealing with the teen population.
B) Cost of care or availability of insurance may limit services.
C) Teenagers do not care about their health.
D) Health care professionals may not be able to discuss sensitive topics in a non-judgmental way.
E) Parents are unaware of the services available for adolescents.
Q2) A nurse is counseling an adolescent female about prevention of iron deficiency anemia.Which of the following would be the most appropriate nursing intervention?
A) Provide information about appropriate weight gain during puberty
B) Educate about consuming foods containing vitamin C
C) Instruct on drinking at least eight glasses of water each day
D) Emphasize the need to follow up with a dietician
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Q1) A client who was deinstitutionalized during the 1960s experienced difficulties living in the community.Which of the following best describes why this difficulty existed?
A) Insufficient community mental health services
B) Difficulties connecting with community resources
C) Lack of affordable housing
D) Increased cost of care
Q2) A nurse is employed by the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH).Which of the following best describes an activity the nurse would be involved in?
A) Expansion of psychiatric units in general hospitals
B) Development of education programs for community mental health treatment
C) Legislation and advocacy for the rights of people with mental disorders
D) Deinstitutionalization of patients
Q3) A nurse implements a tertiary prevention intervention related to mental health care.Which of the following interventions has most likely been implemented?
A) Screening for anxiety
B) Depression education
C) Counseling following a natural disaster
D) Coordination transition from the hospital to the community
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Q1) The leading cause of birth defects in the United States is:
A) cigarette smoking.
B) fetal alcohol syndrome.
C) marijuana use.
D) HIV from sharing needles.
Q2) The nurse is interviewing a client who reports that he drinks alcohol when snorting cocaine.Which of the following best describes what is happening with this client?
A) Drug addiction
B) Polysubstance use
C) Substance abuse
D) Indiscriminate drug use
Q3) A nurse refers a client to alcoholics anonymous (AA).Who will play the most important role in the treatment of alcoholism at this support group?
A) Self
B) Spouses
C) Children
D) Peers
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Q1) A child has reported to the school nurse that he is being bullied.Which of the following is most likely happening to this child?
A) Difficulty talking to the guidance counselor
B) Inclusion in group activities
C) Intimidation by a peer
D) Discipline from parents at home
Q2) Homicide is the second leading cause of death among which population?
A) Individuals between 15 and 24 years of age
B) Native American infants
C) Caucasian women between 25 and 34 years of age
D) African American children between 15 and 19 years of age
Q3) What factor associated with crime and violence is particularly important to community health nursing practice?
A) Violence is a universal problem.
B) Violence impacts everyone in the United States.
C) Nurses must spend a great deal of time on the results of violence.
D) Significant mortality and morbidity result from violence.
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Q1) A nurse is performing a population-focused intervention.Which of the following activities is the nurse most likely completing?
A) Setting up a health fair with nursing students at a local university
B) Teaching a new mother how to breastfeed
C) Completing a physical examination on a preschool child
D) Contacting local officials about the rise in crime in one area of the city
Q2) Which factors cause stress for advanced practice nurses? (Select all that apply.)
A) Legal issues
B) Professional isolation
C) Conflicting expectations
D) Role confusion
E) Advanced education
Q3) An APHN is completing the process for certification renewal in the specialty.What time period has passed making renewal necessary?
A) 1 year
B) 3 years
C) 5 years
D) 7 years
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Q1) A nurse is working with a clinical microsystem.Which of the following best describes what the nurse is working with?
A) Evidence-based practices
B) Managed care organizations
C) Electronic health records
D) Registries
Q2) 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
Q3) A nurse leader would like to create a motivating workplace.Which of the following interventions would most likely be implemented?
A) Discuss with employees their personal life and home commitments
B) Provide regular feedback to employees
C) Allow employees to take off work whenever necessary
D) Complete spot checks of employee's work without notice
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Q1) After conducting a comprehensive client assessment,the nurse would organize information about the client's medication regimen into which domain of the Omaha System Problem Classification Scheme?
A) Environmental
B) Psychosocial
C) Physiological
D) Health-related behaviors
Q2) A nurse is coordinating care through a high-intensity transitional care program.Which of the following best describes the populations that the nurse is working with? (Select all that apply.)
A) Adults with cognitive impairments
B) Women with high-risk pregnancies
C) Older adults with heart failure
D) People who are moving from one state to another
E) Men who have just experienced divorce
Q3) Which historical event caused dramatic changes in home care nursing?
A) Passage of Medicare legislation
B) Establishment of Visiting Nurse Associations
C) Creation of the Montefiore Hospital Home Care Program
D) Provision of funds by the Civil Works Administration
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Chapter 42: The Nurse in the Schools
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Q1) Which school health practice may occur in the future?
A) Teaching health education using telehealth and telecounseling
B) Using robotic nurses in schools
C) Fulfilling the role of both classroom teacher and nurse by nurses
D) Developing private practices for treatment of the entire family
Q2) A school nurse is providing health information to school administrators,teachers,and parent-teacher groups.Which of the following roles is being implemented?
A) Health educator
B) Case manager
C) Consultant
D) Counselor
Q3) A nurse is providing education to prevent health problems in children.Which of the following levels of prevention is being used?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Assessment
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Q1) The first industrial nurse is considered to be:
A) Betty Moulder.
B) Ada Mayo Stewart.
C) Lillian Wald.
D) Florence Nightingale.
Q2) An occupational health nurse is assessing the need for MSDSs at the worksite.Which of the following items would require an MSDS?
A) Hand soap
B) Eye goggles
C) Aprons
D) Earplugs
Q3) The most disabling occupational condition reported in 2011 was/were:
A) cuts and punctures.
B) fractures.
C) bruises.
D) sprains and strains.
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Chapter 44: Forensic Nursing in the Community
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Q1) A nurse is caring for an individual who has been a victim of trauma.Which of the following most likely describes the client that the nurse is caring for?
A) A middle-class, Caucasian female
B) A middle-class, African American male
C) A low-income, Caucasian male
D) A low-income, African American female
Q2) 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
Q3) What is the extent of the economic burden of injuries in the United States?
A) It is extensive, including medical treatment and lost productivity.
B) It is minimal, as limited funds are spent treating injuries.
C) It varies depending on the extent of the injury.
D) It has been reduced through risk reduction strategies.
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Q1) Which functions are the faith community nurse most likely to perform? (Select all that apply.)
A) Personal health counselor
B) Facilitator
C) Referral agent
D) Case manager
E) Direct caregiver
Q2) A faith community nurse encourages participation in political activities that impact the health and wellbeing of the faith community.Which of the following roles is the nurse implementing?
A) Counselor
B) Developer of support groups
C) Integrator of faith and health
D) Advocate
Q3) Which dimension is central to the practice of parish nursing?
A) Physical
B) Psychological
C) Spiritual
D) Social
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Q1) After reviewing the objectives of Healthy People 2020,the PHN determines the focus for the programming for communicable diseases in the community.Which of the following would the nurse most likely select as the focus?
A) Encouraging community members to engage in healthy behaviors
B) Identifying high-risk sexual behaviors among community members
C) Monitoring the sexual activity of adolescents
D) Providing information about the hazards of multiple sexual partners
Q2) A PHN is working with uninsured individuals.Which of the following is the most appropriate action for the nurse to take?
A) Providing direct care for this population in times of acute illness
B) Advocating for federal policy changes for this population
C) Assisting this population to access necessary health care services
D) Encouraging lifestyle changes for this population
Q3) What is the goal of local public health departments?
A) To monitor communicable diseases
B) To improve the health status of communities
C) To offer services for the uninsured
D) To enforce environmental codes and laws
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