Population Health Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Population Health explores the health outcomes of groups of individuals, emphasizing the determinants that influence these outcomes and the policies and interventions that can improve them. This course examines the complex interplay between social, economic, environmental, and genetic factors that impact health at the population level. Students will analyze data to identify health trends, assess healthcare systems, and consider ethical issues related to resource allocation and health equity. Emphasis is placed on prevention strategies, public health initiatives, and collaborative approaches to reduce health disparities and enhance overall community well-being.
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Community Public Health Nursing Promoting the Health of Populations 6th Edition by Nies
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Chapter 1: Health: A Community View
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Q1) What responsibility does the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics require of the nurse beyond giving excellent care to patients?
A) Accept longer work schedules to ensure that professional care is always available to clients
B) Recognize the need for experienced nurses to mentor new graduates to help increase and expand the number of professionals available
C) Support health legislation to improve accessibility and cost of health care
D) Volunteer to work overtime as needed to ensure maximum quality of care
Answer: C
Q2) What change could most effectively lead to a longer life span in Americans?
A) Parenting and sexual behavior classes in all public school systems
B) Legislation restricting alcohol and drug use
C) Notably reducing speed limits on all state and federal highways, and changing the age limit for driving to 21 years of age
D) The belief that smoking is shameful and disgusting, as well as expensive, becoming the social norm
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the primary concern both historically and today for many people when they become ill?
A) Can they get an appointment to see their physician in a timely fashion?
B) Can they get admitted to their local hospital without delay?
C) How can they afford to take time off from work and lose pay to be ill?
D) Will the expenses be covered by their health insurance?
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following scientific beliefs or ideas eventually changed medical practice and decreased morbidity and mortality?
A) Bad fluids cause disease, which can be cured by their removal.
B) Specific contagious organisms cause disease.
C) Spontaneous generation theory-disease grows naturally.
D) The miasmic theory-environmental conditions cause disease.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
Population-Focused Nursing Practice
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Q1) A nurse is using Healthy People 2020 as a guide to improve the health and well-being of the community. Which of the following strategies would the nurse most likely implement?
A) Address the root causes of health problems
B) Choose one of the 28 focal areas for emphasis in funding and media attention
C) Concentrate on the goals of improving the quality of life
D) Continue funding expansion of the health care system
E) Expand efforts to put all medical records on electronic media
Answer: A
Q2) A nurse is using the critical theoretical perspective in daily nursing practice. Which of the following activities would the nurse most likely complete?
A) Criticize health insurance programs as a barrier to health care
B) Expose social values underlying the health care system
C) Promote individual freedom and decision making
D) Exert control over the client's environment
Answer: B
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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) A nurse asks a client how she has been sleeping. Which of the following best describes the rationale behind this question? (Select all that apply.)
A) Accidents and injury may occur with the sleep-deprived client at fault.
B) Interventions for sleep problems are primarily common sense.
C) Many adults report sleep problems or occasional lack of sleep.
D) Many important functions occur during sleep.
E) Nurses can determine whether the patient has a sleep disorder.
F) A sleep assessment is easy and inexpensive to complete.
Q3) Based on statistics, which of the following groups is probably more physically active?
A) A group of adults living in the southern U.S. states
B) A group of elderly mall walkers
C) A group of high school graduates employed in blue collar occupations
D) A group of highly paid college graduates
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the importance of discovering all of the variables that may be involved in creating a disease state in some persons?
A) People want an explanation of why they are ill.
B) Knowing causes helps obtain funds for research to try to create a cure.
C) Finding variables that are susceptible to prevention or early intervention is important.
D) It is important to educate communities on how to avoid any risk factors.
Q2) When trying to determine whether the swine flu outbreak was getting worse, which of the following rates should be carefully observed?
A) The crude death rate
B) The age-specific death rate
C) The swine flu incidence rate
D) The swine flu prevalence rate
Q3) Which of the following best describes the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
A) It provided excellence in research design.
B) It used an extensive subject base leading to confirmed conclusions.
C) It developed information about the causes and treatment of syphilis.
D) It implemented unethical and racist treatment of uninformed subjects.
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) Which of the following best describes shoe leather epidemiology?
A) Implementing the wheel model of epidemiology
B) Engaging in extensive truth seeking like a detective in the community
C) Traveling throughout the community to absorb an overall impression of it
D) Facilitating sharing of the community's history by community leaders
Q2) A community health nurse wants to obtain an overview of the community, but has limited time and resources. Which of the following methods would the nurse most likely use to obtain this information?
A) Engage in a windshield survey
B) Establish a health department committee of community leaders willing to fill out periodic surveys related to various health issues in the community
C) Live in the community for several years
D) Review public health department records from up to 5 years ago
Q3) Which of the following best describes when a community health nurse would try to collect data on a health issue?
A) When available data exists
B) When data must be purchased from the agency that collects it
C) When there is no source of previously collected data
D) When the data previously collected is available to the public
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) A nurse is determining the needs of a selected aggregate. Eight percent of the aggregate has diabetes. Which of the following best describes the action that should be taken next to determine if this should be a priority?
A) Ask the American Diabetes Association if 8% is a worrisome rate.
B) Discuss the findings with the head of the public health department.
C) Review the literature to determine the national and state diabetic rate.
D) Determine what the aggregate's diabetic rate has been in the past.
Q2) A nurse is caring for an aggregate as his or her client. Which of the following tasks would the nurse complete first?
A) Determine the setting of the aggregate
B) Gain access into the aggregate
C) Identify the nurse's own strengths and preferences
D) Review the resources available to use in the community
Q3) Which of the following best describes the principal outcome of the Hill-Burton Act?
A) Increased number of hospital beds
B) Increased availability of high technology in health care
C) Reduced overall health care costs
D) Required certificates of need before expensive new construction is started
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) Which of the following can be found in both the Health Belief Model (HBM) and Pender's Health Promotion Model? (Select all that apply.)
A) Cues to action
B) Demographics
C) Perceived barriers
D) Perceived benefits
E) Perceived severity
F) Perceived susceptibility
Q2) Which of the following is most likely to determine if a health education program will create change?
A) Amount of input and participation by learners
B) Funds available for obtaining educational resources
C) Participant attendance at the entire program
D) Quality of the instructors involved in the program
Q3) Which of the following best describes the goal of participatory action research?
A) Analytical epidemiological findings
B) Careful descriptive research studies
C) Experimental studies using both experimental and control groups
D) Social change resulting from stakeholders' strategies
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) Which of the following best describes why utilization review departments are becoming case management units?
A) Funding is available for case management responsibilities.
B) Monitoring service use alone does not improve patient outcomes.
C) It facilitates using nurse experts for case management.
D) It promotes the current trend of naming "utilization review" units "case management."
Q2) Which of the following clients may be eligible for hospital-based, disease-specific case management support? (Select all that apply.)
A) Those who have high-cost conditions
B) Those with physicians who request such intervention for their patients
C) Those who may be maintained in a stable condition in their home environment
D) Those who have access to private insurance plans
E) Those who have requested such services
F) Those whose hospital has a collaborative agreement with a home health nursing agency
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following is the basis for any American citizen to feel comfortable expressing an opinion on a political issue?
A) Amendments to the Constitution
B) Articles of the Constitution of the United States
C) Declaration of Independence
D) Gettysburg Address
Q2) Which of the following nurses fought to have American nursing controlled by nurses rather than physicians?
A) Clara Barton
B) Florence Nightingale
C) Lavinia Dock
D) Lillian Wald
Q3) Which of the following is accomplished through the use of public policy?
A) Solutions to problems of public concern are developed.
B) A rational, logical problem-solving decision-making process is implemented.
C) Public safety nets for vulnerable populations are created.
D) Economic and business management principles are applied.
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following has led to the more recent focus on cooperation between the state and the federal level in relation to public health?
A) The emphasis of Healthy People 2020
B) The ongoing continued restriction of financial resources
C) The new presidential administration's goals
D) The threat of bioterrorism
Q2) Which of the following conclusions were made when Congress asked for a report on the federal government's quality enhancement process on the care the federal government gave? (Select all that apply.)
A) A clear responsibility at the federal level is to lead by example.
B) Computerized clinical data have enabled practice guidelines to be written.
C) Federally sponsored education and training programs have a strong impact.
D) Quality assurance information has been consistent and useful in improvement.
E) The quality of federal health care was very good.
F) Writing regulations influences nonfederal health care providers and organizations.
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) Who may receive benefits under Medicare? (Select all that apply.)
A) Federal employees
B) Persons aged 55 to 65 years who have bought into the system
C) Persons with end-stage renal disease
D) Those over 65 years of age, if eligible for Social Security benefits
E) Those who are dependents of elderly grandparents, usually because their parents are in prison as a result of drug abuse
F) Those with permanent disabilities
Q2) Which of the following best describes how hospitals initially coped when Medicare reimbursement became based on diagnosis-related groups (DRGs)?
A) Charged more for patients whose care was paid by insurance
B) Decreased nursing staff to cut labor costs
C) Lobbied politicians to increase Medicare reimbursement to reflect actual costs
D) Refused to accept Medicare patients
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health
Nursing
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Q1) A baby was dehydrated because of diarrhea. The mother explained that she had finally gone to a folk healer who told her to give the baby herbal tea, which did seem to be helping a bit, but the baby still seemed ill. Which of the following statements would be the most appropriate reply by the nurse?
A) "Folk healers cannot cure such problems; let me give you appropriate fluids for your baby."
B) "Let's go back to feeding the baby formula, and see how the baby does."
C) "You continue to give the baby herbal tea, but let's put some sugar and salt in the tea."
D) "Your healer is correct; fluids are crucial for your baby. Let me give you some special fluids for you to give the baby."
Q2) The clinic was seeing a great number of Hmong immigrants from the mountainous regions of the Far East. If the nurse could not obtain a translator, which of the following would be the next best action?
A) Require each patient to bring a family member fluent in English
B) Start teaching Hmong patients English on each clinic visit
C) Suggest Hmong patients might be more comfortable seeking care elsewhere
D) Try to make flash cards with common phrases used during clinic visits
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Chapter 14: Environmental Health
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Q1) How does participatory action research differ from other research methods?
A) Participatory action research does not use a control group.
B) Participatory action research does not require randomization.
C) Participatory action research is not based on a predetermined hypothesis.
D) Participatory action research poses solutions to the problem.
Q2) Which of the following best explains why it is difficult to get others interested in environmental health?
A) Environmental problems just are not interesting or dramatic.
B) It's difficult to get media interested.
C) People respond more to an acute crisis than chronic environmental problems.
D) People respond more to an individual asking for help than a community asking for help.
Q3) It has been learned that a particular industry has vastly polluted the surrounding neighborhood. Which of the following actions would most likely be taken by those living in the neighborhood?
A) Band together to shut the industry down
B) Nothing, because of family ties and cost of relocation
C) Immediately move to a different neighborhood
D) Seek legal reimbursement for the hazard exposure
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) differs from its many peer agencies?
A) It focuses primarily on prevention.
B) It is a uniquely American approach to problem resolution.
C) It responds to health emergencies.
D) It uses years of experience as the basis for its actions.
Q2) Which of the following groups makes up about 30% of the world's population?
A) Children
B) Elderly
C) Teenaged adolescents
D) Caucasians
Q3) Which of the following nongovernment organizations (NGOs) is active in improving health on a global scale?
A) Carter Center
B) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
C) Pan American Health Organization
D) UNICEF
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) Which of the following offers the best explanation as to why it is important for low-income women to seek prenatal care?
A) To provide the extra support from a nurse who listens
B) To begin the process of obtaining hospital care for delivery for a reduced cost
C) To have time to begin healthy behaviors to ensure a healthy infant
D) To obtain referrals for other helpful services
Q2) A school nurse is trying to determine health trends when making plans for health programming in the school for the upcoming school year. Which of the following would be the most appropriate action for the nurse to take?
A) Conduct a survey in the community
B) Do an online search of groups that might collect and analyze such data
C) Examine records in the school health office to determine trends
D) Interview local health officials regarding problems beginning to occur
Q3) Which of the following factors is the single largest threat to child health?
A) Child abuse
B) Obesity
C) Poor nutrition
D) Poverty
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following is the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD)?
A) Chlamydia
B) Gonorrhea
C) HIV
D) Syphilis
Q2) Which of the following best explains why a community health nurse would choose to emphasize women's health? (Select all that apply.)
A) Different nurses prefer different specialties.
B) It is currently politically correct to verbalize support for female issues.
C) Many women's groups are lobbying for more programs.
D) Many factors resulting in illness and death in women are preventable.
E) Knowledge deficits prevent women from assuming responsibility for their own health.
F) Women face barriers in accessing health care.
Q3) Which of the following is the most likely reason for adult women to be injured?
A) Automobile accidents
B) Domestic violence
C) Falling
D) Stranger violence (theft, rape)
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) Which of the following advantages do women have in relation to health screenings? (Select all that apply.)
A) As the weaker sex, women are expected to be ill and see physicians more often.
B) Employers often require health screening of their employees.
C) Health care departments focus on maternal and child health.
D) Women enjoy socialization during visits to health care providers.
E) Women have more health screenings because of the need for birth control or physician visits related to childbearing.
F) Women have more leisure time and can more easily see their health care providers.
Q2) Which of the following strategies would most likely increase attendance at a clinic aiming to improve men's health in the community? (Select all that apply.)
A) Employing male nurses
B) Having male-friendly space for socialization
C) Having evening and weekend hours
D) Having male-accepted nibbles and drinks (pretzels and light beer)
E) Including lectures on male health each evening
F) Providing male-accepted and respected activities such as poker
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) A wife, who had just come home after major abdominal surgery, explained to the home health nurse that she was really worried about her husband. He had not been sleeping well or eating well, seemed to have no energy, and did not seem to enjoy anything including activities he used to love. Which of the following suggestions should the nurse give to the client?
A) Ask what medications the husband is taking, because many medications can affect mood
B) Explain her husband has probably been worried sick about her and the surgery, and she should reassure him frequently that she is OK
C) Point out that many people get sad during the winter months and he should be fine when spring arrives, but in the meantime put full-spectrum light bulbs in all the household lamps
D) Share that her husband seems depressed and that they should see his doctor immediately
Q2) Which of the following is the most useful way to discuss aging?
A) By divisions-young-old, middle-old, old-old, and elite-old
B) Chronological age
C) Functional age
D) Number of chronic comorbidities
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) Which of the following best describe why it is crucial that nurses who focus on the care of individual patients also be able to work with families? (Select all that apply.)
A) Anytime a person is ill, his or her whole family is affected.
B) By understanding the family, understanding of the individual is improved.
C) Families often are very demanding if they feel their loved one isn't receiving the best care possible.
D) Individuals depend on their families for care and support.
E) Most important decisions are made by families as a whole, not individuals.
F) Risks caused by genetics or environment affect the whole family, not just the individual.
Q2) A family agreed to bring all the children in to the clinic at one time to begin to catch up on the children's immunizations, but they didn't keep their appointment. Which of the following conclusions by the nurse would be most accurate?
A) Obtaining immunizations might have been the nurse's goal, not the family's.
B) Some barrier or restraint interfered with the family's ability to come.
C) The family had other, more important priorities.
D) The nurse didn't adequately emphasize the importance of obtaining immunizations.
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) Which of the following is an accurate definition of impairment?
A) A disadvantage resulting from a disability that prevents fulfillment of an expected role
B) A restriction or inability to perform an activity in a normal manner
C) An anatomical, mental, or psychological loss or abnormality
D) A defect that affects society on a macro level
Q2) Which of the following problems depends on the responses of other people and therefore cannot be measured?
A) Disability
B) Handicap
C) Impairment
D) Injury
Q3) A professional strongly encouraged institutionalization so the parents could focus on care of their other family members. Which of the following suggestions would be appropriate for the nurse to make to the parents?
A) As the expert pointed out, institutionalization will reduce family stress.
B) The child has a right to an education in the least-restrictive setting.
C) The child will eventually adapt to whatever choice the parents make.
D) The choice of what to do is entirely the parents'.
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following factors are most likely to contribute to homelessness?
A) Domestic violence and substance abuse
B) Scarcity of support systems and recent job loss
C) Shortage of affordable housing and insufficient income
D) Substance abuse and serious mental illness
Q2) Which of the following best describes the problem with the Section 8 housing program?
A) Direct access to an apartment in a public housing facility is faster and easier.
B) Most renters prefer the program to make direct payment to apartment owners willing to rent to them.
C) Section 8 housing is essentially slum housing, and no one wants to live there.
D) Supply is vastly less than the demand.
Q3) Which of the following describes a dimension of the social determinants of health (SDH) defined within Healthy People 2020?
A) Employment
B) Education
C) Gender
D) Income
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) A public health nurse is working in a rural clinic. On the basis of risk, which of the following would be the priority group for care?
A) African American adults
B) Adolescents
C) Elderly women who live alone
D) Migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW)
Q2) Which of the following best explains why the rural population is growing when young persons from rural areas consistently are moving to urban areas to seek employment?
A) Adults engaged in all the physically demanding farming tasks have longer life spans than people in urban areas.
B) Farm families continue to have a higher birth rate than urban families.
C) Many formerly migrant worker Hispanics are settling in rural counties.
D) Retirees and other urbanites able to conduct business through telecommunication and travel are moving in.
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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) Which of the following was the primary recommendation of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health report for the mental health service delivery system?
A) Advised the president to drastically increase funding for mental health
B) Increased scholarships and grants to health care professionals willing to specialize in care of the mentally ill
C) Suggested the federal government take over responsibility for mental health care for all citizens
D) Called for a shift from a fragmented nonsystem to an integrated comprehensive approach to care delivery
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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 statements best explains how infectious diseases are different from any other health problem?
A) Infectious diseases are easier to treat by using pharmaceuticals.
B) Infectious diseases are more prevalent now than in the past.
C) Infectious diseases are acute illnesses that catch clients unprepared.
D) Infectious diseases have the potential to spread, creating a community emergency.
Q3) Which of the following groups is especially at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)?
A) Recently divorced adults
B) Single young women between 19 and 24 years of age
C) Teenaged girls
D) Young males between the ages of 15 and 19 years
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) Which of the following best explains why drug abusers so often relapse?
A) Drugs are widely available.
B) They lack a supportive environment.
C) They remember how fantastic they feel immediately after using.
D) Drugs make them feel better about life.
Q2) Which of the following is crucial during the detoxification phase of the addiction process?
A) Controlling the environment so drugs cannot be obtained
B) Maintaining a therapeutic relationship with the client
C) Maintaining communication with the client's family
D) Managing the acute withdrawal symptoms
Q3) Which of the following best explains why anyone would ever experiment with an illegal substance?
A) As a way of rebelling against parental authority
B) Because it is forbidden
C) For the thrill of it-without getting caught
D) Friends are encouraging it
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) Some of the medical staff thought an abused woman deserved what she got when she told them she was not going to a safe house following discharge from the emergency department. Which of the following information should the nurse stress to the medical staff?
A) When the woman leaves the emergency department, her abuser will most likely be arrested.
B) The woman probably feels fearful and helpless and, until her life is clearly threatened, nothing will probably change.
C) The woman needs additional reinforcement that she would be safer in a domestic violence shelter.
D) When a woman attempts to leave the situation, it is often when the abuser kills her.
Q2) Which of the following best describes the typical perpetrator of homicide?
A) A person trying to engage in rape with the woman fighting back
B) A person who wanted money and she refused to give it to him
C) A stranger
D) An intimate partner
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) When does disaster management begin?
A) Before a disaster occurs
B) Immediately after the disaster
C) Throughout the disaster period
D) When the disaster begins
Q2) Eight patients were burned in a factory fire. Shortly thereafter, four firefighters were seen with possible smoke inhalation problems. Which of the following best describes how these patients are different from the first patients to arrive?
A) Burn patients probably have skin damage, whereas the firefighters have lung damage.
B) Burn patients will need extensive care over time, whereas the firefighters can probably stay the night with oxygen treatment and then be discharged.
C) The burn patients were direct victims, whereas the firefighters are indirect victims.
D) The second set of victims may have scarring, shortness of breath, and persistent hoarseness for the next few days.
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) In addition to their homes, where are children most likely to be injured?
A) At entertainment sites (theaters, amusement parks)
B) At school, especially on playgrounds
C) At their part-time job settings
D) Transportation (automobiles, school buses)
Q2) A school health nurse was concerned about the diagnosed eating disorders of three high school students. A nutrition and body image program was planned. Which of the following classes should receive the program first?
A) Elementary school grades 4, 5, and 6
B) Grades 7, 8, and 9
C) High school grades 10, 11, and 12
D) Kindergarten students
Q3) Which of the following is the single leading preventable cause of death in the United States?
A) Alcohol
B) Firearms (guns)
C) Overweight and obesity
D) Tobacco use
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) Which of the following entities has been most active in creating change and alternative approaches in health care delivery?
A) Consumers
B) Corporations
C) Health care professionals
D) State legislators
Q2) 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)
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) An emergency department nurse was not sure whether there was enough evidence one way or the other to suspect child abuse with a child client, because there was not much evidence of physical harm. The forensic nurse agreed to see the child. Which of the following would be the forensic nurse's primary focus?
A) Ask the child whether the family has any secrets
B) Assess for old injuries or injuries in the process of healing
C) Observe the child's appearance and behavior and how the child interacted with other children and adults
D) Question the parents concerning the child and any discipline problems
Q2) 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
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following interventions would be appropriate for a faith community nurse who bases care on the CIRCLE Model of Spiritual Care? (Select all that apply.)
A) Giving a mini sermon based on the specific client problem
B) Listening and showing respect without any actual intervention
C) Suggesting to the client what would be an appropriate response to the situation
D) Showing love and empathy toward the client and the situation
E) Calling the client by name during the conversation
F) Allowing time for prayer during the client interaction
Q2) Which of the following symptoms would the faith community nurse (FCN) expect to see when caring for a client with the diagnosis of spiritual distress?
A) Hopelessness, isolation, and loneliness
B) Intense need for prayer and support
C) Loss of faith
D) Withdrawal from stress and the environment
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) Which of the following created the original expansion of home health care agencies? (Select all that apply.)
A) Changes that decreased reimbursement for hospital-based care
B) Cost containment in a managed care environment
C) Meeting clients' preference for care in their homes, not institutions
D) Offering new career opportunities for nurses who are tired of hospital nursing
E) The requirement of third-party payers for care to be given in homes
F) So they could serve as a profitable revenue source
Q2) A client was admitted to home care and was dismayed to find the nurse discussing such uncomfortable topics as advance directives, living will, and durable power of attorney. Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Don't be concerned; this is just routine."
B) "I'm sorry, but the state law says I have to ask you to fill out these forms."
C) "You get to make decisions about your care, but if, for any reason, you can't do this, these forms will tell us what you want us to do."
D) "Your physician asked us to discuss these with you."
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