Population Health
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Course Introduction
Population Health explores the determinants and outcomes of health at a community and societal level, focusing on the patterns, causes, and effects of health and disease across groups of people. This course examines how social, economic, environmental, and behavioral factors influence the health of populations, as well as how public health policies, healthcare systems, and prevention strategies can improve health equity and outcomes. Students will analyze epidemiological data, evaluate health interventions, and consider the impact of global health trends, preparing them to address complex health challenges and promote well-being in diverse communities.
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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 would be the proper term for the action of the school health nurse arranging for all the students in the elementary school to receive H1N1 immunizations?
A) Health education
B) Secondary prevention
C) Specific protection
D) Tertiary prevention
Answer: C
Q2) Which ethical belief would be most helpful in the current health care crisis?
A) Emphasis should be on individual and corporation freedom in the marketplace.
B) Emphasis should be on individual autonomy and freedom of choice.
C) Emphasis should be on social justice and collective responsibility.
D) Emphasis should be on the effectiveness of technology in resolving problems.
Answer: C
Q3) What is the health issue causing the most concern in the United States today?
A) Diabetes epidemic
B) Increase in cardiac disease
C) Increase in obesity
D) Rise in cancer rates
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Which of the following best describes why folk healers are used by many people?
(Select all that apply.)
A) Folk healers are often effective.
B) Folk healers do not charge for their efforts.
C) Folk healers integrate religion and medicine.
D) Folk healers use media very effectively.
E) Folk healers may involve the whole family.
F) Many physicians recommend folk healers.
Answer: A, C, E
Q2) Which of the following diseases provided immunity to smallpox?
A) Cowpox
B) Measles
C) Mumps
D) Scarlet fever
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
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Q1) A client did not attend the clinic for required follow-up care after his extensive surgery. Which of the following would be the most appropriate conclusion for the nurse to make?
A) The client is noncompliant.
B) The client is suffering from self-neglect.
C) The health care system is not meeting the client's perceived needs.
D) The health care system is not accessible for the client.
E) The nurse has not motivated the client appropriately.
Answer: C
Q2) A nurse is using Milio's framework to promote healthy eating choices among members of the community. Which of the following interventions would the nurse most likely implement?
A) Provide community education about healthy food choices
B) Promote legislation to increase taxation on unhealthy food choices
C) Lobby for health insurance providers to pay for participation in health promotion programs
D) Encourage community members to be responsible for making healthy choices
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) A nurse is using Pender's model to explain what influences individuals to pursue health promotion activities. Which of the following factors would be examined? (Select all that apply.)
A) A belief that one can change one's behaviors
B) Environmental choices possible
C) Fear of negative consequences if action is not taken
D) The rewards one believes will result if action is taken
E) The threat of an early death if behavior is not changed
F) What one's family and peers believe should be done
Q2) Which of the following best describes the reason why so many Americans are obese?
A) Culture requires eating at celebrations and holidays.
B) For many people, caloric intake is more than needed for their physical activity.
C) Physical education is no longer a required subject in most elementary and secondary schools.
D) The expected portion size in restaurants has vastly increased over time.
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) Which of the following groups should be used to determine the community's pregnancy rate?
A) All persons between 15 and 45 years old in the community
B) The total population of the community
C) The total population of women in the community
D) Women between 15 and 45 years old in the community
Q2) Which of the following would be the best method to increase the positive predictive value of a screening test?
A) Test a large population at once
B) Test a group at high risk for the health problem
C) Use a very sensitive screening test
D) Use a very specific screening test
Q3) For which of the following would a screening test be most appropriate?
A) Disease A, which must be caught early because society punishes those known to have the disease
B) Disease B, which can be controlled if caught early in the disease process
C) Disease C, which people need to know whether they have contracted, even though there is no treatment for the disease
D) Disease D, because people may want to use that information in family planning
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) Which of the following are considered the most important determinants of a healthy community? (Select all that apply.)
A) Child-friendly neighborhoods
B) Several different choices of houses of worship
C) Employment opportunities
D) Low crime rate
E) Safe food and water supplies
F) Varied housing choices
Q2) Which of the following from vital statistics records is useful to community health nurses? (Select all that apply.)
A) Relatively early age of death may suggest a new pathogen in the community
B) Divorce rate, suggesting whether children will need additional services
C) Documentation of the mortality and morbidity of the local community
D) Indication of whether the total population is growing or declining
E) Records of occurrence of congenital malformations
F) Stability of marriages, making family structure become obvious
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following describes why the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974 was unsuccessful in its efforts to increase accessibility and acceptability, improve quality, and constrain rising costs?
A) A new president forced the legislation's repeal.
B) No federal financing was included to implement the law.
C) The federal government made no effort to enforce the law.
D) The law did not affect the current health care delivery system.
Q3) Which of the following is the most important component of the Planning Approach to Community Health (PATCH) model?
A) Ensuring that careful records of the decisions made were kept
B) Community participation throughout the process
C) Intensive planning by all professionals involved
D) Selection of professional outcome measures
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) A nurse is implementing a comprehensive and entertaining educational program. Which of the following actions must the nurse complete first?
A) Be sure all the electronics (such as the computer showing the PowerPoint slides) are working.
B) Develop an open and trusting relationship with participants.
C) Distribute evaluation materials to participants.
D) Greet each participant, and welcome him or her to the event.
Q2) During a health education program, a nurse continues to ask questions and encourages attendees to contribute examples from their own lives relevant to the discussion. Which of the following best describes the rationale for the nurse's action?
A) To avoid having to prepare more material related to the topic
B) To let the participants feel appreciated and knowledgeable
C) To allow the participants to learn by doing through active participation
D) To apply Freire's principles of learning
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 are considered core functions of a case manager? (Select all that apply.)
A) Assessment and diagnosis of client needs
B) Planning and facilitation of client care needs
C) Giving direct client care as needed
D) Advocating for the client
E) Obtaining needed resources and funding for the client
F) Submitting appropriate forms to involved agencies for the client
Q2) Which of the following best describes the aftermath of the deinstitutionalization of mentally ill patients into the community during the 1970s?
A) Community health centers were created and gave care to such clients.
B) Families were eager to accept their family members back home.
C) Many mentally ill clients without social skills ended up in nursing homes.
D) Without follow-up care, many clients were readmitted to care.
Q3) 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
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community
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Q1) Which of the following were among the outcomes of the 1979 report Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention? (Select all that apply.)
A) A national committee was established to have hearings and study the problem further.
B) Increased funds were allocated for health planning and health care.
C) Many of the recommendations were adopted on the federal level.
D) The Health Objectives Planning Act of 1990 was passed.
E) The federal government began to identify and monitor national health care goals.
F) The president addressed the American people about the need for health care reform.
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes an effect of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996?
A) Individuals who were required to obtain employment lost their health coverage.
B) Many were happy to be off the government dole and self-supporting.
C) Persons sought and obtained employment that often included insurance benefits.
D) The food stamp program decreased in size.
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following best describes a conclusion of the report Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care?
A) Disparities are found only in particular disease categories.
B) Lack of access in some neighborhoods is a primary cause of inequities.
C) Provider bias and stereotyping contribute to inequalities.
D) Physiological racial and ethnic differences lead to disparities in outcomes.
Q2) Which of the following best describes the primary conclusion of the report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System?
A) Hospital staffing must be improved to focus on safety rather than cost containment.
B) Quality of care and medical error are not easily defined.
C) Patients must recognize that care providers are human and errors will occasionally be made.
D) System failures are resulting in an incredible amount of harm from medical errors.
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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 nurse felt very good about an Asian man who had responded positively to the instructions given to him. Later, the nurse heard him tell his wife that there was no way he could implement the suggestions. Which of the following best describes the problem that the client is experiencing?
A) Polite response may not equal agreement.
B) Men do not take instruction from women.
C) His culture may value harmonious relationships over expressing disagreement.
D) The nurse told him what to do but did not ask if he could do it.
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes how the population of the United States is changing?
A) Growth will occur because of a decrease in the death rate.
B) Growth will occur because of ongoing immigration.
C) Growth will occur because of an increase in the birth rate.
D) Growth will occur because of lengthening of the normal life span.
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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 supports why it is believed that the risks of various employment positions are inaccurate?
A) Companies refuse to share employee injury information.
B) Because factories reimburse employees directly, the injury is not reported.
C) Individuals assume it is a personal problem, not an employment issue.
D) Most employment positions do not have known risks.
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) Which of the following aspects of a developed country would be most worthwhile to be copied by a developing country?
A) Education of health care professions
B) Health care reform policies to improve health care delivery
C) Advanced technology with its miracle interventions and cures
D) Our approach to rationing health care
Q2) Which of the following best explains why many people decide to move to large urban areas?
A) To be eligible for social aid
B) To be with friends
C) To join family who are already there
D) To seek employment
Q3) Which of the following groups makes up about 30% of the world's population?
A) Children
B) Elderly
C) Teenaged adolescents
D) Caucasians
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) A young mother was very proud because she had been taking her 9-month-old with her to various garage sales where she had purchased a lot of toys for very little money. Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Be sure there are no small pieces as young children can easily choke."
B) "Fantastic. Saving money on toys will allow you to buy more fresh fruits and vegetables."
C) "Toddlers love new toys; they will help with cognitive development."
D) "You are doing an excellent job of giving your child lots of stimulation with new playthings."
Q2) Which of the following is consistent with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations for breastfeeding?
A) A mother combines breastfeeding with the introduction of complementary foods until the infant is 1 year old
B) A mother supplements breastfeeding with formula when then infant is 4 months old
C) A mother stops breastfeeding her infant after introducing solid foods
D) A mother asks her employer to allow her to bring her infant to work so that she may breastfeed
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following best explains how the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, Title X, has been helpful to families?
A) It provides funds for family planning, including contraception.
B) It created a child care subsidy to help adults obtain and retain employment.
C) It provides housing for low-income families.
D) It prevents utility companies from shutting off service and allows for bills to be subsidized.
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) Which gender perceives and reports having better health?
A) Females
B) Males
C) No difference between genders in perceived health status
D) Perceived health status varies strongly by individuals more than gender.
Q2) Which gender has higher morbidity rates with a higher prevalence of chronic diseases that cause disability and limitation of activities?
A) Females
B) Males
C) No difference between genders in chronic health problems
D) Prevalence of chronic diseases varies strongly by individuals more than gender.
Q3) Why do some researchers believe data regarding health behaviors may be inaccurate in relation to men?
A) Men are not socialized to tell the truth when interviewed.
B) Men do not know when they are ill.
C) Most of the data are collected about and from women.
D) Most of the data are collected by women.
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) A son explained to the home health nurse that since his mother died, his father did not seem to have any interest in life and had even told his son he was considering suicide. Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "If he really wants to kill himself, he will, and there really isn't anything you can do to stop him."
B) "If you talk to him about it, you're strengthening the idea."
C) "People who talk about suicide rarely do it, so don't worry."
D) "Suicide is a serious concern; let's talk to his doctor about what you've noticed."
Q2) Which of the following best explains why all family members should want their aged relatives to have a living will?
A) To confirm that the attorney is serving as guardian and family members do not have to be responsible
B) To fulfill the federal Patient Self-Determination Act requirements
C) To help family members know what their loved one does or does not want if he or she becomes incapacitated
D) To keep physicians from writing a do-not-resuscitate order
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) Which of the following definitions of family would be the most useful for the nurse practicing in the community?
A) A group of persons with shared convictions
B) A social unit interacting with the larger society
C) People descended from a common ancestor
D) Persons related either by blood or by legal contract (marriage)
E) Whoever the family says is in their family
Q2) The current school year is now over, and the school health nurse spends time summarizing the records of all the children who had come into the school health office during the past school year. Which of the following best explains the rationale for this action?
A) Because analysis can help establish priorities for future health programs
B) Because annual reports are expected by the school board
C) Because it's very personally rewarding to see all the help one has given throughout the year
D) Because the nurse has to justify the school health office budget for each year
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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 was the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWWIIA) designed to address?
A) Employers trying to avoid hiring persons with disabilities
B) Employers resenting being forced to hire persons with disabilities
C) Persons with disabilities not being able to receive on-the-job training
D) Persons with disabilities not seeking employment for fear of losing their health care and other governmental supports
Q3) 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
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following individuals would be described as being "doubled up"?
A) An individual who has two chronic conditions
B) An individual who has recently been released from prison
C) An individual who maintains two jobs to avoid being homeless
D) An individual who is forced to live with friends
Q2) Which of the following best describes how health care professionals are involved in the problem of homelessness?
A) Homeless persons make everyone uncomfortable when they beg for handouts.
B) Homeless persons often live in emergency departments and clinics.
C) Poverty leads to crimes, and health care professionals can be attacked and robbed outside health care facilities.
D) Serious illnesses or disability creates high medical bills, which may lead to homelessness.
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) Which of the following best describes how Migrant Health Centers (MHCs) under the Migrant Health Program are often different from other clinics?
A) Care is restricted to those who can document that they are employed in agriculture.
B) They are much better funded than typical rural clinics.
C) Staff are typically bilingual and bicultural.
D) They welcome illegal immigrants to receive care.
Q2) 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
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Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following provides the best description of severe mental illness (SMI)?
A) Having been clearly diagnosed with at least two mental health disorders within the past year
B) Having a diagnosable mental disorder with moderate functional behavior in a specific area of lifestyle at any time during the past year
C) Being unable to function in society due to a mental illness
D) Being convicted of several impulsive crimes during the past year
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) One child in a kindergarten room had a slight fever and did not eat lunch. Otherwise, the child seemed OK. Three days later, several children were absent from kindergarten. Which of the following best describes what happened?
A) Another nursery school was offering the same child care at a much lower price.
B) Infectious diseases can be contagious before any diagnostic symptoms occur.
C) No way to tell; there are many reasons why parents keep children home.
D) Parents chose to protect their children from the child with a fever, so they kept their children home for a few days.
Q2) 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 legislation has increased funding for treatment and rehabilitation for substance abuse?
A) Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act
B) Anti-Drug Abuse Acts of 1986 and 1988
C) Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act
D) Harrison Narcotic Act of 1914
Q2) Which of the following best describes a professional enabler?
A) A spouse who has been enabling an abuser for several years
B) A physician who provides narcotic analgesics to patients on a regular basis
C) A clergyman who offers to take an abuser to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting
D) A child who is a caretaker for her substance abusing mother
Q3) Which of the following best explains what experts believe is the causative factor in the decline in total alcohol consumption?
A) Americans prefer less dangerous mood-altering substances.
B) Increased "sin" taxes on alcohol and tobacco nationwide
C) Less social tolerance and no-drinking-while-driving campaigns
D) So many movies about teenaged drinking make alcohol look adolescent.
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) Which of the following best describes why all citizens should care about young people joining gangs?
A) Gangs are beginning to be seen in suburban areas.
B) Gangs are responsible for destroying lives and property in inner cities.
C) Gangs commit as much as 90% of all crime in some communities.
D) Gangs help give the young person protection, respect, and sense of belonging.
Q2) Which of the following best explains why more nurses do not report violence against themselves to authorities?
A) Assumption that the nurse somehow "asked for it" by not being cautious enough or alert enough to avoid it
B) Assumption that nothing would be done about the situation anyway
C) Assumption that nurses can accept anything, from taking blame to being scapegoats for when outcomes are not positive
D) Assumption that patients and families cannot be held responsible; being assaulted is part of the job
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) Who is responsible for ensuring the safety and welfare of communities?
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C) Local government
D) State government
Q2) Which of the following are the responsibilities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in relation to disasters? (Select all that apply.)
A) Contacting family members with up-to-date information regarding victims and their condition
B) Coordinating local services to prevent duplication and fragmentation
C) Delivering first aid and arranging for prescription medications that were lost to be replaced
D) Detecting disease outbreaks, their cause, and risk factors, and implementing interventions for control
E) Ensuring that drinking water, food, shelter, and medical care are available to victims
F) Setting up safe and comfortable disaster shelters (emergency housing) for families
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) A female coach walks into your office and shares that one student concerns her. The student will not change into her gym clothes and does not seem to "move right." Which of the following actions would be most appropriate for the nurse to take next?
A) Call the student into your office and discuss the importance of physical education to one's health
B) Meet with the student and ask directly about sexual or physical abuse
C) Offer to attend the next physical education class and talk to the student
D) Point out how female adolescents are very concerned over body image and are usually embarrassed by their own lack of perfection, and suggest the coach be more understanding
Q2) Which of the following legislation marked the first entry of the federal government into school health?
A) The Drug-Free Schools and Community Act
B) The Education for the Handicapped Act
C) The National School Lunch Program
D) The Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) Which of the following best explains how occupational health nursing differs from other nursing specialties? (Select all that apply.)
A) Occupational health nursing has a major focus on the environment.
B) Occupational health nurses are required to have a master's degree in occupational health.
C) Occupational health nurses are more autonomous and work independently.
D) Occupational health nurses have a primary emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention.
E) Occupational health nurses may work with unions, as well as management groups.
F) Occupational health nurses work in the community.
Q2) If not at a meeting or giving an educational program, which of the following best describes why an occupational health nurse (OHN) would be absent from the health station during the nurse's employment hours?
A) The nurse is reviewing position descriptions in the main company office.
B) The nurse is in the management office to use the company computer.
C) The nurse planned a walk-through of the workplace.
D) The nurse is taking a quick bathroom break.
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) If a forensic nurse was employed in the most widely recognized subspecialty in forensic nursing, which of the following would be the nurse's primary tasks?
A) Be employed by insurance companies to review and interpret medical records
B) Complete the death certificate, including causes of death
C) Do a history and physical assessment and collect evidence
D) Review the crime scene for insights with police officers
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
Q3) Which of the following are the most common forms of elder abuse?
A) Emotional abuse by caregivers
B) Financial abuse when resources are used without the elder's consent
C) Neglect by self or caregivers
D) Physical mistreatment resulting in injuries
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following best describes why it is crucial that the faith community nurse (FCN) have at least a baccalaureate degree, as well as several years of experience in clinical practice, in addition to formal education in the role?
A) To ensure continued prestige and relatively high salary for the role
B) To be autonomous with self-direction and independent decision making
C) To enable the FCN to assess the faith community and prioritize its needs
D) To function in varied settings from the religious building to the clients' homes
Q2) Which of the following realities would cause difficult ethical conflicts for a faith community nurse?
A) Best clinical practice may suggest behaviors contrary to the faith community's values and beliefs.
B) Individuals might pressure the nurse to make medical decisions for them.
C) Persons do not always follow the nurse's advice as to appropriate actions.
D) Some political maneuvers within the faith community have implications for the nurse's practice.
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) A nurse had shared a great deal of information with a new client. Time had passed, but the nurse had more to share and was energetically doing so. Which of the following should the nurse use as a guide to determine when to stop teaching and plan the next visit?
A) After about an hour
B) Depends on what other visits the nurse had scheduled that day
C) When the client or family members start fidgeting
D) When the client begins to look tired
E) When the client demonstrates symptoms of sensory overload
Q2) Which of the following best describes why home health care has continued to grow until very recently? (Select all that apply.)
A) Consumers prefer home care, so they will personally pay for it.
B) Demographics-there are more elderly persons in U.S. society.
C) Home care does not cost much more than institutional care.
D) Insurance companies are encouraging home care.
E) Medicare is encouraging home care rather than institutional care.
F) Physicians prefer to visit clients in their homes rather than institutions.
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