Public Health Nursing Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
Public Health Nursing explores the principles and practices of community-based healthcare, focusing on the role of nurses in promoting the health and well-being of populations. The course examines the determinants of health, epidemiology, health education, disease prevention, and the implementation of health programs within diverse communities. Students will learn about nursing interventions at the individual, family, and community levels; the development of public health policy; and strategies for addressing health disparities and improving access to care. Emphasis is placed on advocacy, cultural competence, and interdisciplinary collaboration to achieve positive public health outcomes.
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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 are the leading health indicators found in Healthy People 2020? (Select all that apply.)
A) Financial issues
B) Health system issues
C) Individual behaviors
D) Issues related to legal and illegal immigration
E) Legislative issues
F) Physical and social environmental factors
Answer: B, C, F
Q2) 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
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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 district nursing service created in the United States by Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster?
A) House on Henry Street
B) Visiting Nurses Association
C) New York City District Nursing Service
D) Wald and Brewster Nursing Service
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following groups was primarily responsible for the establishment of the first school of public health?
A) The American Medical Association
B) The Association of State Departments of Public Health
C) The federal government
D) The Rockefeller Foundation
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
Population-Focused Nursing Practice
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Q1) Which of the following is most closely associated with morbidity and mortality outcomes?
A) Number of physicians per capita
B) Insurance status
C) Crime rate
D) Personality traits
Answer: B
Q2) A nurse is using Milio's framework for prevention to improve the health of clients. Which of the following would the nurse most likely implement?
A) Create appropriate national health policies
B) Develop health programs that make healthy choices the easiest choices
C) Promote nationwide educational programs with information on making healthy choices
D) Stress that clients are responsible for their own health
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) It is rumored that there is something in the workplace that is causing persons employed there to feel ill. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate for the nurse to take?
A) Ask researchers to set up a study to confirm the health hazard in the environment
B) Assess the risk, including identifying any toxic substance
C) Confirm the extent to which the illness resulted from intergroup agreement on the illness and cause
D) Insist that the media not further spread stories of possible sick buildings until the truth of the situation can be studied
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 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) 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
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 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
Q2) A nurse is helping a community develop its capacity to address future problems. Which of the following activities is the nurse most likely implementing?
A) Addressing problems in priority order
B) Promoting collaboration and team building
C) Developing community competence
D) Providing education about health issues
Q3) Which of the following provides the most accurate way to explain community health nursing?
A) Being employed outside a medical center, such as in a physician's office
B) Focusing care on the community as a whole
C) Providing care within the community, rather than a hospital or extended-care facility
D) Working for a public health department
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of the Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke Amendments of 1965?
A) To improve coordination and planning of health care
B) To increase the availability of high technology in health care
C) To reduce overall health care costs
D) To require certificates of need before expensive new construction or technologies are created
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) Which of the following variables are missing from both the Health Belief Model (HBM) and Health Promotion Model (HPM)? (Select all that apply.)
A) Ignoring the impact of being socially and politically disenfranchised
B) Inaccessibility of health services
C) Nurse's responsibility to give power and control to the individual and the community
D) Omitting the influence of social, structural, and physical environmental factors
E) Reality of negative outcomes if appropriate behavioral changes are not made
F) Recognizing the influence of families on the individual's decisions
Q2) Which of the following is the best way to assess if learning has occurred?
A) There is an appreciation for the new knowledge and skills learned.
B) Participants passed an examination designed to measure learning.
C) Participants stayed attentive throughout the program.
D) There is a long-term change in knowledge and behavior.
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 when case management is implemented for hospitalized patients?
A) Immediately on admission
B) Immediately on discharge
C) When a nurse recognizes the need and makes the appropriate referral
D) When the patient is assigned a case manager
Q2) 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
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 Health Nursing
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Q1) The forces for the proposed bill are roughly as persuasive, powerful, and well financed as the forces against the proposed bill. Which of the following describes the most likely outcome?
A) The bill will be debated through a public hearing.
B) The bill will fail.
C) The bill will pass.
D) The bill will remain in the legislature until one side or the other has a majority of votes.
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 best describes how the local government is provided authority?
A) Through the ability to tax local residents to meet local needs
B) Through the people themselves who band together to create the community
C) Power delegated from the federal level to the local level
D) Power delegated from the states
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following federal agencies is responsible for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, food stamps, and school-based nutrition programs?
A) Aid to Dependent Children Department
B) Department of Agriculture
C) Department of Education
D) Department of Health and Human Services
Q2) Which of the following best describes a major problem faced by the U. S. health care system?
A) Inadequate number of licensed professional caregivers
B) Lack of sufficient clinics to serve all communities and neighborhoods
C) Ongoing increase in infections, such as nosocomial infections
D) Large number of underinsured and uninsured citizens
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following best describes what happens when a health care organization receives federal funding for a special health care need?
A) Other groups see the project and write grants wanting similar projects in their geographic area.
B) Participants continue to demand the services so local funding has to be readjusted to continue the care.
C) Research is done to demonstrate whether or not the intervention was successful and should be replicated.
D) When funds cease, so does the health care; therefore, continuity is lacking.
Q2) Which of the following best describes how having health insurance has affected lifestyle behaviors?
A) Health promotion disease prevention programs are attended because they are reimbursable.
B) Health education is widespread, because insurance companies promote such education.
C) Medications and medical treatment are relied on for cure.
D) Screening is widespread because of insurance sponsorship.
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health
Nursing
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Q1) A nurse carefully explained that the medication had to be taken three times a day, with each meal. The patient came to the clinic with symptoms of medication overdose. How should the nurse respond?
A) "Can you explain what you believe happened to make you so ill now?"
B) "Can you tell me when in the day you and your family eat?"
C) "Please review with me when I taught you to take your medication."
D) "Why did you take more medication than we suggested?"
Q2) A nurse reviewed the treatment the surgeon recommended for a woman's breast lump. When the nurse asked the woman if she could be admitted to the hospital for immediate surgery, the husband thanked the nurse for her time and said they would get back in touch after they speak with other family members. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate for the nurse to take?
A) Ask if there was some reason the woman could not be immediately admitted for treatment
B) Explain to the woman why postponing the surgery was dangerous
C) Point out it that it's the woman's decision, and stress that she should go to the hospital immediately
D) Recognize that the husband and other family members may need to have input into this decision
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Chapter 14: Environmental Health
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Q1) Which of the following nursing actions would be the most helpful to the community's long-term health?
A) Careful assessment, diagnosis, planning, and giving care to individual patients and their families
B) Dialogue with community members concerning what health issues are of importance in that community
C) Focusing on family health through school-based neighborhood clinics
D) Helping the community create political change through organization, use of media, legislative lobbying, and mass demonstrations
Q2) What is meant by discriminatory land use?
A) Backlash against companies that do not protect the environment
B) Daily insults to people who live in a particular community
C) Locating industrial hazards in low-income communities
D) Political recognition that companies support a safe environment
Q3) Which of the following best describes a food desert?
A) The inability to store foods at an acceptable temperature
B) The inability to have healthy foods at home
C) A neighborhood with little to no access to healthy foods
D) A neighborhood that has experienced a recent food-borne illness
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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 would be the best example of service learning?
A) Student nurses collecting gloves and coats to distribute to the homeless
B) Student nurses distributing food on plates at a "feed the hungry" site
C) Student nurses employed as nursing assistants for minimum wage on the weekends
D) Student nurses volunteering at the free clinic doing health assessments
Q3) Which of the following best describes how the United Nations (UN) is able to implement its decisions?
A) Asking for funding from all member nations to obtain appropriate resources
B) Through five permanent members of its security council
C) Sending military units to developing countries
D) Using its moral authority and world opinion
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) A school nurse has identified that there has been an increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among the adolescents attending the school. Which of the following interventions should be completed by the nurse?
A) Arrange for the health department to come to the school to give information and treatment on a confidential basis
B) Encourage the athletic coaches to distribute condoms in such a way that a boy can obtain them in private
C) Have English teachers assign stories about the problems that result from adolescent pregnancy
D) Have the bus drivers put a comic book about sexuality, STIs, and preventive measures on each seat
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes how the United States compares with other countries on infant mortality rate?
A) Best of all the industrialized nations
B) About in the middle of the industrialized nations
C) Near the bottom of the industrialized nations
D) Gradually improving among the industrialized nations
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following provides the best explanation for the importance of the "Go Red" and "The Heart Truth" campaigns?
A) Because heart disease is so prevalent, we all need to know the usual symptoms so we may seek help quickly.
B) Few people are aware of how to prevent chronic diseases such as cancer.
C) We need to increase awareness of the genetic component in chronic disease.
D) Women have different symptoms and require different treatment than men.
Q2) Which of the following best explains why cancer rates increase as people get older?
A) Better prevention programs are available for cardiac disease, so cardiac disease rates are decreasing, making cancer rates increase.
B) It is harder to screen for cancer than for other fatal diseases, so the rates are increasing because of the inability to detect the cancer at an early stage.
C) Poor lifestyle choices, environmental exposures, and increased life expectancy have all caused cancer rates to increase.
D) Other causes of death are decreasing, so it appears that cancer rates are increasing.
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) Which of the following is a biological explanation for gender differences in health status?
A) Influence of hormones
B) Different treatment by parents
C) Random differences in genetic inheritance
D) Social expectations of appropriate gender behavior
Q2) A man has been off work because of a recent illness. Which of the following would be the most useful action for the employer to take to support this man?
A) Encourage the man to return to work as soon as possible, possibly at something less physically demanding
B) Reassure the man that he may have as much time off as he needs
C) Share the man's need with other employees so that they may donate unused or unneeded sick time to him
D) Suggest that other male employees visit the man at his home to help keep his spirits up and demonstrate he is not forgotten
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) An ambulance medic reported a client was on the way with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Which of the following symptoms would the nurse expect this client to display?
A) Blurred vision and a headache
B) Hypotension and tachycardia
C) Irregular heart rate
D) Fecal incontinence
Q2) A nurse completed the health assessment but needed to use the elderly woman's bathroom. The nurse noticed perineal pads under the sink. Which of the following questions would the nurse most likely ask the woman?
A) "Can you tell me why you need to have perineal pads?"
B) "Do you know how to do Kegel exercises to help control your urine?"
C) "Does another woman live with you or visit often?"
D) "Why do you have perineal pads? Are you bleeding down there?"
Q3) Which of the following groups would most need adult day care services?
A) Caregivers who work all day
B) Elderly who are bored staying home alone
C) Elderly in whom Alzheimer's has been diagnosed
D) Older men who want an opportunity to meet older women
E) Older women who want to engage in arts and crafts activities
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) A nurse was creating an ecomap for a family, which consisted of a 3-year-old girl, an 8-year-old boy, and their mother. Which of the following questions would be useful for the nurse to ask?
A) "Are you involved with any groups or resources in the community?"
B) "Can you tell me about your extended family wherever they live?"
C) "Have you thought about what would happen if you needed help?"
D) "What were the causes of death for your older family members?"
Q2) A nurse asked a family if they'd work with her to create a family genogram. The mother asked, "Why would you want to know so much about our family?" Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "A genogram helps you see how some problems run in families. Your children will need to know this."
B) "If you're willing to share, we can discuss family history and possibly some hereditary health issues."
C) "Please be assured you don't have to answer any question you don't want to answer."
D) "Why would you want to keep your family members secret? Is there some problem?"
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) Which of the following guiding rules or principles would most likely be followed by a nurse caring for persons with disabilities? (Select all that apply.)
A) Adopt the client's priorities
B) Change care according to the most recent research findings
C) Care for the disability and then for the whole person
D) Know community resources thoroughly
E) Support the client's decisions
F) When in doubt, listen
Q2) When a person was brought into the clinic in a wheelchair, the new nurse asked the patient if he felt a need for a priest. Which of the following best explains why the nurse would ask about spiritual health during the intake assessment?
A) All patients have spiritual as well as physical needs.
B) Medical personnel have to collaborate with religious leaders.
C) People reach out for spiritual care when they have suddenly become ill.
D) Some people perceive disabilities as punishment for sin.
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following underlying factors most likely contributes to homelessness?
A) Substance abuse
B) Unemployment
C) Posttraumatic stress syndrome (PTSD)
D) Severe mental illness
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 represents the largest group of homeless adults?
A) Minorities
B) Disabled
C) Females
D) Males
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) As a concerned citizen and professional, a nurse encourages the local senators and representatives to support expansion of health clinics for the poverty stricken. Which of the following locations is in most desperate need?
A) Rural areas where migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW) labor
B) Inner city poverty-stricken neighborhoods
C) Near elderly low-income housing units
D) Inside high schools in poverty-stricken neighborhoods
Q2) 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.
Q3) Which of the following employment opportunities are among the most dangerous?
A) Food processing, textiles, and transportation
B) Highway construction, ranching, and public utilities
C) Large mechanized factory positions
D) Mining, forestry, and fishing
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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 are the causes of mental illness? (Select all that apply.)
A) Excessive amounts of brain serotonin, dopamine, and ?-aminobutyric acid
B) Genetic inheritance combined with neurochemical and metabolic changes
C) Living through a severe disaster, whether manmade or natural
D) Physiological abnormalities in the brain structure
E) Posttraumatic stress syndrome (PTSD)
F) Social isolation, rejection, and/or stress
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) The nurse could not find a vaccine in the refrigerator. The unopened vaccine vial had been put in a storage cabinet with the other medications. The nurse drew up the appropriate dose in the syringe and then put the vial of vaccine in the refrigerator. Which of the following would be the most likely result?
A) The client will have immunity to the disease after the vaccination
B) Primary vaccine failure
C) Secondary vaccine failure
D) The injection will not feel so cold to the client
Q2) 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.
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) Which of the following drugs is being widely manufactured within the United States?
A) Cocaine
B) Heroin
C) Marijuana
D) Methamphetamine
Q2) Which of the following has shown a significant increase in usage among young people during the past five years?
A) Use of marijuana
B) Use of cigarettes
C) Use of smokeless tobacco
D) Use of alcohol
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) In which of the following clinical areas are nurses most at risk for workplace violence? (Select all that apply.)
A) Acute care/intensive care units
B) Community health clinics
C) Emergency departments
D) Geriatric units
E) Psychiatric units
F) Rehabilitation units
Q2) A woman was seen in the emergency department with a greenstick broken arm and chest bruises. She explained she fell up a staircase at home while carrying laundry to the bedrooms. Besides assessing for other injuries, which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask about and educate regarding intimate partner violence (IPV)
B) Assess for use of alcohol or other drugs that might have been a causative factor in the fall
C) Get the patient an x-ray examination to determine location and severity of the break
D) Immediately apply ice and immobilize in a sling
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes how the American Red Cross (ARC) is different from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or the National Incident Management System?
A) Funding includes only voluntary contributions.
B) It emphasizes being prepared for emergencies, not just reacting to them.
C) It has only volunteers as staff.
D) It is a nongovernmental volunteer agency.
Q2) Which of the following disasters are considered NA-TECH (natural-technological) disasters? (Select all that apply.)
A) Constant rain led to mud slides, and whole neighborhoods were buried.
B) An earthquake caused structural collapse of bridges and highways in the area.
C) People stampeded out of the overcrowded arena, trampling people who had fallen.
D) River flooding resulted in overflow of the sewage plant and contaminated drinking water throughout the city.
E) The tsunami washed out all the power and telephone lines throughout the downtown area of the city.
F) Volcanic eruption covered the town with ash, making it difficult to breathe.
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) Which of the following health problems continues to increase in school-aged and adolescent children?
A) Contagious diseases
B) Obesity and related problems (diabetes)
C) Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
D) Stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis)
Q2) Which of the following screenings are typically administered in the school setting? (Select all that apply.)
A) Blood pressure
B) Chest x-ray
C) Cholesterol and blood glucose
D) Height and weight
E) Scoliosis
F) Visual and hearing acuity
Q3) 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)
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) An employee had recently had a heart attack and was just discharged from the hospital. Which of the following would be an appropriate action for the nurse to take?
A) Plan a party for when the client is able to return to the workplace
B) Develop a program on exercise and nutrition for all employees
C) Determine appropriate temporary, perhaps part-time, responsibilities to ease the employee's reentry to the workplace
D) Advocate for improvements in the food being offered by the vending machines in the employees' lounge
Q2) In which of the following ways are occupational health nurses (OHNs) role models of good community health nursing? (Select all that apply.)
A) The majority of OHNs are prepared at the baccalaureate level or higher.
B) OHNs actively influence policy in health and safety within a particular area.
C) OHNs are skilled at assessing both people and their home environment.
D) OHNs focus on health promotion and avoidance of injury or disease.
E) OHNs plan and implement health programs for populations of employees.
F) OHNs work closely with physicians in planning and implementing care for individuals and families.
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following best explains why the infection rate of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) is so high among persons who are incarcerated? (Select all that apply.)
A) Fecal oral transmission because of lack of cleanliness and hygiene among inmates
B) Ignorance as to how infectious diseases are transmitted
C) Engagement in tattooing, drug use, and unprotected sexual intercourse
D) Lack of access to health care while incarcerated
E) Overcrowding, poor ventilation, and constant change in the population
F) Poor nutrition and lack of exercise while incarcerated
Q2) Which of the following describes a responsibility of the forensic psychiatric nurse?
A) Assisting with the deposition
B) Collecting evidence to be used in future legal proceedings
C) Judging intent or diminished capacity of the client during the incident
D) Preparing to testify in court
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Q1) As a health advocate, which of the following does the faith community nurse (FCN) need to know?
A) Community resources available in the community
B) Educational needs of the community
C) Recruitment strategies
D) Understanding of spirituality
Q2) 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
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the documentation that the nurse should expect to complete during the home visit?
A) Creation of a carefully laid out nursing care plan for future visits
B) Documentation of assessment data and care given demonstrating the nurse's effectiveness
C) Necessary documentation will depend on the agency policies and forms
D) Completed Medicare forms per the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) regulations for reimbursement
Q2) A client was quite ill and the family was doing their best. After careful assessment and diagnosis, the home health nurse was setting priorities for care. Which of the following should be the basis for deciding which intervention to implement first?
A) Address the problem that is easiest to fix first so the client and family could see some success fairly quickly
B) Address the most serious problem first for the client's long-term health
C) Address the problem that is partly causing other problems first
D) Address the problem that the client and family think should be addressed first
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