Public Health Nursing Exam Review
Course Introduction
Public Health Nursing focuses on the role of nurses in promoting and protecting the health of populations through the application of public health principles and practices. The course covers topics such as epidemiology, community assessment, health education, prevention strategies, policy development, and advocacy for vulnerable groups. Students will learn to collaborate with other health professionals and community partners to identify health risks, implement interventions, and evaluate outcomes aimed at improving community well-being. Emphasis is placed on culturally competent care, ethical considerations, and leadership in addressing population-based health challenges.
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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) How do public health efforts differ from medical efforts in improving the health of our citizens?
A) Medical care providers autonomously choose appropriate interventions, whereas public health care providers must engage in whatever actions legislation requires.
B) Medical care providers are self-employed or agency employed, whereas public health care providers are employed by and paid through the government.
C) Medical care providers focus only on individuals, whereas public health care providers focus only on aggregates.
D) Medical care providers focus on disease diagnosis and management, whereas public health care providers focus on health promotion and disease prevention.
Answer: D
Q2) How does community health nursing define community?
A) A group of persons living within specific geographic boundaries
B) A group of persons who share a common identity and environment
C) A group of persons who work together to meet common goals
D) Persons who form a group to resolve a common concern
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Which of the following best describes an innovation introduced by the Romans?
A) Citizenship duties
B) Daily street cleaning
C) Hospitals and nursing homes
D) Daily exercise
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following of Nightingale's ideas were forgotten until recently? (Select all that apply.)
A) The need for education for women
B) The influence of environment on health
C) The importance of clinical practice for expertise to develop
D) The need to recognize gender role limitations
E) The problem-solving (nursing) process
F) The use of statistics and a sound research base
Answer: B, F
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
Population-Focused Nursing Practice
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Q1) Which of the following assumptions makes Orem's theory difficult to use?
A) That nurses will always be caring for families and groups
B) That clients are able to control their environment
C) That clients recognize the need for nursing intervention
D) That teaching clients self-care is the primary goal of nursing practice
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following health-related variables is examined by the critical theoretical perspective?
A) Cultural beliefs
B) Effect of history and tradition
C) Ethnic and racial differences
D) Social inequalities
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following assumptions of the health belief model (HBM) is problematic?
A) People have both free will and access to health resources.
B) People listen to the advice given by health care professionals.
C) People are influenced by health messages given over media channels.
D) People make what they perceive as rational decisions in a given situation.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) A nurse is completing a health history with a client. Which of the following questions would be most important to include?
A) How many alcoholic drinks do you have in a day?
B) How many sexual partners have you had in the past month?
C) What nonprescription drugs do you take on a routine basis?
D) What kinds of tobacco do you use daily?
Q2) Which of the following risk factors are least subject to modification?
A) Choice of lifestyle behaviors
B) Environmental exposure
C) Nutritional options
D) Recreational activities
Q3) 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 factors are necessary to assume there might be a cause-effect relationship between a particular variable A and a specific illness? (Select all that apply.)
A) It is easy to understand how the variable A could lead to the illness.
B) Research studies consistently demonstrate a relationship between variable A and the illness.
C) The illness is frequently seen without the presence of variable A.
D) The more of variable A present, the sicker the person becomes.
E) Variable A is always found after the person becomes ill.
F) Variable A is never found in the presence of other illnesses.
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) Which of the following best describes how care can be appropriately given in a community?
A) Provide individualized care to unique individuals as much as resources allow.
B) Consider the community itself as the "client."
C) Administer care according to the priorities of the local health department.
D) Prioritize care for the sickest populations first.
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
Q3) 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
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the first efforts at improving community health?
A) Environmental planning of water and sewer systems
B) Mass community immunizations
C) Passing laws requiring quarantine of infected persons
D) Segregation of ships from harbors until the harbormaster checked the sailors
Q2) Which of the following best describes why it is important for the nurse to be knowledgeable about the community when providing care to individuals?
A) As nurses travel to meet with clients, they must know the community to find the client's residence.
B) On the basis of information from community assessment, community health nurses can be visible and vocal advocates for health care reform.
C) Community health nurses are expected to have information about the community to share with individual clients.
D) Individuals and families are strongly influenced by the community and environment around them.
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) A nurse is planning a health education program in the community. Which of the following considerations must be made by the nurse?
A) The listed priorities of Healthy People 2020
B) The skills and abilities of the nurse educator
C) The sociopolitical cultural context of the community's environment
D) What learning materials have already been created and are available for use
Q2) Which of the following best describes what Knowles says is especially typical of adult learners? (Select all that apply.)
A) Barriers such as low self-esteem must be ignored when sharing information.
B) Learning is based on what knowledge will be needed in the future.
C) Learning draws on the learner's previous life experiences.
D) They need to know why professionals think this knowledge is important.
E) Sharing experiences with others enriches and motivates learning.
F) They want information related to current developmental tasks.
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) A client has been referred to a case management program. Which of the following actions would the nurse most likely take first?
A) Admit the client for services.
B) Determine the appropriateness for inclusion in the program.
C) Contact the physician to determine if services are necessary.
D) Contact the most appropriate community agencies for additional assistance.
Q3) Which of the following elderly persons are often the targets of case management?
A) Those who are homebound and have multiple complex problems
B) Those who live alone without close relatives
C) Those who show clear evidence of mental and physical decline
D) Those with chronic long-term health problems needing pharmaceutical intervention
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following actions represent a shift in philosophy at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? (Select all that apply.)
A) Collecting and analyzing health data
B) Creating integrated health information systems
C) Allocating resources to treat specific diseases
D) Encouraging partnerships and strategic alliances
E) Creating transaction-based relationships
F) Leveraging resources to steer the larger health system
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes a notable change of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act? (Select all that apply.)
A) Legislated a funding increase for RN staffing
B) Changed from process evaluation to outcome evaluation when evaluating care
C) Established guidelines for the use of restraints
D) Created health maintenance organizations nationwide
E) Added prescription drug benefits for Medicaid recipients
F) Required all states to review certificates of need before agencies could expand
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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 the effect of President Clinton's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry report (1999)?
A) Created improvement in both physician and nurse educational programs
B) Demonstrated the incredible influence on health care made by the insurance industry
C) Increased national interest in improving health care and seeking reform
D) Stimulated the Institute of Medicine to explore quality in more depth
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following was a major change after Medicare began a prescription drug benefit?
A) Number of prescriptions ordered by physicians decreased B) Medications increased without affecting patient care outcomes
C) U.S. expenditures on drugs approached the same level as that of other industrialized nations
D) Use of drugs and their cost immediately increased
Q2) Which of the following actions would help decrease the total health care costs in the United States?
A) Consolidate major health care facilities while expanding neighborhood primary care clinics
B) Continue the move to computer-based medical records and other efficiencies in informatics
C) Decrease current fraud and abuse
D) Streamline and make more consistent all documents needed for third-party reimbursement
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) A nurse was responsible for setting up a health fair with free pizza being served during lunch. The nurse observed a few people who did not eat but just talked quietly during lunch. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Assume it was a religious fast day, and not worry about it
B) Discuss with the supervisor what are traditional foods in that neighborhood
C) Offer to let those who did not eat take the leftover pizza home for a meal later in the day
D) Talk to the group, and ask what foods might have been more acceptable
Q2) 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?"
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Chapter 14: Environmental Health
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Q1) How does critical theory differ from other nursing theories such as the health belief model or Orem's self-care deficit theory?
A) Critical theory can be used by professionals other than nurses.
B) Critical theory focuses on oppression and facilitates group action.
C) Critical theory is not directly related to health promotion.
D) Critical theory confronts changing an individual's beliefs.
Q2) Which of the following statements best describe why environmental health is more challenging than other variables related to an individual's health?
A) Environmental health affects susceptible individuals more than groups.
B) Environmental health demands that individuals be willing to change their beliefs.
C) Environmental health is dependent on social neighborhoods, as well as geography.
D) Environmental health requires social, economic, and political changes to improve.
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) Which of the following nongovernmental groups has been expending millions of dollars to reduce the impact of infectious diseases with profound effect on prevention and treatment for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria?
A) Carter Center
B) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
C) Families for Freedom Foundation
D) Bradley Foundation
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following assumptions underlies the Declaration of Alma-Ata?
A) Communities should be encouraged to cooperate with national health goals.
B) Gross inequalities and disparities will always exist.
C) Health is a fundamental human right.
D) Public health agencies are responsible to plan and take action to improve health.
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) A nurse is trying to determine who would be the most appropriate person to make a health care decision for an adolescent, the adolescent or the parent. Which of the following considerations will the nurse need to make?
A) The need for cultural competence
B) The need for access to care
C) The need for client autonomy
D) The need for client privacy and confidentiality
Q2) When the school health nurse suggested the school health clinic include sexual counseling and free condoms if requested, an angry woman yelled, "Why do I care if some girls have no morals and sleep around?" Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Because taxpayers spend billions each year for teenage moms and their babies."
B) "Because your son may have to pay child support to that girl for the next 18 years!"
C) "I understand your point of view, but since some parents don't teach their children morals, the school has to help."
D) "We all should care for our neighbors and our neighbors' children."
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following events caused attention that has resulted in the current emphasis on women's health?
A) Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin's comments during the presidential race
B) Political correctness, including addressing the rights of women
C) New research studies that are focusing on women
D) Women's movement from the 1970s
Q2) In a college health course, the question arose as to when a woman needs to see her health care provider for a Pap smear. Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "After you begin having intercourse or reach age 21, whichever is sooner"
B) "Before having sexual intercourse, when you go to obtain your birth control"
C) "If your periods change at all, go to see your health care provider."
D) "If you have a vaginal discharge that's unusual, go right in for a Pap smear."
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 statements best explains why men are sicker on hospital admission than women?
A) Men do not have access to care.
B) Men do not seek treatment until they are very ill.
C) Men have chronic conditions more than women.
D) Men have more acute illnesses than women.
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
Q3) Which of the following statements is correct?
A) Males are more likely to have colorectal testing than females.
B) Males are more likely to receive dental care than females.
C) Males are more likely to have routine physicals than females.
D) Males are more likely to be eligible for primary care services than females.
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) "Do you have any advice?" a young woman asked. "I'm eating lunch with my dad but he can't hear and he won't wear his hearing aid." Which of the following suggestions should be made by the nurse?
A) Encourage your dad to wear his hearing aid-if only for you
B) Find a very quiet place with good lighting and very little background noise for lunch
C) Repeat yourself several times using exactly the same words and gestures
D) Talk very loudly while facing him directly
Q2) A wife explained to the nurse that her husband was becoming awfully forgetful, and now he's started getting lost on the way home from the golf club. She's scared he may be getting Alzheimer's disease. Which of the following would be most appropriate action for the nurse to take?
A) Ask the husband to explain why he thinks he got lost coming home
B) Explain that all elderly persons get a little forgetful and not to worry
C) Ask the husband to count backwards by 7 from 100
D) Hand the husband pencil and paper and ask him to draw a clock
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) Beyond gathering needed information for future interventions, which of the following purposes is served when the nurse interviews the family?
A) Assessing the safety of the immediate environment before further planning can be done
B) Establishing a process for the nurse and the family to make decisions
C) Engaging in focused planned conversation, which has healing potential in itself
D) Focusing on giving compliments to make the family feel good about themselves
Q2) 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
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) A nurse came limping into work with a huge cast on her right leg and asked to have an assignment for a week or two that did not require driving. The nurse said, "I never realized how difficult it is to get some places without two good legs. Now I know how persons with disabilities must feel!" Which of the following would be the most appropriate response from the nursing supervisor?
A) "I'm sure you'll be even more understanding and supportive now."
B) "Not really; you'll be out of that cast in a few weeks."
C) "What a great opportunity to attend some support groups for people with disabilities and share with us which ones are most helpful."
D) "Why don't you just take some sick leave rather than try to work with that leg cast?"
Q2) Which of the following was suggested by the National Healthcare Disparities Report of 2008 (NHDR) as one reason that there are such disparities in health care outcomes inside the health care system?
A) Care provider bias and poor communication exist.
B) Funding is inadequate to give appropriate care to persons with disabilities.
C) Many people do not seek care until it is almost too late.
D) There is a national shortage of care providers.
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following best describes how the Continuum of Care (CoC) concept determines the number of homeless? (Select all that apply.)
A) By asking local police departments to visit areas where the homeless hide and report the number of people found there each March
B) By conducting a point-in-time (PIT) homeless persons count every other January
C) By making an educated guess based on anecdotal data
D) By completing a statistical analysis of the Census Bureau data
E) By reporting the number of homeless persons who use emergency shelters or transitional housing during the year
F) By sending CoC personnel into the community to try to find hidden homeless
Q2) 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
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) Which of the following best describes how the federal government tries to both encourage and support rural health clinics under the Community Health Centers (CHC) program?
A) Allowing tax deductions for charitable contributions to rural health clinics (RHCs)
B) Donating equipment and supplies to establish such clinics
C) Reimbursing both Medicare and Medicaid at a higher rate than otherwise
D) Requiring recipients to serve in a rural health clinic for 3 years in exchange for financial assistance while in school
Q2) Which of the following best explains why there are so few hospitals in rural areas?
A) Few nurses and physicians enjoy the rural lifestyle.
B) Historically, hospitals began in large urban areas and have slowly expanded outward but have not yet reached all rural areas.
C) Rural areas have very low population density.
D) Rural residents do not trust hospitals, preferring to receive care from neighbors and friends.
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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 best describes how people with mental illness are viewed by the general public?
A) Individuals in need of assistance
B) Criminals who need to be institutionalized
C) Lazy, weak, and immoral
D) Contributing members of society
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) The charge nurse notes that two patients had communicable infectious diseases and were treated appropriately. Which of the following actions should be taken next by the nurse?
A) Depends on your state health department's requirements
B) Report the two cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
C) Report the two cases to your regional health department
D) Send the information for inclusion in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Q2) Parents have requested that their child be brought up to date on appropriate immunizations. After reviewing the child's medical history, the nurse prepares to give the two immunizations. What additional action should be taken by the nurse before administration of the immunization?
A) Ask if there is any chance the girl child could be pregnant
B) Ask the child if she consents to the immunizations
C) Assess whether the child has a fever or other illness that would require the immunization be postponed
D) Explain the pros and cons of obtaining immunizations to the parents
E) Give the parents the Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) After his family and employer confronted a man with all the problems his drinking was causing, he agreed to go into treatment. However, the wife asks, "But if we are forcing him to go into treatment, wont'he just resent us and keep on drinking?" Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "He may resent you, but the relationship between the two of you was being ruined by his drinking anyway."
B) "Isn't this better until waiting until he has lost his job and you're forced to seek a divorce?"
C) "Treatment can still be effective, even if you're forcing him into it."
D) "You're right; it's harder to treat the problem when the person is being forced into treatment, but what choice did you have?"
Q2) Which of the following is the drug of choice for treating persons with alcohol withdrawal?
A) Antabuse
B) Benzodiazepines
C) Methadone
D) Naltrexone
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) Which of the following actions should a nurse take to ensure personal safety when engaging in home visits? (Select all that apply.)
A) Always sit between the client and the exit, and, when in doubt, leave the situation
B) Be sure of the correct address and always have a GPS system
C) Carry a cell phone and drive in a well-maintained car with a full gas tank
D) Have enough money that you can buy your way out of trouble
E) Only accept assignments within a few blocks of your own home
F) Take self-protection courses such as karate and carry a weapon for your own defense
Q2) Which of the following best describes the incidence of abuse among pregnant women?
A) It is too difficult to determine the actual incidence of abuse among this population.
B) It is estimated that approximately 1 out of every 10 women experiences abuse.
C) Approximately one out of every six women has been abused by a partner.
D) Abuse does not occur among pregnant women.
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) When would the National Guard become involved in a disaster?
A) When the Federal Emergency Management Agency requests such assistance
B) When the local government requests help keeping order in the community
C) When the president has declared the area a national disaster
D) When the state has been asked to help an overwhelmed community
Q2) Which of the following sets of symptoms would be unexpected after a disaster?
A) Confusion, disorientation, indecisiveness, and memory loss
B) Depression, fear, or just numbness
C) Fatigue with headaches, nausea, and dizziness
D) Irritable, suspicious, argumentative, and inappropriate
E) No unusual feelings or behavior
Q3) Which of the following agencies should develop a community disaster plan, have emergency drills to test the plan, and determine the proper response?
A) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
B) Office of Emergency Management
C) State Disaster Office
D) The National Disaster Relief Agency
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) 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
Q2) Every day a child came into the school nurse's office with vague complaints, but sometimes it seemed to the nurse that the child just wanted to talk and be listened to for a while. Unfortunately, the child took up almost 15 minutes of the nurse's very busy day. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask a staff person to talk with the child so the nurse could complete required tasks
B) Continue to listen while assessing for possible underlying problems
C) Refer the child to a private physician for follow-up on the constant physical symptoms the child presented
D) Talk to the teacher about not letting the child leave the classroom unless obvious symptoms (fever, vomiting) of illness were present
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) Which of the following arguments would the occupational health nurse (OHN) use when trying to convince a large employer of the need for a breast cancer education program?
A) It will be excellent media coverage for the employer, especially if the public is invited.
B) A large number of female employees of childbearing age may be interested.
C) This program would help balance all the male-oriented programs.
D) Women employees who believe their employers are interested in their well-being are more productive and satisfied.
Q2) An occupational health nurse (OHN) works in a state that requires continuing education units per year for renewing a nursing license. Which of the following courses would probably be most helpful in the role?
A) Diversity and Human Caring
B) Ergonomics and Toxicology
C) Evaluating Risks and Personnel Management
D) Health Assessment and Home Health Care
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following skills can a forensic nurse, serving in the elected office of coroner, bring to the situation compared with other professionals?
A) Extensive knowledge of medicine
B) Knowledge of the law
C) Previous experience in testifying in court
D) Superb communication and empathy skills
Q2) 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
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) A new faith community nurse (FCN) met with a client who was dying. The client asked the FCN to pray for her out loud. The FCN had an active prayer life, but privately-not out loud relating to someone else. Which of the following would be the best response by the nurse?
A) Deliberately misunderstand the request and promise to pray for the client when you are at home each evening
B) Look for a religious book nearby, open it, and hope there is something there the nurse can use
C) Offer to share the client's request with the faith community's leader, as well as ask the faith community to pray for the client
D) Share a traditional prayer that the nurse had previously memorized for personal use
Q2) On which of the following levels of care do most faith community nurses (FCNs) focus?
A) Hospice care
B) Primary
C) Secondary
D) Tertiary
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) Which of the following should be included when the nurse writes a proposed treatment plan for a home health client?
A) Outline of specific client goals with measurable outcomes
B) Specific nursing interventions to treat identified client problems
C) Type of services needed and frequency of visits by each discipline
D) Typical nursing care plan information from assessment to evaluation
Q2) A nurse is going to visit a client who needs assistance with personal hygiene and feeding. Which of the following suggestions should be made to the family?
A) "I'll teach you how to care for your family member to keep him comfortable or, if you can afford it, you can employ an aide."
B) "It's important that he try to take care of himself and, if he can't or won't, he'll have to deal with the consequences."
C) "Reimbursement is available for a nurse to come to the house each day if you would like this assistance."
D) "You can always have your family member readmitted to the hospital for care."
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