Public Health Nursing Test Bank
Course Introduction
Public Health Nursing focuses on the promotion and protection of the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences. This course explores the roles and responsibilities of public health nurses in diverse community settings, including assessment of health needs, planning and implementation of health promotion programs, disease prevention strategies, epidemiological approaches, and disaster preparedness. Students learn about addressing social determinants of health, community assessment, policy advocacy, and collaborative practice with other health professionals to improve health outcomes on a large scale. Emphasis is placed on cultural competence, ethics, leadership, and evidence-based interventions to reduce health disparities and promote wellness throughout the community.
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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 is the community health nursing definition of health?
A) Health is a person's goal-directed purposeful process toward well-being or wholeness.
B) Health is an individual's physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
C) Health is the mutual adaptation between a person and his or her environment in meeting daily existence.
D) Health is families and aggregates choosing actions to ensure safety and well-being. Answer: D
Q2) Which primary prevention would the school nurse choose to address the school's number of unwed pregnancies?
A) Create a class on parenting for both the moms-to-be and the dads-to-be
B) Convince the school board to allow sex education classes to include birth control measures
C) Employ the moms-to-be as 1-hour-a-day employees in the school day care center for children born to school students
D) Establish a class where all the unwed moms-to-be can learn infant care
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes why there is an increased need for advanced practice nurses in primary care?
A) Clinics are being built in many middle-class neighborhoods.
B) Hospitals are increasing their number of beds.
C) More nurses are choosing to obtain master's degrees.
D) Most physicians are specialists.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following is a major challenge for health care provider education today?
A) Ensuring that research findings related to families and groups are included in the curriculum
B) Expanding the curriculum to allow additional experiences in community health settings outside the hospital
C) Increasing course emphasis on environmental influences on health
D) Refocusing the curriculum from care of the individual to needs of aggregates
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 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
Q2) 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
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) A nurse was becoming frustrated. It had been 2 weeks, and although the client had verbalized that the best time of day to take a 15-minute walk was early in the morning, the client had not begun to exercise. Which of the following principles of the Transtheoretical Model had the nurse forgotten? (Select all that apply.)
A) A decision to act always occurs before action begins.
B) Behavior change is difficult and takes time.
C) Continuing to stress to the client how important exercise is will help the client decide to exercise.
D) Discussing with the client why he or she is not yet exercising may help the client recognize his or her own resistance.
E) The nurse should offer some reward if the person exercises for at least a week.
F) Verbalizing compassion for how difficult it is to change is a crucial intervention.
Q2) Which of the following is the best definition of health?
A) A goal and a resource for living
B) A lack of disease or illness
C) Complete state of well-being
D) Freedom from pain or discomfort
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) 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.
Q2) A nurse conducted a study of two skin lotions: (1) an inexpensive one and (2) an expensive one. The nurse found that there was a relative risk of 0.7 for skin sores using the inexpensive one and a relative risk of 1.2 using the expensive one. Which skin lotion should the nurse use?
A) Impossible to tell from the data given
B) It made no difference which lotion was used
C) The expensive lotion
D) The inexpensive lotion
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) A community health nurse wants to obtain an overview of the community, but has limited time and resources. Which of the following methods would the nurse most likely use to obtain this information?
A) Engage in a windshield survey
B) Establish a health department committee of community leaders willing to fill out periodic surveys related to various health issues in the community
C) Live in the community for several years
D) Review public health department records from up to 5 years ago
Q2) A nurse was debating about which approach to use to both obtain data about community needs and encourage community participation in their resolution. Which of the following approaches would be most effective in meeting both goals?
A) A community forum, open to all interested residents of the community
B) A community survey mailed to all residents
C) Establishing focus groups with selected participants
D) Conducting in-depth interviews with select community residents
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following best describes where the majority of time is spent by a community health nurse?
A) Caring for individuals
B) Caring for families
C) Caring for groups
D) Caring for aggregates
Q3) Which of the following best describes the principal outcome of the Hill-Burton Act?
A) Increased number of hospital beds
B) Increased availability of high technology in health care
C) Reduced overall health care costs
D) Required certificates of need before expensive new construction is started
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) Which of the following 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.
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
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) The case manager gave the client a list of eight possible sources for the equipment needed for care after discharge. Which of the following best describes why the nurse did not just tell the client the best source for the equipment?
A) The client has a right to select providers of needed resources.
B) The nurse did not know which source was the best resource.
C) The client must make a decision independently.
D) The nurse did not care which source is chosen.
Q2) Which of the following best describes why health care institutions are unhappy beyond the fact that they are not receiving the previous high reimbursement for procedures from Medicaid or Medicare?
A) Because clients are well informed and know they do not really have to pay their hospital bills
B) Because insurance companies and other third-party payers copy Medicaid's approach to holding down costs
C) Because it is harder to continue giving charity care when less reimbursement is received from the federal government
D) Because recent legislation has required that all reimbursement be based on quality performance measures
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community
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Q1) 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.
Q2) 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.
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following functions are responsibilities of the states? (Select all that apply.)
A) Delegating power to localities and holding them accountable for results
B) Creating managed health organizations to decrease state health care costs
C) Establishing and managing local health departments
D) Licensure of professional health care providers
E) Overseeing all insurance programs
F) Providing access to necessary health 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 advanced nurses does not have advanced education in a clinical specialty?
A) Clinical nurse leader
B) Clinical nurse specialist
C) Nurse midwife
D) Nurse practitioner
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the first government step in trying to stop constantly rising costs?
A) Insurance companies were told to cease adding new members to their plan.
B) Payment reimbursement was based on diagnosis and client characteristics rather than on treatment given.
C) Physicians were limited to a maximum amount that would be paid for any particular service.
D) Reimbursement was based on prospective payment; that is, in advance of admittance for care.
Q2) Which of the following best describes the health care services that are provided by philanthropic groups?
A) Direct care to patients with problems related to the group's primary interest area
B) Legislative lobbying for increased funding for their special interests
C) Informational and research activities
D) Special services such as housing, transportation, or appearance aids
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following are the most important factors in reducing disparities in health outcomes between different cultural groups? (Select all that apply.)
A) A strong family structure
B) Access to a health care provider
C) Access to transportation
D) Health care insurance
E) Having ongoing employment
F) Owning one's own home
Q2) A nurse was assigned to create and implement a community education program with the goal of preventing diabetes among the Hispanic population. As the nurse did not speak Spanish and was just beginning to be comfortable with the neighborhood Hispanic culture, which of the following would be the best approach for the nurse to take?
A) Be sure to use appropriate images in the handouts.
B) Copy literature and procedures found successful in other Hispanic communities.
C) Tell the supervisor the nurse is not competent for this task.
D) Try to find Hispanic volunteers who may be able to do the actual teaching.
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Chapter 14: Environmental Health
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Q1) When using an environmental perspective, which of the following would be the most important question for a nurse to ask when assessing potential health problems?
A) "Can you tell me how you have been feeling?"
B) "Can you tell me what you do at work?"
C) "What brings you here today?"
D) "What problems have you been having?"
Q2) It has been learned that a particular industry has vastly polluted the surrounding neighborhood. Which of the following actions would most likely be taken by those living in the neighborhood?
A) Band together to shut the industry down
B) Nothing, because of family ties and cost of relocation
C) Immediately move to a different neighborhood
D) Seek legal reimbursement for the hazard exposure
Q3) Which of the following is a direct result of global warming?
A) Decreased prevalence of infectious diseases
B) Increased water pollution from soil erosion
C) Decreased protection from the ozone layer
D) Increased number of parasites and insects
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) Which of the following statements best define epidemiological transition?
A) A change from morbidity due to a particular infectious disease to a different infectious disease
B) A change from mainly infectious diseases to chronic diseases
C) A change in infectious diseases caused by a difference in agent, host, or environment
D) A change in life spans of various age groups in a specific country
Q2) In what way is the U.S. approach to primary health care inconsistent with the World Health Organization (WHO) approach?
A) Our primary health care system does not provide universal coverage to all citizens.
B) Most U.S. citizens can afford health care through employer insurance plans.
C) Tertiary care is preferred over primary care.
D) U.S. hospitals make maximum use of the newest and best technology.
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) Which of the following best explains why an employer would care about the health needs of local children?
A) The children are the employer's future workforce.
B) The employer needs positive media coverage and no scandals.
C) The community will provide greater support to employers that have family-based policies.
D) Staying home to take care of sick children will impact the productivity of the workplace.
Q2) Which of the following groups of children is at the highest risk to have poor health?
A) African American children living in a suburb
B) Asian children living in an outer urban area
C) Hispanic children living in the inner city
D) White children living in a rural area
Q3) Using a public health perspective, which of the following has responsibility for a child's health?
A) The child's family
B) The businesses in the community
C) The entire community
D) The school system
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following is the leading cause of disability in the United States?
A) Arthritis
B) Car accident
C) Falls
D) Heart disease
Q2) 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
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 single action has been most influential in changing men's health behaviors?
A) Establishing well-man clinics during evening hours
B) Legislative action
C) Peer-reviewed journals such as the American Journal of Men's Health
D) Running men's health ads during sports events
E) The male consumer movement: seen in The National Organization for Changing Men
Q2) Which of the following advantages do women have in relation to health screenings?
(Select all that apply.)
A) As the weaker sex, women are expected to be ill and see physicians more often.
B) Employers often require health screening of their employees.
C) Health care departments focus on maternal and child health.
D) Women enjoy socialization during visits to health care providers.
E) Women have more health screenings because of the need for birth control or physician visits related to childbearing.
F) Women have more leisure time and can more easily see their health care providers.
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) A woman admitted, "I did fall once, but it was an accident that I'm sure won't happen again." Which of the following responses would be most appropriate for the nurse? (Select all that apply.)
A) "Are you getting lots of calcium and vitamin D? Are you drinking milk or taking calcium pills?"
B) "Do you have a couple glasses of wine each evening to relax you before you go to bed?"
C) "Do you live in a one-story house and are your floors even without rugs to trip you up?"
D) "Let me give you some balance and leg muscle exercises to practice at home each day."
E) "Remember that if you start to fall, fall sideways if you can to minimize injury."
F) "Review what medications you are taking."
Q2) Which of the following is the primary source of income for elderly Americans?
A) Employment income
B) Pensions
C) Savings
D) Social Security
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) When making a home visit, a nurse is usually expected to focus attention on the ill family member. But whom would the nurse possibly focus on instead?
A) The children who are being affected by the stress of the situation
B) The ill family member's primary caregiver
C) The spouse of the ill family member
D) The neighbors of the family who may be able to help
Q2) Which of the following questions is crucial to ask very early in a family interview?
A) "Do you see any way this problem could have been avoided-so future problems could be prevented?"
B) "What do you all, as a famil,y hope to achieve during your time with me?"
C) "What would you like me to do for you today?"
D) "Would you like to know my perception of what our goals together should be?"
Q3) Which of the following are examples of the internal structure of the family?
A) Ethnicity and race
B) Extended family members
C) Gender and rank order of birth
D) Social class and religion
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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 describes the most important need of every school-aged child with a disability?
A) A teacher who understands the child's needs
B) An advocate within the school system
C) An assessment with comparison with developmental milestones
D) An individualized education plan (IEP)
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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 a major difference between women who have always had shelter and women who have been homeless?
A) Educational opportunities and attainment
B) History of gender relationships (marriages, divorces)
C) Level of involvement with physical and/or sexual abuse
D) Skills necessary for paid employment
Q3) Which of the following factors would prevent a homeless person from accepting employment adequate to pay for housing?
A) Could not complete an employment application because of lack of mailing address
B) Hope for a better position than the service positions available
C) Lack of adequate resources to pay for other necessities
D) Prefer to receive a handout than to have to work
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following are particularly prevalent in rural areas (more so than in urban areas) of the South?
A) Falls and motor vehicle accidents
B) Less use of seatbelts and more drinking of alcohol
C) Obesity and sedentary lifestyle
D) Suicide and homicide
Q3) 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 patient with severe panic attacks refuses to come to the mental health clinic to get help even after being assured there is no charge for the initial assessment. Which of the following provides the best explanation for this behavior?
A) People know that the treatment is to confront your fears in small doses, and the very idea is overwhelming and frightening.
B) Such persons have anticipatory anxiety, so they try to avoid situations that may lead to a panic attack, such as leaving their house.
C) The recurring symptoms such as tachycardia, chest pain, nausea, and sweating are seen as symptoms of a physical illness, not a mental illness.
D) They are too depressed to take action.
Q2) Which of the following would be most upsetting for American families when their loved one, after serving in Iraq or some other battlefield, returns home?
A) Many families, especially those with children, do not want guns in the house.
B) Reabsorbing them into the family structure is challenging and difficult.
C) The suicide rate is twice as high as among nonveteran adults.
D) They must use the Veterans Affairs medical system for medical care.
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) A case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was diagnosed immediately on signs of illness at a tourist site in China. Which of the following actions should be taken to protect the badly needed income from tourist dollars?
A) Close the airports and refuse to let the tourists in the area leave
B) Begin to immunize everyone in the immediate area with protective vaccine as soon as possible
C) Quarantine the ill person and use isolation techniques when providing care
D) Screen everyone in the area by requiring a blood and urine sample
Q2) Which of the following is a fairly recent surprise regarding infectious diseases in the United States?
A) Cervical cancer and coronary artery disease may be caused by infectious agents.
B) Epidemics such as the H1N1 flu continue to occur.
C) Mortality caused by infectious diseases continues to rise.
D) Some infectious diseases remain endemic in our society.
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) Which of the following best explains why health professionals and educators are stressing total abstinence of drugs instead of teaching appropriate social use?
A) Federal funds are available to schools if abstinence is stressed.
B) If students perceive a drug as harmful, fewer actually try it.
C) It is easier to avoid a substance altogether than to try to control the dose.
D) This education is consistent with our American culture.
Q2) A client has refused to stop drinking alcohol. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask a physician to admit the patient to the acute care hospital.
B) Attempt harm reduction to help the client reduce drinking.
C) Cease giving care because the client is totally noncompliant.
D) Seek to have the patient admitted as a mental health client.
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 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) A female student is at a fraternity party where alcohol is flowing freely, the music is loud, and people are dancing and talking. Most people seem to be having a great time. What action should the student take, if anything, when she overhears two men talking about having put ketamine in a girl's drink?
A) First get out of there, then call the campus police and report what was heard
B) Nothing, because she had no idea which woman was targeted or even if she drank what was given to her
C) Talk to the two men about the dangers and side effects of ketamine
D) Watch to see if any young women pass out or are otherwise impaired
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes how a disaster is the same as or different from an emergency?
A) A disaster is personal, whereas an emergency is communitywide.
B) An emergency is personal, whereas a disaster is communitywide.
C) Both emergencies and disasters are devastating.
D) Both emergencies and disasters are failures resulting in extensive insurance claims.
Q2) Which of the following best describes how a community will know whether its disaster plan is adequate?
A) After a disaster occurs and reports of deaths and injuries are fairly accurate
B) By following practice drills involving various feasible scenarios as an initial step of planning
C) When federal experts have reviewed and approved the plan
D) When state officials have reviewed and approved the plan
Q3) Who is responsible for ensuring the safety and welfare of communities?
A) Federal government
B) Federal Emergency Management Agency
C) Local government
D) State government
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) Which of the following led to school nurses moving beyond the role of screening, assessment, intervention, and exclusion of children for communicable diseases?
A) A communicable disease outbreak, which led to the requirement that all children be vaccinated against common infectious diseases
B) Federal legislation, which required immunizations for communicable diseases
C) Political movements such as temperance, which led schools to educate about the effects of alcohol and tobacco
D) The need for inspecting schools to identify children who were ill and exclude them until they were no longer infectious
Q2) Which of the following medications can a school nurse expect to most frequently administer?
A) Analgesics and antipyretics
B) Antibiotics
C) Antitussives
D) Anticonvulsants
E) Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) Which of the following led to a vast increase in the number of occupational health nurses?
A) Increasing autonomy and salaries of nurses in that role
B) Increasing industrialization of all societies
C) Society demanding improvements in safety for all workers
D) The health of workers involved in manufacturing during World War II was crucial
Q2) Which of the following is one of the most challenging areas for the occupational health nurse (OHN)?
A) Allocating time between direct service to employees and management tasks
B) Collaborating with other worksite professionals and retaining leadership in the arena of employee health
C) Managing ethical conflicts between responsibilities to management and responsibilities to employees
D) Maintaining competence through attending conferences and maintaining services when the nurse (sole provider) is absent
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following is often discovered when female prisoners are interviewed for their health histories? (Select all that apply.)
A) A history of physical and sexual abuse
B) Evidence of active tuberculosis (TB)
C) Extensive tattooing and body piercings
D) Personal use of drugs and alcohol
E) Positive test results for HIV and hepatitis
F) Previous childbirth with living children
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following symptoms would the faith community nurse (FCN) expect to see when caring for a client with the diagnosis of spiritual distress?
A) Hopelessness, isolation, and loneliness
B) Intense need for prayer and support
C) Loss of faith
D) Withdrawal from stress and the environment
Q2) Which of the following best describes how the faith community nurse, as a health educator, decides which educational programs to offer the faith community?
A) Based on feedback from the local public health department nursing professionals
B) Based on what will help implement the Healthy People 2020 goals
C) Based on what is consistent with the health laws of scripture or holy books
D) Based on the health status and needs of faith community members
Q3) 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) A client needed a great deal of care. During a morning visit, the nurse shared information with the client's caregiver and demonstrated technical procedures. Which of the following is most important for the nurse to assess?
A) Client response to the procedures
B) How the client thought the goals were being achieved
C) If the client and the caregiver retained all the information the nurse gave
D) The skill and comfort level of the client's caregiver
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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