Public Health Nursing Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Public Health Nursing focuses on the principles and practices of promoting and protecting 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 various community settings, emphasizing disease prevention, health education, epidemiology, and policy advocacy. Students will learn strategies for assessing community health needs, planning and implementing interventions, and evaluating outcomes to improve the well-being of diverse groups. Through case studies and practical experiences, the course prepares nurses to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and engage in health promotion at the individual, family, and community levels.
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Community Public Health Nursing Promoting the Health of Populations 6th Edition by Nies
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Chapter 1: Health: A Community View
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Q1) What would be the proper term for the action of the school health nurse arranging for all the students in the elementary school to receive H1N1 immunizations?
A) Health education
B) Secondary prevention
C) Specific protection
D) Tertiary prevention
Answer: C
Q2) Which factor is most responsible for differences in an individual's health?
A) Culture of the majority of the community's citizens
B) Individual's education and income
C) Number of physicians and other health care providers in the community
D) Quality of the community health agency and hospital in the community
Answer: B
Q3) 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 statements best explains the continued incidence of infectious disease in the United States today?
A) Illness theory explains that there are many causes of illness resulting from environmental conditions.
B) No single theory adequately explains why a particular person gets a particular illness at a particular time.
C) The germ theory explains that a specific infection is caused solely by the invasion of particular bacteria.
D) The theory of susceptibility states that an individual only gets ill when there is extensive stress in his or her life.
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following interventions was the first step in controlling the incidence of tuberculosis (TB)?
A) Institutions were required to report TB cases.
B) Federal funding was devoted to seeking TB causes and cures.
C) Physicians began surveillance of TB cases.
D) States built large public hospitals to treat patients with TB.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
Population-Focused Nursing Practice
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes the major assumption of the health belief model (HBM)?
A) People will act if action is both easy and convenient.
B) People will act if exposed to fear messages stressing their vulnerability.
C) The major determinant of preventive health behavior is avoiding disease.
D) The major determinant of preventive behavior is providing proper health education.
Answer: C
Q2) 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
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) A nurse is using the theory of planned behavior when working with a client to change her behavior and improve her health. Which of the following considerations should be made by the nurse?
A) If environmental limitations may prevent the person from acting
B) The availability of needed environmental supports for the client
C) The client's belief about factors that may facilitate or impede the behavior
D) If the suggested behavior is actually the most effective approach
Q2) A young couple is searching for a home in a new neighborhood. Which of the following neighborhoods would most likely promote a healthy lifestyle?
A) One near a large active military base
B) One with excellent health facilities nearby
C) One with high walkability
D) One with superb recreational facilities
Q3) 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?
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) In a particular community, the rate of new cases of diabetes and the rate of new cases of flu during the month of January were precisely the same. Which disease would have the higher prevalence rate?
A) As an acute condition, flu would have the higher prevalence rate.
B) As a chronic condition, diabetes would have the higher prevalence rate.
C) Flu would have the higher prevalence rate because people can get flu several times in one season.
D) Flu would have the higher prevalence rate because it is so contagious.
Q2) A researcher has limited time and funds. Which of the following research designs would be most appropriate?
A) Cohort study
B) Incidence study
C) Longitudinal study
D) Retrospective study
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) A community health nurse is trying to determine the success of a planned intervention. Which of the following would the community health nurse most likely examine?
A) Changes in funding made available to the agency to continue their efforts
B) An increase or decrease in the number of persons asking for assistance
C) Current problem data to compare with original baseline data
D) Feedback from community residents
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following activities would be most helpful to a person in whom a serious chronic illness has been diagnosed?
A) Discuss it with a religious leader on a confidential, do-not-tell basis
B) Join a support group of others with the same illness
C) Share the diagnosis with coworkers and neighbors to gain sympathy and support
D) Tell extended family because many diseases have a genetic component
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) Which of the following important events related to health care occurred during the Reagan administration? (Select all that apply.)
A) Increase in national health planning and coordination of efforts
B) Decrease in both federal control and federal funding
C) Increase in state funding with concurrent control by local boards of health
D) Implementation of Medicare funding based on diagnosis-related groups
E) Suggestions to shift costs and reduce costs
F) Suggestions to mobilize the community to become involved
Q2) A nurse assessed carefully and created a comprehensive intervention plan including primary, secondary, and tertiary care for individuals and families. Which of the following factors may the nurse have overlooked?
A) Are other staff members interested in such a project?
B) Are there adequate resources for such a project?
C) Is there support from the administration for the project?
D) Does the nurse have adequate energy and time for such a project?
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) A nurse is helping clients to change their behavior. Which of the following would be most effective?
A) Counseling through the Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange approach
B) Encouraging them to interact with others who also need to change their behavior
C) Showing them how the inappropriate behavior is hurting their friends and family
D) Using subtle rewards when small steps are taken toward the appropriate behavior
Q2) Which of the following led to the creation of the Health Belief Model (HBM)?
A) Attempting to create an educational program that people would choose to attend
B) Attempting to explain why people acted as if they were immortal and immune from danger
C) Attempting to understand why people chose unhealthy and high-risk behaviors
D) Attempting to understand why people did not flock to free health care
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the aftermath of the deinstitutionalization of mentally ill patients into the community during the 1970s?
A) Community health centers were created and gave care to such clients.
B) Families were eager to accept their family members back home.
C) Many mentally ill clients without social skills ended up in nursing homes.
D) Without follow-up care, many clients were readmitted to care.
Q2) Which of the following best describes the purpose of case management from the client's perspective?
A) To help clients navigate a complex, fragmented, confusing health care system to obtain appropriate care
B) To help clients recognize that health care resources are limited and must be used wisely
C) To help clients understand their varied health problems and the best approach to maintain their health
D) To help clients obtain whatever care they need or desire
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes an effect of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996?
A) Individuals who were required to obtain employment lost their health coverage.
B) Many were happy to be off the government dole and self-supporting.
C) Persons sought and obtained employment that often included insurance benefits.
D) The food stamp program decreased in size.
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following best describes 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
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 why so many Americans continue to engage in unhealthy behaviors?
A) Americans are not knowledgeable on how to change their behavior.
B) Americans believe that most illnesses can be cured with insurance footing the bill.
C) Health is not a concern to most Americans.
D) Most Americans do not know which behaviors are unhealthy.
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) Which of the following statements best describes how the population of the United States is changing?
A) Growth will occur because of a decrease in the death rate.
B) Growth will occur because of ongoing immigration.
C) Growth will occur because of an increase in the birth rate.
D) Growth will occur because of lengthening of the normal life span.
Q2) When one woman asked her friend to stay while a painful procedure was done, it was explained that only one immediate family member could be in the room. The woman asked the nurse, "How do you define family?" Which of the following would be the best response by the nurse?
A) "A person's husband, wife, or children"
B) "Anyone related to you by law or by blood ties"
C) "Someone who lives with you and has ties of commitment"
D) "Whoever you tell us is your family"
Q3) Before interviewing an Hispanic family, what is the most important action for the nurse to take?
A) Compliment each member on some visible asset
B) Establish rapport, and gain trust and confidence
C) Greet them in Spanish even if badly spoken and accented
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D) Recognize the male as the authority figure in the family
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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) What would be an appropriate term for intoxicated drivers, secondhand smoke, urban crowding, noise, and mechanization?
A) Risks of living style
B) Risks in the built environment
C) Personal health risks
D) Modern day health risks
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 has been a common result in countries with a severe HIV/AIDS epidemic?
A) Birth rate is high, but life expectancy is only 35 to 40 years.
B) Free clinics have begun distributing condoms to stop the spread.
C) International aid has begun to lower the infection rates.
D) Missionaries are establishing orphanages within their churches.
Q2) Which of the following is one of the biggest threats faced by developing countries that are trying to grow economically and make a better life for their citizens?
A) Lack of education and knowledge
B) Political unrest
C) Environmental hazards
D) Large population
Q3) Which of the following actions has been most effective in reducing HIV infections in some countries?
A) ABC campaign
B) Free HIV immunizations
C) Religious leaders stressing abstinence or faithfulness in monogamous marriages
D) Public health workers distributing free condoms
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) A mother explained that she had just dropped her 3-year-old off at her own mother's so she could come in for the required examination for her new job. She excitedly shared her hopes that she would be able to afford a used car rather than having to ride a bus all the time. Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "I'm sure the exam won't show any problems. I'm so excited for you."
B) "Don't forget to buy a child's seat when you get your car."
C) "How do you think your child will adapt to you being at work all day?"
D) "It's fantastic that you have a new job in this rough economy. Will your mother be able to continue to babysit?"
Q2) Which of the following individuals is most likely to be the victim of violent crime?
A) A 10-year-old white female
B) A 15-year-old black female
C) A 15-year -old black male
D) A10-year-old white male
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) A nurse is called by her sister, who tells her how wonderful it is that she knows the exact date her baby is coming because her doctor scheduled her for a C-section before his vacation. Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "A C-section is major surgery. Do you remember what the doctor shared were the risks for yourself and your baby?"
B) "How marvelous to know the date; I'll plan to visit you in the hospital."
C) "I'm so pleased. I know exactly when I'm going to be an aunt."
D) "Why not wait until after your doctor comes back from his vacation?"
Q2) Which of the following best explains why lung cancer kills more women than breast cancer?
A) Early detection and cure of breast cancer has lowered the death rate.
B) Pap smears lead to early detection and often the cure of uterine cancers, hence avoiding breast metastasis.
C) There is no accepted treatment for lung cancer.
D) Women have begun smoking.
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) Based on theory, which of the following are men most likely to do when they become ill?
A) Ask their female partner what action might be helpful
B) Ignore symptoms or refuse to see them as symptoms of illness and act tough
C) See their physician as soon as possible
D) Talk to other men about what would be the best action
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 gender perceives and reports having better health?
A) Females
B) Males
C) No difference between genders in perceived health status
D) Perceived health status varies strongly by individuals more than gender.
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) Which of the following is the most common reason for visual impairment in older adults?
A) Cataracts
B) Glaucoma
C) Macular degeneration
D) Presbyopia
Q2) A man stated, "I used to work out at the exercise room at work, but now that I'm retired I sit and watch TV. My wife keeps nagging me to do something. What do you think I should be doing at my age?" Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "I think you should try to please your wife. What is it she wants you to do?"
B) "It's okay to slow down at your age; why look for problems?"
C) "You should try to exercise just as you did before. Is there a YMCA or club nearby?"
D) "You've worked all your life; you have a right to rest now."
Q3) 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) A family came in to discuss a problem with one of their children. Which of the following family behaviors would be concerning to the nurse?
A) Each family member made supportive comments about each other.
B) Every Sunday the family attends religious services together.
C) Family members made humorous comments about their life together.
D) The family seemed to rather quickly determine priorities for action.
E) The family wanted the nurse to decide what they should do.
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes how a family can meet the needs of society?
A) By living and existing in the wider community
B) By meeting the needs of the individual family members
C) Through procreation and socialization
D) Through productivity seen in employment positions
Q3) What has research suggested is a barrier to college students eating healthy?
A) Lack of access to an exercise facility
B) Lack of access to a primary care provider
C) Lack of knowledge of the benefits of healthy eating
D) Lack of knowledge related to food preparation
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) Which of the following is an accurate definition of impairment?
A) A disadvantage resulting from a disability that prevents fulfillment of an expected role
B) A restriction or inability to perform an activity in a normal manner
C) An anatomical, mental, or psychological loss or abnormality
D) A defect that affects society on a macro level
Q2) 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.
Q3) Which of the following problems depends on the responses of other people and therefore cannot be measured?
A) Disability
B) Handicap
C) Impairment
D) Injury
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following 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 the term "literally homeless"? (Select all that apply.)
A) Lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence
B) Lacking a family residence
C) Living in a place not typically used for human sleeping
D) Living in a temporary living accommodation such as a hotel
E) Living full-time in a recreational vehicle
F) Sleeping in an extended-care facility or hospital
Q3) Which of the following best describes a downstream intervention to solve the problem of homelessness?
A) Improved use of community resources
B) Increased employment opportunities
C) Increased affordable housing
D) Improved treatment of mental illness
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes how firearm injuries are different in rural areas as compared with urban areas?
A) In rural areas, firearm deaths occur more frequently because of purposeful, rather than accidental, shooting.
B) In rural areas, firearm injuries occur more frequently in the home.
C) In rural areas, firearm injuries occur more frequently during official hunting season, whereas the frequency does not vary in urban areas.
D) In rural areas, firearm injuries are more frequently fatal than in urban areas.
Q2) Which of the following factors would cause a geographic area to be called a frontier area?
A) Arbitrary distinction recognizing the Great Plains, Intermountain areas, and Alaska
B) Geographically located in the West, specifically the Great Plains states
C) High death rate from use of guns (homicide or suicide)
D) Population of fewer than six persons per square mile
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Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
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Q1) Which of the following events occurred in 1965?
A) State mental hospitals were created.
B) The mentally ill were deinstitutionalized.
C) Electroconvulsive therapy was discovered to help depression.
D) Community mental health centers for outpatient care were established.
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following best describes how brain imaging scans are being used?
A) To deliver electroconvulsive therapy to high-risk individuals
B) To help detect and diagnose medical disorders and illnesses
C) To help determine treatment options for mental disorders
D) To help determine the effects of psychotherapy
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Chapter 25: Communicable Disease
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Q1) One child in a kindergarten room had a slight fever and did not eat lunch. Otherwise, the child seemed OK. Three days later, several children were absent from kindergarten. Which of the following best describes what happened?
A) Another nursery school was offering the same child care at a much lower price.
B) Infectious diseases can be contagious before any diagnostic symptoms occur.
C) No way to tell; there are many reasons why parents keep children home.
D) Parents chose to protect their children from the child with a fever, so they kept their children home for a few days.
Q2) 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
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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 crucial during the detoxification phase of the addiction process?
A) Controlling the environment so drugs cannot be obtained
B) Maintaining a therapeutic relationship with the client
C) Maintaining communication with the client's family
D) Managing the acute withdrawal symptoms
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) 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
Q2) A man was crying and said, "I didn't mean to do it. She just got me so angry I lost control. It will never happen again." The woman said, "It was my fault. I shouldn't have upset him." Then, looking at the nurse, the woman added, "Please don't report this. It will never happen again." Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Abusers don't stop unless intervention occurs. I have to report it."
B) "If you're sure it won't happen again, I'll let it go this time."
C) "Legally, I'm required to put this in the medical record."
D) "The decision is up to the physician, not me."
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) Who is responsible for ensuring the safety and welfare of communities?
A) Federal government
B) Federal Emergency Management Agency
C) Local government
D) State government
Q2) As a nurse and a citizen, what is the nurse's additional responsibility in relation to disasters?
A) Assume the nurse will be asked to volunteer to assist the American Red Cross with helping care for disaster victims
B) Be aware if there is an unusual increase in the number of people seeking care with similar symptoms
C) Expect and plan for the possibility of being called to report to work for additional work efforts in caring for the sick and injured
D) Expect to be a role model in preparing for and reacting to a disaster
Q3) 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
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) Which of the following best explains why the school nurse and the principal athletic director of the school would frequently be working together?
A) As neither are teachers, each is susceptible to job layoffs if the community school tax levy does not pass.
B) As support staff to teachers, they have many mutual problems in communicating how they can help teachers be more successful.
C) Both are extremely concerned with the typical student's low amount of physical exercise and want to create an intervention plan.
D) Both have to create a budget plan and allocate funds for their department for the year.
Q2) Which of the following best describes why the numbers of children seen by the school health nurse is increasing?
A) Higher expectations for performance by parents and school administrators
B) Increasing school enrollments
C) Lack of another source of regular health care
D) Overcrowding within the community
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) Which of the following best explains why occupational health nurses (OHNs) felt a need to create the Factory Nurses Conference?
A) All the other specialties in nursing had created their own conferences and groups.
B) Creating their own group would be less expensive to maintain membership than joining the American Nurses Association (ANA).
C) Funding was made available by large employers for the nurses to meet.
D) Most OHNs practiced alone and wanted to be able to interact with peers.
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) Which of the following would most likely be the result of a medicolegal death investigation? (Select all that apply.)
A) Clarification of the unnatural circumstances in which death occurred
B) Court testimony as to cause of death based on evidence
C) Consultation with defendant's attorney for a fee
D) Consultation with prosecuting attorneys for a fee
E) Death certificate with cause and manner of death
F) Permission to use deceased organs for transplant
Q2) 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
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) The faith community nurse (FCN) finds the faith community's needs overwhelming. Which of the following best describes how the nurse can best meet the community's many needs?
A) Discover appropriate resources already existing in the community
B) Help the community members meet their own needs independently of the nurse or other assistance
C) Recruit, train, and direct volunteers to implement needed programs
D) Suggest the faith community recruit more parish nurses to help
Q2) Which of the following best describes why it is crucial that the faith community nurse (FCN) have at least a baccalaureate degree, as well as several years of experience in clinical practice, in addition to formal education in the role?
A) To ensure continued prestige and relatively high salary for the role
B) To be autonomous with self-direction and independent decision making
C) To enable the FCN to assess the faith community and prioritize its needs
D) To function in varied settings from the religious building to the clients' homes
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) A nurse was considering self-employment by starting a home health managed care agency. Which of the following risks is the nurse taking, particularly in the beginning?
A) Because the nurse is a newcomer, most patient referrals may go to other, more long-term agencies.
B) Managed care agencies assume the risk of providing all needed care within the amount budgeted.
C) Most clients would not know the nurse and therefore would be unaware of the nurse's agency.
D) Other nurses may envy the successful nurse and withdraw their friendship and support.
Q2) Which of the following best describes why home health care has continued to grow until very recently? (Select all that apply.)
A) Consumers prefer home care, so they will personally pay for it.
B) Demographics-there are more elderly persons in U.S. society.
C) Home care does not cost much more than institutional care.
D) Insurance companies are encouraging home care.
E) Medicare is encouraging home care rather than institutional care.
F) Physicians prefer to visit clients in their homes rather than institutions.
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