Public Health Nursing
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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 community assessment, program planning, and policy development, preparing students to address health disparities and empower communities through preventive care, health education, and advocacy. Emphasis is placed on working collaboratively with diverse groups, understanding social determinants of health, and implementing evidence-based interventions to improve the well-being of individuals, families, and communities across various settings.
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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) Which ethical belief would be most helpful in the current health care crisis?
A) Emphasis should be on individual and corporation freedom in the marketplace.
B) Emphasis should be on individual autonomy and freedom of choice.
C) Emphasis should be on social justice and collective responsibility.
D) Emphasis should be on the effectiveness of technology in resolving problems.
Answer: C
Q2) 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
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Which of the following best describes a modern public health practice that was originally developed as a means of self-protection from the Black Death (bubonic plague)?
A) Care in a hospital
B) Chemical intervention
C) Isolation and quarantine
D) Herbal remedies
Answer: C
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 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) A nurse is using Pender's model to explain what influences individuals to pursue health promotion activities. Which of the following factors would be examined? (Select all that apply.)
A) A belief that one can change one's behaviors
B) Environmental choices possible
C) Fear of negative consequences if action is not taken
D) The rewards one believes will result if action is taken
E) The threat of an early death if behavior is not changed
F) What one's family and peers believe should be done
Q2) During a health history, the client looked confused and said, "But everybody drinks, like at parties and such. How much drinking do you think is too much?" Which of the following would be most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Alcohol should be used only in moderation."
B) "It's okay as long as you don't binge, and you eat food with your drinks."
C) "Per day, no more than one drink for women and two drinks for men."
D) "Total abstinence is the only healthy choice."
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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 best describes the advantage of the ecosocial epidemiology model over both the web of causation model and the epidemiological triangle model? (Select all that apply.)
A) It decreases the focus on the individual person.
B) It demonstrates the usefulness of molecular epidemiology in disease prevention.
C) It emphasizes the role of complex political and economic context.
D) It is more useful in public policy campaigns in explaining what people need to do to protect themselves.
E) It reflects the current emphasis on ecology and the environment.
F) Its use suggests possible public policy interventions.
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) All of the needed objective data on a specific health problem are available for the community health nurse. Which of the following best describes why the nurse would also interview community residents about the health problem?
A) To confirm the accuracy of the previously collected data
B) To emphasize to residents the importance of the health problem
C) To obtain the residents' personal insights and beliefs about the problem
D) To update the previously collected data
Q2) Which of the following is a major factor in determining which people or groups are most likely to be helpful to a particular individual?
A) Anyone who has time to be available
B) Environmental proximity
C) Same employment responsibilities
D) Similar religious faith
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 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 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
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) A nurse is selecting goals for an educational program. Which of the following methods should be used?
A) Ask the formal leadership of a community what the learning needs are.
B) Interview informal leaders about the learning needs of the community.
C) Use the expertise of professional nurses skilled at assessing needs.
D) The target audience must determine their needs and priorities.
Q2) Which of the following methods is most consistent with Freire's approach to empowerment?
A) Encouraging active participation and dialogue in critical reflection
B) Recognizing that the best resources to create change are found in powerful leaders
C) Reminding learners of their responsibility for their own learning
D) Using the "banking" approach with nurses sharing their expertise with patients
Q3) Which of the following best describes one of the most fundamental nursing principles suggested by Nightingale?
A) Be open to the patient's preferences and priorities.
B) Engage in health teaching.
C) Keep the focus on individualized care for each person.
D) Meet physical needs, such as air, food, and water, first.
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) 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
Q2) A health care provider has charged more than a managed care organization (MCO) typically pays for a procedure. Which of the following would most likely be the result?
A) Provider may be removed from the MCO's list of approved providers.
B) The MCO will re-examine the payment for that procedure.
C) Provider would get the typical payment instead of what was charged.
D) The MCO would be forced to increase its typical payment for that procedure.
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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 best describes why it is so difficult to change the paradigm of health care from disease orientation to promoting health orientation?
A) The belief exists that those without insurance could obtain insurance if they worked hard enough.
B) People find it difficult to agree on what the ideal paradigm should be.
C) People realize the media have exaggerated the problems that result from lack of insurance.
D) Serious reallocation of resources would have to occur.
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following levels of government primarily establishes regulations and provides funding for health care?
A) Federal government
B) Local health departments
C) Regional health districts
D) State health departments
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following best describes the principal factor behind ongoing legislation on the federal level related to health care?
A) Change is needed to reflect differences in health needs today.
B) Efforts must be put in place to control constantly increasing costs.
C) There is a need to focus on the population as a whole.
D) Technological breakthroughs should be expanded.
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the strengths of the American health care system? (Select all that apply.)
A) Offering the availability and use of technological advances in equipment and procedures
B) Having the ability to overcome concerns regarding access and rationing
C) Providing the highest quality of life among any industrialized nation
D) Having the lowest maternal and infant mortality rate among industrialized nations
E)Leading the world in laboratory and clinical research
F) Creating the best patient care outcomes
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes an unfortunate consequence of using diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) to determine reimbursement? (Select all that apply.)
A) Insurance companies had to greatly increase their funding from employers.
B) The incentive was to undertreat and underuse health resources.
C) Health care providers had to accept losses for each patient treated.
D) Health care providers learned to cheat the system.
E) Health care providers refused to accept more patients whose reimbursement was based on DRGs.
F) High quality of care was no longer assured.
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health
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Q1) A woman comes to the clinic, and the nurse believes that she is speaking French. She seems to understand English. A provider will need to complete a physical examination to confirm the health problem. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask the client if she prefers a male or female provider
B) Ask a female provider to assume care
C) Ask the physician provider to see her immediately
D) Ask the secretary in the office who speaks French to assist in collecting a health history from the client
Q2) 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
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Chapter 14: Environmental Health
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Q1) Which of the following nursing actions would be the most helpful to the community's long-term health?
A) Careful assessment, diagnosis, planning, and giving care to individual patients and their families
B) Dialogue with community members concerning what health issues are of importance in that community
C) Focusing on family health through school-based neighborhood clinics
D) Helping the community create political change through organization, use of media, legislative lobbying, and mass demonstrations
Q2) Which of the following statements supports why it is believed that the risks of various employment positions are inaccurate?
A) Companies refuse to share employee injury information.
B) Because factories reimburse employees directly, the injury is not reported.
C) Individuals assume it is a personal problem, not an employment issue.
D) Most employment positions do not have known risks.
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) Which of the following best explains why many people decide to move to large urban areas?
A) To be eligible for social aid
B) To be with friends
C) To join family who are already there
D) To seek employment
Q2) 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.
Q3) Which of the following nongovernment organizations (NGOs) is active in improving health on a global scale?
A) Carter Center
B) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
C) Pan American Health Organization
D) UNICEF
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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 is consistent with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations for breastfeeding?
A) A mother combines breastfeeding with the introduction of complementary foods until the infant is 1 year old
B) A mother supplements breastfeeding with formula when then infant is 4 months old
C) A mother stops breastfeeding her infant after introducing solid foods
D) A mother asks her employer to allow her to bring her infant to work so that she may breastfeed
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following is the leading cause of death for women in their first trimester?
A) Anesthesia
B) Ectopic pregnancy
C) Hemorrhage
D) Pulmonary embolism
Q2) A nurse is on the treadmill exercising, when the woman next to her says, "You're a nurse. Explain to me how the scale says I've lost weight, but my waist and tummy just keep getting larger." Which of the following would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "I'm concerned. You need to see your health care provider to follow up on this."
B) "Muscle weighs more than fat so you're creating muscle while losing fat, but it takes a while for the body to redistribute the weight."
C) "Tell me what you've been eating in the last week or so."
D) "You're running so you're strengthening your legs and thighs, but to lose around your tummy, you have to exercise your abdominal muscles."
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Chapter 18: Mens Health
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Q1) Which of the following strategies would be most helpful to implement with adolescent males at a high school? (Select all that apply.)
A) A short required course on how to be a good parent
B) Assistance in learning how to control emotions and behaviors
C) Classes in male physiology, self-screenings, and influence of nutrition and exercise
D) Encouragement to be involved in organized team sports involving both genders
E) Recognition of reality factors such as the need to be employed after school hours
F) Interpersonal communication with a male school nurse
Q2) 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.
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) 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
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."
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) Which of the following definitions of family would be the most useful for the nurse practicing in the community?
A) A group of persons with shared convictions
B) A social unit interacting with the larger society
C) People descended from a common ancestor
D) Persons related either by blood or by legal contract (marriage)
E) Whoever the family says is in their family
Q2) A 36-year-old woman had diabetes diagnosed at a free health-screening program at a large employer. Which of the following should be emphasized by the nurse when helping the woman make an appointment at the diabetic clinic for follow-up testing and treatment?
A) "Bring a food diary of everything you've eaten for one week with you to the appointment to help with future meal planning."
B) "It's really not that hard to learn how to inject insulin, and it really doesn't hurt."
C) "Please encourage all your family members, including your parents, to be tested for diabetes as well."
D) "They'll teach you how to manage your meals and medications to stay healthy."
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) A professional strongly encouraged institutionalization so the parents could focus on care of their other family members. Which of the following suggestions would be appropriate for the nurse to make to the parents?
A) As the expert pointed out, institutionalization will reduce family stress.
B) The child has a right to an education in the least-restrictive setting.
C) The child will eventually adapt to whatever choice the parents make.
D) The choice of what to do is entirely the parents'.
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following best describes the proportion of the U.S. population that is made up of persons with a long-lasting condition or disability?
A) The number is about 5% and increasing.
B) The number is about 10% and stable.
C) The proportion is about 15% and stable.
D) The proportion is almost 20% and increasing.
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following factors is strongly predictive for homelessness among women veterans?
A) Having a previous criminal conviction
B) Being a mother
C) Having a high school education
D) Being unmarried
Q2) Which of the following best describes the problem with the Section 8 housing program?
A) Direct access to an apartment in a public housing facility is faster and easier.
B) Most renters prefer the program to make direct payment to apartment owners willing to rent to them.
C) Section 8 housing is essentially slum housing, and no one wants to live there.
D) Supply is vastly less than the demand.
Q3) Which of the following best describes the recent trends in homelessness?
A) The number of homeless individuals in school is decreasing.
B) The number of homeless individuals is increasing.
C) The number of people in homeless families is increasing.
D) The number of people in homeless families is decreasing.
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) A woman stumbled into the rural health clinic and explained that she had an incredible headache. She was sweating and began vomiting into the wastebasket by the intake nurse's desk. Which of the following diagnoses should be anticipated by the nurse?
A) Acute adult panic disorder
B) Acute alcohol intoxication
C) Acute appendicitis
D) Acute meningitis
E) Acute pesticide poisoning
Q2) Which of the following best describes the practical importance of the classifications of metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncare areas?
A) Classifications are used for congressional policy-making and funding decisions.
B) Metropolitan areas gained importance because of their large population.
C) Micropolitan areas are now recognized for their crucial role in society.
D) The new system emphasizes the extent of rural (noncare) areas.
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Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
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Q1) A college student visits the student health center and tells the nurse that his roommate is talking about killing himself, has given some of his possessions away, and he believes the roommate has a gun. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask the student why he is telling this story; what does he expect the nurse to do?
B) Call the police immediately, and have the student tell them the story.
C) Call the roommate, and set up an appointment for him to come to the student health center to discuss how things are going in his life right now.
D) Call the roommate, ask if he is thinking of killing himself, and, if so, how is he thinking of doing that?
E) Immediately locate the roommate, talk to him, and, if the story is confirmed, stay with him until emergency services arrive.
Q2) 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) A community health clinic put a tax levy on the ballot. An angry man asks a nurse, "How can you ask me to pay taxes to buy immunizations for parents who do not want to pay for their kids to get their shots?" Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "Don't you think ethically we should help if we can?"
B) "For many of us, our faith says we have to treat our neighbor as ourselves."
C) "Only by getting almost everyone immunized can we prevent epidemics that can hurt us all."
D) "The law requires childhood immunizations, and, if parents can't afford it, you and I will have to help pay."
Q2) Which of the following infections continues to increase in the United States?
A) Measles
B) Pertussis
C) Hepatitis A, B, and C
D) Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) A man had managed not to drink for over two years, but today, when he was told his position was being eliminated, he drank himself into a stupor. Which of the following approaches should the nurse take with this client?
A) Admit the man is an alcoholic and always will be
B) Consider the relapse a learning opportunity and discuss options for coping with problems
C) Have him arrested for disorderly conduct in the hope that jail will get his attention and scare him into avoiding future use
D) Suggest inpatient treatment, where he will not be able to access alcohol
Q2) A woman was bragging about her 12-year-old son who was quiet and spent a lot of his time in his room building model airplanes, gluing and painting pieces. Which of the following may be concerning to the nurse?
A) Being preadolescent, he needs education on sexual growth and development.
B) He may be inhaling fumes from the aerosol paints and glues.
C) Twelve-year-olds are not usually quiet; he needs a mental health consult.
D) Twelve-year-olds need physical exercise, and he is not getting any sitting around.
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) Although violence seems endemic in human society, which of the following causative factors could be reduced if society agreed action was necessary? (Select all that apply.)
A) Access to firearms
B) Alcohol and other drug abuse
C) Dysfunctional families with lack of emotional support
D) Intolerance of those with a different religious ideology
E) Media video games, television shows, and movies
F) Pacifism as a belief system
Q2) For which of the following groups is suicide the second leading cause of death?
A) People aged 15 to 24 years
B) People aged 25 to 34 years
C) People aged 35 to 65 years
D) People over age 65 years
Q3) Which of the following best describes why all citizens should care about young people joining gangs?
A) Gangs are beginning to be seen in suburban areas.
B) Gangs are responsible for destroying lives and property in inner cities.
C) Gangs commit as much as 90% of all crime in some communities.
D) Gangs help give the young person protection, respect, and sense of belonging.
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) When does disaster management begin?
A) Before a disaster occurs
B) Immediately after the disaster
C) Throughout the disaster period
D) When the disaster begins
Q2) A hospital emergency department received a call that multiple casualties were on their way, primarily burns from a large factory fire. Which of the following actions should the hospital take immediately?
A) Ask the governor of the state to declare the area a disaster area so state help can be obtained
B) Call surrounding hospitals to set up burn units, because there will be too many patients for one hospital to manage
C) Call in physicians and nursing staff who are experts in burn care
D) Get in touch with the American Red Cross to assist families of the victims
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) Everyone is talking about the disaster that has been widely seen on the news programs. Which of the following suggestions would be most appropriate for the nurse to make at this time?
A) That this opportunity should be used to discuss how to be brave in a crisis.
B) That programs in collaborative problem solving should be created for students and staff.
C) That the staff should reassure students that such a disaster would not occur here.
D) That the school should develop an emergency management plan.
Q2) Which of the following health problems has been reduced in school-aged and adolescent children?
A) Chronic diseases (such as asthma or diabetes)
B) Contagious diseases
C) Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
D) Stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis)
Q3) In addition to their homes, where are children most likely to be injured?
A) At entertainment sites (theaters, amusement parks)
B) At school, especially on playgrounds
C) At their part-time job settings
D) Transportation (automobiles, school buses)
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Chapter 30: Occupational Health
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Q1) 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
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 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 is considered appropriate preparation for engaging in forensic nursing specialty practice?
A) Adequate number of continuing education credits plus licensure as a registered nurse
B) Baccalaureate nursing program and previous community health experience
C) College-based educational program including supervised clinical hours and internship
D) Interest in and willingness to be employed in the field
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) On which of the following levels of care do most faith community nurses (FCNs) focus?
A) Hospice care
B) Primary
C) Secondary
D) Tertiary
Q2) Which of the following ethical issues is often a concern to a faith community nurse (FCN)?
A) The client's right to confidentiality if a client repents and confesses sin to the nurse
B) Following the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements
C) The nurse's legal responsibility to the faith community leader
D) Setting up appropriate medical records of care given in case of a later legal suit
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) Which of the following is the major assumption of Albrecht's conceptual model?
A) Nurses are the only appropriate case managers for home health patients.
B) Quality is best measured by using data from assessments, interventions, and outcomes.
C) Patient outcomes depend primarily on the education and experience of the nurse.
D) The most important outcome measure is the cost-effectiveness of the care given.
Q2) Which of the following created the original expansion of home health care agencies? (Select all that apply.)
A) Changes that decreased reimbursement for hospital-based care
B) Cost containment in a managed care environment
C) Meeting clients' preference for care in their homes, not institutions
D) Offering new career opportunities for nurses who are tired of hospital nursing
E) The requirement of third-party payers for care to be given in homes
F) So they could serve as a profitable revenue source
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