Community-Based Nursing Practice Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Community-Based Nursing Practice focuses on the delivery of health care within community settings, emphasizing the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and management of chronic conditions outside of traditional hospital environments. Students will learn about the roles and responsibilities of nurses in diverse communities, including home care, public health, school health, and occupational health settings. The course covers assessment of community health needs, development of culturally sensitive care plans, collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, and strategies to address social determinants of health. Emphasis is placed on empowering individuals and families, advocating for vulnerable populations, and utilizing community resources to achieve optimal health outcomes.
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Community Public Health Nursing Promoting the Health of Populations 6th Edition by Nies
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Chapter 1: Health: A Community View
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health care?
A) Politicians are discussing how to improve health care.
B) The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system.
C) Our national health care costs keep increasing.
D) The new health care system offers free services to Americans.
Answer: C
Q2) How does community health nursing define community?
A) A group of persons living within specific geographic boundaries
B) A group of persons who share a common identity and environment
C) A group of persons who work together to meet common goals
D) Persons who form a group to resolve a common concern
Answer: B
Q3) What is the health issue causing the most concern in the United States today?
A) Diabetes epidemic
B) Increase in cardiac disease
C) Increase in obesity
D) Rise in cancer rates
Answer: C
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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 the increase in life expectancy among Americans during the twentieth century?
A) Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to advances in medical technology.
B) Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to public health efforts.
C) Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to improved physician education.
D) Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to increased access to care.
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following nursing interventions would have most likely been used by Florence Nightingale when treating wounded soldiers?
A) Establishing private visits with spouses
B) Improving food, clothing, and cleanliness
C) Administering intravenous medications
D) Completing a community assessment of the army hospital
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and
Population-Focused Nursing Practice
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Q1) A nurse is using a macroscopic approach when providing care. Which of the following would the nurse most likely demonstrate?
A) Emphasizing behaviors that will help in healing
B) Examining the family's responses to illness
C) Explaining how these actions will help in healing
D) Providing testimony to legislators concerning proposed legislation
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 reviewed information before meeting with the community residents who were attending a program on healthful living. Which of the following best describes the action by the nurse?
A) Disease prevention
B) Health promotion
C) Health improvement
D) Specific protection
Q2) Which of the following factors have a profound, if sometimes unrecognized, impact on one's health? (Select all that apply.)
A) Adequate resources to allow easy access to health services
B) Interpersonal relationships with family and friends
C) Local, state, and national policies
D) Number and quality of health care providers within transportation range
E) Physical neighborhood where one works and lives
F) Understanding the need for healthy lifestyle choices
Q3) 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 best describes the importance of discovering all of the variables that may be involved in creating a disease state in some persons?
A) People want an explanation of why they are ill.
B) Knowing causes helps obtain funds for research to try to create a cure.
C) Finding variables that are susceptible to prevention or early intervention is important.
D) It is important to educate communities on how to avoid any risk factors.
Q2) For which of the following would a screening test be most appropriate?
A) Disease A, which must be caught early because society punishes those known to have the disease
B) Disease B, which can be controlled if caught early in the disease process
C) Disease C, which people need to know whether they have contracted, even though there is no treatment for the disease
D) Disease D, because people may want to use that information in family planning
Q3) Which of the following best describes the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
A) It provided excellence in research design.
B) It used an extensive subject base leading to confirmed conclusions.
C) It developed information about the causes and treatment of syphilis.
D) It implemented unethical and racist treatment of uninformed subjects.
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) 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
Q2) 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
Q3) An individual lives in a healthy community. Which of the following characteristics would this community most likely display?
A) Ability to adapt and respond to changes
B) Lack of environmental pollution
C) Low unemployment rate
D) Ongoing growth in population
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) A community health nurse has determined that the number one priority is to help families in which one member has diabetes. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate to maximize services to persons with diabetes?
A) Ask friends with diabetes about what services they want improved.
B) Duplicate the diabetic organization's services, because not all patients with diabetes have yet received services.
C) Meet with the diabetic organization to see how the public health department can augment what it is offering.
D) Submit a request for funding so that the public health department can also offer services to patients with diabetes.
Q2) Which of the following best describes why states will increasingly monitor and report on quality and cost of health care?
A) Citizens are increasingly complaining of high medical costs in a depressed economy.
B) Congress has been unsuccessful in reducing health care costs.
C) Taxation has decreased, resulting in fewer funds available for health care.
D) Hospitals and nursing homes are demanding increased funding.
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) A nurse is teaching a coworker about effective strategies to use when providing health education. Which of the following suggestions would most likely be included? (Select all that apply.)
A) Be encouraging and give positive feedback for helpful comments
B) Include details about each aspect of the information
C) Decide what the client needs to know
D) Review and summarize the key points at periodic intervals
E) Incorporate demonstrations, illustrations, and real-life examples
F) Use medical terminology so clients can look up more information later
Q2) A nurse who is providing education spends more time being quiet than giving information. Which of the following best explains this behavior?
A) The nurse had previously reviewed the day's material.
B) The nurse is demonstrating respect for the participants.
C) The nurse is encouraging group discussion.
D) The nurse is listening to the group's dialogue to identify problems.
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) Which of the following are considered core functions of a case manager? (Select all that apply.)
A) Assessment and diagnosis of client needs
B) Planning and facilitation of client care needs
C) Giving direct client care as needed
D) Advocating for the client
E) Obtaining needed resources and funding for the client
F) Submitting appropriate forms to involved agencies for the client
Q2) Which of the following best describes when case management is implemented for hospitalized patients?
A) Immediately on admission
B) Immediately on discharge
C) When a nurse recognizes the need and makes the appropriate referral
D) When the patient is assigned a case manager
Q3) Which of the following has the largest influence on the case manager's role?
A) Criteria of the program for accepting clients
B) Location of the program
C) Population served by the program
D) The specific program that employs the case manager
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Chapter 10: Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes why the federal government is unable to do whatever politicians currently in power want?
A) The citizens would rise up in rebellion if actions were outrageous.
B) The lack of funds to implement actions are seen as unreasonable by a majority of voters.
C) Only the actions authorized by the Constitution are legitimate.
D) The states would rebel and withdraw from the union.
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes why nurses should contribute whenever possible to their state nursing association political action committee (PAC)?
A) As PACs are a reality of political life, nursing needs to be heard.
B) Contributing money may result in a future political appointment.
C) Only money really has any influence on legislative votes.
D) PACs are being used to increase nursing salaries and working conditions.
Q3) Which of the following is accomplished through the use of public policy?
A) Solutions to problems of public concern are developed.
B) A rational, logical problem-solving decision-making process is implemented.
C) Public safety nets for vulnerable populations are created.
D) Economic and business management principles are applied.
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Chapter 11: The Health Care System
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Q1) Which of the following describe current legislation acts that limit what managed care organizations (MCOs) are allowed to do? (Select all that apply.)
A) Allowing patients to see a specialist without having to obtain approval from their primary care provider
B) Allowing patients to go to the emergency department without first telephoning for approval
C) Allowing patients the right to choose a physician
D) Requiring the MCO to fulfill expectations of the national patients' rights bill
E) Requiring the MCO to accept any provider who meets plan requirements
F) Requiring the MCO to accept advanced practice nurses as primary care providers
Q2) Which health care provider organization is seeing an increase in the demand for their services?
A) Physician practice
B) Hospice service
C) Hospitals
D) Long-term care facilities
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following best describes how eligibility for Medicaid services is determined? (Select all that apply.)
A) Anyone over age 65 years who is eligible for Social Security benefits may apply for Medicaid.
B) Baseline eligibility is established by the federal government, but states may be more lenient.
C) Children in low-income families are eligible for free care.
D) Eligibility depends on family size and total family income.
E) Federal government establishes eligibility and gives funds to the states in reimbursement for this care.
F) State government establishes guidelines for whether to participate and who will be covered.
Q2) 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.
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Chapter 13: Cultural Diversity and Community Health
Nursing
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Crying, a clinic patient explained that she knew she had this breast lump because she had spread nasty gossip about her neighbor. Which of the following actions by the nurse would likely be the most successful?
A) Explain the causes of a breast lump and the usual treatments
B) Refer the woman for an immediate biopsy to determine the status of the lump
C) Suggest that she has to repent and as much as possible undo her sin, but also make an appointment for a biopsy
D) Suggest that she has to repent, apologize to her neighbor, and pray for forgiveness
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Chapter 14: Environmental Health
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Q1) In a community presentation about asthma, a nurse explained the causes of asthma in children, how to observe for "triggers" that lead to an attack, and how to use an inhaler. Which of the following statements best identifies what was omitted from this presentation?
A) The nurse did not ask the attendees to disclose if any of them smoke around children.
B) The nurse did not address actions that should be taken to improve air quality and only focused on the treatment of asthma.
C) The nurse did not address the need to avoid exposure to others who may have a communicable disease.
D) The nurse did not review the genetic components related to asthma in families.
Q2) 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) Most of a country's citizens have died from malnutrition or as the result of violence. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn?
A) Their country has a problem with an adequate water supply for agriculture.
B) They live in a country where weather interferes with food crops.
C) They live in a developed country involved in a war.
D) They live in a developing country.
Q2) 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
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following actions should be taken by a typical community preparing for the expected demographic changes in the United States?
A) Build more elementary schools
B) Build more high schools
C) Build more colleges
D) Build more adult condominiums
Q3) Which of the following statements best describes how the United States compares with other countries on infant mortality rate?
A) Best of all the industrialized nations
B) About in the middle of the industrialized nations
C) Near the bottom of the industrialized nations
D) Gradually improving among the industrialized nations
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following groups of persons is most likely to be able to access health care?
A) Adults who work in large corporations
B) Many employed women
C) Older women on fixed incomes
D) Young adults, aged 16 to 24 years
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 gender has higher morbidity rates with a higher prevalence of chronic diseases that cause disability and limitation of activities?
A) Females
B) Males
C) No difference between genders in chronic health problems
D) Prevalence of chronic diseases varies strongly by individuals more than gender.
Q2) Which of the following statements is correct?
A) Males are more likely to have colorectal testing than females.
B) Males are more likely to receive dental care than females.
C) Males are more likely to have routine physicals than females.
D) Males are more likely to be eligible for primary care services than females.
Q3) Which of the following actions would improve a man's probability of obtaining health screenings and health-promoting education?
A) Being active in organized sports
B) Joining the military
C) Seeking an andrology specialist physician
D) Working for an employer that requires employees to have an annual physical exam
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Chapter 19: Senior Health
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Q1) A nurse always reviewed the medications taken by elderly clients on each home visit. Which of the following best explains the rationale for the nurse's action? (Select all that apply.)
A) Age-related changes and polypharmacy make elderly clients vulnerable to drug interactions and dangerous adverse reactions.
B) Elderly clients are known to sue if medications taken do not make them feel better, and lawsuits are to be avoided, if possible.
C) Folk or herbal medicines are often the same as the generic medications prescribed by health care providers, so elderly often have overdoses.
D) Older adults are known to consume many over-the-counter medications, as well as folk or herbal remedies.
E) The elderly are known to be particularly noncompliant with pharmaceutical prescriptions.
F) With the high prevalence of chronic diseases, elderly clients are taking a large number of medications.
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) Beyond gathering needed information for future interventions, which of the following purposes is served when the nurse interviews the family?
A) Assessing the safety of the immediate environment before further planning can be done
B) Establishing a process for the nurse and the family to make decisions
C) Engaging in focused planned conversation, which has healing potential in itself
D) Focusing on giving compliments to make the family feel good about themselves
Q2) Which of the following best describes an unexpected result of the decrease in funding to traditional public and private forms of health care?
A) Emergency departments where patients can't be turned away are overwhelmed with patients needing nonemergency care.
B) Grants are increasingly being requested to pay for care.
C) More people don't receive needed health care in a timely manner.
D) Programs are developed as a result of community efforts.
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Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
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Q1) 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.
Q2) A young man rolled his wheelchair up the ramp into the clinic to the desk where the intake nurse greeted him. After welcoming him to the clinic, which of the following should be the initial question asked by the nurse?
A) "Are you a vet home from the war?"
B) "Can I help you into the treatment room to see the nurse practitioner?"
C) "Do you have any family with you to help today?"
D) "What brings you to the clinic today?"
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following best describes how the Continuum of Care (CoC) concept determines the number of homeless? (Select all that apply.)
A) By asking local police departments to visit areas where the homeless hide and report the number of people found there each March
B) By conducting a point-in-time (PIT) homeless persons count every other January
C) By making an educated guess based on anecdotal data
D) By completing a statistical analysis of the Census Bureau data
E) By reporting the number of homeless persons who use emergency shelters or transitional housing during the year
F) By sending CoC personnel into the community to try to find hidden homeless
Q2) A family will most likely lose their primary nighttime residence within the next week. Which of the following terms best describes their situation in relation to homelessness?
A) Homeless under other federal statutes
B) Literally homeless
C) Imminent risk of homelessness
D) Fleeing/attempting to flee domestic violence (DV)
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) A nurse saw there was a need for a hospice facility in a rural area, because so many of the residents were quite elderly and death was common. Which of the following best explains why the community would not immediately see the wisdom of the nurse's suggestion?
A) Change is always difficult; the nurse just needs to keep reinforcing the need for such a facility.
B) The nurse did not tell residents how much their taxes would need to go up to support such a facility.
C) Residents were fearful of confronting death in such an open way.
D) Rural residents prefer to use their informal social support networks when help is needed.
Q2) Which of the following is most likely to provide public health services to Americans residing in a rural community?
A) Public health nurse
B) Public health physician
C) Epidemiologist
D) Nurse practitioner
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Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
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Q1) A patient had a distorted thought pattern, which led to very uncomfortable feelings and inappropriate behaviors. Which of the following types of therapy would most likely be successful?
A) Behavioral therapy
B) Cognitive-behavioral therapy
C) Family therapy
D) Group therapy
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
Q3) 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 city that depended on tourist dollars had feedback that tourists were saying they were never returning because of the constant mosquito bites. Which of the following actions should be taken by the city?
A) Do not have any tourist events at dawn or dusk.
B) Have everyone in town search for and remove any standing stagnant water.
C) Give free bug repellent to each tourist.
D) Tell tourists to avoid wearing bright colors.
Q2) Which of the following best describes what is happening with infectious diseases in the United States?
A) There is a continuing decrease in vector-borne infections.
B) There is a continuing increase in food-borne and waterborne infections.
C) Many airborne diseases are being spread by bioterrorists.
D) The rate of infection varies extensively by income and ethnic groups.
Q3) Which of the following groups is especially at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)?
A) Recently divorced adults
B) Single young women between 19 and 24 years of age
C) Teenaged girls
D) Young males between the ages of 15 and 19 years
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Which of the following is the treatment of choice for treating heroin addicts during withdrawal?
A) Acamprosate
B) Benzodiazepines
C) Methadone
D) Naltrexone
Q3) Which of the following best explains why most states have the legal drinking age set at 21 years old?
A) At 21 years of age, most Americans consider a person an adult.
B) College is completed, and employment has begun by 21 years of age.
C) Most 21-year-olds are self-supporting and no longer dependent on parents.
D) The alcohol-related death rate rose alarmingly when drinking age was lowered to 18 years.
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) Which of the following actions would public health professionals want to use as primary prevention against widespread community violence? (Select all that apply.)
A) Women seen in emergency departments should be asked about abuse
B) Courses for prisoners about avoiding violence and resolving conflict
C) Classes on parenting and supportive follow-up for new parents
D) Courses on anger management and conflict resolution
E) Community media campaigns to decrease acceptance of violence
F) Home visits to elderly clients should include screening for elder abuse
Q2) Which of the following best describes the incidence of abuse among pregnant women?
A) It is too difficult to determine the actual incidence of abuse among this population.
B) It is estimated that approximately 1 out of every 10 women experiences abuse.
C) Approximately one out of every six women has been abused by a partner.
D) Abuse does not occur among pregnant women.
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) An earthquake has hit and buildings are knocked down; people are injured and crying for help. Looters have already started grabbing essential resources. Which of the following actions should the community take first?
A) Send in ambulances to transport injured persons to medical facilities
B) Send in media personnel to share the event and begin efforts to obtain donations for the injured
C) Send in medical personnel to administer first aid and triage the injured
D) Send in law officials to secure the area and ensure the safety of the victims
Q2) Which of the following types of maps is crucial to be included in any disaster plan?
A) Communication map showing telephone wires and cell phone towers
B) Geographic map showing, for example, roads, highways, and train routes
C) Resource map showing potential resources in persons and supplies
D) Response maps showing sites of first responders, such as fire stations and police stations
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) Which of the following health problems continues to increase in school-aged and adolescent children?
A) Contagious diseases
B) Obesity and related problems (diabetes)
C) Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
D) Stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis)
Q2) Which of the following best describes how Lillian Wald helped encourage the idea of school nurses in the schools?
A) She brought political pressure to bear on school boards through her political action movement.
B) She persuaded very wealthy women to convince their husbands to fund such positions.
C) She demonstrated that school nurses decreased absenteeism by 50%.
D) She used volunteer nurses until school boards were persuaded to fund such positions.
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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) An occupational health nurse (OHN) reminds employees to put on their safety glasses and use other personal protective equipment. Which of the following levels of prevention is being implemented?
A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Health promotion
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following are most likely to physically abuse elderly Americans?
A) A partner or spouse
B) A caregiver
C) A stranger
D) An adult child
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following best describe how the prevalence of violence and violent crimes has changed the professional practice of health care providers?
A) Vulnerable groups are now assessed for evidence of abuse.
B) The focus has now shifted from patient care toward more personal safety.
C) It is now recognized that new specialties continue to be created.
D) Each patient is now routinely screened for violence.
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) As a health advocate, which of the following does the faith community nurse (FCN) need to know?
A) Community resources available in the community
B) Educational needs of the community
C) Recruitment strategies
D) Understanding of spirituality
Q2) Which of the following 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) A nurse shared information with a family concerning a community resource, including a brochure with telephone number. The family agreed to follow up. Which of the following demonstrates to the nurse that the family wants to use those resources?
A) If the agency calls the nurse to share that they will be offering services to the family
B) If the family always agrees with the nurse's suggestions
C) If the family asks the nurse to please call and set up the service
D) If the family calls and sets up the service
Q2) 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.
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