Global Health Nursing Practice Questions
Course Introduction
Global Health Nursing explores the roles and responsibilities of nurses in promoting health and preventing disease across diverse international contexts. The course covers the social, economic, and political determinants of health, the impact of globalization on health outcomes, and strategies for addressing global health disparities. Students learn about epidemiology, primary health care, disaster response, infectious and non-communicable diseases, and culturally competent care. Emphasis is placed on effective collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and organizations, ethical considerations, and advocacy to improve health equity and outcomes worldwide.
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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 responsibility does the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics require of the nurse beyond giving excellent care to patients?
A) Accept longer work schedules to ensure that professional care is always available to clients
B) Recognize the need for experienced nurses to mentor new graduates to help increase and expand the number of professionals available
C) Support health legislation to improve accessibility and cost of health care
D) Volunteer to work overtime as needed to ensure maximum quality of care
Answer: C
Q2) 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
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Chapter 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context
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Q1) Which of the following of Nightingale's ideas were forgotten until recently? (Select all that apply.)
A) The need for education for women
B) The influence of environment on health
C) The importance of clinical practice for expertise to develop
D) The need to recognize gender role limitations
E) The problem-solving (nursing) process
F) The use of statistics and a sound research base
Answer: B, F
Q2) A family living in England in 1860 was part of the community where district nursing was implemented. Who would most likely have seen this family?
A) A social worker and a nurse
B) A health teacher and a nurse
C) A nurse
D) A physician and a nurse
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 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
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following assumptions makes Orem's theory difficult to use?
A) That nurses will always be caring for families and groups
B) That clients are able to control their environment
C) That clients recognize the need for nursing intervention
D) That teaching clients self-care is the primary goal of nursing practice
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
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Q1) The nurse working with a client to change behavior to maximize health asked the client to bring his family to the next visit. Which of the following best describes why the nurse wants the family to come with the client?
A) To analyze the family's beliefs about health
B) To determine the family's support of the client
C) To establish the family's communication patterns
D) To evaluate the family's approval of the proposed changes
Q2) Some people believe that the air within their workplace makes them ill. Which of the following premises support this belief?
A) They consistently feel worse on workdays and weeks without holidays.
B) There has been media coverage of "sick buildings" where there is very little air exchange with fresh air outside.
C) Research has demonstrated that some buildings emit poisonous vapors that make anyone who works there ill.
D) When a small group of persons begins to believe something, the others in the larger group begin to believe it as well.
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Chapter 5: Epidemiology
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Q1) Which of the following best describes a model that demonstrates the progression of disease from prepathogenesis through disease outcome?
A) Epidemiological model
B) Ecosocial model
C) Natural history model
D) Wheel model
Q2) A client has developed pellagra because of a lack of certain B vitamins. Which of the following best describes the classification of the nutritional deficiency?
A) Relative risk factor
B) Agent factor
C) Environment factor
D) Host factor
Q3) 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
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Chapter 6: Community Assessment
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Q1) Which of the following best describes when a community health nurse would try to collect data on a health issue?
A) When available data exists
B) When data must be purchased from the agency that collects it
C) When there is no source of previously collected data
D) When the data previously collected is available to the public
Q2) Which of the following best describes how the U.S. Census Bureau surveys are helpful to a community health nurse?
A) They provide the distribution of age, sex, race, and ethnicity in the community.
B) They document the mortality and morbidity of the community.
C) They ensure that all community residents are involved.
D) They temporarily give employment opportunities to residents.
Q3) 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
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Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Q1) A nurse has assessed an aggregate, determined the priority health needs, and decided on what intervention to offer. Which of the following will best determine if the intervention will be successful?
A) Accuracy of the nurse's assessment
B) Careful planning and implementation of the intervention
C) Determination of the aggregate's perspective of the need for the intervention
D) Selection of appropriate evaluation measures both in process and on completion
Q2) A nurse found that several professionals resented time spent interacting with and teaching clients. Which of the following describes the most likely underlying motivation for resisting client involvement?
A) Believing that people could change their lives if they really wanted to do so.
B) Empowering others shifts power from the experts to the community.
C) It is more efficient to plan appropriate care without listening to client ideas.
D) Longtime experience with community members has led to disillusionment.
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Chapter 8: Community Health Education
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Q1) A nurse wants to make sure that the teaching materials and the communication channels being planned for use during an educational program will be effective. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A) Create materials based on the goals of the program, assuming a low literacy level
B) Determine the reading level of the audience and the materials to be distributed
C) Only use materials that have been professionally developed by a commercial group
D) Pretest the materials with members of the target group to obtain feedback
Q2) Which of the following best describes the goal of participatory action research?
A) Analytical epidemiological findings
B) Careful descriptive research studies
C) Experimental studies using both experimental and control groups
D) Social change resulting from stakeholders' strategies
Q3) Which of the following is the best way to assess if learning has occurred?
A) There is an appreciation for the new knowledge and skills learned.
B) Participants passed an examination designed to measure learning.
C) Participants stayed attentive throughout the program.
D) There is a long-term change in knowledge and behavior.
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Chapter 9: Case Management
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Q1) A hospital is going to start a care management program. Which of the following groups of clients would most likely be selected to first receive such services?
A) Clients who represent the most common diagnosis group to be admitted
B) Clients who request such services from their local hospital
C) Clients with chronic illnesses
D) Clients with the least education
Q2) A nurse is explaining case management to a client. Which of the following statements would be the most appropriate for the nurse to make?
A) "We assess, plan, facilitate, and advocate to save money as much as possible."
B) "We coordinate your care so you obtain needed services without incurring undue costs."
C) "We seek the lowest cost provider to give you what care is necessary."
D) "We collaborate with you to coordinate your care for the best outcome."
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 Health Nursing
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Q1) The local nursing association and the local medical association disagreed vehemently on advanced practice nursing reimbursement. Which of the following best describes why the two groups agreed to join a coalition to send representatives to testify on a particular bill?
A) Although there was disagreement, both groups agreed to behave politely and professionally.
B) Both associations had formed a coalition to collaborate on a bill that would benefit patients.
C) Because the legislators had asked both groups to appear, the groups did not have a choice.
D) The two groups were sharing costs and expenses, but their testimony would give opposing viewpoints.
Q2) Which of the following is one legally required to obey? (Select all that apply.)
A) Directions to a destination provided by a police officer
B) Court decisions related to legislative law
C) Delegation of responsibility for a task by a physician
D) Executive decisions, such as your employer requirements
E) Laws passed by your state or the federal government
F) Rules and regulations from agencies, such as the state board of nursing
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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 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
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Chapter 12: Economics of Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following is the best definition of economics?
A) Assets that can be traded for different assets
B) Income and outgo of monies
C) Science of allocation of resources
D) Study of goods, services, talents, and transportation
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.
Q3) Which of the following best describes a flaw of indemnity plans?
A) Blue Cross and Blue Shield had a great idea, but they went bankrupt.
B) Cost sharing was expected of Blue Cross and Blue Shield enrollees.
C) Enrollees could not choose their provider or manage their own care.
D) Plans lacked any incentives to contain costs.
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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) The clinic was seeing a great number of Hmong immigrants from the mountainous regions of the Far East. If the nurse could not obtain a translator, which of the following would be the next best action?
A) Require each patient to bring a family member fluent in English
B) Start teaching Hmong patients English on each clinic visit
C) Suggest Hmong patients might be more comfortable seeking care elsewhere
D) Try to make flash cards with common phrases used during clinic visits
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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 conclusions can be drawn concerning efforts to decrease environmental pollution?
A) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets priorities for environmental problems and funds action.
B) Federal policies have been weakened, and enforcement lacks funding.
C) Federal recycling mandates have decreased waste products.
D) Legislation is increasingly being passed to force companies to lower toxic waste emissions.
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Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community
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Q1) What was the importance of the Lalonde Report, which proposed the "health field concept" in 1974?
A) It first called attention to the growing problem of air pollution.
B) It first emphasized the importance of basic hand washing.
C) It first emphasized influence of lifestyle and environment.
D) It was the first report that suggested a link between smoking and lung cancer.
Q2) Which of the following best describes why a nurse working in a U.S. urban area should be knowledgeable about infectious diseases common to areas of Africa?
A) Nurses have an ethical commitment to care for others throughout the world.
B) Every infectious disease is just one airplane ride away.
C) Infection could occur if a nurse goes out in public.
D) Nurses meet people who may originally have been born elsewhere.
Q3) Which of the following best describes how the United Nations (UN) is able to implement its decisions?
A) Asking for funding from all member nations to obtain appropriate resources
B) Through five permanent members of its security council
C) Sending military units to developing countries
D) Using its moral authority and world opinion
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Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Health
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Q1) A nurse is trying to determine who would be the most appropriate person to make a health care decision for an adolescent, the adolescent or the parent. Which of the following considerations will the nurse need to make?
A) The need for cultural competence
B) The need for access to care
C) The need for client autonomy
D) The need for client privacy and confidentiality
Q2) Which of the following best explains why an employer would care about the health needs of local children?
A) The children are the employer's future workforce.
B) The employer needs positive media coverage and no scandals.
C) The community will provide greater support to employers that have family-based policies.
D) Staying home to take care of sick children will impact the productivity of the workplace.
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Chapter 17: Womens Health
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Q1) Which of the following is the greatest single cause of absenteeism from school and work among young women?
A) A child's illness
B) Dysmenorrhea
C) Mental health disorders
D) Upper respiratory tract infection
Q2) A woman was in the emergency department with a bruised and broken leg. She explained that she had accidentally opened the car door on a trip and the door had blown back on her leg. Her husband was very attentive, constantly asking the nurse to make his wife more comfortable. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
A) Ask the husband to step out of the room while you get a urine specimen, and, after he leaves, ask the woman, "Have you ever been deliberately hurt by someone?"
B) Call x-ray immediately, and prepare for the leg to have a cast applied.
C) Put ice bags on the area until the leg can be repaired.
D) Try to get an additional pain medication order from the physician.
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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 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
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) An elderly gentleman was shoveling his snow when you arrived for a home visit. You notice that when he comes inside he is very pale, is shivering, and seems a bit confused. His skin is very cold when you touch it. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate for the nurse to take first?
A) Apply warm moist towels to his head, neck, chest, and groin
B) Give him hot coffee with sugar to drink
C) Have him get in a tub of very hot water immediately
D) Call 911
Q2) Which of the following best describes why grandparents would be the primary caregivers for their grandchildren?
A) Because they fell in love with the newborn and wanted that small person to be a part of their lives
B) Because the parents were drug abusers or in the prison system
C) Raising a grandchild is easier because grandparents have already been experienced parents
D) Raising a child gives purpose to life for the grandparents
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Chapter 20: Family Health
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Q1) Which of the following questions is crucial to ask very early in a family interview?
A) "Do you see any way this problem could have been avoided-so future problems could be prevented?"
B) "What do you all, as a famil,y hope to achieve during your time with me?"
C) "What would you like me to do for you today?"
D) "Would you like to know my perception of what our goals together should be?"
Q2) 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.
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 problems depends on the responses of other people and therefore cannot be measured?
A) Disability
B) Handicap
C) Impairment
D) Injury
Q2) Which of the following best describes how many households with at least one child with a disabling condition would a school nurse working in an elementary school expect to see?
A) About 5%
B) About 10%
C) About 15%
D) About 20%
Q3) Which of the following describes the most important need of every school-aged child with a disability?
A) A teacher who understands the child's needs
B) An advocate within the school system
C) An assessment with comparison with developmental milestones
D) An individualized education plan (IEP)
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Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
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Q1) Which of the following individuals would be described as being "doubled up"?
A) An individual who has two chronic conditions
B) An individual who has recently been released from prison
C) An individual who maintains two jobs to avoid being homeless
D) An individual who is forced to live with friends
Q2) A school nurse was asked to see Lisa, a student in the fourth grade who was rumored to be living in a car with her mother. Which of the following would most likely have caused the teacher to become concerned?
A) Lisa is not always respectful of the teacher.
B) Lisa has not been doing her homework.
C) Lisa may be developmentally delayed.
D) Lisa may have behaved in a sexually inappropriate manner.
Q3) Which of the following factors would prevent a homeless person from accepting employment adequate to pay for housing?
A) Could not complete an employment application because of lack of mailing address
B) Hope for a better position than the service positions available
C) Lack of adequate resources to pay for other necessities
D) Prefer to receive a handout than to have to work
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Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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Q1) Which of the following groups is the fastest-growing component of the rural population?
A) Disabled adults
B) Elderly women
C) Hispanic children
D) Retirees
Q2) Which of the following compositional factors influences rural health needs?
A) Demographics of the people living in an area
B) Local environment
C) The geography of the area
D) The political and social institutions in the community
Q3) Which of the following best explains why companies do not build work places in rural areas where people are anxious to find full-time employment?
A) Employers need highly educated and skilled employees.
B) Managers do not want to be transferred into a rural area where they will not fit in and will not be comfortable.
C) Rural persons do not work as hard as urban dwellers.
D) Smells emanating from farms are unacceptable to persons working inside.
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Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
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Q1) Which of the following best describes how people with mental illness are viewed by the general public?
A) Individuals in need of assistance
B) Criminals who need to be institutionalized
C) Lazy, weak, and immoral
D) Contributing members of society
Q2) 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.
Q3) Which of the following best explains why having parity in insurance coverage does not always help persons with depression?
A) Many persons find that the medications do not relieve symptoms.
B) Most depressed persons do not seek treatment.
C) Most depression is situational, and having insurance does not change the situation.
D) Psychotherapists will not accept the low reimbursement offered by insurance plans.
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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) The nurse could not find a vaccine in the refrigerator. The unopened vaccine vial had been put in a storage cabinet with the other medications. The nurse drew up the appropriate dose in the syringe and then put the vial of vaccine in the refrigerator. Which of the following would be the most likely result?
A) The client will have immunity to the disease after the vaccination
B) Primary vaccine failure
C) Secondary vaccine failure
D) The injection will not feel so cold to the client
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Chapter 26: Substance Abuse
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Q1) Which of the following scenarios involves a student who may be susceptible to problems secondary to substance dependence? (Select all that apply.)
A) As soon as the student stepped outside the classroom, she lit a cigarette and inhaled deeply.
B) The athlete was very proud of all the medals he had won in wrestling, even if he was worried about managing his anger outside of the gym.
C) The car proceeded into the college parking lot, slowed, and stopped; the driver leaned out and vomited onto the street, then shut the door and proceeded into a parking space.
D) The student had a splitting headache so took two aspirins out of the "care package" his mom had sent him over the holidays.
E) The students met each night in a dorm room and proceeded to share several "herbal" cigarettes.
F) The young woman in the student cafeteria ordered a third large cup of coffee and, hands shaking, continued to study for her examination.
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Chapter 27: Violence
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the risk for violence among females in the United States today?
A) One of top five causes of death from age 1 to 44 years
B) One of top 10 causes of death, especially among girls aged 1 to 4 years
C) One of the top 10 causes of death, especially among women aged 15 to 24 years
D) One of the top 10 causes of death, especially among vulnerable elderly
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following best describes the typical perpetrator of homicide?
A) A person trying to engage in rape with the woman fighting back
B) A person who wanted money and she refused to give it to him
C) A stranger
D) An intimate partner
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Chapter 28: Natural and Man-Made Disasters
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Q1) Which of the following steps should the nurse take first when triaging a victim of a disaster?
A) Assess mental status
B) Assess perfusion
C) Assess respirations
D) Assess blood pressure
Q2) Which of the following agencies should develop a community disaster plan, have emergency drills to test the plan, and determine the proper response?
A) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
B) Office of Emergency Management
C) State Disaster Office
D) The National Disaster Relief Agency
Q3) Who should create a disaster plan including emergency supplies and where to meet in case of an emergency?
A) All families
B) All government officials
C) All public health employees
D) Members of Congress and the Supreme Court
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Chapter 29: School Health
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Q1) A school nurse was responsible for five schools. To give students required medications during the day, the school nurse teaches a particular office staff member in each school exactly what to give to whom and when, and they practice until both are comfortable. Which of the following remains as the nurse's responsibility in relation to the administration of medications?
A) To begin teaching a second person at each school because the original staff member might occasionally not be available to give the medications
B) To confirm with each student that they do not mind obtaining their medication from the staff person assigned to the task
C) To continue to evaluate the comfort level of the staff person in completing the task
D) To systematically continue with assessment, diagnosis, goal setting, and evaluation of student health needs
Q2) 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) 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
Q2) Which of the following responsibilities do occupational health nurses (OHNs) have that are different from the responsibilities of most clinical nurses? (Select all that apply.)
A) Completing expert physical assessments and health histories
B) Coordinating site disaster planning
C) Evaluating resources and vendors for case management
D) Knowing relevant federal, state, and local regulations
E) Managing budgets
F) Performing cost-benefit analysis and outcomes monitoring
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Chapter 31: Forensic and Correctional Nursing
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Q1) A 14-year-old was found guilty of beating and raping a 73-year-old neighbor. The prosecutor had successfully argued for the child to be tried as an adult. The jury is considering a long adult prison term. Which of the following would the nurse most likely suggest when called on as an expert witness?
A) The child must be mentally ill to have done such a thing and should be in a mental hospital.
B) The child should be in a juvenile facility to avoid the high risk of sexual assaults, beatings, and suicide in adult prison.
C) The child should be given a long adult prison sentence to protect society from such a predator.
D) The child must be given an opportunity to complete high school while incarcerated in the adult prison.
Q2) Which of the following are the most common forms of elder abuse?
A) Emotional abuse by caregivers
B) Financial abuse when resources are used without the elder's consent
C) Neglect by self or caregivers
D) Physical mistreatment resulting in injuries
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Chapter 32: Faith Community Nursing
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Q1) A nurse established a new parent support group where new parents meet to share problems and solutions. After about 3 months, fewer people were attending. Which of the following actions should the nurse take next?
A) Accept that the new parents may now be comfortable in their role and no longer need a support group
B) Bring in outside experts to give presentations on specific infancy development issues
C) Change the format of the group meetings to include more time for socialization
D) Suggest an ongoing educational program on infant and child development to renew interest in attending the group
Q2) Which of the following best describes when faith communities first began to be involved with health and healing?
A) In 1998, when parish nursing was first officially recognized
B) In the time of Jesus and similar religious leaders of the early years AD
C) Throughout history, faith communities provided basic health care
D) When parish nursing began in the Lutheran Church in the 1980s
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Chapter 33: Home Health and Hospice
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Q1) A hospice patient is taking rather strong narcotics with good pain control, but today the patient's family tells the nurse that the client does not want to become addicted. Which of the following is the best response by the nurse?
A) "But you're dying, what difference will it make if you become addicted?"
B) "You can try not to take so much so frequently if you are concerned."
C) "You may develop tolerance but you can't be addicted when you're using the medication for pain control."
D) "You need strong narcotics to control your pain; we want to keep you comfortable."
E) "We'll keep you comfortable using some nonnarcotic drugs if that is what you prefer."
Q2) A new home health nurse realized that what was being observed and now being said by the client were very inconsistent with what had been documented while the client was hospitalized. Which of the following conclusions should be drawn by the nurse?
A) The amount of support available is different from what was stated earlier.
B) The client had difficulty distinguishing truth from falsehood.
C) The client had to admit the truth when it was obvious to the nurse.
D) The family was embarrassed by their living situation.
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