NURS 403 MIDTERM EXAM 2020
NURS 403/2020
1.A community health nurse in a pediatric clinic is reviewing the history of a
12-year-old client. Which of the following immunizations should the nurse
expect to administer?
a.Meningococcal conjugate
2. Nurse is preparing a community health program for adults at risk for
cardiovascular disease. Which of the following should the nurse include as a
modifiable risk factor?
d. Cigarette smoking
3. An occupational health nurse in the clinic of an industrial plant is
developing a guidebook for clinic workers. Which of the following actions
should the nurse include as a secondary prevention strategy?
c. Help plant workers identify signs of carpal tunnel syndrome
4. A school nurse receives a call that some children and teachers report being
exposed to an undetermined noxious gas odor presenting in the classrooms
and are experiencing dizziness. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
a. Have students evacuated from the school and establish a triage area in the school
parking lot.
5. The nurse is participating in a biological disaster simulation where citizens
are exposed to pneumonic plague. Which of the following interventions should
the nurse plan to use while caring for these clients?
c. Initiate droplet precautions
, 6. A nurse is among the first responders to a mass-casualty incident and does
not know what type of personal protection equipment (PPE) is needed. Which
of the following actions should the nurse take?
c. Choose the highest level of protection equipment available.
7. A charge nurse is making a room assignment for a client who has scabies.
In which of the following rooms should the nurse place the client?
d. A private room.
8. A nurse is performing triage for a group of clients following a mass casualty
incident (MCI). Which of the following clients should the nurse plan to care
for first?
a. A client experiencing a tension pneumothorax
9. a nurse is helping to triage a group of clients at a mass casualty incident
who were involved in an explosion at a local factory. Which of the following
clients should the nurse tag to be the priority for care?
c. A client who has a piece of wood punctured into the chest wall and has an
audible hissing sound coming from the wound site.
10. A nurse is triaging victims of a multiple motor-vehicle crash. The nurse
assesses a client trapped under a car who is apneic and has a weak pulse at
120/min. After repositioning his upper airway, the client remains apneic.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
c. Place a black tag on the client’s upper body and attempt to help the next client in
need.
11. A nurse is reviewing the guidelines for reporting nationally notifiable
infectious diseases. Which of the following diseases should the nurse plan to
report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
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