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Community Health Nursing EXAM 3 Questions With Correct Answers Disease surveillance has been a part of public health protection since the 1200s during the investigation of the bubonic plague in Europe. - answerSurveillance provides a means for nurses to monitor disease trends to reduce morbidit...

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©BRIGHTSTARS EXAM SOLUTIONS
10/27/2024 1:24 PM


Community Health Nursing EXAM 3
Questions With Correct Answers


Disease surveillance has been a part of public health protection since the 1200s during the
investigation of the bubonic plague in Europe. - answer✔Surveillance provides a means for
nurses to monitor disease trends to reduce morbidity and mortality and to improve health.
Jorge approaches Ms. Giles and informs her that he has been taking prescription opioids. He is
fearful of dependence and wants advice on how to stop the medication. - answer✔A. Reassure
Jorge that there is no chance of developing dependence.
B. Inform Jorge that he must stop taking the medications immediately or risk termination
C. Instruct Jorge that he should gradually taper off the dose to avoid withdrawal symptoms
CORRECT
D. Encourage Jorge to stop the medication and replace it with another narcotic
What is the main purpose of implementing a substance abuse program at a construction
worksite? - answer✔A. Lowers workers compensation rates for the company.
B. Provides a topic of health education
C. Provides a mechanism of terminating problem employees
D. Harm reduction as a focus on health promotion CORRECT
The role of the nurse (caring for at risk populations) is to have knowledge of community
resources and how to mobilize them. - answer✔The nurses role is also to provide brief
interventions, we are not treatment experts.
We can provide feedback about risk of drug abuse.
Emphasize personal responsibility.
Give clear advice to make behavior changes.
Provide options.

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Provide empathy and encouragement to change.
A nurse practitioner has established a mobile clinic to vaccinate noninstitutionalized adults
against influence. Which of the following phases of the nursing process is being implemented? -
answer✔A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Intervention CORRECT
D. Evaluation
A nurse after working two weeks at the site of the largest natural disaster to hit the United Stes,
returns home. Which of the following behaviors would suggest the nurse needs professional
assistance? - answer✔A. The nurse becomes angry when family members quit listening to her
ongoing stories about the disaster and the problems there CORRECT
B. The nurse gives a presentation at the local college about the disaster and describes how health
professionals were able to assist the victims who were injured
C. The nurse is moody and feels family demands are not really as important as the other
members of her family think they are
D. The nurse is very exhausted and asks to have 3 personal days off from employment
responsibilities
In which of the following situations would the nurse most likely use active surveillance? -
answer✔A. A newspaper wants to know the incidence of asthma in the community
B. A real-time ongoing communication channel is established to monitor a particular symptom
C. Several children become ill with GI upset at one local school CORRECT
D. The nurse is asked to report the incidence of a specific no reportable common problem in the
community

Which of the following is an accurate concern about the use of marijuana? - answer✔A.
Marijuana has painful withdrawal symptoms
B. Marijuana may damage the respiratory tract CORRECT
C. Marijuana can often reduce pain but physicians refuse to prescribe it
D. Marijuana quickly leads to psychological and physiological dependence

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A nurse offers homeless clients yearly tuberculosis screening and free treatment for those who
test positive for TB. Which of the following levels of prevention is being used? - answer✔A.
Primary prevention
B. Secondary prevention CORRECT
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Secondary and tertiary prevention
A migrant farmworker presents to the clinic reporting an acute onset of severe abdominal pain,
nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and headache with difficulty concentrating. Which of the following
conditions would cause such symptoms? - answer✔A. Appendicitis
B. Bacterial gastroenteritis
C. Pesticide poisoning CORRECT
D. Viral illness
The role of the nurse (caring for at risk populations) is developing community prevention
programs. - answer✔Nurses are in ideal roles to assist (at risk populations) with tertiary
presentation for both the addicted person and the family
High risk groups: adolescents, older adults, injection drug users, drug use during pregnancy, use
of illicit drugs. - answer✔Where this is ATOD codependency and family involvement: help
families recognize addictions for prompt treatment.

Detoxification - answer✔Alcohol, benzodiazepines, and barbiturates can produce life-
threatening withdrawal symptoms, wean gradually.

Addiction treatment - answer✔Methadone-blocks effects of other opioids and decreases crying.
Inpatient, long term residential outpatient.

Smoking cessation programs - answer✔Involve combination of interventions (environment,
habits, meds)

Support groups for ATOD - answer✔Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon and Alateen
Narcotics anonymous
Pills anonymous for person with polydrug addictions
Over eaters anonymous

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Gamblers anonymous

Bullying = even more dangerous with technology, can lead to self harm - answer✔School can be
a powerful contributor to nonviolence. Educate on conflict resolution, abuse, date rape, etc.
In recent years, schools have assumed many responsibilities traditionally assigned to the family
(sex education, discipline) - answer✔Spanking = some punish hitting or biting with spanking
Television programs and print articles can inform and increase public awareness about family
violence. - answer✔Abused women and rape victims benefit from media attention. The media
can indirectly lead people to choose violence.

Organized religion - answer✔Religion generally teaches nonviolent conflict resolution.
However, historically, a seemingly contradictory relationship exists between abuse and religion.
(Victimization of women, believe that they must stay married despite abuse).
Which of the following statements by a parent indicates a need for increased learning regarding
appropriate (nonabusive) discipline of a child? - answer✔A. I have stopped using a switch on my
child, and I am learning to count to 10 before reacting
B. I never spank or hit; I yell at them to stop being stupid, and if they don't, I tell them no one is
every going to love them if they act like that CORRECT
C. I use timeouts when my child acts out or is naughty. Sometimes my child doesn't cope well
with this, but I am persistent
D. When my child misbehaves, I distract him and focus his attention on other things. If he throws
a tantrum, I have been known to just pick him up and leave from wherever we are
In addition to those barriers faced by many resident in rural areas, what additional barrier to
health care is a Hispanic migrant farmworker likely to encounter? - answer✔A. Absence of
culturally competent care CORRECT
B. Availability of specialists
C. Distance of health care facilities from the place of residence
D. High cost of health care
A man loudly protests his increased property tax bill right after the public health department has
made a plea for more funds. "Why," he asks, "should my tax dollars be used to pay for their
children to be immunized?" Which of the following would be the best response by the nurse? -
answer✔A. Immunizations are requires by law, and if their parents can't afford it, you and I will
have to pay for it

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