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COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM #3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM #3QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How would a community health nurse define vulnerable populations? *
A. Those with higher mortality rates
B. Individuals with lower life expectancy
C. Those with increased risk for adverse
health outcomes
D. Individuals with chronic illness - Answer-C. Those with increased risk for adverse
health outcomes
A community health nurse is applying the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations
when evaluating a local community. Which would the nurse include as an enabling
factor? *
A. insurance
B. acculturation
C. knowledge of disease
D. marital status - Answer-A. insurance
When assessing a population's
vulnerability, which would the community
health nurse identify as a predisposing
factor? *
A. social support networks
B. crime rates
C. transportation
D. living conditions - Answer-D. living conditions
An instructor reviews the definition of homelessness according to the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act with a group of community health nursing students. The
instructor determines that the students need clarification when they include which as
homeless? *
A. Someone living in a public shelter
B. Someone living in a public park
C. Someone who is incarcerated
D. Someone living in his or her car - Answer-C. Someone who is incarcerated
After reviewing statistics on homelessness, which would a community health nurse
identify as the fastest growing segment of the homeless population? *
A. Children under age 18 years
B. Families headed by a female single parent
C. Families headed by a male single parent
D. Families with children - Answer-D. Families with children
, When attempting to describe the characteristics of a typical rural population to a group
of community health nurses, which characteristic would the nurse include? *
A. Older, with a lower income and less formal
education
B. Young minorities with a higher income and
less formal education
C. Wealthier, more highly educated, older
White Americans
D. A reflection of the population as a whole - Answer-A. Older, with a lower income and
less formal
education
When providing care for migrant workers, which of the following would be most
appropriate for the community health nurse to do? *
A. Maintain existing services
B. Use standard methods of health care
delivery
C. Employ information tracking systems
D. Use professionals for community outreach - Answer-C. Employ information tracking
systems
T or F
The Vulnerable Populations Conceptual Model includes demographic, social, and health
belief variables. - Answer-False
Rationale: The Vulnerable Populations Conceptual Model addresses resource
availability, relative risk, and health status.
T or F
Measuring the prevalence of vulnerable populations is difficult. - Answer-True
Rationale: It is difficult to measure vulnerable populations because the populations are
not distinct and overlap.
T or F
Homelessness is highest among African Americans. - Answer-False
Rationale: The rate of homelessness for ethnic groups and race varies with geographic
location.
Which would be considered a private sector resource for homelessness?
A. PATH
B. HCH
C. Center for Mental Health Services
D. National Coalition for the Homeless - Answer-D. National Coalition for the Homeless
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