NUR 412 - Midterm Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A nurse in a clinic that provides direct care services to clients with tuberculosis would be classified as
practicing:
a. Community-based nursing
b. community -oriented nursing
c. institutional nursing
d. Public health nursing - CORRECT ANSWER a. Community-based nursing
Jennifer is a nurse in a family medicine clinic. Today she is assessing Jose, a 4-year-old who is being
seen for an earache. The
type of nursing Jennifer practices is:
a. Community oriented nursing
b. Community based nursing
c. Public health nursing
d. Tertiary health nursing - CORRECT ANSWER b. Community based nursing
A school nurse teaches three middle school students with asthma conditions techniques to minimize
their incidence of bronchial
spasms. This is an application of:
a. Community based nursing
b. Community oriented nursing
c. Institutional nursing
d. Public health nursing - CORRECT ANSWER a. Community based nursing
The public health nurse deals with the examination of a community setting to determine the
community's health status. Which of
the following activities should be considered in the assessment phase?
a. Assisting communities to implement and evaluate plans and projects
b. Building constituencies to work with the community
c. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information
,d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the population
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community - CORRECT ANSWER c.
Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information
d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the population
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community
In a federally funded preschool program such as Head Start, nursing services that include conducting
developmental-level
screening for cognitive and psychomotor development of individual children would most likely be
considered community-
oriented nursing care when:
a. individual results are compared with established standards for children of the same age group
b. program characteristics are assessed for their effectiveness in making the school population
healthier
c. referral is provided for a child identified with delayed psychomotor development.
d. treatment is initiated for a child with an identified learning disability. - CORRECT ANSWER
a. individual results are compared with established standards for children of the same age
group
Public health nursing is a specialty with a distinct focus and scope of practice and requires a special
knowledge base different
from other specialty areas of nursing. A public health nurse would first be interested in:
a. Drug treatments for diabetes
b. Populations with the highest rate of diabetes
c. Educational material for individual with diabetes
d. New technology for diabetic care - CORRECT ANSWER b. Populations with the highest
rate of diabetes
A state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability of elder transportation
services to a specific county
senior center. The state agency assigns a public health nurse to work with the community to evaluate
its program for elder
transportation services to publicly sponsored elder care programs. The public health core function
applied is:
, a. Assurance
b. Policy development
c. Primary prevention
d. Public transportation - CORRECT ANSWER a. Assurance
A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle schools and high
schools is providing:
a. Community oriented care
b. Community based care
c. Secondary care
d. Tertiary care - CORRECT ANSWER a. Community oriented care
In a community clinic that screens and treats individuals for cardiovascular disorders, the nurse
practicing public
health/population-focused nursing would most likely ascertain:
a. A holistic treatment plan
b. A specific clinical diagnosis
c. Individual dietary interventions for cardiovascular disorders
d. The prevalence rate of cardiovascular disorders among various groups - CORRECT ANSWER
d. The prevalence rate of cardiovascular disorders among various groups
A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the middle school. The next step in
a population-focused
practice is to make information available about the health of the middle school students. This
describes the public health core
function of:
a. Assessment
b. Assurance
c. Policy development
d. Research - CORRECT ANSWER Assessment
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A nurse in a clinic that provides direct care services to clients with tuberculosis would be classified as
practicing:
a. Community-based nursing
b. community -oriented nursing
c. institutional nursing
d. Public health nursing - CORRECT ANSWER a. Community-based nursing
Jennifer is a nurse in a family medicine clinic. Today she is assessing Jose, a 4-year-old who is being
seen for an earache. The
type of nursing Jennifer practices is:
a. Community oriented nursing
b. Community based nursing
c. Public health nursing
d. Tertiary health nursing - CORRECT ANSWER b. Community based nursing
A school nurse teaches three middle school students with asthma conditions techniques to minimize
their incidence of bronchial
spasms. This is an application of:
a. Community based nursing
b. Community oriented nursing
c. Institutional nursing
d. Public health nursing - CORRECT ANSWER a. Community based nursing
The public health nurse deals with the examination of a community setting to determine the
community's health status. Which of
the following activities should be considered in the assessment phase?
a. Assisting communities to implement and evaluate plans and projects
b. Building constituencies to work with the community
c. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information
,d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the population
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community - CORRECT ANSWER c.
Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information
d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the population
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community
In a federally funded preschool program such as Head Start, nursing services that include conducting
developmental-level
screening for cognitive and psychomotor development of individual children would most likely be
considered community-
oriented nursing care when:
a. individual results are compared with established standards for children of the same age group
b. program characteristics are assessed for their effectiveness in making the school population
healthier
c. referral is provided for a child identified with delayed psychomotor development.
d. treatment is initiated for a child with an identified learning disability. - CORRECT ANSWER
a. individual results are compared with established standards for children of the same age
group
Public health nursing is a specialty with a distinct focus and scope of practice and requires a special
knowledge base different
from other specialty areas of nursing. A public health nurse would first be interested in:
a. Drug treatments for diabetes
b. Populations with the highest rate of diabetes
c. Educational material for individual with diabetes
d. New technology for diabetic care - CORRECT ANSWER b. Populations with the highest
rate of diabetes
A state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability of elder transportation
services to a specific county
senior center. The state agency assigns a public health nurse to work with the community to evaluate
its program for elder
transportation services to publicly sponsored elder care programs. The public health core function
applied is:
, a. Assurance
b. Policy development
c. Primary prevention
d. Public transportation - CORRECT ANSWER a. Assurance
A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle schools and high
schools is providing:
a. Community oriented care
b. Community based care
c. Secondary care
d. Tertiary care - CORRECT ANSWER a. Community oriented care
In a community clinic that screens and treats individuals for cardiovascular disorders, the nurse
practicing public
health/population-focused nursing would most likely ascertain:
a. A holistic treatment plan
b. A specific clinical diagnosis
c. Individual dietary interventions for cardiovascular disorders
d. The prevalence rate of cardiovascular disorders among various groups - CORRECT ANSWER
d. The prevalence rate of cardiovascular disorders among various groups
A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the middle school. The next step in
a population-focused
practice is to make information available about the health of the middle school students. This
describes the public health core
function of:
a. Assessment
b. Assurance
c. Policy development
d. Research - CORRECT ANSWER Assessment
