NR 442 COMMUNITY HEALTH REVIEW EXAMS TIPS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A community health nurse is developing a plan of care for a client who is hispanic.
which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan?
a. maintain direct eye contact when speaking with the client
b. avoid using hand gestures when working with the client
c. discourage the client from using a faith healer
d. Use therapeutic touch during conversation - ✔✔d. use therapeutic touch during
conversation
✔✔A nurse is caring for a client who has AIDS and is experiencing rapid weight loss.
which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
a. Examine the client's oral mucous membranes.
b. Encourage the client to consume 1.2 to 2.0 g/kg of protein daily.
c. Recommend the client increase her daily calorie intake by 25%.
d. Teach the client about findings that should be reported to the provider - ✔✔a.
examine the client's oral mucous membranes
✔✔A school nurse is discussing levels of prevention with a teacher. which of the
following activities should the nurse identify as a primary prevention strategy?
a. Provide nutritional counseling for students who have diabetes.
b. Report suspected child neglect to the proper authorities.
, c. Conduct vision and hearing screening for kindergarten enrollment.
d. Demonstrate proper handwashing techniques. - ✔✔d. demonstrate proper
handwasing techniques
✔✔A school nurse is conducting hearing screening procedures in an elementary school.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse provide when performing the Rinne
test?
a. "After I place the tuning fork on your scalp, tell me if you hear the sound better in one
ear or the same in both ears."
b. "Use your finger to close one ear while I whisper some numbers into your other ear."
c. "After I place this tuning fork behind your ear, tell me when you no longer hear the
sound."
d. "You'll wear headphones and press the button when you hear a sound." - ✔✔c."after I
place this tning fork behind your ear, tell me when you no longer head the sound"
✔✔A public health nurse is developing a presentation for local daycare providers about
infectious childhood diseases. which of the following statements should the nurse
include?
a. "Respiratory syncytial virus is spread through contact with respiratory secretions from
an infected person."
b. "Rotavirus infections in children peak during the summer months."
c. "Children who have fifth disease will exhibit bloody diarrhea."
d. "Antiviral medications shorten the duration of shigella infection." - ✔✔a. "respiratory
syncytial virus is spreading through contact with respiratory secretions from an infected
person."
✔✔A public health nurse is developing a visual health program by using a community-
oriented approach. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include?
a. Teach a client who has a vision loss about safety in the home environment.
b. Provide genetic counseling to the family of a newborn who has congenital cataracts.
c. Consult with the local school nurse to schedule yearly vision screenings for students.
d. Develop a plan of care for a client who was newly diagnosed with glaucoma - ✔✔c.
consult with the local school nurse to schedule yearly vision screenings for students
✔✔A nurse in a rural health clinic is caring for a client who has heart failure. The client
states "I'm not going to take any more heart medicine." Which of the following
responses should the nurse make?
a. "Why did you decide to stop your heart medicine?"
b. "Can you tell me more about your decision to stop your medicine?"
c. "Don't you know what stopping your medicine will do to your heart?"
d "Don't you think your doctor knows what's best for your heart?" - ✔✔b. "Can you tell
me more about your decision to stop your medicine?"
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A community health nurse is developing a plan of care for a client who is hispanic.
which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan?
a. maintain direct eye contact when speaking with the client
b. avoid using hand gestures when working with the client
c. discourage the client from using a faith healer
d. Use therapeutic touch during conversation - ✔✔d. use therapeutic touch during
conversation
✔✔A nurse is caring for a client who has AIDS and is experiencing rapid weight loss.
which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
a. Examine the client's oral mucous membranes.
b. Encourage the client to consume 1.2 to 2.0 g/kg of protein daily.
c. Recommend the client increase her daily calorie intake by 25%.
d. Teach the client about findings that should be reported to the provider - ✔✔a.
examine the client's oral mucous membranes
✔✔A school nurse is discussing levels of prevention with a teacher. which of the
following activities should the nurse identify as a primary prevention strategy?
a. Provide nutritional counseling for students who have diabetes.
b. Report suspected child neglect to the proper authorities.
, c. Conduct vision and hearing screening for kindergarten enrollment.
d. Demonstrate proper handwashing techniques. - ✔✔d. demonstrate proper
handwasing techniques
✔✔A school nurse is conducting hearing screening procedures in an elementary school.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse provide when performing the Rinne
test?
a. "After I place the tuning fork on your scalp, tell me if you hear the sound better in one
ear or the same in both ears."
b. "Use your finger to close one ear while I whisper some numbers into your other ear."
c. "After I place this tuning fork behind your ear, tell me when you no longer hear the
sound."
d. "You'll wear headphones and press the button when you hear a sound." - ✔✔c."after I
place this tning fork behind your ear, tell me when you no longer head the sound"
✔✔A public health nurse is developing a presentation for local daycare providers about
infectious childhood diseases. which of the following statements should the nurse
include?
a. "Respiratory syncytial virus is spread through contact with respiratory secretions from
an infected person."
b. "Rotavirus infections in children peak during the summer months."
c. "Children who have fifth disease will exhibit bloody diarrhea."
d. "Antiviral medications shorten the duration of shigella infection." - ✔✔a. "respiratory
syncytial virus is spreading through contact with respiratory secretions from an infected
person."
✔✔A public health nurse is developing a visual health program by using a community-
oriented approach. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include?
a. Teach a client who has a vision loss about safety in the home environment.
b. Provide genetic counseling to the family of a newborn who has congenital cataracts.
c. Consult with the local school nurse to schedule yearly vision screenings for students.
d. Develop a plan of care for a client who was newly diagnosed with glaucoma - ✔✔c.
consult with the local school nurse to schedule yearly vision screenings for students
✔✔A nurse in a rural health clinic is caring for a client who has heart failure. The client
states "I'm not going to take any more heart medicine." Which of the following
responses should the nurse make?
a. "Why did you decide to stop your heart medicine?"
b. "Can you tell me more about your decision to stop your medicine?"
c. "Don't you know what stopping your medicine will do to your heart?"
d "Don't you think your doctor knows what's best for your heart?" - ✔✔b. "Can you tell
me more about your decision to stop your medicine?"
