NFDN 2006 Final Review
Questions with Accurate Answers
What does vulnerability result from? - -cumulative effects of limited physical,
environmental, personal, and biopsychosocial resources
- What trait increases when CHN places emphasis on client strengths and
assets rather than on a client's deficits? - -Resilience
- What do CHNs who advocate for policy changes to expand access to health
care for vulnerable or at-risk
populations are focused on eliminating? - -Health disparities
- What is an example of primary prevention? - -Provide vaccinations to
vulnerable populations
- What is an example of secondary prevention? - -Conduct TB screening for
vulnerable populations
- What is an example of tertiary prevention? - -Refer mentally ill adults to a
therapy group
- What are 2 factors that force new Canadian immigrants to take low paying
jobs, making them
vulnerable to poverty? - -Language barriers and expensive Canadian
certifications or retraining in their professional field in order to practice in
Canada
- What is meant by a "one-stop shopping" approach to care delivery? - -
arrange to have as many services as
possible available in a single location and at convenient times
- What is one alternative method of delivering health care services to street
that homeless are more likely to use? - -Mobile clinics
- What is the average life expectancy of a young person who is living in
absolute homelessness? - -39y women, 46y for men
- What are some things a community health nurse can do in his/her
advocacy role to facilitate access to
needed health care services by the homeless population? - -Work with
communities to build capacity to work with this population and address
health inequalities
, Participate in activities that will facilitate the building of healthy public
policies to address
homelessness
Work toward reorienting the health system so that it focuses on a
socioenvironmental street approach
for the homeless population.
Work with the homeless to empower, support, and encourage them to make
change in the
sociopolitical community environment
- What is meant by the statement "Know when to "walk beside" the client
and when to encourage the
client to "walk ahead."? - -know when to do something for clients and when
to teach or encourage them to do it for themselves
- What are barriers for people with mental illness? - -Access to adequate
health services, inadequate housing, insufficient coordinated services in the
community, substance abuse, lack of employment & income - poverty, lack
of social skills, lack of
social supports
- What are examples of primary prevention for substance abuse? - -the
promotion of healthy lifestyles and resiliency factors and education about
drugs and guidelines for use
- What are some signs that someone is in denial about their substance
abuse? - -Lying about use
Minimizing use patterns
Blaming or rationalizing
Intellectualizing
Changing the subject
Using anger or humour
"Going with the flow" (agreeing that a problem exists and stating that the
behaviour will change but
not demonstrating any behaviour changes)
- What action must a community health nurse take when any form of child
abuse is suspected? - -All individuals in Canada who suspect child abuse are
required to report it to the proper child
protection agencies as mandated by law
- When assessing a pregnant teen what must the CHN ask about? - -
Violence
- Why should you educate early for sex ed? - -so that teens, no matter how
young they start, can practice safe sex and use birth control efficiently
Questions with Accurate Answers
What does vulnerability result from? - -cumulative effects of limited physical,
environmental, personal, and biopsychosocial resources
- What trait increases when CHN places emphasis on client strengths and
assets rather than on a client's deficits? - -Resilience
- What do CHNs who advocate for policy changes to expand access to health
care for vulnerable or at-risk
populations are focused on eliminating? - -Health disparities
- What is an example of primary prevention? - -Provide vaccinations to
vulnerable populations
- What is an example of secondary prevention? - -Conduct TB screening for
vulnerable populations
- What is an example of tertiary prevention? - -Refer mentally ill adults to a
therapy group
- What are 2 factors that force new Canadian immigrants to take low paying
jobs, making them
vulnerable to poverty? - -Language barriers and expensive Canadian
certifications or retraining in their professional field in order to practice in
Canada
- What is meant by a "one-stop shopping" approach to care delivery? - -
arrange to have as many services as
possible available in a single location and at convenient times
- What is one alternative method of delivering health care services to street
that homeless are more likely to use? - -Mobile clinics
- What is the average life expectancy of a young person who is living in
absolute homelessness? - -39y women, 46y for men
- What are some things a community health nurse can do in his/her
advocacy role to facilitate access to
needed health care services by the homeless population? - -Work with
communities to build capacity to work with this population and address
health inequalities
, Participate in activities that will facilitate the building of healthy public
policies to address
homelessness
Work toward reorienting the health system so that it focuses on a
socioenvironmental street approach
for the homeless population.
Work with the homeless to empower, support, and encourage them to make
change in the
sociopolitical community environment
- What is meant by the statement "Know when to "walk beside" the client
and when to encourage the
client to "walk ahead."? - -know when to do something for clients and when
to teach or encourage them to do it for themselves
- What are barriers for people with mental illness? - -Access to adequate
health services, inadequate housing, insufficient coordinated services in the
community, substance abuse, lack of employment & income - poverty, lack
of social skills, lack of
social supports
- What are examples of primary prevention for substance abuse? - -the
promotion of healthy lifestyles and resiliency factors and education about
drugs and guidelines for use
- What are some signs that someone is in denial about their substance
abuse? - -Lying about use
Minimizing use patterns
Blaming or rationalizing
Intellectualizing
Changing the subject
Using anger or humour
"Going with the flow" (agreeing that a problem exists and stating that the
behaviour will change but
not demonstrating any behaviour changes)
- What action must a community health nurse take when any form of child
abuse is suspected? - -All individuals in Canada who suspect child abuse are
required to report it to the proper child
protection agencies as mandated by law
- When assessing a pregnant teen what must the CHN ask about? - -
Violence
- Why should you educate early for sex ed? - -so that teens, no matter how
young they start, can practice safe sex and use birth control efficiently
