Exam #3 Community Health FA Davis
quiz bank questions CH. 3, 8 ,9, 11 &
12
The World Health Organization has developed policy strategies to minimize
the harms associated with alcohol misuse. In the U.S., alcohol policies focus
on five main areas. Which of the following are among those five main areas?
- -Regulation of the physical availability of alcohol (e.g., minimum age;
restrictions on sites that sell it).
Altering the drinking context (e.g., serving intoxicated clients).
Developing policies related to treatment and early intervention.
- Which of the following statements made by a client regarding malaria
prevention indicates to the nurse that further education is required? -
-"Insect repellent will prevent transmission of malaria even if I am bitten by
an infected mosquito."
- The local YMCA is providing free swim lessons for local residents. During
the first lesson, the instructor teaches safety measures to prevent drowning.
Which statements indicate a need for further teaching? - -"I don't need to
keep a close eye on my child at the pool because he is swimming with a
foam pool noodle."
"I don't need to learn CPR; the lifeguards know how to do it."
- Following the fire chief's lesson on fire safety, the nurse recognizes the
lesson was successful when students: - -Demonstrate how to stop, drop, and
roll.
- The nurse is creating a Haddon matrix for motor vehicle crashes (MVCs).
Which factor is placed in the "post-event" row? - -EMS response time
- Under President Trump, the focus of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy (ONDCP) has shifted focus in what way? - -Increased criminal
penalties for drug use and a "just say no" approach to prevention
- Which of the following reduces or prevents transmission of infectious
agents? - -Hand washing
Vaccines
Pasteurization
Refrigeration
- Calculate the years of potential life lost (YPLL) for a citizen who died at age
32 in a country where life expectancy is 68. - -36
, - A child was diagnosed with an E. coli infection two weeks after eating at a
local restaurant. The nurse is conducting an epidemiological investigation
using the seven questions. Which of the following explains the acquisition of
E. coli? - -The child ate food prepared at the restaurant.
- Mary Mallon, known as Typhoid Mary, infected 25 people with typhus
between 1900 and 1907 without showing symptoms of illness. What type of
carrier was she? - -Inapparent
- According to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR),
there were 70 new and 300 existing cases of lung cancer in Trenton, New
Jersey, in 1995. In 2005, the MMWR indicated there were 90 new cases and
1,000 existing ones. The nurse recognizes that the prevalence of lung cancer
in Trenton in 2005 was: - -1,090
- The public health nurse is speaking at a college campus on the topic of
acquaintance violence. Which is an example of this? - -A college student is
sexually assaulted by a classmate from high school.
- There has been a significant increase in drive-by shootings and assaults in
the community due to gang actions. The nurse recognizes this as what type
of violence? - -Collective
- Nurses at the community hospital recently implemented a screening
program for alcohol use disorders. Due to the increasing incidence of opioid-
related deaths in the community, the nurses want to begin screening for
psychoactive drug use. What is the appropriate screening instrument for
drug use? - -National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) ASSIST
- The public health nurse wants to increase cancer awareness in the
community. Which type of cancer is the leading cause of death in men and
women? - -Lung
- The nurse teaches community health nursing students about the evolution
of tobacco use in the United States. Key content includes which of the
following? - -Tobacco use significantly increased from 1934 to 1945.
Tobacco use has declined since the release of the first Surgeon General's
Report on Smoking and Health.
The WHO Report on the Global Health Epidemic 2017 uses the acronym
MPOWER to lay out policy steps to reduce tobacco use.
Scientists discovered the association between tobacco use and cancer.
- A patient was admitted to the emergency department for an overdose.
Which medication is the nurse most likely to find in the patient's pocket? - -
Percocet
quiz bank questions CH. 3, 8 ,9, 11 &
12
The World Health Organization has developed policy strategies to minimize
the harms associated with alcohol misuse. In the U.S., alcohol policies focus
on five main areas. Which of the following are among those five main areas?
- -Regulation of the physical availability of alcohol (e.g., minimum age;
restrictions on sites that sell it).
Altering the drinking context (e.g., serving intoxicated clients).
Developing policies related to treatment and early intervention.
- Which of the following statements made by a client regarding malaria
prevention indicates to the nurse that further education is required? -
-"Insect repellent will prevent transmission of malaria even if I am bitten by
an infected mosquito."
- The local YMCA is providing free swim lessons for local residents. During
the first lesson, the instructor teaches safety measures to prevent drowning.
Which statements indicate a need for further teaching? - -"I don't need to
keep a close eye on my child at the pool because he is swimming with a
foam pool noodle."
"I don't need to learn CPR; the lifeguards know how to do it."
- Following the fire chief's lesson on fire safety, the nurse recognizes the
lesson was successful when students: - -Demonstrate how to stop, drop, and
roll.
- The nurse is creating a Haddon matrix for motor vehicle crashes (MVCs).
Which factor is placed in the "post-event" row? - -EMS response time
- Under President Trump, the focus of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy (ONDCP) has shifted focus in what way? - -Increased criminal
penalties for drug use and a "just say no" approach to prevention
- Which of the following reduces or prevents transmission of infectious
agents? - -Hand washing
Vaccines
Pasteurization
Refrigeration
- Calculate the years of potential life lost (YPLL) for a citizen who died at age
32 in a country where life expectancy is 68. - -36
, - A child was diagnosed with an E. coli infection two weeks after eating at a
local restaurant. The nurse is conducting an epidemiological investigation
using the seven questions. Which of the following explains the acquisition of
E. coli? - -The child ate food prepared at the restaurant.
- Mary Mallon, known as Typhoid Mary, infected 25 people with typhus
between 1900 and 1907 without showing symptoms of illness. What type of
carrier was she? - -Inapparent
- According to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR),
there were 70 new and 300 existing cases of lung cancer in Trenton, New
Jersey, in 1995. In 2005, the MMWR indicated there were 90 new cases and
1,000 existing ones. The nurse recognizes that the prevalence of lung cancer
in Trenton in 2005 was: - -1,090
- The public health nurse is speaking at a college campus on the topic of
acquaintance violence. Which is an example of this? - -A college student is
sexually assaulted by a classmate from high school.
- There has been a significant increase in drive-by shootings and assaults in
the community due to gang actions. The nurse recognizes this as what type
of violence? - -Collective
- Nurses at the community hospital recently implemented a screening
program for alcohol use disorders. Due to the increasing incidence of opioid-
related deaths in the community, the nurses want to begin screening for
psychoactive drug use. What is the appropriate screening instrument for
drug use? - -National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) ASSIST
- The public health nurse wants to increase cancer awareness in the
community. Which type of cancer is the leading cause of death in men and
women? - -Lung
- The nurse teaches community health nursing students about the evolution
of tobacco use in the United States. Key content includes which of the
following? - -Tobacco use significantly increased from 1934 to 1945.
Tobacco use has declined since the release of the first Surgeon General's
Report on Smoking and Health.
The WHO Report on the Global Health Epidemic 2017 uses the acronym
MPOWER to lay out policy steps to reduce tobacco use.
Scientists discovered the association between tobacco use and cancer.
- A patient was admitted to the emergency department for an overdose.
Which medication is the nurse most likely to find in the patient's pocket? - -
Percocet
