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The public health nurse is supervising home health aide care for a
client. In this role the PHN is doing what type of prevention.
a. This is not a prevention activity
b. Primary prevention
c.Tertiary prevention
d.Secondary prevention
Ans: C. Tertiary Prevention
The cornerstones of public health nursing are:
Select one:
a.
Interventions public health nurses perform.
b.
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Described in the nurse practice act.
c.
Concepts from public health and nursing practice.
d.
Assessment, policy development, and assurance.
Ans: c.
Concepts from public health and nursing practice.
The school nurse is carrying out the public health core function of
assessment when completing which of the following activities?
Select one:
a.
Implementation of legislative immunization mandates
b.
Surveillance of a kindergarten classroom for lice
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c.
Development of comprehensive school health policies
d.
Assist families who do not have adequate insurance coverage to
low cost health resources.
Ans: b.
Surveillance of a kindergarten classroom for lice
As you think about your role as a public health nurse you are
reminded of the nurse who coined the term "public health nurse"
when working in a New York settlement. She was:
Select one:
a.
Lillian Wald
b.
Clara Barton
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c.
Florence Nightingale
d.
Madeline Leininger
Ans: a.
Lillian Wald
Teaching infant care and development to an immigrant family is:
Select one:
a.
Secondary prevention
b.
Tertiary prevention
c.
Risk reduction