Community Nursing – Final Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
When does the mitigation phase of disaster management begin?
a. Before the disaster occurs
b. During the disaster
c. Immediately following the disaster
d. During the recovery period - ANSWER-ANS: A
Canada's Emergency Management Framework includes four stages: prevention and
mitigation preparedness response and recovery. The first stage mitigation takes
place before a hazardous event occurs.
In the event of a disaster localized to one district what group would most likely
direct the community nursing response?
a. Canadian Red Cross
b. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
c. Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response (CEPR)
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,d. Paramedics - ANSWER-ANS: C
The CEPR (under the umbrella of the Public Health Agency of Canada) is
responsible for coordinating services required to handle all health risk and security
threats in Canada. It provides a comprehensive program to train and certify Health
Emergency Response Teams to respond to emergency situations in Canadian
communities. Although paramedics play an important role in disaster management
a known director such as the CEPR must coordinate the response.
After surviving a house fire a 5-year-old begins sucking their thumb and wetting
their bed. What would be the best community health nurse (CHN) intervention?
a. Explain to the child that it is important to be strong and not act like a baby.
b. Reassure the family that this behaviour is a normal reaction to a traumatic
experience.
c. Recommend admission into a hospital for psychological counselling.
d. Recommend behaviour therapy to treat regression. - ANSWER-ANS: B
The effects of a traumatic experience can be especially severe on young children
who may resort to regressive behaviours such as sucking the thumb wetting the
bed crying and clinging to caregivers as a coping mechanism. This regressive
behaviour is a normal response to trauma.
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,On the second day after a disaster a disaster relief worker is found to be irritable
and having difficulty focusing. The worker denies having any problem other than a
headache. Which is the best action?
a. Dismiss the problem of inability to focus as probably being the result of worry
so that the worker can concentrate on the work at hand and deal with his emotions
later.
b. Explain to the relief worker that they are experiencing signs and symptoms of
psychological stress and recommend that they take some time off from work to
relax.
c. Explain to the worker that their problem arises from multitasking and advise
them to focus on one task at a time.
d. Suspect dehydration and encourage the worker to drink more fluids. -
ANSWER-ANS: B
Early symptoms of stress and burnout include minor tremors nausea inability to
concentrate difficulty thinking and problems with memory. Suppressing feelings of
guilt powerlessness anger and other signs of stress eventually will lead to more
serious symptoms such as irritability fatigue headaches and distortions of bodily
functions. It is normal to experience stress but it must be treated. The worst thing
anyone can do when experiencing stress is to deny that it exists.
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, What level of prevention is the community health nurse (CHN) implementing
when participating in the development of a community-wide disaster management
plan?
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. All prevention levels - ANSWER-ANS: A
Developing a disaster management plan for the community constitutes primary
prevention which takes place before a disaster occurs.
What is the purpose of disaster planning?
a. Decreasing global instability
b. Disrupting and altering community functioning
c. Managing response to disasters
d. Preventing disasters - ANSWER-ANS: C
Although natural disasters cannot be prevented much can be done to prevent more
accidents deaths and destruction following a disaster. A concise realistic and well-
rehearsed disaster plan is essential for managing the response to disasters.
What is the ultimate contribution of the disaster preparedness plan?
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Questions and Answers
When does the mitigation phase of disaster management begin?
a. Before the disaster occurs
b. During the disaster
c. Immediately following the disaster
d. During the recovery period - ANSWER-ANS: A
Canada's Emergency Management Framework includes four stages: prevention and
mitigation preparedness response and recovery. The first stage mitigation takes
place before a hazardous event occurs.
In the event of a disaster localized to one district what group would most likely
direct the community nursing response?
a. Canadian Red Cross
b. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
c. Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response (CEPR)
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,d. Paramedics - ANSWER-ANS: C
The CEPR (under the umbrella of the Public Health Agency of Canada) is
responsible for coordinating services required to handle all health risk and security
threats in Canada. It provides a comprehensive program to train and certify Health
Emergency Response Teams to respond to emergency situations in Canadian
communities. Although paramedics play an important role in disaster management
a known director such as the CEPR must coordinate the response.
After surviving a house fire a 5-year-old begins sucking their thumb and wetting
their bed. What would be the best community health nurse (CHN) intervention?
a. Explain to the child that it is important to be strong and not act like a baby.
b. Reassure the family that this behaviour is a normal reaction to a traumatic
experience.
c. Recommend admission into a hospital for psychological counselling.
d. Recommend behaviour therapy to treat regression. - ANSWER-ANS: B
The effects of a traumatic experience can be especially severe on young children
who may resort to regressive behaviours such as sucking the thumb wetting the
bed crying and clinging to caregivers as a coping mechanism. This regressive
behaviour is a normal response to trauma.
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,On the second day after a disaster a disaster relief worker is found to be irritable
and having difficulty focusing. The worker denies having any problem other than a
headache. Which is the best action?
a. Dismiss the problem of inability to focus as probably being the result of worry
so that the worker can concentrate on the work at hand and deal with his emotions
later.
b. Explain to the relief worker that they are experiencing signs and symptoms of
psychological stress and recommend that they take some time off from work to
relax.
c. Explain to the worker that their problem arises from multitasking and advise
them to focus on one task at a time.
d. Suspect dehydration and encourage the worker to drink more fluids. -
ANSWER-ANS: B
Early symptoms of stress and burnout include minor tremors nausea inability to
concentrate difficulty thinking and problems with memory. Suppressing feelings of
guilt powerlessness anger and other signs of stress eventually will lead to more
serious symptoms such as irritability fatigue headaches and distortions of bodily
functions. It is normal to experience stress but it must be treated. The worst thing
anyone can do when experiencing stress is to deny that it exists.
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, What level of prevention is the community health nurse (CHN) implementing
when participating in the development of a community-wide disaster management
plan?
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. All prevention levels - ANSWER-ANS: A
Developing a disaster management plan for the community constitutes primary
prevention which takes place before a disaster occurs.
What is the purpose of disaster planning?
a. Decreasing global instability
b. Disrupting and altering community functioning
c. Managing response to disasters
d. Preventing disasters - ANSWER-ANS: C
Although natural disasters cannot be prevented much can be done to prevent more
accidents deaths and destruction following a disaster. A concise realistic and well-
rehearsed disaster plan is essential for managing the response to disasters.
What is the ultimate contribution of the disaster preparedness plan?
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