ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
You are working with a group of school nurses to develop interventions for a 10-year-old girl
who has missed many days of school already due to headaches, stomachaches, or other physical
ailments. Which intervention would be most appropriate? (Mod 7) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Providing relaxation training
A community health nurse is making a home visit to a postpartum woman. The nurse suspects
that the woman may be experiencing depression. During a home postpartum visit, a community
health nurse suspects that the woman is experiencing depression. Which of the following
responses would be most appropriate? - CORRECT ANSWER - "It might help if you try
to nap while the baby is napping. You can set an alarm if this makes you more comfortable."
A nurse is making an initial home visit for a family who was recently discharged from the
hospital. The parents experienced a difficult birth and the newborn was diagnosed with spina
bifida. While caring for this family, the nurse would attribute this episode to which type of crisis
and provide care accordingly? - CORRECT ANSWER - Multiple crisis
A pregnant woman with hypertensive disease presents to the community health center for
follow-up. Which action would be most appropriate for the community health nurse to include
when teaching the woman about controlling her blood pressure at this time? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ensuring rest periods with legs elevated
Because you are a nurse, you have been asked to present a program to a local elementary parent-
teacher association on the topic of pediculosis. You determine that the group needs additional
teaching when some parents state which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER - "It all
stems back to the petting show, when they brought the animals in."
A community health nurse is developing a program that would encourage mothers to use breast-
feeding exclusively for their babies' nutrition for the first 6 months. The nurse implements this
program on the understanding about which concept? - CORRECT ANSWER - Infant
mortality would significantly decrease.
, A community health nurse is preparing a presentation for a community center group about crisis.
Which concepts about situational crises should be included in the presentation? Select all that
apply. - CORRECT ANSWER - -A situational crisis is a stressful, disrupting event arising
from external circumstances that occur suddenly to a person, group, aggregate, or community.
-Situational crises often occur without warning.
After teaching a class about family and domestic violence directed toward children as a
community health problem, which, if stated by the class, indicates to the instructor that the
teaching was effective? - CORRECT ANSWER - Family violence has occurred in most
countries for centuries as children have been thought of as the property of their parents.
The nursing student reads the textbook in preparation for a class meeting about primary,
secondary, and tertiary prevention related to families in crisis. The student associates which
statement as being most accurate regarding the levels of prevention? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Often people in crisis are temporarily helpless and unable to cope on their
own but are receptive to outside influence.
Which measure would be most appropriate for a community health nurse to include when
developing programs to address childhood obesity? - CORRECT ANSWER - Urging an
increase in physical activity daily
Which statement best describes the role of the community health nurse in promoting the health
of adult men 35 to 65 years of age? (Begin of Module 8) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Anticipatory guidance to men approaching each stage and help them with ways to manage life
more effectively.
Which statement by the community health nurse best highlights why it would be important to
include information about the "Go Red" campaign in an education fair targeting women? -
CORRECT ANSWER - "Women have atypical heart symptoms and often delay
treatment."