NURS 5350 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔The nurse practitioner (NP) is preparing to assess a Native American patient. Which
strategy demonstrates cultural sensitivity by the NP?
A) Understanding the patient may avoid eye contact
B) Anticipating that the patient may be quiet until trust is established
C) Desiring to learn about the patient's use of herbal remedies
D) Recognizing the patient may prefer to collaborate with a folk healer - ✔✔C
✔✔The nurse practitioner's demonstration of cultural competence includes which
intervention?
A) Achieving consensus on differing values
B) Using colloquial expressions when speaking
C) Identifying stereotypes held by others
D) Establishing boundaries for acceptable behaviors - ✔✔D
✔✔What does the federal Ryan White CARE Act fund?
A) Care for underserved rural and urban populations
B) Skin cancer screening programs
C) School-based health services in predominantly minority neighborhoods
D) Development of treatment and care options for persons with HIV and AIDS - ✔✔D
✔✔In the absence of specific therapy to interrupt transmission of HIV, an infected
woman has what percent chance of having a child born with HIV?
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 50%
D) 75% - ✔✔B
✔✔What is the major health challenge of the migrant population?
A) Heart disease
B) Cancer
C) Infectious disease
D) Malnutrition - ✔✔C
✔✔Children under age 18 comprise approximately what percentage of the homeless
population?
A) 10.4%
B) 22.8%
C) 43.2%
D) 61.3% - ✔✔B
, ✔✔Which of the following is true for a 40-year-old man who rarely exercises and eats
few fruits and vegetables?
A) These lifestyle habits increase his susceptibility to HIV/AIDS.
B) The effects of his lifestyle can be offset by medical interventions.
C) He is at increased risk for chronic disease.
D) He would likely be denied health insurance. - ✔✔C
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a significant difference that exists across
various racial/ethnic groups on health-related lifestyles and health status?
A) African American women who are 40 years of age and older are more likely to
have yearly mammograms than the Asian female population.
B) Low birth weights were highest among African Americans in 2014.
C) Asian women had a higher percentage of cervical cancer in 2014 than Hispanic
and White females.
D) Hispanic females are more likely to have had multiple pregnancies by age 25. - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following is the leading cause of death for children and adolescents?
A) Asthma
B) Depression
C) Unintentional injuries
D) Lack of immunizations - ✔✔C
✔✔ Historically, nursing preparation was referred to as "training," and many nurses
educated through the 1970s still use this term to refer to their education. Why is this
terminology particularly problematic in light of the advances made in nursing science in
the last 30 years?
A) On-the-job apprenticeships are no longer as prevalent as they were up through the
late 1970s and early 1980s.
B) It places emphasis on nurses' abilities to perform tasks rather than reason through
and understand the purpose of their actions.
C) Most modern nurses pursue Master's level education beyond their practice-based
Bachelor's education.
D) The last 30 years have seen nursing education move away from physician-taught
courses in hospitals to professor-taught courses at universities. - ✔✔B
✔✔During the 1960s, why did nursing scholars heavily emphasize a focus on the
theoretical development of nursing as its own, independent discipline?
A) To support doctoral education for nurses that was discipline specific
B) To prove that the logical positivist approach was a poor fit for the discipline
C) To encourage and enhance the continued development of nursing science
D) To promote research by nurses in all fields, not merely nursing science - ✔✔C
✔✔Which argument best supports the idea of nursing as a professional discipline rather
than an academic discipline?
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔The nurse practitioner (NP) is preparing to assess a Native American patient. Which
strategy demonstrates cultural sensitivity by the NP?
A) Understanding the patient may avoid eye contact
B) Anticipating that the patient may be quiet until trust is established
C) Desiring to learn about the patient's use of herbal remedies
D) Recognizing the patient may prefer to collaborate with a folk healer - ✔✔C
✔✔The nurse practitioner's demonstration of cultural competence includes which
intervention?
A) Achieving consensus on differing values
B) Using colloquial expressions when speaking
C) Identifying stereotypes held by others
D) Establishing boundaries for acceptable behaviors - ✔✔D
✔✔What does the federal Ryan White CARE Act fund?
A) Care for underserved rural and urban populations
B) Skin cancer screening programs
C) School-based health services in predominantly minority neighborhoods
D) Development of treatment and care options for persons with HIV and AIDS - ✔✔D
✔✔In the absence of specific therapy to interrupt transmission of HIV, an infected
woman has what percent chance of having a child born with HIV?
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 50%
D) 75% - ✔✔B
✔✔What is the major health challenge of the migrant population?
A) Heart disease
B) Cancer
C) Infectious disease
D) Malnutrition - ✔✔C
✔✔Children under age 18 comprise approximately what percentage of the homeless
population?
A) 10.4%
B) 22.8%
C) 43.2%
D) 61.3% - ✔✔B
, ✔✔Which of the following is true for a 40-year-old man who rarely exercises and eats
few fruits and vegetables?
A) These lifestyle habits increase his susceptibility to HIV/AIDS.
B) The effects of his lifestyle can be offset by medical interventions.
C) He is at increased risk for chronic disease.
D) He would likely be denied health insurance. - ✔✔C
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a significant difference that exists across
various racial/ethnic groups on health-related lifestyles and health status?
A) African American women who are 40 years of age and older are more likely to
have yearly mammograms than the Asian female population.
B) Low birth weights were highest among African Americans in 2014.
C) Asian women had a higher percentage of cervical cancer in 2014 than Hispanic
and White females.
D) Hispanic females are more likely to have had multiple pregnancies by age 25. - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following is the leading cause of death for children and adolescents?
A) Asthma
B) Depression
C) Unintentional injuries
D) Lack of immunizations - ✔✔C
✔✔ Historically, nursing preparation was referred to as "training," and many nurses
educated through the 1970s still use this term to refer to their education. Why is this
terminology particularly problematic in light of the advances made in nursing science in
the last 30 years?
A) On-the-job apprenticeships are no longer as prevalent as they were up through the
late 1970s and early 1980s.
B) It places emphasis on nurses' abilities to perform tasks rather than reason through
and understand the purpose of their actions.
C) Most modern nurses pursue Master's level education beyond their practice-based
Bachelor's education.
D) The last 30 years have seen nursing education move away from physician-taught
courses in hospitals to professor-taught courses at universities. - ✔✔B
✔✔During the 1960s, why did nursing scholars heavily emphasize a focus on the
theoretical development of nursing as its own, independent discipline?
A) To support doctoral education for nurses that was discipline specific
B) To prove that the logical positivist approach was a poor fit for the discipline
C) To encourage and enhance the continued development of nursing science
D) To promote research by nurses in all fields, not merely nursing science - ✔✔C
✔✔Which argument best supports the idea of nursing as a professional discipline rather
than an academic discipline?
