Test bank for PHN EXAM VERIFIED
100% EXAM
What is implied by the web of causation model?
a. Variables interact resulting in higher probability of illness.
b. One disease causes another, especially in vulnerable populations.
c. The greater the poverty, the more likely people are to have diseases.
d. Immunizations are necessary because vulnerable populations spread
disease. - ---correct answers ---a. Variables interact resulting in
higher probability of illness.
Which of the following is a characteristic of a vulnerable population?
a. Have worse health outcomes and an increased sensitivity to risk
factors than the general population
b. Have a single risk factor but experience worse health outcomes than
the general population
c. Have multiple risk factors but equal health outcomes to the general
population
d. Have worse outcomes with better access to health care than the
general population - ---correct answers ---a. Have worse health
outcomes and an increased sensitivity to risk factors than the general
population
Resilience refers to the:
,a. resistance of certain groups to risk factors.
b. increased susceptibility to cumulative risk factors among vulnerable
groups.
c. variability in the effects of stressors according to socioeconomic
status.
d. increased sensitivity of the very young and the very old to risk factors.
- ---correct answers ---a. resistance of certain groups to risk factors.
A nurse is working with a vulnerable population. Which of the following
is the nurse most likely working with?
a. Families earning more than $50,000/year
b. Families earning less than $15,000/year
c. Residents of urban areas
d. African American physicians - ---correct answers ---b. Families
earning less than $15,000/year
A nurse is working with a vulnerable group experiencing multiple risk
factors. Which of the following best describes this group?
a. Smokers who use chewing tobacco as well as cigarettes
b. Substance abusers who test positive for HIV
c. Persons with limited access to care because they live in a rural area
d. New mothers needing information about baby and child care - ---
correct answers ---b. Substance abusers who test positive for HIV
,A nurse is working with a 17-year-old pregnant cocaine addict who is
homeless. Which of the following best describes this client?
a. At risk
b. A special population
c. A Healthy People 2020 target group
d. A vulnerable individual - ---correct answers ---d. A vulnerable
individual
The wide variations in health services and health status between certain
population groups are called:
a. vulnerable population groups.
b. health disparities.
c. disadvantaged populations.
d. risk markers. - ---correct answers ---b. health disparities.
What is the primary cause of vulnerability?
a. Race
b. Age
c. Poverty
d. Illness - ---correct answers ---c. Poverty
Which of the following is most likely to live in poverty?
a. Those who work in high-risk jobs
b. Those who have adequate nutrition
, c. Those who effectively manage stress
d. Those who live in single family homes - ---correct answers ---a.
Those who work in high-risk jobs
A nurse operates a school-based clinic in a local school where multiple
providers and disciplines offer care to children, making it easier for
children to access health care. Which of the following best describes this
approach?
a. Advocacy
b. Wrap-around services
c. Social justice
d. Comprehensive services - ---correct answers ---d.
Comprehensive services
A nurse is caring for a population that has experienced a health disparity.
Which of the following best describes a health disparity?
a. Low childhood immunization rates
b. High dropout rates
c. Unemployment
d. Income below poverty level - ---correct answers ---a. Low
childhood immunization rates
A nurse is developing a one-stop service to meet the needs of a
vulnerable group. Which of the following would the nurse most likely
create?
100% EXAM
What is implied by the web of causation model?
a. Variables interact resulting in higher probability of illness.
b. One disease causes another, especially in vulnerable populations.
c. The greater the poverty, the more likely people are to have diseases.
d. Immunizations are necessary because vulnerable populations spread
disease. - ---correct answers ---a. Variables interact resulting in
higher probability of illness.
Which of the following is a characteristic of a vulnerable population?
a. Have worse health outcomes and an increased sensitivity to risk
factors than the general population
b. Have a single risk factor but experience worse health outcomes than
the general population
c. Have multiple risk factors but equal health outcomes to the general
population
d. Have worse outcomes with better access to health care than the
general population - ---correct answers ---a. Have worse health
outcomes and an increased sensitivity to risk factors than the general
population
Resilience refers to the:
,a. resistance of certain groups to risk factors.
b. increased susceptibility to cumulative risk factors among vulnerable
groups.
c. variability in the effects of stressors according to socioeconomic
status.
d. increased sensitivity of the very young and the very old to risk factors.
- ---correct answers ---a. resistance of certain groups to risk factors.
A nurse is working with a vulnerable population. Which of the following
is the nurse most likely working with?
a. Families earning more than $50,000/year
b. Families earning less than $15,000/year
c. Residents of urban areas
d. African American physicians - ---correct answers ---b. Families
earning less than $15,000/year
A nurse is working with a vulnerable group experiencing multiple risk
factors. Which of the following best describes this group?
a. Smokers who use chewing tobacco as well as cigarettes
b. Substance abusers who test positive for HIV
c. Persons with limited access to care because they live in a rural area
d. New mothers needing information about baby and child care - ---
correct answers ---b. Substance abusers who test positive for HIV
,A nurse is working with a 17-year-old pregnant cocaine addict who is
homeless. Which of the following best describes this client?
a. At risk
b. A special population
c. A Healthy People 2020 target group
d. A vulnerable individual - ---correct answers ---d. A vulnerable
individual
The wide variations in health services and health status between certain
population groups are called:
a. vulnerable population groups.
b. health disparities.
c. disadvantaged populations.
d. risk markers. - ---correct answers ---b. health disparities.
What is the primary cause of vulnerability?
a. Race
b. Age
c. Poverty
d. Illness - ---correct answers ---c. Poverty
Which of the following is most likely to live in poverty?
a. Those who work in high-risk jobs
b. Those who have adequate nutrition
, c. Those who effectively manage stress
d. Those who live in single family homes - ---correct answers ---a.
Those who work in high-risk jobs
A nurse operates a school-based clinic in a local school where multiple
providers and disciplines offer care to children, making it easier for
children to access health care. Which of the following best describes this
approach?
a. Advocacy
b. Wrap-around services
c. Social justice
d. Comprehensive services - ---correct answers ---d.
Comprehensive services
A nurse is caring for a population that has experienced a health disparity.
Which of the following best describes a health disparity?
a. Low childhood immunization rates
b. High dropout rates
c. Unemployment
d. Income below poverty level - ---correct answers ---a. Low
childhood immunization rates
A nurse is developing a one-stop service to meet the needs of a
vulnerable group. Which of the following would the nurse most likely
create?
