Community Nursing Exam 2 | Practice Questions & Answers, Study
Guide 2026/2027
What can be seen as positive behavior? - Correct answer✅✅ touching as a caring gesture
The nurse is considered an authority figure that should do what 3 things? - Correct answer✅✅ respect
the individual, be able to relate to the individual, and maintain the individual's dignity
Simpatia - Correct answer✅✅ At times, because of what, individuals and families may appear to
understand what is being said to them (by nodding their heads) when they do not understand.
simpatia - Correct answer✅✅ Spanish word for warm and friendly.
What do Mexican individuals expect out of the nurse? - Correct answer✅✅ They expect the nurse not
to appear rushed and to be a good listener.
The physical demands of harvesting crops 12 to 14 hours a day take their toll on what system? - Correct
answer✅✅ musculoskeletal system.
What was the most common types of chronic pain reported with many workers leaving or changing their
jobs. - Correct answer✅✅ Back and neck pain
Low back pain that radiates into 1 leg (sciatica) is consistent with what? - Correct answer✅✅
herniated lumbar disk
The nurse assesses the client to see whether the pain is aggravated by events that increase intraspinal
pressure, what events could increase intraspinal pressure? - Correct answer✅✅ bending lifting,
sneezing, coughing, or by lifting the leg straight up while supine.
Pesticide exposure is the greatest health risk for who? - Correct answer✅✅ migrant farmworkers
, pesticide - Correct answer✅✅ a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to
cultivated plants or to animals.
What can the nurse provide to decrease the transmission of the pesticides to the workers and family
members. - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse should provide access to handwashing stations
Rationale - Reviewing common pesticides does not reduce exposure. Surveying for acute health changes
is assessing after the exposure. The use of barrier devices could be helpful but would not necessarily
decrease exposure.
How is HIV transmitted? - Correct answer✅✅ -intimate sexual contact and the exchange of body fluids
-exposure to infected blood
-passage from an infected woman to her fetus
-breast milk
Clients who fall into the high-risk category for HIV infection include individuals who have: - Correct
answer✅✅ -used intravenous drugs
- individual who experience persistent and recurrent sexually transmitted infections
-individuals who have multiple sex partners.
Homeless adolescents living on the streets exhibit greater risk-taking behaviors, including earlier onset
of ___________. - Correct answer✅✅ sexual activity
What serious communicable diseases are homeless adolescents at high risk for contracting? - Correct
answer✅✅ AIDS and hepatitis B, and are more likely to use alcohol and illicit substances.
Homeless teens often have histories of what 3 things? - Correct answer✅✅ -runaway behavior
-physical abuse
-sexual abuse
Guide 2026/2027
What can be seen as positive behavior? - Correct answer✅✅ touching as a caring gesture
The nurse is considered an authority figure that should do what 3 things? - Correct answer✅✅ respect
the individual, be able to relate to the individual, and maintain the individual's dignity
Simpatia - Correct answer✅✅ At times, because of what, individuals and families may appear to
understand what is being said to them (by nodding their heads) when they do not understand.
simpatia - Correct answer✅✅ Spanish word for warm and friendly.
What do Mexican individuals expect out of the nurse? - Correct answer✅✅ They expect the nurse not
to appear rushed and to be a good listener.
The physical demands of harvesting crops 12 to 14 hours a day take their toll on what system? - Correct
answer✅✅ musculoskeletal system.
What was the most common types of chronic pain reported with many workers leaving or changing their
jobs. - Correct answer✅✅ Back and neck pain
Low back pain that radiates into 1 leg (sciatica) is consistent with what? - Correct answer✅✅
herniated lumbar disk
The nurse assesses the client to see whether the pain is aggravated by events that increase intraspinal
pressure, what events could increase intraspinal pressure? - Correct answer✅✅ bending lifting,
sneezing, coughing, or by lifting the leg straight up while supine.
Pesticide exposure is the greatest health risk for who? - Correct answer✅✅ migrant farmworkers
, pesticide - Correct answer✅✅ a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to
cultivated plants or to animals.
What can the nurse provide to decrease the transmission of the pesticides to the workers and family
members. - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse should provide access to handwashing stations
Rationale - Reviewing common pesticides does not reduce exposure. Surveying for acute health changes
is assessing after the exposure. The use of barrier devices could be helpful but would not necessarily
decrease exposure.
How is HIV transmitted? - Correct answer✅✅ -intimate sexual contact and the exchange of body fluids
-exposure to infected blood
-passage from an infected woman to her fetus
-breast milk
Clients who fall into the high-risk category for HIV infection include individuals who have: - Correct
answer✅✅ -used intravenous drugs
- individual who experience persistent and recurrent sexually transmitted infections
-individuals who have multiple sex partners.
Homeless adolescents living on the streets exhibit greater risk-taking behaviors, including earlier onset
of ___________. - Correct answer✅✅ sexual activity
What serious communicable diseases are homeless adolescents at high risk for contracting? - Correct
answer✅✅ AIDS and hepatitis B, and are more likely to use alcohol and illicit substances.
Homeless teens often have histories of what 3 things? - Correct answer✅✅ -runaway behavior
-physical abuse
-sexual abuse
