COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
It is the most effective way of controlling
schistosomiasis in an endemic area?
A. Use of molluscicides
B. Building of foot bridges
C. Proper use of sanitary toilets
D. Use of protective footwear, such as rubber boots - Answer: (C) Proper use of sanitary toilets. The ova
of the
parasite get out of the human body together with feces.
Cutting the cycle at this stage is the most effective way of
preventing the spread of the disease to susceptible hosts.
Jannah is admitted to the labor and delivery unit. The
critical laboratory result for this client would be:
A. Oxygen saturation
B. Iron binding capacity
C. Blood typing
D. Serum Calcium - Answer: (C) Blood typing. Blood type would be a critical
value to have because the risk of blood loss is always a
potential complication during the labor and delivery
process. Approximately 40% of a woman's cardiac output
is delivered to the uterus, therefore, blood loss can occur
quite rapidly in the event of uncontrolled bleeding.
,Jimmy a 2-year old child revealed "baggy pants". As a
nurse, using the IMCI guidelines, how will you manage
Jimmy?
A. Refer the child urgently to a hospital for
confinement.
B. Coordinate with the social worker to enroll the
child in a feeding program.
C. Make a teaching plan for the mother, focusing on
menu planning for her child.
D. Assess and treat the child for health problems like
infections and intestinal parasitism.-Answer: (A) Refer the child urgently to a hospital for
confinement. Presidential Proclamation No. 4 is on
the Ligtas Tigdas Program.
Nurses are aware that diagnosis of leprosy is highly
dependent on recognition of symptoms. Which of the
following is an early sign of leprosy?
A. Macular lesions
B. Inability to close eyelids
C. Thickened painful nerves
D. Sinking of the nosebridge - Answer: (C) Thickened painful nerves. The lesion of
leprosy is not macular. It is characterized by a change in
skin color (either reddish or whitish) and loss of
sensation, sweating and hair growth over the lesion.
,Inability to close the eyelids (lagophthalmos) and sinking
of the nosebridge are late symptoms.
Rh isoimmunization in a pregnant client develops
during which of the following conditions?
A. Rh-positive maternal blood crosses into fetal
blood, stimulating fetal antibodies.
B. Rh-positive fetal blood crosses into maternal
blood, stimulating maternal antibodies.
C. Rh-negative fetal blood crosses into maternal
blood, stimulating maternal antibodies.
D. Rh-negative maternal blood crosses into fetal
blood, stimulating fetal antibodies. - Answer: (B) Rh-positive fetal blood crosses into maternal
blood, stimulating maternal antibodies. Rh
isoimmunization occurs when Rh-positive fetal blood cells
cross into the maternal circulation and stimulate maternal
antibody production. In subsequent pregnancies with Rh-
positive fetuses, maternal antibodies may cross back into
the fetal circulation and destroy the fetal blood cells.
Several clients is newly admitted and diagnosed with
leprosy. Which of the following clients should be classified
as a case of multibacillary leprosy?
A. 3 skin lesions, negative slit skin smear
B. 3 skin lesions, positive slit skin smear
, C. 5 skin lesions, negative slit skin smear
D. 5 skin lesions, positive slit skin smear - Answer: (D) 5 skin lesions, positive slit skin smear"Baggy pants"
is a sign of severe marasmus.
The best management is urgent referral to a hospital.
Magnesium sulfate is given to Jemma with
preeclampsia to prevent which of the following condition?
A. Hemorrhage
B. Hypertension
C. Hypomagnesemia
D. Seizure - Answer: (D) Seizure.
According to _____________ cultural competence is a complex combination of knowledge, attitudes,
and skills used to deliver services that attend to the total context of the patient's situation across
cultural boundaries - AnswerSPECTOR (2013)
through contact with the skin or mucous membrane with
water or moist soil contaminated with urine of infected
animals, like rats.
A baby girl is born 8 weeks premature. At birth, she has
no spontaneous respirations but is successfully
resuscitated. Within several hours she develops
respiratory grunting, cyanosis, tachypnea, nasal flaring,
and retractions. She's diagnosed with respiratory distress
syndrome, intubated, and placed on a ventilator. Which
nursing action should be included in the baby's plan of
care to prevent retinopathy of prematurity?
A. Cover his eyes while receiving oxygen.
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
It is the most effective way of controlling
schistosomiasis in an endemic area?
A. Use of molluscicides
B. Building of foot bridges
C. Proper use of sanitary toilets
D. Use of protective footwear, such as rubber boots - Answer: (C) Proper use of sanitary toilets. The ova
of the
parasite get out of the human body together with feces.
Cutting the cycle at this stage is the most effective way of
preventing the spread of the disease to susceptible hosts.
Jannah is admitted to the labor and delivery unit. The
critical laboratory result for this client would be:
A. Oxygen saturation
B. Iron binding capacity
C. Blood typing
D. Serum Calcium - Answer: (C) Blood typing. Blood type would be a critical
value to have because the risk of blood loss is always a
potential complication during the labor and delivery
process. Approximately 40% of a woman's cardiac output
is delivered to the uterus, therefore, blood loss can occur
quite rapidly in the event of uncontrolled bleeding.
,Jimmy a 2-year old child revealed "baggy pants". As a
nurse, using the IMCI guidelines, how will you manage
Jimmy?
A. Refer the child urgently to a hospital for
confinement.
B. Coordinate with the social worker to enroll the
child in a feeding program.
C. Make a teaching plan for the mother, focusing on
menu planning for her child.
D. Assess and treat the child for health problems like
infections and intestinal parasitism.-Answer: (A) Refer the child urgently to a hospital for
confinement. Presidential Proclamation No. 4 is on
the Ligtas Tigdas Program.
Nurses are aware that diagnosis of leprosy is highly
dependent on recognition of symptoms. Which of the
following is an early sign of leprosy?
A. Macular lesions
B. Inability to close eyelids
C. Thickened painful nerves
D. Sinking of the nosebridge - Answer: (C) Thickened painful nerves. The lesion of
leprosy is not macular. It is characterized by a change in
skin color (either reddish or whitish) and loss of
sensation, sweating and hair growth over the lesion.
,Inability to close the eyelids (lagophthalmos) and sinking
of the nosebridge are late symptoms.
Rh isoimmunization in a pregnant client develops
during which of the following conditions?
A. Rh-positive maternal blood crosses into fetal
blood, stimulating fetal antibodies.
B. Rh-positive fetal blood crosses into maternal
blood, stimulating maternal antibodies.
C. Rh-negative fetal blood crosses into maternal
blood, stimulating maternal antibodies.
D. Rh-negative maternal blood crosses into fetal
blood, stimulating fetal antibodies. - Answer: (B) Rh-positive fetal blood crosses into maternal
blood, stimulating maternal antibodies. Rh
isoimmunization occurs when Rh-positive fetal blood cells
cross into the maternal circulation and stimulate maternal
antibody production. In subsequent pregnancies with Rh-
positive fetuses, maternal antibodies may cross back into
the fetal circulation and destroy the fetal blood cells.
Several clients is newly admitted and diagnosed with
leprosy. Which of the following clients should be classified
as a case of multibacillary leprosy?
A. 3 skin lesions, negative slit skin smear
B. 3 skin lesions, positive slit skin smear
, C. 5 skin lesions, negative slit skin smear
D. 5 skin lesions, positive slit skin smear - Answer: (D) 5 skin lesions, positive slit skin smear"Baggy pants"
is a sign of severe marasmus.
The best management is urgent referral to a hospital.
Magnesium sulfate is given to Jemma with
preeclampsia to prevent which of the following condition?
A. Hemorrhage
B. Hypertension
C. Hypomagnesemia
D. Seizure - Answer: (D) Seizure.
According to _____________ cultural competence is a complex combination of knowledge, attitudes,
and skills used to deliver services that attend to the total context of the patient's situation across
cultural boundaries - AnswerSPECTOR (2013)
through contact with the skin or mucous membrane with
water or moist soil contaminated with urine of infected
animals, like rats.
A baby girl is born 8 weeks premature. At birth, she has
no spontaneous respirations but is successfully
resuscitated. Within several hours she develops
respiratory grunting, cyanosis, tachypnea, nasal flaring,
and retractions. She's diagnosed with respiratory distress
syndrome, intubated, and placed on a ventilator. Which
nursing action should be included in the baby's plan of
care to prevent retinopathy of prematurity?
A. Cover his eyes while receiving oxygen.
