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Community Health -NCLEX Questions With
Correct Answers
Factors related to the determinants of health identified in Healthy People 2020 include which of the
following (select all that apply)?
A) Education and literacy.
B) Genetic endowment.
C) Gender.
D) Culture.
E) Social status. - answer✔A,B,C,D,E
A nurse identifies higher-than-normal levels of lead when screening a 3-year-old child. The nurse works
with the local health department to put together a team to address the environmental issues
responsible for the child's abnormal lead level. Team members should include the following specialists:
A) Epidemiologist, pediatric specialist, and sanitarian.
B) Laboratory specialist, contractor whose bid for lead reduction work is the lowest, and public health
lead reduction specialist.
C) Public health sanitarian, pediatric generalist, and plumbing inspector.
D) Specially trained housing inspector, pediatric specialist, lead-based paint intervention team, and
laboratory specialists to test the child's home and the surrounding neighborhood. - answer✔D
An occupational health nurse practitioner's physical assessment of a factory worker identifies an acute-
onset pruritic dermatitis extending over the face, hands, neck, and forearms. The nurse's priorities
should be to:
A) Contact factory senior management, educate workers about their exposure, and clean the area.
B) Contact the Occupational Safety and Health Administration immediately and remove the offending
chemical in the work environment.
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C) Immediately evacuate the worker's nearby workspace and treat the worker and other exposed
workers.
D) Treat the client and obtain a comprehensive exposure history; if an onsite environmental exposure is
suspected as the cause, screen other at-risk workers and ensure that the environmental risk is identified
and eliminated. - answer✔D
A college health nurse is working with students, faculty, and staff to improve environmental air quality.
To address the primary cause of air pollution on campus, the nurse plans a precautionary intervention.
Which of the following interventions best demonstrates an appropriate approach?
A) Encourage the use of electric cars and scooters on campus.
B) Increase the use of bicycles, foot-powered scooters, rollerblades, and walking as the primary mode of
transportation on campus.
C) Make the entire campus a no-smoking zone.
D) Establish a policy to reduce electricity consumption in university buildings by raising the thermostat
to 78 degrees in the summer and lowering the thermostat to 70 degrees in the winter. - answer✔B
Campaigns to decrease the inequitable burden of environmental risks on the poor and people of color in
the United States strive to apply the ethical principle of:
A) Societal justice.
B) Nonmaleficence.
C) Compliance and enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Act.
D) Environmental justice. - answer✔D
The monitoring and public reporting of air quality in a local community to assist individuals with asthma
or other respiratory conditions best illustrates the application of:
A) Compliance and enforcement.
B) Environmental epidemiology.
C) Secondary prevention.
D) Toxicology. - answer✔B
When applying the nursing process to environmental health, the nurse would:
A) Conduct an assessment focused on the client's presenting problem.
B) Coordinate interventions with the primary care provider of record.
10/22/2024 12:14 PM
Community Health -NCLEX Questions With
Correct Answers
Factors related to the determinants of health identified in Healthy People 2020 include which of the
following (select all that apply)?
A) Education and literacy.
B) Genetic endowment.
C) Gender.
D) Culture.
E) Social status. - answer✔A,B,C,D,E
A nurse identifies higher-than-normal levels of lead when screening a 3-year-old child. The nurse works
with the local health department to put together a team to address the environmental issues
responsible for the child's abnormal lead level. Team members should include the following specialists:
A) Epidemiologist, pediatric specialist, and sanitarian.
B) Laboratory specialist, contractor whose bid for lead reduction work is the lowest, and public health
lead reduction specialist.
C) Public health sanitarian, pediatric generalist, and plumbing inspector.
D) Specially trained housing inspector, pediatric specialist, lead-based paint intervention team, and
laboratory specialists to test the child's home and the surrounding neighborhood. - answer✔D
An occupational health nurse practitioner's physical assessment of a factory worker identifies an acute-
onset pruritic dermatitis extending over the face, hands, neck, and forearms. The nurse's priorities
should be to:
A) Contact factory senior management, educate workers about their exposure, and clean the area.
B) Contact the Occupational Safety and Health Administration immediately and remove the offending
chemical in the work environment.
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C) Immediately evacuate the worker's nearby workspace and treat the worker and other exposed
workers.
D) Treat the client and obtain a comprehensive exposure history; if an onsite environmental exposure is
suspected as the cause, screen other at-risk workers and ensure that the environmental risk is identified
and eliminated. - answer✔D
A college health nurse is working with students, faculty, and staff to improve environmental air quality.
To address the primary cause of air pollution on campus, the nurse plans a precautionary intervention.
Which of the following interventions best demonstrates an appropriate approach?
A) Encourage the use of electric cars and scooters on campus.
B) Increase the use of bicycles, foot-powered scooters, rollerblades, and walking as the primary mode of
transportation on campus.
C) Make the entire campus a no-smoking zone.
D) Establish a policy to reduce electricity consumption in university buildings by raising the thermostat
to 78 degrees in the summer and lowering the thermostat to 70 degrees in the winter. - answer✔B
Campaigns to decrease the inequitable burden of environmental risks on the poor and people of color in
the United States strive to apply the ethical principle of:
A) Societal justice.
B) Nonmaleficence.
C) Compliance and enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Act.
D) Environmental justice. - answer✔D
The monitoring and public reporting of air quality in a local community to assist individuals with asthma
or other respiratory conditions best illustrates the application of:
A) Compliance and enforcement.
B) Environmental epidemiology.
C) Secondary prevention.
D) Toxicology. - answer✔B
When applying the nursing process to environmental health, the nurse would:
A) Conduct an assessment focused on the client's presenting problem.
B) Coordinate interventions with the primary care provider of record.
