NUR 412 Final Exam Questions With
Solutions Scored A+.
A nurse is assessing the status of a community's health. Which of the following will the nurse examine?
a. Health Facilities
b. Health care manpower
c. Community awareness
d. Vital statistics - Answer d. Vital statistics
Persons often point out that smokers choose to light their cigarettes, alcoholics lift the glass to their
mouth, and drug addicts inject or ingest their drugs. Which of the following statements best describes
why nurses don't simply focus on helping persons who engage in poor health behaviors to behave
appropriately?
a. It is too rewarding to continue the behavior for a person to be able to change
b. Society must offer health choices, offer support, and practice helpful policies
c. Addicts don't have the willpower to change their behavior
d. Laws and policies must reward good healthy behaviors and punish unhealthy behaviors to help
individuals recognize the importance of change - Answer b. Society must offer healthy choices, offer
support, and practice helpful policies.
Which of the following activities are considered to be part of the core competencies for health
professionals? Select all that apply.
a. Obtaining and interpreting information regarding risks and benefits to the community
b. Implementing nursing care and subsequent evaluation outcomes
c. Maintaining public health departments throughout the United States
d. Defining variables relevant to current public health problems - Answer a. Obtaining and interpreting
information regarding risks and benefits to the community
d. Defining variables relevant to current public health problems
A registered nurse was just employed as a public health nurse. Which question would be most relevant
for the nurse to ask?
,a. "With which physicians will I be most closely collaborating?"
b. "With which nursing assistants will I partner the most?"
c. "Which groups are the greatest risk for problems?"
d. "Which patients should I see first as I begin my day?" - Answer c. "Which groups are the greatest risk
for problems?"
Which of the following actions demonstrate effective public health nursing practice in the community?
Select all that apply.
a. New services are organized where particular vulnerable populations live
b. Partnerships are established with community coalitions
c. Staff members at the public health agency continue to increase in number
d. Epidemiologic interventions to examine the environment for health hazards - Answer a. New
services are organized where particular vulnerable populations live
b. Partnerships are established with community coalitions
d. Epidemiologic interventions to examine the environment for health hazards
Why are nurses increasingly providing care in clients' homes rather than hospitals?
a. Nurses prefer to give home care with individual attention
b. It is much more efficient to give care in the home
c. People prefer to receive care in their homes rather than in hospitals
d. Home care is less expensive - Answer d. Home care is less expensive
A nurse is deciding which alternative interventions should be implemented. Which of the following
factors must be considered by the nurse when making this decision? Select all that apply.
a. The likelihood that the intervention will resolve the problem
b. The nurse's own interest in implementing each intervention
c. The expected effect or outcome of each possible intervention
d. How interested others are in helping with any particular intervention - Answer a. The likelihood that
the intervention will resolve the problem
c. The expected effect or outcome of each possible intervention
, d. How interested others are in helping with any particular intervention
Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the 20th
century?
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
c. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
d. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures - Answer b. Sanitation and other population-based
prevention programs
A community health nurse drives through her assigned community before visiting the community groups
scheduled for the day. She then drives through the community again that evening before going home.
Which of the following best describes the nurse's reason for driving through the community twice in the
same day?
a. Driving through twice allows the nurse to see the community when many residents are at work or at
school and then again when most are at home
b. On the second trip, the nurse can carefully confirm the results of the first assessment
c. When leaving in the evening, the nurse has more time to write down the results of the earlier
assessment
d. Repeating the experience ensures that the nurse absorbed all the relevant details - Answer a. Driving
through twice allows the nurse to see the community when many residents are at work or at school and
then again when most are at home
A community health nurse is beginning to work with a newly assigned community. Which of the
following would be appropriate actions for the nurse to help ensure acceptance? Select all that apply.
a. Completing a comprehensive physical assessment on nearby neighbors
b. Asking those with whom the nurse interacts in the course of daily living their perception of the
community (e.g., clerks in the grocery stores or pharmacies)
c. Attending Community events such as festivals or fairs and interacting with the participants
d. Becoming involved in and contributing to volunteer community organizations - Answer b. Asking
those with whom the nurse interacts in the course of daily living their perception of the community (e.g.,
clerks in the grocery stores or pharmacies)
c. Attending Community events such as festivals or fairs and interacting with the participants
Solutions Scored A+.
A nurse is assessing the status of a community's health. Which of the following will the nurse examine?
a. Health Facilities
b. Health care manpower
c. Community awareness
d. Vital statistics - Answer d. Vital statistics
Persons often point out that smokers choose to light their cigarettes, alcoholics lift the glass to their
mouth, and drug addicts inject or ingest their drugs. Which of the following statements best describes
why nurses don't simply focus on helping persons who engage in poor health behaviors to behave
appropriately?
a. It is too rewarding to continue the behavior for a person to be able to change
b. Society must offer health choices, offer support, and practice helpful policies
c. Addicts don't have the willpower to change their behavior
d. Laws and policies must reward good healthy behaviors and punish unhealthy behaviors to help
individuals recognize the importance of change - Answer b. Society must offer healthy choices, offer
support, and practice helpful policies.
Which of the following activities are considered to be part of the core competencies for health
professionals? Select all that apply.
a. Obtaining and interpreting information regarding risks and benefits to the community
b. Implementing nursing care and subsequent evaluation outcomes
c. Maintaining public health departments throughout the United States
d. Defining variables relevant to current public health problems - Answer a. Obtaining and interpreting
information regarding risks and benefits to the community
d. Defining variables relevant to current public health problems
A registered nurse was just employed as a public health nurse. Which question would be most relevant
for the nurse to ask?
,a. "With which physicians will I be most closely collaborating?"
b. "With which nursing assistants will I partner the most?"
c. "Which groups are the greatest risk for problems?"
d. "Which patients should I see first as I begin my day?" - Answer c. "Which groups are the greatest risk
for problems?"
Which of the following actions demonstrate effective public health nursing practice in the community?
Select all that apply.
a. New services are organized where particular vulnerable populations live
b. Partnerships are established with community coalitions
c. Staff members at the public health agency continue to increase in number
d. Epidemiologic interventions to examine the environment for health hazards - Answer a. New
services are organized where particular vulnerable populations live
b. Partnerships are established with community coalitions
d. Epidemiologic interventions to examine the environment for health hazards
Why are nurses increasingly providing care in clients' homes rather than hospitals?
a. Nurses prefer to give home care with individual attention
b. It is much more efficient to give care in the home
c. People prefer to receive care in their homes rather than in hospitals
d. Home care is less expensive - Answer d. Home care is less expensive
A nurse is deciding which alternative interventions should be implemented. Which of the following
factors must be considered by the nurse when making this decision? Select all that apply.
a. The likelihood that the intervention will resolve the problem
b. The nurse's own interest in implementing each intervention
c. The expected effect or outcome of each possible intervention
d. How interested others are in helping with any particular intervention - Answer a. The likelihood that
the intervention will resolve the problem
c. The expected effect or outcome of each possible intervention
, d. How interested others are in helping with any particular intervention
Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the 20th
century?
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
c. Use of antibiotics to fight infections
d. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures - Answer b. Sanitation and other population-based
prevention programs
A community health nurse drives through her assigned community before visiting the community groups
scheduled for the day. She then drives through the community again that evening before going home.
Which of the following best describes the nurse's reason for driving through the community twice in the
same day?
a. Driving through twice allows the nurse to see the community when many residents are at work or at
school and then again when most are at home
b. On the second trip, the nurse can carefully confirm the results of the first assessment
c. When leaving in the evening, the nurse has more time to write down the results of the earlier
assessment
d. Repeating the experience ensures that the nurse absorbed all the relevant details - Answer a. Driving
through twice allows the nurse to see the community when many residents are at work or at school and
then again when most are at home
A community health nurse is beginning to work with a newly assigned community. Which of the
following would be appropriate actions for the nurse to help ensure acceptance? Select all that apply.
a. Completing a comprehensive physical assessment on nearby neighbors
b. Asking those with whom the nurse interacts in the course of daily living their perception of the
community (e.g., clerks in the grocery stores or pharmacies)
c. Attending Community events such as festivals or fairs and interacting with the participants
d. Becoming involved in and contributing to volunteer community organizations - Answer b. Asking
those with whom the nurse interacts in the course of daily living their perception of the community (e.g.,
clerks in the grocery stores or pharmacies)
c. Attending Community events such as festivals or fairs and interacting with the participants
