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NURS 411 EXAM//GRADED A+
A community health nurse is asked to be part of a community-wide effort to address the issue of
teen parenthood. When planning appropriate programs, which would be important to include as the
priority?
Increased focus on preventing teen pregnancy
Increased insurance coverage for contraception
Increased male involvement in teen pregnancies
Increased access to prenatal services - ANSWER-Increased focus on preventing teen pregnancy
The home health nurse is making an initial home visit with a family and asks the family to identify
their extended family and other persons/groups they interact with each week. Which statement
provides the best rationale for asking the family this question?
To assist the family in identifying financial resources
To identify an emergency contact person
To understand how the family operates as a social system
To assess the family's environment - ANSWER-To understand how the family operates as a social
system
Which one of the statements about families is most accurate?
Culture explains why families behave as they do.
Individual family members decide which one role they will play.
Family behavior influences family values.
Family members are always cognizant of all family values. - ANSWER-Culture explains why families
behave as they do.
As a nurse, you are designated as a "mandated reporter." Which best describes this designation?
The nurse must witness abuse and neglect before being mandated to report.
The nurse commands that battered women report the abuse.
,The supervising community health nurse is responsible for reporting only known cases of elder
abuse.
The nurse must report any case of known or suspected abuse and neglect in children or elders. -
ANSWER-The nurse must report any case of known or suspected abuse and neglect in children
and elders
Which definition of family is most inclusive and yet the simplest?
Families are the primary social agent in the promotion of health and well-being.
Families consist of two or more individuals who share a residence or live near one another.
Families possess some common emotional bond and engage in interrelated social positions, roles,
and tasks.
Families are defined by the members. - ANSWER-Families are defined by the members.
When a community health nurse is conducting a family assessment on an assigned family, which
action would be most appropriate?
Use quantitative data only to maintain and preserve objectivity
Interview one family member to avoid confusion and repeated information
Use a checklist format, completing the tool in the family's presence
Make several visits and accumulate data from all family members - ANSWER-Make several visits
and accumulate data from all family members
The nurse educator is aware that the nursing student understands the importance of roles within a
family when the nursing student states:
"Family members can only play one role at a time."
"Family roles are restricted to the immediate family."
"Selection of specific roles to be played in any family depends on the family's structure, needs, and
patterns of functioning."
"Family member roles are determined by those outside the family." - ANSWER-Selection of
specific roles to be played in any family depends on the family's structure, needs, and patterns of
functioning
,Community health nurses need to know that families are systems. Which attributes of systems are
also attributes of families?
A change within the family system not only affects the individual member but all of the family
members.
Family members are independent.
Families cannot be visualized as a mobile in which all of the pieces are suspended freely by a string.
Families are only a subsystem. - ANSWER-A change within the family system not only affects the
individual member but all of the family members
A community health nurse is preparing to assess a family. Which characteristic would the nurse NOT
integrate into the assessment as universal?
The family members are stuck in one stage of development.
Cultural values and rules.
Every family has structure.
Every family is a small social system. - ANSWER-Either the family members are stuck in one stage
of dvelopment
Which statements about family structures is NOT true?
Throughout the world, families in all varied forms are the basic social unit.
A family consists of a husband, wife, and children living under one roof with the man as breadwinner
and the woman as homemaker.
The people who are members of a family interact, care for one another, and bond in ways that may
never be fully understood by anyone outside the family.
Families structures can be categorized into two general categories: traditional and contemporary. -
ANSWER-A family consists of a husband, wife, and children living under one roof with the man as
breadwinner and the woman as homemaker.
The community health nurse is discussing family health nursing with a group of students. Which
statement made by a student nurse indicates an effective teaching regarding family health nursing?
"The family does not play a critical role in the health of its members."
"The community health nurse is in a unique position to influence and promote family health."
"Health habits are not developed in the context of family."
"Genetic influences always take place within the family environment." - ANSWER-The community
health nurse is in a unique position to influence and promote family health
, A community health nurse arrives at a family's home. Which behaviors by the nurse would be non-
therapeutic?
Maintaining eye contact with the family members
Paging through paperwork for information
Sitting on the furniture near the family members
Placing car keys in the nurse's carryall bag - ANSWER-Paging through paperwork for information
You are working with a group of school nurses to develop interventions for a 10-year-old girl who has
missed many days of school already due to headaches, stomachaches, or other physical ailments.
Which intervention would be most appropriate?
Limiting parent involvement in the school
Exposing the child rapidly to the classroom
Keeping the child at home for a while
Providing relaxation training - ANSWER-Providing relaxation training
A pregnant woman with hypertensive disease presents to the community health center for follow-
up. Which action would be most appropriate for the community health nurse to include when
teaching the woman about controlling her blood pressure at this time?
Ensuring rest periods with legs elevated
Limiting her daily intake of fluid
Restricting intake of fresh fruits
Encouraging additional weight gain - ANSWER-Ensuring rest periods with legs elevated
A community health nurse is making a home visit to a postpartum woman. The nurse suspects that
the woman may be experiencing depression. Which of the following responses would be most
appropriate?
"You should try drinking some coffee to help you be less tired, especially in the morning."
"Don't worry. Good mothers don't hurt their babies, and you are trying to do your best."
"It might help if you try to nap while the baby is napping. You can set an alarm if this makes you
more comfortable."
"You should be able to be the perfect housekeeper while you're on maternity leave." - ANSWER-It
might help if you try to nap while the baby is napping. You can set an alarm if this makes you more
comfortable.