BSN325 POPULATION BASED
CHRONIC ILLNESS EXAM 1 130
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS.
A nurse in a clinic that provides direct care services to clients with
tuberculosis would be classified as practicing:
A. community-based nursing.
B. community-oriented nursing.
C. institutional nursing.
D. public health nursing.
A
Jennifer is a nurse in a family medicine clinic. Today she is assessing Jose, a
4-year-old who is being seen for an earache. The type of nursing Jennifer
practices is:
A. community-oriented nursing.
B. community-based nursing.
C. public health nursing.
D. tertiary health nursing.
B
,A school nurse teaches three middle school students with asthma conditions
techniques to minimize their incidence of bronchial spasms. This is an
application of:
A. community-based nursing.
B. community-oriented nursing.
C. institutional nursing.
D. public health nursing.
A
The public health nurse deals with the examination of a community setting to
determine the community's health status. Which of the following activities
should be considered in the assessment phase?
Select all that apply.
A. Assisting communities to implement and evaluate plans and projects
B. Building constituencies to work with the community
C. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information
D. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the
population
E. Questioning the availability of health services to the community
C, D, E
In a federally funded preschool program such as Head Start, nursing services
that include conducting developmental-level screening for cognitive and
psychomotor development of individual children would most likely be
considered community-oriented nursing care when:
A. individual results are compared with established standards for children of
the same age group.
,B. program characteristics are assessed for their effectiveness in making the
school population healthier.
C. referral is provided for a child identified with delayed psychomotor
development.
D. treatment is initiated for a child with an identified learning disability.
A
Public health nursing is a specialty with a distinct focus and scope of practice
and requires a special knowledge base different from other specialty areas of
nursing. A public health nurse would first be interested in:
A. drug treatments for diabetes.
B. populations with the highest rate of diabetes.
C. educational materials for individuals with diabetes.
D. new technology for diabetic care.
B
A state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability of
elder transportation services to a specific county senior center. The state
agency assigns a public health nurse to work with the community to evaluate
its program for elder transportation services to publicly sponsored elder care
programs. The public health core function applied is:
A. assurance.
B. policy development.
C. primary prevention.
D. public transportation.
A
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A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local
middle schools and high schools is providing:
A. community-oriented care.
B. community-based care.
C. secondary care.
D. tertiary care.
A
In a community clinic that screens and treats individuals for cardiovascular
disorders, the nurse practicing public health/population-focused nursing
would most likely ascertain:
A. a holistic treatment plan.
B. a specific clinical diagnosis.
C. individual dietary interventions for cardiovascular disorders.
D. the prevalence rate of cardiovascular disorders among various groups.
D
A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the
middle school. The next step in a population-focused practice is to make
information available about the health of the middle school students. This
describes the public health core function of:
A. assessment.
B. assurance.
C. policy development.
D. research.
CHRONIC ILLNESS EXAM 1 130
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS.
A nurse in a clinic that provides direct care services to clients with
tuberculosis would be classified as practicing:
A. community-based nursing.
B. community-oriented nursing.
C. institutional nursing.
D. public health nursing.
A
Jennifer is a nurse in a family medicine clinic. Today she is assessing Jose, a
4-year-old who is being seen for an earache. The type of nursing Jennifer
practices is:
A. community-oriented nursing.
B. community-based nursing.
C. public health nursing.
D. tertiary health nursing.
B
,A school nurse teaches three middle school students with asthma conditions
techniques to minimize their incidence of bronchial spasms. This is an
application of:
A. community-based nursing.
B. community-oriented nursing.
C. institutional nursing.
D. public health nursing.
A
The public health nurse deals with the examination of a community setting to
determine the community's health status. Which of the following activities
should be considered in the assessment phase?
Select all that apply.
A. Assisting communities to implement and evaluate plans and projects
B. Building constituencies to work with the community
C. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information
D. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the
population
E. Questioning the availability of health services to the community
C, D, E
In a federally funded preschool program such as Head Start, nursing services
that include conducting developmental-level screening for cognitive and
psychomotor development of individual children would most likely be
considered community-oriented nursing care when:
A. individual results are compared with established standards for children of
the same age group.
,B. program characteristics are assessed for their effectiveness in making the
school population healthier.
C. referral is provided for a child identified with delayed psychomotor
development.
D. treatment is initiated for a child with an identified learning disability.
A
Public health nursing is a specialty with a distinct focus and scope of practice
and requires a special knowledge base different from other specialty areas of
nursing. A public health nurse would first be interested in:
A. drug treatments for diabetes.
B. populations with the highest rate of diabetes.
C. educational materials for individuals with diabetes.
D. new technology for diabetic care.
B
A state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability of
elder transportation services to a specific county senior center. The state
agency assigns a public health nurse to work with the community to evaluate
its program for elder transportation services to publicly sponsored elder care
programs. The public health core function applied is:
A. assurance.
B. policy development.
C. primary prevention.
D. public transportation.
A
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A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local
middle schools and high schools is providing:
A. community-oriented care.
B. community-based care.
C. secondary care.
D. tertiary care.
A
In a community clinic that screens and treats individuals for cardiovascular
disorders, the nurse practicing public health/population-focused nursing
would most likely ascertain:
A. a holistic treatment plan.
B. a specific clinical diagnosis.
C. individual dietary interventions for cardiovascular disorders.
D. the prevalence rate of cardiovascular disorders among various groups.
D
A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the
middle school. The next step in a population-focused practice is to make
information available about the health of the middle school students. This
describes the public health core function of:
A. assessment.
B. assurance.
C. policy development.
D. research.
