NUR206/NUR206: Community Nursing Exam 2 (Questions &
Correct Answers) Latest Update 2025
A migrant farmworker presents to the clinic reporting an acute onset of severe abdominal pain, nausea,
vomiting, diarrhea, and headache with difficulty concentrating. Which of the following conditions would
cause such symptoms?
a. Appendicitis
b. Bacterial gastroenteritis
c. Pesticide poisoning
d. Viral illness
c. Pesticide poisoning
An occupational health nurse at a local factory is using primary strategies to reduce the environmental
health risks among employees. Which of the following activities would the nurse most likely implement?
Teaching new employees about signs and symptoms of heat related illness.
A nurse is implementing a tertiary prevention strategy related to pesticide exposure. Which of the following
activities would the nurse complete?
a. Observe farmworkers for evidence of unsafe handling of pesticides.
b. Provide teaching on how to handle pesticides to avoid or decrease exposure.
c. Teach farmworkers how to recognize signs and symptoms of pesticide poisoning.
d. Treat a client who has pesticide exposure to prevent complications.
d. Treat a client who has pesticide exposure to prevent complications.
The nurse reviews the components of the epidemiology triangle. Which of the following is considered an
agent?
Chemical
In addition to those barriers faced by many residents in rural areas, what additional barrier to health care is
a Hispanic immigrant encounter?
a. Absence of culturally competent care
b. Availability of specialists
c. Distance of health care facilities from the place of residence
d. High cost of health care
a. Absence of culturally competent care
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,Which counseling provided by the community nurse should be prioritized in the care of a mother with young
children who uses e-cigarettes (vaping)?
The oil may poison young children
A nurse is working with Mexican immigrants. Which of the following behaviors would most likely lead to a
positive interaction for the nurse?
a. Avoiding touching the client except when necessary as part of the physical examination
b. Calling the client by name, socializing before addressing the problem, and being very
respectful
c. Keeping all interactions direct, to the point, and targeted on the reason for presentation
d. Maintaining a non-confrontational relationship by avoiding any disagreement even if the nurse does
disagree with what the client is saying
b. Calling the client by name, socializing before addressing the problem, and being very respectful
Which client is at highest risk for illness following consumption of contaminated water?
36-year-old with HIV
A nurse is caring for Mexican migrant farmworkers. Which of the following conditions are of greatest
importance for the nurse to assess? (Select all that apply.)
a. Cholera
b. Hepatitis
c. High blood level of lead
d. Malaria
b. Hepatitis
c. High blood level of lead
Diabetes
A community mental health nurse is working within the community to help prevent youth violence. Which
of the following interventions would most likely be implemented by the nurse?
Partnership with associations to provide alternative activities that improve social skills.
A principal comments to the school nurse that it seems there are a lot more problems with asthma among
the students than there were before the school was remodeled a couple of years ago. The nurse investigates
the principal's observation by reviewing all the school records to
determine visits to the health office because of asthma by week and month for the past 5 years.
Which of the following best describes the type of study the nurse is conducting?
a. Descriptive epidemiological study
b. Ecological study
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, c. Prospective cohort study
d. Retrospective cohort study
d. Retrospective cohort study
A school health nurse is asked by a parent group to explain risk factors for alcoholism. Which of the
following information should the nurse include?
a. Alcoholism is determined primarily by the family environment.
b. Alcoholism is determined partly by genetic factors.
c. Persons who are alcoholics are usually women.
d. Persons born with fetal alcohol syndrome are alcoholics from birth.
b. Alcoholism is determined partly by genetic factors.
The school nurse is planning a community outreach campaign to prevent violence in the school and
community. What primary strategies can prove to be useful?
Provide education about different forms of violence and techniques to get help and intervene
The rural nurse is providing primary health interventions for a group of migrant farmworkers to decrease
pesticide exposure. Which action would be best for the nurse to take?
Teach workers how to reduce exposure to pesticides
The community health nurse is developing a program for a group of migrant workers. Which program would
meet the healthy people 2020 objective for environmental health?
Promoting strategies to decrease pesticide exposure
The community health nurse is developing a program for a group of children. Which program would meet
the Healthy People 2020 objectives for environmental health?
Screening for lead exposure
Students at first-day orientation at the local community college are discussing alcohol and drug
abuse with their freshmen advisor. During a break, some students go outside for soft drinks and
snacks. Soon after, the advisor walks by and notices several of these students smoking cigarettes.
Based on this, which of the following topics of the drug and alcohol orientation would be most
important for the advisor to reemphasize after the break?
a. A discussion of which drugs are commonly used on campus
b. How students can learn to "just say no" when offered drugs or drinks
c. How to recognize and overcome peer pressure to continue bad habits
d. The fact that tobacco smoking causes more deaths than any other behavior in the United States
d. The fact that tobacco smoking causes more deaths than any other behavior in the United States
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Correct Answers) Latest Update 2025
A migrant farmworker presents to the clinic reporting an acute onset of severe abdominal pain, nausea,
vomiting, diarrhea, and headache with difficulty concentrating. Which of the following conditions would
cause such symptoms?
a. Appendicitis
b. Bacterial gastroenteritis
c. Pesticide poisoning
d. Viral illness
c. Pesticide poisoning
An occupational health nurse at a local factory is using primary strategies to reduce the environmental
health risks among employees. Which of the following activities would the nurse most likely implement?
Teaching new employees about signs and symptoms of heat related illness.
A nurse is implementing a tertiary prevention strategy related to pesticide exposure. Which of the following
activities would the nurse complete?
a. Observe farmworkers for evidence of unsafe handling of pesticides.
b. Provide teaching on how to handle pesticides to avoid or decrease exposure.
c. Teach farmworkers how to recognize signs and symptoms of pesticide poisoning.
d. Treat a client who has pesticide exposure to prevent complications.
d. Treat a client who has pesticide exposure to prevent complications.
The nurse reviews the components of the epidemiology triangle. Which of the following is considered an
agent?
Chemical
In addition to those barriers faced by many residents in rural areas, what additional barrier to health care is
a Hispanic immigrant encounter?
a. Absence of culturally competent care
b. Availability of specialists
c. Distance of health care facilities from the place of residence
d. High cost of health care
a. Absence of culturally competent care
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,Which counseling provided by the community nurse should be prioritized in the care of a mother with young
children who uses e-cigarettes (vaping)?
The oil may poison young children
A nurse is working with Mexican immigrants. Which of the following behaviors would most likely lead to a
positive interaction for the nurse?
a. Avoiding touching the client except when necessary as part of the physical examination
b. Calling the client by name, socializing before addressing the problem, and being very
respectful
c. Keeping all interactions direct, to the point, and targeted on the reason for presentation
d. Maintaining a non-confrontational relationship by avoiding any disagreement even if the nurse does
disagree with what the client is saying
b. Calling the client by name, socializing before addressing the problem, and being very respectful
Which client is at highest risk for illness following consumption of contaminated water?
36-year-old with HIV
A nurse is caring for Mexican migrant farmworkers. Which of the following conditions are of greatest
importance for the nurse to assess? (Select all that apply.)
a. Cholera
b. Hepatitis
c. High blood level of lead
d. Malaria
b. Hepatitis
c. High blood level of lead
Diabetes
A community mental health nurse is working within the community to help prevent youth violence. Which
of the following interventions would most likely be implemented by the nurse?
Partnership with associations to provide alternative activities that improve social skills.
A principal comments to the school nurse that it seems there are a lot more problems with asthma among
the students than there were before the school was remodeled a couple of years ago. The nurse investigates
the principal's observation by reviewing all the school records to
determine visits to the health office because of asthma by week and month for the past 5 years.
Which of the following best describes the type of study the nurse is conducting?
a. Descriptive epidemiological study
b. Ecological study
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, c. Prospective cohort study
d. Retrospective cohort study
d. Retrospective cohort study
A school health nurse is asked by a parent group to explain risk factors for alcoholism. Which of the
following information should the nurse include?
a. Alcoholism is determined primarily by the family environment.
b. Alcoholism is determined partly by genetic factors.
c. Persons who are alcoholics are usually women.
d. Persons born with fetal alcohol syndrome are alcoholics from birth.
b. Alcoholism is determined partly by genetic factors.
The school nurse is planning a community outreach campaign to prevent violence in the school and
community. What primary strategies can prove to be useful?
Provide education about different forms of violence and techniques to get help and intervene
The rural nurse is providing primary health interventions for a group of migrant farmworkers to decrease
pesticide exposure. Which action would be best for the nurse to take?
Teach workers how to reduce exposure to pesticides
The community health nurse is developing a program for a group of migrant workers. Which program would
meet the healthy people 2020 objective for environmental health?
Promoting strategies to decrease pesticide exposure
The community health nurse is developing a program for a group of children. Which program would meet
the Healthy People 2020 objectives for environmental health?
Screening for lead exposure
Students at first-day orientation at the local community college are discussing alcohol and drug
abuse with their freshmen advisor. During a break, some students go outside for soft drinks and
snacks. Soon after, the advisor walks by and notices several of these students smoking cigarettes.
Based on this, which of the following topics of the drug and alcohol orientation would be most
important for the advisor to reemphasize after the break?
a. A discussion of which drugs are commonly used on campus
b. How students can learn to "just say no" when offered drugs or drinks
c. How to recognize and overcome peer pressure to continue bad habits
d. The fact that tobacco smoking causes more deaths than any other behavior in the United States
d. The fact that tobacco smoking causes more deaths than any other behavior in the United States
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